Fata Morgana (mirage)
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A Fata Morgana is a complex form of mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon. The term Fata Morgana is the Italian translation of Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend. These mirages are of
A Fata Morgana seen over the Baltic Sea, 2016. The mirage consists of multiple upright and inverted images over the original object.
A Fata Morgana of a container ship seen off the coast of Oceanside, California
Schematic diagram explaining the Fata Morgana mirage
A sequence of a Fata Morgana of the Farallon Islands as seen from San Francisco
Avalon
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Avalon is an island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and la
Fata Morgana (mirage)
…she was described as King Arthur's half-sister and an enchantress. After King Arthur's final battle at Camlann, Morgan takes her half-brother Arthur to Avalon. In medieval times, suggestions for the location of Avalon included the other side of the Earth at the antipodes, Sicily, and other locations in the…
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon by Edward Burne-Jones
James Archer, La Mort d'Arthur (1860)
"Lady of the Isle of Avelyon", George Frampton's relief panel at 2 Temple Place in London
Ship-themed attributed arms of the Knight of Escalot