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Offline GregJ

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Superior Mirage
« on: July 03, 2011, 06:15:16 PM »
We have a phenomenon that happens in Puget Sound called a superior mirage.  Yesterday we had a pretty good one and I took a pic.  I sent it in to Cliff Mass who is the head of the Atmospheric Science department at the University of Washington and also writes a great blog.  Today he wrote about this and I thought I'd share.  I found it interesting because he does a great job of describing it.  The picture is of Bush Point which is 7 miles away and is all no bank waterfront.  Here is the link: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/07/superior-mirage.html

When my neighbor moved in several years ago I had her convinced that they were building 10 story condominiums in Mutiny Bay straight acroos from us.  The highest building over there is a two story beach house.

Thought I'd share,
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Re: Superior Mirage
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2011, 06:26:23 PM »
    Great picture Greg!  And a very nice write-up in the blog.  Hope you get some hits from it.  I had never heard of a superior mirage before.  I wonder what I be thinking if I saw what looked like a ferry boat flying above the water! :shock: #-o 
    Thanks for the post!
      Mark
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Re: Superior Mirage
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2011, 06:52:11 PM »
Congrats! That is a great pic and article.
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Re: Superior Mirage
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2011, 08:55:39 PM »
Very interesting phenomenon Greg, thanks for sharing!
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Re: Superior Mirage
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2011, 10:51:21 PM »
I really like how Cliff jumps on some of the little known facts about our local environment and explains them in a way that we all can understand.  He has a very good blog that is well read in this area.

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Re: Superior Mirage
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2011, 08:14:29 AM »
 very cool pic and very interesting reading.  Thanks for sharing,

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