fata morgana

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In it he wrote: “I saw the iceberg, looming high/ and cold, like a cold fata morgana,/ it drifted slowly, irrevocably,/ white, nearer to me.”

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

He checks Bernstein under "mirage, especially as observed in the Strait of Messina" and finds fata morgana.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a background to this picture lies the Vettern—the bottomless lake as the commonalty believe—with its transparent water, its sea-like waves, and in calm, with "Hegring," or fata morgana on its steel-like surface.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

"Then it seems that your majesty has followed a fata morgana," said the prince, with a forced smile; "for, as you see, I am alone, and no one else is present in the conservatory."

From Frederick the Great and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

For years she has waded through the mire after a fata morgana, and the world laughs, and points its fingers at her.

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Schubin, Ossip