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    What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it’s actually located.


    What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it’s actually located.

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    5. oysterperso on

      The old cover your eyes, stick you ass ass high in the air as you can and fire side ways.

    6. Krakengreyjoy on

      It’s called Fata Morgana: a layer of cold, dense air sits beneath warmer air, bending light rays downward and tricking the brain into seeing the object higher than it truly is.

    16. Spartan2470 on

      Why is there a streak of bright light on the top of the coulds when the sun is below the clouds?

      It would have been nice if OP provided a source, name of a photographer, etc. The closest I could find to a source is “vacations” on IG.

      There are similar images, like [the one](https://i.imgur.com/I93Vp.jpeg) /u/tomdadams took in Porter, Indiana. Or [this one](https://i.imgur.com/mPM04on.jpeg) by Dan Podobinski (aka dans_hot_rod_photo on Instagram)

      Also, /u/xSTSxZerglingOne previously stated:

      > It’s also nowhere near 50 miles. It’s 35 from the furthest point it could be, and about 30 from the closest it could be (and still be in Indiana Dunes). Let’s call it 32. That cuts the ~~top~~* bottom 682 feet off of the closest buildings. At 50 miles, nothing could be visible by normal means and you would need to be either above it, or have it refracted as you said.

      > But at the actual “straight-line” distance, it’s only about 30 miles. Also, there are only about 30 buildings in chicago that are >650 feet tall. And…I’d wager we’re seeing most of them in this photo.

    17. SheriffOfValentine on

      funny how the explanation for these “mirages” sounds far crazier then the earth is flat.

    21. Good_Refrigerator152 on

      Yep growing up in Chicago and going to the dunes on the weekend this was always so sick to see miss the dunes was always a great family trip

    22. AconitumUrsinum on

      People in the Middle Age must have been terrified when they saw this

    25. 375InStroke on

      With this effect, would the buildings appear to move lower if the observer moved higher?

    29. Jester471 on

      That’s awesome. I remember being in that beach and seeing the skyline.

      I went on vacation there with family and was thinking it was going to be a garbage place. “You mean we’re vacationing in Gary Indiana!, fine, I guess I’ll go”

      It ended up being super nice for a fresh water beach.

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