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This Monday at dawn on Gavà beach, in Baix Llobregat, coinciding with Labor Day, he has given us the spectacular image of the ship flying above the fog, as we see in Las Fotos de los Lectores de The vanguard.
The magic of the Fata Morgana has reappeared along with the mist, leaving a fantastic and ghostly stamp. Photography dedicated to all workers in the world. Good day.
The Fata Morgana effect gets its name from the Italian fata Morgana (meaning fairy Morgana), referring to King Arthur's half-sister (Morgan le Fay) who, according to legend, was a shapeshifting fairy.
It is a mirage or optical illusion that is due to a temperature inversion. Objects on the horizon, such as islands, cliffs, ships, or ice floes, take on an elongated, raised appearance, similar to "fairy-tale castles." Or, as in this case of the boat, they seem to "fly".
The most famous Fata Morgana is the one that occurs on the southern coast of Sicily, in the Strait of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily, although the Barcelona coast is witnessing more and more spectacular images. Another point of observation of the phenomenon in Spain is the Strait of Gibraltar.
