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 Mirage & looming 

Looming occurs over the Great Lakes. Reports of seeing shorelines, lights and cities over the horizon are more prevalent in about May, when cold lake temperates lag behind warming air temperatures.



 references 

Lake Ontario

1855 Mirage

1904 Mirage of north shore of lake seen from beach: Gave Ontario an apparent width of ten miles where its spread is fifty to sixty miles

1915 Mirage of lake shore: Phenomenon of unusual clearness of view nearly all day

1921Great day for imaginative ones, but much-excited mirage really was just long and narrow cloud

1921 Mirage shows Canadian shore of Lake Ontario clearly at Rochester, NY

Lake Erie

1879 Mirage on the lake

1906 Reflection of city in sky: Mirage of Canadian shore of Lake Erie is witnessed at Cleveland

Cleveland: sightings of Canadian shore 2013 a b

Rare weather explains red lights on Lake Erie 2017

Lake Michigan

1895 A mirage of the Wisconsin shore

1900 Lake mirages: Phantom cities seen in Chicago's early day reappear

1903 Milwaukee seen in the clouds: Mirage witnessed by residents across lake at Muskegon

1904 Mirage shows shore 55 miles distant

1911 Chicago sees mirage

1925 Signal from distressed ship proves to be striking mirage

1925 Lights of Milwaukee seen in Grand Haven

1929 Mirage of St. Joseph seen in Chicago

1935 Chicago appears in mirage: Outlines of buildings are visible from east coast of lake

1935 Lake mirage again mirrors distant view: Lights of western shore visible here second night in succession

1954 South Haven sees Chicago; Its mirage

1954 News notes: Glimpse of Chicago

2010 Wednesday Night Lights: On Lake Michigan's horizon -- it's called 'fata morgana'

2012 The 'lights of Milwaukee' were seen Thursday night from the Lake Michigan shores of Muskegon

2015 Mirage of Chicago skyline seen from Michigan shoreline

2016 Skyline Skepticism: The Lake Michigan Mirage

Lake Superior

1892 Saw a mirage on Lake Superior July 26, 1892 - Other

1889 The Silent City: A remarkable mirage in Alaska

1879 Morning mirage: Brilliant exhibition of the phenomena in Dakota

1934 Fog mirage creates beautiful illusions off lower cape area