Neuroscientist explains the Min Min light as a Fata Morgana mirage

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A Min Min light sign in Boulia, outback Queensland
Boulia, Queensland, the town most associated with the Min Min light www.gondwananet.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

University of Queensland neuroscientist Jack Pettigrew proposed that outback Queensland's Min Min light is an inverted mirage, or Fata Morgana, carrying distant natural or man-made lights over the horizon during temperature inversions, based on his own observations and a field demonstration.

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  1. OtherThe Min Min light and the Fata Morgana. An optical account of a mysterious Australian phenomenon (Pettigrew) (opens in a new tab)Clinical and Experimental Optometry (PubMed record) / 2003-03

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