A MIRAGE
CONFUSES SEAMEN A vivid and beautiful mirage was seen by the officers of the Mamari while on the way up the const from Dunedin to Lyttelton. It was so clear that the officers thought the ship was off her course. They altered the course accordingly, but- later found that they had been misled by the mirage. When the ship left Dunedin last Wednesday the second office,)', who was on watch, found that he was looking over Moeraki peninsula, which appeared to shoot up from the sea. The Mamari was then 40 to 45 miles off the peninsula, and the trees appeared to be floating over it. The mirage continued all the afternoon. Shortly after dusk the chief officer went on duty and observed the Akaroa light two and a-half hours before it- was expected. The officer naturally concluded that- the ship was out of her course and altered it accordingly. When the Mamari came abeam of the light it was found that- she was miles outside her intended course.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17157, 6 October 1926, Page 8
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171A MIRAGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17157, 6 October 1926, Page 8
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