Mirage

Real World Example

Imagine you're looking at a spoon in a glass of water, and it appears bent or broken at the surface. This visual trick is similar to how a mirage occurs when light bends as it passes through air layers with varying temperatures and densities. Just like the water changes the path of light, causing the spoon to appear distorted, different air layers in the atmosphere refract light, creating the illusion of distant objects seeming closer or appearing where they aren't.