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Mirage Island is a rocky island 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) long lying 0.6 kilometres (0.3 nmi) west of Cape Mousse on the coast of Antarctica. It was charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and so named by them because mirages were frequently observed in the vicinity of the island.
Anacapa Island (Chumash: Anyapax, meaning "mirage, illusion") [2] [3] [4] is a small volcanic island located about 11 miles (9.6 nmi; 18 km) off Port Hueneme in Ventura County, California. The island is composed of a series of narrow islets 6 mi (10 km) long, oriented generally east–west and 5 mi (8 km) east of Santa Cruz Island .
Slowly the mirage began to fade away, to the disappointment of thousands who crowded the roofs of houses and office buildings. A bank of clouds was the cause of the disappearance of the mirage. A close examination of the map showed the mirage did not cause the slightest distortion, the gradual rise of the city from the water being rendered ...
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. [1] The word comes to English via the French (se) mirer , from the Latin mirari , meaning "to look at, to wonder at".
"Mirage", also known by its filename de_mirage, is a video game map in the first-person shooter series Counter-Strike. Released officially in 2013 by Valve Corporation , the game's developer, it expanded the original Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source map "de_cpl_strike", [ 1 ] developed by Michael "BubkeZ" Hüll. [ 2 ]
The Mirage-Treasure Island Tram is a temporarily closed 1,000-foot-long (300 m) people mover connecting the adjacent Las Vegas Strip casinos The Mirage and Treasure Island. [2] The tram took about 90 seconds to go from one end to the other, and was free to ride. [3] The tram opened in 1993 along with the opening of the Treasure Island casino. [4]
Dipan is a fallen island kingdom in the video game, Valkyrie Profile, and its sequel, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. King Barbarossa of Dipan He was the last monarch of Dipan who wished to gain independence from the gods after his only daughter, Princess Alicia, unwittingly became the vessel for the imperfectly transmigrated soul of Silmeria ...
The now public 18-hole golf course at Desert Island Golf & Country Club, which was formerly known as The S at Rancho Mirage and Sinatra Resort & Country Club, was designed by British-American golfer Desmond Muirhead. Located on 160 acres (65 ha), the country club has 226 units and three separate condo buildings.