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  •   Info created , uploaded and nominated by Mbz1 -- Mbz1 (talk) 17:58, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment May I please ask you to imagine a man, who's desperately lost in the endless ocean. He is thirsty and hungry, almost delusional. Hi's constantly looking at horizon and tries to see a boat, that would bring him to safety. Suddenly he sees something, but what it is? It looks strange, almost as UFO. The glare from the sun playing with waves prevents him from seeing it clearly, but no, now he's certain it is a boat... Well, it is not. It is a very rare superior mirage of a distant island, which lies below the horizon. Please think about this: the island cannot be seen from the place I took the image from, but its mirage could. I would also like to point out that the shapes of the miraged island are changing constantly. Here's the image of the same miraged island taken few hours later at the same day: Image:Superior mirage of a distant island 2.jpg. May I please ask you before opposing the image for the quality to think about the quality of the image as about a mirage? --Mbz1 (talk) 17:59, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support -- Mbz1 (talk) 17:58, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose strange, how linear the mirage is. What about to try to nominee it for valued picture?--Juan de Vojníkov (talk) 10:08, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's right, it is better to have another FP of a sharp and beautiful landscape than one unique image of a rare superior mirage.I cannot try VI simply because I cannot say which superior mirage image is the most valued one.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:55, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
May I please make myself absolutely clear? I do not think it is a mirage. I know it is a mirage. I also know that it is not just a common inferior mirage, but complex and rare superior mirage. No I am not angry. I used to opposes for my rare atmospherical optics phenomenon images. I am sorry, if I sounded as I am angry. As a matter of fact I'd like to thank you for the vote. At least somebody payed atention to the image.May I please ask why you doubt that it is a mirage? Have you seen objects that are hanging on above the ocean, if they are not planes, not birds and not clouds? What else it could be in your opinion?--Mbz1 (talk) 21:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   

result: withdrawn => not featured. Simonizer (talk) 21:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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