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I think it has to do with air pressure, humidity and friction.




You really should look at the site Anu added to it. Very nice.
We see this phenomenen often over our wide, flat country's horizons. But strangly enough we have no word for it.

We just say:"Look it's falling overthere", but in fact,from a long distance you can see that sometimes, whatever is falling never reaches the ground. Right, it does not have to do with heat.
(I think it has to do with colliding pressure fields, often rainbows and short heavy showers are involved)

I'll borrow the word.

Last edited by BranShea; 02/28/07 07:47 AM.