heat haze

Definitions

A shimmering atmospheric disturbance caused by currents of warm air between the observer and the object observed.

Equivalents

Examples

“Under increase⟳ of heat, it volatilizes faster, so as to become⟳ dimly visible in large mass, as a heat-haze.”

“Behind them, stretching in a long line east and west, were the Roan and Book Cliffs, cut⟳ to their base⟳ by the river's gorge, and meandering away in long wavy lines distorted by heat haze and the smoke⟳ of forest fires.”

“Sol squinted out over the barrens to where the mountains shimmered in the heat haze.”

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