Our APPARENT horizon (what we can actually see) and the
"real", astronomical horizon (what we would have seen in the absence
of refracting atmosphere) are not the same. The difference between
them is the "dip". Optics tells us that multiple or inverted images
must occur under the astronomical horizon and above the apparent
horizon - i.e. within the dip. Theoretically, the dip can be larger
than 1 degree. But, practically, on our small planet, with the highest
point at 9 kilometers (Mount Everest), and our eyes constructed as
they are, and out atmosphere composed as it is - it is impossible to
see mirages displaced by more than 1 degree. UFO fans are right after
all.
http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/mirages/mirintro.html
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/mirage1.htm
Miss America
Mary Katherine Campbell, the only woman to win the Miss America title
twice (1922 and 1923), who was 5-foot-7 and weighed 140 pounds (c. 65
kg.). Norman Rockwell, the painter, was on the panel of judges in
1923.
Campbell died in 1990. She declined offers from Hollywood and
Broadway, married, and led a staid life to her death.
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