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You’ve probably seen a few mirages in your day.  Drive down the highway on a hot summer day and sometimes the pavement up ahead looks like a lake – and then keeps melting away as you approach it. It’s just a mirage.  Light bends differently on the hot air near the surface of the road. Look into a glass of water with a pencil in it and the pencil seems to be broken or disconnected.  Again, light bends differently through…