Case file · High strangeness
Fata Morgana over the Strait of Messina
The Dominican Antonio Minasi described in 1773 how, on calm mornings from Reggio Calabria, castles, towers and armies appear over the strait, a sight named after the fairy Morgan le Fay.
1773 CE · 38.11, 15.64 · status: explained
The sceptical view
A superior mirage caused by layers of warm air over cold water, stretching distant coasts and ships into towers.
Connections in the atlas
- The castles of Morgan le Fay over the Strait of Messina
- Morrell's 'New South Greenland'