Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A Big Beach


After many arduous days traveling through Egypt's western desert, a weary Bedouin might fall victim to a "mirage," an optical phenomenon in which refracted light rays produce the illusion of the sudden appearance on the horizon of some kind of coveted scene or object, like a spring of drinking water, a cluster of welcoming homes, or a group of Italian tourists in speedos.

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