"You mean aside from the usual," Darby said, "fata morgana, northern lights, and so forth?"
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"fata morgana"
What Morgan le Fey has to do with lights in the sky . . . well, I was going to say I don't know but I probably do know seeing as how she's a sorceress and maybe a fairy if you take her name literally. So I guess she could be casting Shooting Stars or Fireball or Dancing Lights or Meteor Swarm.
Actually, "fata morgana" is just a super cool mirage that makes it look like boats are floating in the sky or turns land masses & ice floes into castles hovering over the horizon. Here's a simple scientific diagram taken from Wikipedia to explain it:
At least I think that explains it for people who understand science. It also might just be a bunch of lines drawn to seemingly make sense when they don't really. I mean, why is that guy's vision going all over the place?! Probably has something to do with the curvature of the Earth or being born on Krypton, right?!
"northern lights"
These lights are caused by ionization of particles by solar winds in the Earth's magnetic field. They are a portent of the coming atomic age in Gravity's Rainbow. They also seem too awesome to be real so while I don't disbelieve in them, I'll only truly believe in them when I see them.
"and so forth"
I can't think of any other natural phenomena that might be mysteriously observed in the sky. I guess Venus?
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