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  2. Fata Morgana (mirage) - Wikipedia

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    A Fata Morgana may be seen on land or at sea, in polar regions, or in deserts. It may involve almost any kind of distant object, including boats, islands, and the coastline. Often, a Fata Morgana changes rapidly. The mirage comprises several inverted (upside down) and upright images stacked on top of one another.

  3. South-up map orientation - Wikipedia

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    South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up. Maps in this orientation are sometimes called upside down maps or reversed maps .

  4. Upside-down painting - Wikipedia

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    It hung upside down at MOMA for 47 days in 1961. [8] [9] Georgia O'Keeffe's The Lawrence Tree (1929) depicts a tree from its foot. It hung up upside down in 1931 and between 1979 and 1989. Her Oriental Poppies hung upside down for 30 years at the Weisman Art Museum of the University of Minnesota. [8] Long Grass With Butterflies, 1890

  5. América Invertida - Wikipedia

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    Torres García's creation of the image was connected to his efforts to form a theory of "constructive universalism", meaning contemporary art that was influenced by the traditions of the indigenous Americans. [1] With his depiction of South America, Torres García is proposing the creation of an autonomous Latin American art movement. That is ...

  6. American snout - Wikipedia

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    The American snout or common snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) is a member of the subfamily Libytheinae in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are Celtis species on which the eggs are laid singly. Massive migrations of this species often attract ...

  7. Category:Butterflies of South America - Wikipedia

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    Lists of butterflies of South America (4 P) * Butterflies of the Caribbean (3 C, 100 P) H. Hedylidae of South America (15 P) Hesperiidae of South America (237 P) L.

  8. Category:Images of butterflies and moths - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Images of butterflies and moths" This category contains only the following file. Plate II Kallima butterfly from Animal Coloration by Frank Evers Beddard 1892.jpg 1,695 × 2,722; 1.77 MB

  9. Ambigram - Wikipedia

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    An intriguing catchphrase typography upside down invites the reader to rotate the magazine, in which the first names "Michael" or "Peter" are transformed into "Nathalie" or "Alice". [107] [108] In 2015 iSmart's logo on one of its travel chargers went viral because the brand's name turned out to be a natural ambigram that read "+Jews!" upside down.