Mirage Inducement

The ability to induce mirages. Sub-power of Illusion Manipulation and Optical Phenomena Manipulation.

Also Called

 * Fata Morgana Inducement
 * Heat Haze Inducement

Capabilities
The user can cause mirages, optical phenomena created by bending light rays. They can cause them to appear as whatever they wish. Unlike hallucinations, these can actually be caught on camera.

Types
Mirages fall under two categories:

1) Inferior Image: A mirage that occurs when distant travelling light rays that pass through layers of air are bent. It is referred to as inferior because it occurs under a real object, like the sky. This type is unstable due to mixing layers of hot and cold air. (Ex: Heat Haze, an image of shimmering water on the hot ground).

2) Superior Image (Fata Morgana): A mirage that occurs when light rays pass through a temperature inversion (warm air set over top of cool air), causing them to bend downwards. It is referred to as superior as the image appears above the real object. It is rarer but much more stable. Most often seen in polar regions.

Applications

 * Illusive Appearance
 * Light Manipulation
 * Misdirection

Associaitions

 * Cold Air Manipulation
 * Hot Air Manipulation
 * Illusion Manipulation
 * Optical Phenomena Manipulation

Limitations

 * May not be able to do any real harm to targets.
 * May be undone if target realizes they are not real.
 * Air Manipulation/Light Manipulation could undo the effects.

Known Users

 * Indigo Tribe (DC Comics); via Power Staff
 * Star Sapphires (DC Comics); via Power Ring
 * Gengetsu Hōzuki (Naruto); with Giant Clam
 * Nami (One Piece); via Art of Weather/Perfect Clima-Tact

Known Objects

 * Shadow Slicer (Xiaolin Showdown)

Known Places

 * Hamunaptra (The Mummy)