I had been told about this by my mum a few weeks ago, my uncle and cousins had all noticed it.
When I was at my uncles yesterday, he took me to show me what he meant.
I didnt quite know what to make of it at first, it is so unreal. So I jumped into me car and drove down to Moreton beach, it is deffo a mirage, it isnt there and you can see it as far as cadburys hill!!!
My cousin said that he has seen it almost "sitting in the middle of Pasture Road" on one occasion.
Anyway, I decided to make a short video:
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Thats cool, never thought much about it myself
Interesting! Makes me wana go have a look but its too far
You lazy little Pomp lol! Well next time ye down that way ye know what to look for now.
Love yu video work, lol
Interesting, you've mentioned this before to me.
There is another place ive seen the same effects but for the
life of me can i remember where ?
Me cousin said there is another mirage going over the Fender flyover, but I cant remember what it was of. It may have been another wind turbine, I shall have to ask him next time I see him (should be new years eve hehe).
ive noticed it somewere aswell but carnt think were
gutted,was gonna watch the vid, but its no longer available !!!!
Working fine for me, sometimes YouTube says that for some reason.
Try again.
got it mate.... thats well weird !
Yeah, tis a bit freaky lol. I was speaking to Mark about it yesterday and he thinks he may have seen it when he was driving along Leasowe Road on one occasion.
Now Ive seen this Im gonna have to look out for it - never noticed it before...
This is out as clear as day today!!! You can see it when you travel over the Bidston flyover, look towards Wallasey School and Squibbs and they are massive.
Went down to the shore, deffo nothing there, but I now conclude its not from Liverpool Bay.
wer do u think its from then?
Off Moreton shore I think.
that is weird they well far away but yet look like they so close :S i think we shud go n take a look for are selfs lol
Yesterday, I noticed that you can see this from my mothers flat in Bidston, from which you can see the turbines peering over the fender flyover.
I took her home from work this morning, got to hers at about 08:15 and couldnt see any sign of them. It was still too dark. When I left about 08:45, the sun was starting to come out and you could clearly see the faint outline of the turbines starting to appear.
This proceeded to turn into a very gray "image" of them, instead of them being birght white, they were gray. It is so surreal to see it, really mystifying.
Thats just plain odd, but really interesting and amazing
Haha just checked my YouTube account...
Could be some developments on the mirage this next week!
strange. i can see them from by my house.
Very freaky isnt it! The best time to see them is first thing on a sunny morning, watching them change ever so gradually from being nothing there to grey to white is an awsome sight, it takes ages though!
So, has anyone else noticed this since it was posted? Trying to keep this thread active for a reason.
Thats cool, never thought much about it myself
Do you ever walk to Tesco Joe? You can see them from just past the School by the Bidston Tunnel entrance.
(I seem to recall you walked that way to Tesco a few times??).
Yeah I do walk that way, but I've never thought to look
I do my shoppin online now, so theres that idea out the window lol
lol gutted... well next time ye down that way, be sure to check!
will do, probably on my way to halfords for more paint haha
Lmao! You should use eBay, I got some Holts Dupli Colour on there a few months ago for £4.00 incl delivery... its like £9.00 in the shops.
I tried getting the colour for my car everywhere and nowhere had it, so I was forced to search on eBay. Motorworld wanted £16 to mix it up!!
Scanner is warmed up
why thank you
Heh... it made the newspapers today; the details are slightly wrong in places, but thats fine!
Sorry for the quality of the photo, it was taken on me phone kinda quick; awaiting the scan from Mark.
Well done fella
Shame they didn't direct link to your site too
Best i can do with the scan my Globe is faded ?
Description: Matty's Hale to Fame in this weeks globe.
Yeah, I forgot to tell them I would make a sub-domain; which is kinda useful anyway as due to my migraine yesterday I didnt manage to make a web page for it.
There is direct links from the YouTube page anyway as well as links to both here and my site on the video itself.
Cheer's for the scan Mark, much appreciated!!
I just rustled up a quick page on my wesbtie for this; it is at
http://mirage.photowirral.com - I will update it with some more info in due course!
Nice one Matty, just spotted this in the globe.
Did they spot this on You-tube, wonder why the didn't spot the bidston tunnel vids and want to do a report on them.
Nice one Matty, just spotted this in the globe.
Did they spot this on You-tube, wonder why the didn't spot the bidston tunnel vids and want to do a report on them.
Yeah, the editor of the Globe was alerted to it by a collegue/friend and was fascinated by it.
He contacted me via YouTube and asked me about it, I had to ring him with some details, phoned me a few days later for some more details etc and to clarify a few things. Originally they wanted to print a photo of me with me camera (oh how geeky) but they decided upon having a photo of the mirage itself instead, which I felt was more appropriate (not to mention less embarrasing).
Maybe they will one day notice the Bidston tunnel stuff? Maybe it's something that they have noticed but would prefer not print at present for whatever reason?
I suppose there would be no harm in one of us contacting them to enquire if they would be interested in the story, and the history and design of the tunnels themselves?
if we can get a local paper interest in some of the stuff you have posted about, maybe you could get a petition going to get the tunnels opened by the council.
if we can get a local paper interest in some of the stuff you have posted about, maybe you could get a petition going to get the tunnels opened by the council.
that sounds like a good idea
if we can get a local paper interest in some of the stuff you have posted about, maybe you could get a petition going to get the tunnels opened by the council.
As good as that sounds etc, this is Wirral Council we are taslking about, and they would rather waste hundred's of thousands of pounds on a stupid Viking boat monument then preserving our heritage and historical places of interest for future generations...
Just look at the trouble the Tranmere Tunnel's group have gone to to try and secure funding, and still WBC have no interest in helping the project!!!
I found out today that this windfarm is called the "Burbo Bank" windfarm.
It is approx 7.5km offshore.
Mathew of wirral moreton mirage well done
Thank you Pompus dillious of the Wirral
Here is the official website for the windfarm:
http://www.dongenergy.com/burbo/index.htmThe Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm comprises 25 efficient wind turbines and is situated on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay
at the entrance to the River Mersey, approximately 6.4km (4.0 miles) from the Sefton coastline and 7.2km (4.5 miles) from North Wirral.
The wind farm is capable of generating up to 90MW (megawatts) of clean, environmentally sustainable electricity. This is enough power for approximately 80,000 homes.
The wind farm will contribute to tackling the issue of climate change. It is estimated that over the 20-year operating life of the wind farm, the savings amount to 6.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, together with significant amounts of other greenhouse gases.
Dong Energy - some ones having a laugh.
We watched these the other day and they actually faded in and out of site. And done a second mirror effect.
How weired.
intrigu...intreegin....thats interesting , people said them turbines were evil, and now its all coming true...
Mathew of wirral moreton mirage
Pompus Dilious of the Wikington Wirral
Whoah! Wots thìs all about? Intrigued.
work on pasture road and seen this many times on a sunny morning,especially when driving over the bridge at moreton railway station.they sometimes look twice the size.
A similar thing now happens whilst driving down new brighton prom towards the arcade. The closer you get the smaller and further away they get.
You talkin bout the turbines?
wow thats really weird thanks for the info
If you go past the co-op on laird street and look towards the Docks through Arriva depot look through the entrance near the Co-Op (where the bus's come in an out) sometimes if its a decent enough day you can see the mirage of the Wind Turbines. It actually looks like there in the dock them selves
If your by the swings in tollemache rd opposite flaybrick cemetery look over to liverpool radio city tower way there are two wind turbines quite far apart. some times look very close to tower. might be the same ones as yours soundlad??
I have seen this many times, when in Scotland. Always thought they were different windfarms until reading this thread, The ones I'm talking about are amongst the mountains which look massive and reduce in size as you get near to them. Nice to know I'm not going mad.
Can you take a photo of a mirage
I've noticed the last couple of months when sitting at the lights on Bidston Village road - looking straight across above Tesco there is 1 turbine - is it real or an illusion????
Its a mirage, my second one.
It started appearing approx 8 months ago. They are massive when its sunny, from my flat I can see them, they look bigger than the bloody flats in New Brighton!!
When I can be arsed, I will sort the vids out. They are the ones from Liverpool waterfront.
I also know of another mirage, tricky to get a photo/video of it though I ill post as and when I can be arsed lol.
Can you take a photo of a mirage
No I photochopped it...
MattLFC if you ever pass my work look over the Arriva depot towards New Brighton you can see the Turbines there fella i aint got a decent camera to take a photo
Also as well they move with the direction of the sun