min min lights

Explanation:

Professor Jack Pettigrew (University of Queensland) has seen the lights many times. He believes that they are an optical effect caused by the reflection of distant lights off the atmosphere under conditions of unusual humidity.

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2010/s3087921.htm

The Min Min light and the Fata Morgana:
An optical account of a mysterious Australian phenomenon

http://www.uq.edu.au/nuq/jack/MinMinCEO.pdf