A MIND-BENDING optical illusion has left onlookers gobsmacked after appearing to show a massive ship floating in the air off the British coast. The bizarre image shows a large cargo ship near the s…
The Fata Morgana is thought to be the cause of a range of strange sightings, like the famous Flying Dutchman.
While sadly not actually some kind of futuristic boat-plane hybrid, the picture amazed people on a local Facebook group, describing it as "an amazing shot".While Stella Lumyou noted: "Looks like boat is in the sky."a similar image was captured by David MorrisHe was left "extremely baffled" when he spotted a large vessel apparently floating just above the waves.
Days earlier, several cruise ships were also seen "hovering" above the waters off the coast of Paignton, Devon At that time BBC meteorologist David Braine described as a "superior mirage", which were common in the Arctic but happened only "very rarely" in the UK. A superior mirage is one in which the image appears to be located above the real object, caused when the air below the line of sight is colder, and therefore denser, than the air above it.It results in the light rays bending downwards as they pass through the so-called 'temperature inversion'.
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