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What would your initial thought be if you saw this one day?
A glitch in the 'matrix' maybe?
This image was caught on camera by David Morris near Falmouth, Cornwall in the UK.
This is an example of the superior mirage effect and is nothing more than a rare optical illusion.
A superior mirage is one in which a mirage image appears to be located above the real object. It occurs when the air below the line of sight is colder than the air above it. This unusual arrangement is called a temperature inversion since warm air above cold air is the opposite of the normal. Passing through this inversion, light energy is refracted down, and so the image appears above the true object.
This type of illusion is commonly seen in the Arctic but can appear anywhere when the correct conditions are met.
A glitch in the 'matrix' maybe?
This image was caught on camera by David Morris near Falmouth, Cornwall in the UK.
This is an example of the superior mirage effect and is nothing more than a rare optical illusion.
A superior mirage is one in which a mirage image appears to be located above the real object. It occurs when the air below the line of sight is colder than the air above it. This unusual arrangement is called a temperature inversion since warm air above cold air is the opposite of the normal. Passing through this inversion, light energy is refracted down, and so the image appears above the true object.
This type of illusion is commonly seen in the Arctic but can appear anywhere when the correct conditions are met.