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Floating ship mirages appear completely suspended in midair

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Complex temperature layers over the ocean can bend light so aggressively that massive cargo vessels look like they are hovering in the clouds. It completely justifies every historical sailor who claimed they saw flying galleons.

Floating ship mirages appear completely suspended in midair
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