stackyFACTSOptical illusions are not restricted to scorching desert sands. When varying temperatures of air layer perfectly over freezing water, the atmosphere aggressively bends light. This bizarre phenomenon makes distant landmasses and massive icebergs appear to be literally floating in the sky like terrible special effects.
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