Incredible mind-bending pic shows ship floating in mid-air off Greece – but not all is as it seems [Video]

THIS is the incredible moment a massive container ship appeared to float in mid-air off the coast of Greece in a boggling optical illusion.

Onlookers were left gobsmacked after the freight vessel Achilleas seemed to hover above the horizon as it travelled between the Greek mainland and one of its islands.

The mind-bending shot, captured by a Greek photographer Nontas Kalogiann, is an example of a complex mirage called Fata Morgana.

Despite its ghostly appearance, the effect has a simple explanation.

The phenomenon is created when the sun heats the atmosphere above either the land or the sea.

A layer of warmer air sits on top of a layer of cold air, causing the light from the ship to bend and make colours blend together.  

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