Man Is Left Stunned After Spotting A Ship Which Appears To Be 'Floating' Across The Sky Due To Optical Illusion

A man was left stunned after he captured an astounding optical illusion showing a large boat appearing to float across the sky.

As per the report in Mirror, Colin McCallum spotted the red "floating vessel" on the horizon as he travelled through Banff, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland last week.

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Due to the similar colouring of the sea and sky, the large vessel appears to be sitting amongst the clouds. What makes it more intriguing is that fact that the keel of the ship is out of view which makes it difficult to make a distinction as to where the water ends and the clear blue skies begin.

Shocked by the sighting, Colin filmed the illusion in motion as he passed by.

Colin, a health and safety worker, shared the clip and his images onto Facebook later on that day, writing: "Saw a real life optical illusion in Banff today.¡±

Subsequent pictures also captured by Colin show the boat high amongst the clouds.

Colin captioned over his video: ¡°Floating boat.¡±

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Since Colin shared his picture onto Facebook, social media users have been left baffled by the footage.

"When I first saw the boat, I had to do a double take because I genuinely thought it was floating. Upon further inspection, however, I noticed that it was in fact just a remarkable optical illusion," Colin was quoted as telling the Mirror.