Another impressive photo shows a ship floating in the sky.
A strange optical illusion is to blame for the ghostly sightings, which have spread across the country.
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The stunning photo appears to show a cruise ship hovering in the sky Credit: SWNS: South West News Service
The latest image shows the huge cruise ship ‘hovering in the air’ in Lyme Bay between Devon and Dorset.
Dave Medlock spotted the ship while walking his dog on Sunday.
He said: “It looks like something out of Back to the Future, but I know it’s a special kind of mirage.”
Although it looked like it was floating, the boat was actually in the water.
It seemed to be suspended due to a phenomenon known as the upper mirage.
This causes the image to appear above where it actually is, making this P&O cruiser look like it’s flying.
It is one of the many ‘floating ships’ that have left the British with the feeling of being at sea.
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This ‘floating tanker’ was seen off the coast of Banff, AberdeenshireCredit: Deadline News
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Cruise ships have been seen ‘floating’ on the waters near Paignton, DevonCredit: Apex News
Last week David Morris spotted one while walking along the Cornish coast near Falmouth.
He was “extremely confused” when he saw a large vessel apparently floating just above the waves.
A few days earlier, several cruisers were also seen ‘floating’ above the waters off the coast of Paignton, Devon.
Colin McCallum then spotted a large red “floating ship” on the horizon while traveling through Banff, Aberdeenshire.
He said: “When I first saw the ship, I had to do a double take because I really thought it was floating.
“However, upon further inspection, I realized that it was actually just an incredible optical illusion.”
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The latest sighting was made by David Morris while walking near FalmouthCredit: Apex News
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Some believe the phenomenon could be the origin of the legend of the Flying DutchmanCredit: Alamy
The phenomenon, known as Fata Morgana, occurs when the sun heats the atmosphere over land or sea.
A layer of warmer air sits on top of a layer of colder air, causing the ship’s light to bend and colors to mix.
For Fata Morgana to appear, the weather conditions must be just right, reports Mail Online.
It starts with a cold air mass near the ground or water surface that is covered by a warm layer of air higher up in the atmosphere.
Although this phenomenon can occur on land, they are more common at sea because the water helps create the necessary layer of cold air.
Speaking about the sighting in Cornwall, a Met Office spokesperson said: “The images appear to show evidence of a phenomenon called Fata Morgana.
“A rare and complex form of mirage in which the horizontal and vertical distortion, inversion, and elevation of objects appear in changing patterns.
“The phenomenon occurs on the surface of the water and is created by the superposition of several layers of air with different refractive indices.”
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For Fata Morgana to appear, the weather conditions must be just right
BBC meteorologist David Braine said the phenomenon is caused by conditions in the atmosphere that bend light.
“Superior mirages occur due to a climatic condition known as a temperature inversion, where cold air is close to the sea and warmer air is above it,” he said.
“Because cold air is denser than warm air, it bends light into the eyes of someone standing on the ground or shoreline, changing the appearance of a distant object.”
The apparition is named after Morgan le Fay, a sorceress from Arthurian legend, who is said to have used her witchcraft to lure unwitting sailors into her traps.
A mirage is believed to be the reason for sightings of the Flying Dutchman, a 17th-century “ghost ship” doomed to sail the seas forever.
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