'Ghost city' rises over China skyline

ford man xf · 27-06-2011, 06:55 PM

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'Ghost city' rises over China skyline

Residents in the eastern Chinese city of Huanshan were mystified when an enormous city rose over the city's skyline on a misty evening earlier this month.

The giant mirage complete with tall buildings, mountains and trees appeared across the skyline after heavy downpour and humid conditions along the Xin'an River.

As mist settled over the river, the life-size city appeared from nowhere, leading residents to wonder if the vision was a "vortex" to a lost civilisation.

"It's really amazing, it looks like a scene in a movie, in a fairlyland," one resident was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.

She said that a number of similar sights had been seen recently although this one was the most spectacular.

The mysterious city vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. Scientists have since rejected the vortex theory and say the incredible sight was a mirage.

A mirage is an optical illusion in which distant objects are reflected by a layer of hot air just above ground level.

Mirages occur naturally when moisture in the air rises above the temperature of water below.

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/...china-skyline/

Windsor220 · 27-06-2011, 07:36 PM

I dont get that video. All it looks like is we are looking at a few buildings. Are they not supposed to be there? Why didnt they take a video once the fog had gone so we could compare?

**DJM83** · 27-06-2011, 07:45 PM

Yeah im at a loss too.

ford man xf · 27-06-2011, 07:52 PM

I have a feeling it's something lost in translation...Yahoo probably stuffed up!

KR1STO · 27-06-2011, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ford man xf

I have a feeling it's something lost in translation...Yahoo probably stuffed up!

hahahah...

nstg8a · 27-06-2011, 08:51 PM

those buildings are not really there, theyre normally over the horizon out of sight. the mist and sunlight combined to cause the mirages.

or something like that. it was just on the 7pm project.

Geez Louise · 27-06-2011, 09:59 PM

It's a Chris Angel - Mindfreak

It is pretty amazing that a mirage that big appeared and was filmed. It looks real doesn't it!

Windsor220 · 27-06-2011, 11:47 PM

I've done a bit of reserching and according to google earth there is heaps of land around that site it cant just be nothing visible there. I would really like to see a photo from that same spot when its normal.

Ben73 · 28-06-2011, 01:04 AM

Man, imagine if you went to your favorite beach and on arrival you noticed there was a city on the horizon through the thick fog when normally all you can see is water.
You would **** bricks.

bigmanny · 28-06-2011, 01:12 AM

I don't understand the video like most of you, but **** like that amazes me while also freaking me out. It's cool knowing that through all the **** we as humans have discovered, there is so much stuff out there that we don't know about and may never know enough about

kpcart · 30-06-2011, 03:54 AM

theres a couple other vids on youtube besides the yahoo one posted here. those buildings arent there normally, but it is a mirage. but what an amazing mirage! ive never seen a mirage before besides the usual water you see in the distance on a highway drive. in some other videos you see people interviewed and they are saying how they cannot believe what they are seeing. apparently the mirage is an optical illusion caused by condensation or humidity refelecting buildings from a distance. From what i have read on the internet, this chinese incident is probably the best ever recorded incident of a mirage. sure beats the mirages that bugs bunny used to see in the old looney tunes cartoons.