Floating City in the Clouds: Fake or Fata Morgana?

Have you ever scrolled through your phone and come across a strange video showing a city floating in the clouds? Like... literally a whole city in the sky? Well, that exact thing happened in China back in 2015, and it freaked a lot of people out!

In a place called Foshan, Guangdong Province, people looked up and saw what looked like tall buildings hovering above the clouds. It was like a scene from a sci-fi movie. A few days later, folks in Jiangxi Province also reported seeing something similar. Videos went viral fast with comments ranging from “What the heck is this?!” to “Aliens are coming!”

Some people said it looked like a ghost city floating in the sky. Others called it a real-life version of Studio Ghibli’s “Castle in the Sky.” No matter how you look at it, the scene was seriously wild.

Floating city in the clouds: Fake or fata morgana?
Photo taken from CNN Youtube Channel



Real or Just a Fancy Illusion?

So… what was it really?.Some say it was a hoax a clever video edit meant to stir up social media hype. Others believe it was a rare natural phenomenon called Fata Morgana. Sounds like a cool name for a magic trick, right?

Wait, What’s Fata Morgana?

Let me explain it the simple way. Fata Morgana is basically a mirage like when you're driving on a hot road and it looks like there’s water ahead, but it’s not really there. In this case, the sky acts like a mirror and bends light in weird ways. So a real city

Illustration taken from Top Fives Youtube Channel

Illustration taken from Top Fives Youtube Channel



far away can appear in the sky, stretched or floating like magic.

Some experts say that’s what happened in Foshan. The atmosphere played a trick on everyone, making buildings from a nearby area appear in the sky. Trippy, huh?

But Still… It Looked Too Real

Honestly, when I watched the video, it didn’t feel like a blurry mirage. The buildings looked sharp and solid like you could touch them. That’s probably why so many people still believe it was something else. A government hologram test? A glitch in the matrix? Something spiritual?

Who knows!

My Opinions
Whether it was a rare trick of the light or something more mysterious, the “floating city” in China is one of those stories that makes you stop and wonder: how much of what we see can we really trust?

It might not have been an alien city or a sign from the sky but it sure made a lot of us look up. Have you ever seen anything like this before? Or would you believe it if you did? 

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