David’s son, also David, “we were amazed and very baffled” but that they had in fact seen the phenomenon before.
His picture shows the large vessel appearing to float in the blue sky above the water.
Due to the similar colouring of the sea and sky, the large vessel appears to be sitting amongst the clouds.
The floating ship taken from Gillan on the Helford estuary (Image: David Morris)
It is likely the remarkable optical illusion was caused by a cloud formation closer to the shore ... Read even more
