Footage of the likeness of a Hogwarts-style castle appearing to float in the sky has caused a sensation on Chinese social media.
The ghostly image of what looked like the iconic Hogwarts School from the world of Harry Potter was spotted hovering above modern buildings in Jinan, Shandong Province in eastern China on September 11, 2020.
Despite people suggesting that the castle in the sky is proof that a parallel universe exists, local media reported that the sight was a natural phenomenon called a Fata Morgana or Mirage.
The sky phenomenon occurs because rays of light are bent when they pass through air layers of different temperatures in a steep thermal inversion where an atmospheric duct has formed, therefore it is quite possible that a building nearby matches the strange phenomenon in the sky.