"A Fata Morgana is a complex, superior mirage that makes distant ships, islands, or coastlines appear to float in the sky or hover above the horizon. It happens when a layer of cold air gets trapped under a layer of warmer air, bending light rays and acting as a natural magnifying lens" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddplzzz2gno)

Ten minutes and a few miles further the mirage inverts and doubles the upper decks leaving the lower decks intact. The container ship's upper part is likewise inverted and doubled, or the air behind it...