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LuAnne Cadd is a photojournalist based in the USA.

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Mysterious Floating Mountain

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I found a forgotten photo today from November last year.

The scene was rather magical as I sat in the MAF Cessna 206 heading from Haydom Hospital back to Dodoma. The floating mountain mirage lasted only for about 10 minutes of flight before the bottom half began to materialize. This is Mount Harang, Tanzania’s fourth highest mountain at 3417 meters (11,210 ft).

I edited contrast to combat the haze, and color correction due to the tinted plane windows. It really looked like this: a floating mountain.

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    • No really!!! It’s floating. I swear! hehe. (But I didn’t photoshop it to look like this. That I truly do swear.)

    • Oh, and that wavy looking stuff where the bottom of the mountain should be, that’s just the windows of the plane, I think.

      • Well it’s an amazing photograph. And since I know you personally I’ll be quick to assure people that I’m almost completely sure you’re telling the truth.

  2. Hey Luanne,
    You may not recall, but we met at the Nazarene University in Nairobi when I was there back in ’14 to photograph the Scripture portions dedication at DOOR. Anyway, this is a great photo, thanks for sharing. Photoshop, Gods way. Keep up the great work.

  3. Reminds me of the sense of mysticism I often experienced in Arusha, Babati and Ngrorngroro. The world isn’t always limited to the natural and physical, and sometimes God provides a visual reminder that something magical lies just beyond our sight.

  5. I’ll vouch for you, LuAnne 🙂 I’ve seen this phenomenon several times in Ethiopia where the haze layer below makes things look more distant, but above it, objects appear closer. Good shot!

  6. Caleb says, “There’s no such thing as a floating mountain.”
    I’ll let you take it up with him next time you see him.