The emergence of "phantom city" over the river Xin'an, China - the case of incorrect perceptions of media

The emergence of "phantom city" over the river Xin'an, China - the case of incorrect perceptions of media

 On June 26, 2011, media reports a mysterious incident in the town of Huang Shan, China. Mentioned that an "invisible city" appears above Xin'an river after heavy rain. However, these media also reported that this event occurred due to the Mirage / mirage. Is this correct?For those of you who do not know this story, following news snippets entitled 'Mysterious Cities' Appears on the river China' from Vivanews.com:

    YouTube - stunning scenery appeared in China at the beginning of this month. A city mysteriously appeared on the Xin'an River.

    The mysterious city of East China appeared in the sky after heavy rains. At that time, humid conditions covering the Xin'an River.

    The mysterious city that looks like any other city sights. Looks skyscrapers, some of the mountains and the little trees.

    The sight was seen by residents in the City Huanshan. There are all kinds of speculation from them, including where it considers a 'tomb' of the 'lost civilization'.

    "It's really amazing, looks like a scene in the movie, in a fairy tale," said one resident told the British news channel, ITN as the page loaded foxnews.com, June 27, 2011.

    However, all that was not real, aka mirage. Scientists have canceled the theory of 'grave' and 'lost civilization'.

    Experts believe the scene was probably just a mirage caused when moisture in the air becomes warmer than the temperature of the water underneath.

    When sunlight passes cold air into warm air, the light refracts or bends. Thus creating a shadow in the air that looks similar to a shadow in the water.

    Reflection is a common sight for many tourists who visit the area wetBefore VIVAnews, other major media in the world like dailymail, foxnews and yahoo news video also proclaim it so that it quickly became a sensation in cyberspace. Most people who reject the theory of the Mirage began asking the opinions vary. Some call it the Vortex. Some call it the result of Project Blue Beam and some call it a ghost town.So, which one is correct?Whether the video was a hoax?If not, whether the phenomenon is visible in the video is the result of a Mirage?I myself believe that the video was not a hoax. But I also believe that the phenomenon is visible not the result of the Mirage.In my opinion, the case that we face is actually a very simple answer, which is one of perception by the media.Chinese media who first posted this story was never told that a mysterious town / stealth Xin'an appear above the river. However, other media that quoted a perception that a city did appear in the upper river.Let's look together:The video was first posted by the Chinese media newscontent.cctv.com on June 16, 2011.In the video description is written like this:

    "Amazing mirage Appeared on Thursday at dusk at the Tunxi section of the Xin'an River in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Pls continuous pouring rain Had just stopped."

    In the thin mist above the river were the resource persons spectacular images of mountains, buildings and trees, the which seemed to be floating on the river.

    The phenomenon began at about 17:00 pm local time, attracting a large number of people, WHO paused to watch the ethereal scene.

    "It's really amazing. It looks like a scene in the movie, in a Fairyland," a local said.

    Similar sights are Often seen Lately, They were the resource persons not only as special as this one, local residents say.Sentences used in the above description is:

    "In the thin mist above the river were the resource persons spectacular images of mountains, buildings and trees, the which seemed to be floating on the river."If I translate it, it goes something like this:

    "In the midst of the mist over the river there is the image of the mountains, buildings and trees that look like floating above the river."There is never a stealth title that appears on the town on the river!This information is then taken by ITN, a British media that add narration to the video. The narrative is then a source of misperception because most of the media using a video from ITN.In the narrative, the second to-25, ITN reporter says:

    "The Spectacular images of mountains, buildings and trees Appear in the thin mist above the Xin'an River."The word "Appear" may mean "look" or "emerging". Thus, ITN may not be wrong to use that word. However, false perceptions can not be avoided in the following days.Dailymail.co.uk then proclaimed with the title: "Ghostly Apparition of entire city Appears Chinese river over ... but is it just a mirage?"Foxnews.com proclaimed with the title: 'Lost Civilization' Appears Above Chinese River.VIVAnews using a more moderate title: 'Mysterious Cities' Appears on the river China'.In fact, there are no mysterious city that suddenly appear above the river.If there is no city that appears above the river Xin'an, what was seen in the video?The video tells when heavy rain fell on Thursday in the town of Huang Shan. When the rain stopped at five o'clock, the fog began to envelop the river and saw a spectacular view of the city, as if the city was floating on a cloud.What is meant by the video it actually was telling me how amazing views of the town when fog blanketed the river Xin'an. Not told about the magical town that appears above the river.We can find any other evidence that confirms this perception of buildings as part of the city called stealth on the video. These buildings were really there and is part of the town of Huang Shan.As seen from the video, this footage was taken from the bridge over the river Guang Yu Xin'an. We can recognize it from the arches on the side of the bridge.

When the cameraman directs the camera to the side of the bridge, we could see three so-called media landscape as a "phantom city".

However, from further research, we can find that the landscape is not a phantom city nor the effect of mirage.If we use google earth and enter the keyword "Tunxi", we will soon be brought to the river bridge Xin'an and Guang Yu. Three landscape that appears in the video too visible.In addition, you also can see that side of the river was filled with buildings.
Let's take a closer look.This screen shot at close range circle in the middle (the island). Notice the building in the middle.
If we click on the island Panoramio photos in Google Earth, we'll get the picture. Obviously, this building is not part of the city of stealth.Consider the rightmost building.
It turned out just ordinary buildings.Then, by looking at other photos of the island, we can also find lots of tall buildings on the island as seen on the tape.


(image source)In conclusion, the existing buildings on the video is not a phantom city or the result of the phenomenon of mirage. Rather it is the buildings that are part of the town of Huang Shan.If you look at the definition of a mirage, then the phenomenon is seen in the video seemed to not be called as a result of the mirage. In my opinion, this phenomenon is just an ordinary fog phenomenon is also common in many parts of the world, as seen in San Francisco below.

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The idea of ​​a magical city or vortex is fun because we can bring high-flying fantasies. But for this case, it seems we must hold our imagination for a while.