A photograph has been shared online of the most stunning real-life optical illusion I've ever seen, and it's garnered over 5,000 upvotes on Reddit so I'm not the only one to be impressed. Consisting of a sunset as viewed from a car, the sky looks exactly as if there is a river running underneath it, with the sunset turning the water a beautiful pink hue.
Staring at the illusion for longer does nothing to take away the spectacle, it's actually very difficult to see the reality of the image – that the river is actually made out of clouds framing the sky in a certain way. It's genuinely one of the best optical illusions I've come across, real or not. The clouds above the 'river' even look like mountains.
