Some of the best optical illusions that nature has to offer

 Dramatic: Aerial pictures appear to show an 'underwater vortex' in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the tropical island of Mauritius. It is really an optical illusion and is caused by a build-up of sand and silt deposits along the coast of Mauritius

 Other worldly: It may look like a UFO, but this unusual cloud formation is perfectly natural and is known as a fallstreak hole. It is created when ice particles form quickly, causing a domino effect as the water droplets connect with the crystals. These start to fall leaving a large hole in the cloud

 At first glance it looks like these two boys are jumping into an abyss, but they are actually only leaping into the crystal-clear waters of Jacob’s Well in Texas, which stretches down 30ft 

 They look like impressionist masterpieces and these rare nacreous clouds have been spotted 'painting' skies in a rainbow of colours. Officially known as polar stratospheric clouds, they are typically seen over Norway and other polar regions when the sun is just below the horizon

 This bold image, taken in a place called Dead Vlei in Namibia, looks more like a painting than a photograph, thanks to the vivid red dunes juxtaposed with the trees

 Light fantastic: This isn't an alien planet with three suns, but an illusion known as a 'sundog' or 'phantom sun'. It's caused by small pockets of ice suspended in the air, created when temperatures plunge below -25C

Layers of sedimentary rock unevenly eroded away over millions of years in the Coyote Buttes of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona look like a giant painting

 This stunning capture appears to show a dead tree in the snow. However, the 'branches' are actually caused by a weaving river snaking its way through the desert in Mexico’s Baja California

This hiker looks like he's one step from certain death. Thankfully the man is actually calmly strolling along a river bed in Utah's Glen Canyon

 On the island of Heimaey in Southern Iceland, a rock formation has taken on quite a curious shape. The basalt rock on the ocean-side cliff bears an uncanny resemblance to that of a giant elephant - complete with wrinkled skin - reaching its trunk into the sea

Making a good impressionism: These rolling hills in Washington State look like a painting when captured in the right light

This otherworldly cloud pattern is called Undulatus Asperatus. Named in 2014, the formation looks like waves crashing through the ocean

Kaleidoscopic hills: This terrain looks like an artist's impression of an alien planet. However, the spectacular landscape, found at the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu Province, China, is actually the result of red sandstone and mineral deposits being laid down over 24 million years

While this may look like the aftermath of a battle on the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica, the red colouring is caused by iron oxide tainted with salt water

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