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Explorers crossing Alaska reported seeing a strange mirage. Usually these take the form of a distorted image or a sheet of water, but what the explorers saw was the English city of Bristol on the Alaskan skyline! The city is in fact approximately 6,524 miles (10,500km) away.
 
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