Amazing: Rock floating in the air?

This picture is a good example of an optical illusion that manages to distort reality, at least initially.

When you first see the picture, you observe a rock floating in the air. But when you pay more attention, reality starts taking a new dimension, at least for most of us.

This pic shared on X has evoked many responses and technical explanations for the confusion that the optical illusion creates for us.

Klara Paulovits @EnsKlara writes: If you zoom in on the rock, you can see the water line on the darkest side of the rock! Clouds are reflecting on the water!

One user comments: The reflection is of the sky, it appears that the rock is floating amongst the clouds. One ripple would change that effect.

Marverde @wlate17 Writes: The water is so still. And there is no horizon. It's a great pic.

Shukela @ishmaelsizwe: The water is taking the reflection of a cloudy sky thus making the rock appear floating in the sky.

But the reality remains cloudy for some of us as Sheikhni @Sheikhni1999 writes: I still see a rock floating in the air