PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- You OK up there in Canada?

A hot, summer day in the Pacific Northwest led to some unusual sights along the shores of Canada 's Vancouver Island Tuesday, with distant skylines and shorelines appearing warped as if there was a glitch in the Matrix.

In this case, it was a mirage -- specifically, a " Fata Morgana ."

The videos and photos above were taken from across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Port Angeles , Washington looking out toward Victoria, B.C.

"Looked like the city was floating," photographer Karen Sistek said.

FATA MORGANA: A WEIRD MIRAGE THAT MAKES DISTANT OBJECTS APPEAR WARPED

The strange sights come from the cold 53-degree waters of the Strait, interacting with the unusually hot weather gripping the Pacific Northwest this week.

The air near the surf

See Full Page