Photos: Floating Rock Over China

This photo has been making the rounds of the Internet in recent days.

Allnewsweb described the origin of the photo this way:

Mr Gang Hao was taking photos of scenery near his house in the city of Gushan on the 19th of July. After he had the photos developed he noticed this most peculiar feature in one of the images (above and below). He contacted paranormal researchers but they haven’t been able to solve the puzzle. Is this some sort of UFO disguised as an earthly rock or is it the result of an unknown natural phenomenon?

We don’t know how much of this story is real.  But the photo shows a white halo around the rock, pretty clear evidence of photoshopping.  As you can see in this blow-up:

However, this hoaxer demonstrates good taste, because it looks like he was inspired by the painting “Castle in the Pyrenees” by Rene Magritte.

Internet hoaxers are fans of French surrealism?  News to us.