The pictures are taken in a place called Mauritius, an island nation 1,200 kilometers southeast of Africa.

Captured by GoogleEarth, there?s a strange phenomenon occurring on its southwestern tip: an illusion that looks as if there?s a waterfall flowing underneath the ocean.

?What you?re witnessing, that looks like an underwater waterfall, is actually sand from the shores of Mauritius being driven via ocean currents off of that high, coastal shelf, and down into the darker ocean depths off the southern tip of the island.?

Check out the stunning pictures below.