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It's not where it appears to be because the sun's rays are reflecting off of the water surface, and the water surface are bending the rays, so it looks like the coin is somewhere else.

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because the rays are reflecting off a glare surface and the glared surface are bending the rays so it looks like the coin is in a different place then it really is

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