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== Films ==

* A rare example and justification of this: the newer ''[[Journey to The Center of The Earth]]'' movie has floating stones large enough to stand on suspended by magnetic force.

* In James Cameron's ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'', massive islands of stone known as the Hallelujah Mountains (Thundering Rocks to the natives) float high above the planet Pandora's surface. It is [[Hand Wave|loosely explained]] that the [[Applied Phlebotinum|magnetic energies]] from the literal [~~http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/~~Unobtainium Unobtainium] keep them suspended mid-air due to the [[Techno Babble|Meissner Effect]]. It's also known that the resulting magnetic "Flux Vortex" also interferes with the navigational instruments of human aircraft. The Principle is actually scientifically sound; A superconductor like unobtanium would float whe exposed to a sufficiently powerful magnetic field. However, a magnetic field strong enough to make mountains float would do a lot more than interfere with navigation.

* In James Cameron's ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'', massive islands of stone known as the Hallelujah Mountains (Thundering Rocks to the natives) float high above the planet Pandora's surface. It is [[Hand Wave|loosely explained]] that the [[Applied Phlebotinum|magnetic energies]] from the literal [[Unobtainium|Unobtainium]] keep them suspended mid-air due to the [[Techno Babble|Meissner Effect]]. It's also known that the resulting magnetic "Flux Vortex" also interferes with the navigational instruments of human aircraft. The Principle is actually scientifically sound; A superconductor like unobtanium would float whe exposed to a sufficiently powerful magnetic field. However, a magnetic field strong enough to make mountains float would do a lot more than interfere with navigation.

* In [[Toy Story]] 2, Rex is seen playing a Buzz Lightyear video game, and walks up some magically appearing floating steps to fight the final boss.