I captured this 'brocken spectre' from a plane above Scotland. Had a research of the phenomena after. Pretty awesome.pic.twitter.com/5PymQ9btyu
The "Brocken spectre" phenomenon is produced when a person stands above the upper surface of a cloud - on a mountain or high ground - with the Sun behind thempic.twitter.com/hPtyLt2en1
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Btw "Brocken" is the German mountain where the phenomenon was first described.
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Pretty sure this does not count as a Brockengespenst. It is just the shadow of the skyline on the clouds.
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I’ve got some photos of this I can share. Saw it once in the French Alpspic.twitter.com/ZlYn5KGCFS
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Unless this is something different? In which case anyone with more knowledge is very welcome to correct me
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This was exactly my first thought
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An effect that inspired a young scientist to recreate it in the lab ... and ended up inventing cloud chambers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUCJm7jyBwk …
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I've always wondered, since all you need is some height (a tall building ought to work as well as a mountain) and some fog... are there any urban Brocken Spectres? I've never heard of one.
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