#brockengespenst

[manueldeverde]

Espectro de Brocken - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

[carmenbass]

A Brocken spectre (German: Brockengespenst), also called Brocken bow or mountain spectre, is the magnified (and apparently enormous) shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite of the Sun's direction. The figure's head is often surrounded by the halo-like rings of colored light forming a glory, which appears opposite of the Sun's direction when uniformly-sized water droplets in clouds refract and backscatter sunlight.

The phenomenon can appear on any misty mountainside or cloud bank, even when seen from an aeroplane, but the frequent fogs and low-altitude accessibility of the Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mountains in Germany, have created a local legend from which the phenomenon draws its name.

[janemount]

so there is a thing I really really want to see (one day I will!) called a Brockengespenst, or Brocken spectre, when you are on a mountain and the sun behind you shines on a cloud or mist down in front of you and gives your shadow a rainbow halo, like you are seeing your magic aura, or soul, or something. Darko (husband, who loves airplanes more than almost anything) saw a Boeing's specter last month when he was flying back from Europe. 🌈✈️👻 #brockenspectre #brockengespenst

[grosteumebleuredebrute]

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Filles à papa.

[sagenundlegenden]

A Brocken spectre is an optical illusion that takes its name from the Brockenberg in Germany's Harz Mountains.  Hikers on foggy hilltops will sometimes see a giant-like figure cast by their own shadow.  In Scotland's Cairngorms, the spectre is known as Am Fear Laith Mor or the Grey Man.  Witnesses report the sound of footsteps and a sense of panic and foreboding.