![]() ![]() Named after the German mountain where it was first witnessed, the Brocken Spectre is actually an optical illusion. It’s actually a rare meteorological phenomenon known as a Brocken Spectre. The head of the figure is often surrounded by the glowing halo-like rings of a glory ( Heiligenschein), rings of coloured light that appear directly opposite the sun when sunlight is reflected by a cloud of uniformly-sized water droplets.Įspectro de Brocken Spectre de Brocken Brockenska sablast Brocken espektro Брокенский призрак Brockengespenst Bóng ma Brocken (hiện tượng quang học) 布羅肯奇景 Brokeno šmėkla ブロッケン現象 espectre de Brocken เงาบร็อคเคิน widmo Brockenu Brockenspekter Brockenspøkelse Брокенський привид Brockenspöke Fenomena Brocken 브로켄의 요괴 Brocken spectre شبح بروكن Brockenské strašidlo Brockenské strašidlo 大気光学現象のひとつ Objektu baten itzal handitua, eguzkiaren aurkako aldean ur-tantazko hodei edo laino batean agertzen dena. In pictures taken by husband Jolyon West, the images show a tall, shadowy figure and a separate one with two figures, surrounded by a glowing halo. The figure’s head is often surrounded by the halo-like rings of colored light forming a Glory, which appears opposite the Sun’s direction when uniformly-sized water. The ghost can appear to move (sometimes quite suddenly) because of the movement of the cloud layer. A Brocken Spectre, also called Brocken Bow, Mountain Spectre, or Spectre of the Brocken is the magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite the Sun’s direction. The shadow also falls on water droplets of varying distances from the eye, confusing depth perception. The apparent magnification of size of the shadow is an optical illusion that occurs when the observer judges his shadow on relatively nearby clouds to be at the same distance as faraway land objects seen through gaps in the clouds, or when there are no reference points at all by which to judge its size. Find Brocken Spectre stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. The light projects the climber's shadow forward through the mist, often in an odd triangular shape due to perspective. The "spectre" appears when the sun shines from behind a climber who is looking down from a ridge or peak into mist. As both the image of the Brocken Spectre and the Semblances of Truth in. The Brocken spectre was observed and described by Johann Silberschlag in 1780, and has since been recorded often in literature about the region. Spectre for a divine visitation, but some of the greatest thinkers in the world. The phenomenon can appear on any misty mountainside or cloud bank, or even 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. ![]() English: A Brocken spectre ( German Brockengespenst), also called Brocken bow or mountain spectre is the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer, cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds opposite the sun. ![]()
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