brocken spectre stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images The Awe-Inspiring Spectre of the Brocken, 1935. The Brocken spectre got its name because of early sightings on the Brocken, the highest peak of Germany's Harz Mountains. natural phenomena, brocken spectre on helm crag. ‘I was on the flight, and when I looked through the window, I was amazed to see this colourful ghost beneath the clouds,' he said. Sometimes the illusion appears when the shadow of a plane can be seen on the clouds below.Īlexey Zolotnycyn, a photographer from Russia, managed to take spectacular snaps through the window of the plane on an early morning flight, as he left Moscow airport several years ago. The illusions is always seen on the opposite side to the direction of the sun and can be also be replicated on a flat surface if the sun is low on the horizon. Encuentra fotos de stock de Brocken Spectre e imágenes editoriales de noticias en Getty Images. The spectre can also sometimes seem larger than the person watching it, giving the impression of a giant grey creature. The head of the figure is often surrounded by rings of coloured light - caused by light diffraction. The Brocken Spectre can appear on any misty mountainside or cloud bank, or even on some occasions, from an aeroplane.Īmong mountain climbers there is a superstition that whoever sees a Brocken Spectre will die in the mountains the very next day 'The best display was in the evening, when the Spectre appeared very clear, large and a short distance from us, right before thick clouds rolled in and obstructed the sun,' she said. Image caption, The Brocken spectre was seen in Leicestershire on the same day as cloud inversions Wayne Wit saw the phenomenon on Bardon Hill, the highest point in Leicestershire. She added that as the day went on, the Spectre lasted longer and became more prominent and colourful. 'We were secretly hoping we would get lucky on Saturday as the conditions looked perfect,' Chapin told ABC News. The atmospheric conditions throw the person's shadow forward, creating a spectral apparition that can appear to rapidly move.Īmong mountain climbers there is a superstition that whoever sees a Brocken Spectre will die in the mountains the very next day. The shadow can also fall on water droplets of varying differences from the observer's eye causing confused depth perception.Īmazingly, the ghostly figure can sometimes appear to move rapidly when the cloud layer moves or there are variations in its density. The extraordinary sight involves the light behind a climber casting their shadow often in an odd triangular shape. The 'head' or point of the shadow is often surrounded by rings of coloured light – the rainbow halo - caused by light diffraction. The Brocken spectre is the magnified shadow of an observer or object, cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds opposite the sun.
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