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To Jansy and others who are interested:
I believe this comes from Wiki Wiki, where I saw it too. An interesting
sidelight: the early British mountaineers associated the "third man"
illusion with the fogbow, today considered a related phenomenon but
colorless, and pale but larger moonbow. There is a rough sketch of a
fogbow, a dark oval containing, as I recall, a cross, done by a member
of the Whymper party, which they presumably saw, I believe, on the way
down after the fatal accident.
DN
>Brocken Spectre, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Scotland
This is a photo of the phenomenon known as the Brocken Spectre. Named
after a German who first identified (recorded) it. The spectra is
actually formed when your shadow is cast onto a layer of mist lying
below you. So it is very rare to see one. I have been lucky enough to
see it on several occasions in the mountains, and once on a coastal walk
in Wales. Photograph by: David Harbottle , 2006-06-03, picture taken
with a Canon EOS 350 D, Canon 10-22mm EFS,Polariser
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I believe this comes from Wiki Wiki, where I saw it too. An interesting
sidelight: the early British mountaineers associated the "third man"
illusion with the fogbow, today considered a related phenomenon but
colorless, and pale but larger moonbow. There is a rough sketch of a
fogbow, a dark oval containing, as I recall, a cross, done by a member
of the Whymper party, which they presumably saw, I believe, on the way
down after the fatal accident.
DN
>Brocken Spectre, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Scotland
This is a photo of the phenomenon known as the Brocken Spectre. Named
after a German who first identified (recorded) it. The spectra is
actually formed when your shadow is cast onto a layer of mist lying
below you. So it is very rare to see one. I have been lucky enough to
see it on several occasions in the mountains, and once on a coastal walk
in Wales. Photograph by: David Harbottle , 2006-06-03, picture taken
with a Canon EOS 350 D, Canon 10-22mm EFS,Polariser
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