Saturday, July 19, 2008

Brockengespenst (Brocken Spectre)

John Muir on the summit of Half Dome in 1875:

"perfectly glorious... A massive cloud of pure pearl luster... was arched across the valley from wall to wall... My shadow, clearly outlined, about half a mile long, lay upon this glorious white surface with startling effect. I walked back and forth, waved my arms and struck all sorts of attitudes, to see every slightest movement enormously exaggerated."

Brocken spectre with glory (halo) on fog below the Golden Gate Bridge.

Brocken spectre with glory on Aconcagua.


2 comments:

Nabil said...

this is really really cool.

May said...

There's so much stuff like this everywhere if you know to look for it. Another good one is the shadow of the earth on the sky just after the sun has set.