Windy Cleuch, Carlisle

Brocken spectre at Glenrath Heights

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The sun shone from behind me, projecting my shadow onto a bank of mist, surrounded by rings of coloured light caused by the sunlight being reflected by the water droplets in the mist. This phenomenon is known as a Brocken spectre.

Uploaded to Geograph by Alan O'Dowd on 15 November 2014

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