We were very lucky to experience the Brocken Spectre on two occasions during the day. The Brocken Spectre appears when a low sun is behind a climber who is looking downwards into mist from a ridge or peak. The glow and rings are of course a glory centered directly opposite the sun at the antisolar point. But what then is the ghostly figure? It is no more than the shadow of the climber projected forward through the mist.
If you look carefully you can see myself and my colleague in the centre of the circle
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