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The photographer as Brocken Spectre in one of the gullies of Piz Lad. The concentrical inner rings are called glories,, while the outer rings are fogbows. Thanks to atoptics2 (see below) for the explanation. Sept 8th 2008 Comments[ Post a Comment ] | vancouver islander | Popularly called... | | 
Voted 10/10 | ...a "sundog" is it not? Very nice is any event. | | Posted Oct 9, 2008 3:21 pm |
 | | Gangolf Haub | Re: Popularly called... | | 
Hasn't voted | So it's a sundog? Luiso calls it a Brocken Spectre. I guess I'll still have some research to do :-) | | Posted Oct 10, 2008 2:47 am |
| | woodsxc | Re: Popularly called... | | 
Hasn't voted | Sundogs are partial rainbows that appear on opposite sides of the sun. They don't require rain, just clouds. This is not a sundog. | | Posted Oct 14, 2008 3:04 pm |
| Whiteout | Amazing | | 
Voted 10/10 | picture! | | Posted Oct 11, 2008 6:01 am |
| | Gangolf Haub | Re: Amazing | |
Hasn't voted | Not quite a whiteout - but only little was missing :-)
Thanks | | Posted Oct 11, 2008 6:05 am |
| atoptics2 | Glory, Brocken and Fogbow | | Hasn't voted | This is a magnificent sighting. The shadow is that of the photographer cast through the mist - it is often called a "Brocken Spectre".
The inner coloured rings are a 'glory'
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/glory.htm
produced when sunlight is diffracted and backscattered by the small water drops of fog and mist.
The outer rings are a fogbow with very bright and clear inner supernumerary fringes
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/fogbow.htm
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/fogcar.htm
To produce so many clear inner fringes the fog droplets must have all been almost of the same size.
| | Posted Oct 12, 2008 5:23 am |
| | Gangolf Haub | Re: Glory, Brocken and Fogbow | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for the explanation. I'll change the caption accordingly. | | Posted Oct 12, 2008 6:08 am |
| Sierra Ledge Rat | beautiful! | | 
Voted 10/10 | thank's for letting us see that great photo! | | Posted Oct 12, 2008 10:08 pm |
| | Gangolf Haub | Re: beautiful! | |
Hasn't voted | You're welcome. It was just a matter of being at the right place at the right time... | | Posted Oct 13, 2008 3:36 am |
| mills | MIndblowing | | 
Voted 10/10 | Superb photo, just found this and it blew me away, thanks for posting :) | | Posted Sep 22, 2010 3:59 pm |
| | Gangolf Haub | Re: MIndblowing | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks! The real experience was even more strange than the photo tells. Also, I cannot decide whether I like this picture or the other one:
http://www.summitpost.org/image/451446/Self-Portrait.html | | Posted Sep 27, 2010 4:12 pm |
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