Brocken bow, spirit in the mist
The "spectre" appears when the sun shines from behind a climber who is looking down from a ridge or peak into mist. The light projects the climber's shadow forward through the mist, often in an odd triangular shape due to perspective. The apparent magnification of size of the shadow is an optical illusion that occurs when the observer judges his shadow on relatively nearby clouds to be at the same distance as faraway land objects seen through gaps in the clouds, or when there are no reference points at all by which to judge its size. The shadow also falls on water droplets of varying distances from the eye, confusing depth perception. The ghost can appear to move (sometimes quite suddenly) because of the movement of the cloud layer.
Size: 5100px × 3400px
Photo credit: © Robert Dziewulski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: air, autumn, background, clouds, countryside, fresh, green, high, hight, hike, hiking, hill, landscape, mountain, national, nature, open, park, peaceful, plants, rock, rocks, sky, slovakia, storm, summer, tatra, tatras, tatry, tourism, traveler, tree, trekking, valley, water, wild
