Go For Brocken. As Randall noted in the tweet, he'd seemingly experienced his first "Brocken Spectre" — a mind-bending optical illusion that occurs on misty days when the Sun casts a shadow of a ...

The Brocken spectre forms opposite the sun and is made up of a bright circle surrounded by rings of color, known as a glory. The central bull’s eye of luminance is formed by light reflected ...

An optical effect known as a Brocken spectre was photographed at Hawaii’s Haleakala National Park. The vision creates a halo over the viewer’s elongated shadow.

The Brocken spectre is just one type of glory, where the shadow is being cast on a mountain. If you create a Brocken spectre, "you'll be standing with the sun at your back, gazing at your own ...

Man Captures Spectacular Image Of An 'Angel' In The Clouds Caused By A Rare Weather Phenomenon A man in Derbyshire, England captured a photo of a spectacular phenomenon in the sky, and his ...

Hawaiʻi, with our beautiful mountains and frequent cloud cover, is a great place to see a Brocken Spectre. One of the best spots to experience this is on Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in Hawaiʻi.

The Brocken spectre lasted about 30 minutes before it disappeared, Klein wrote on her YouTube video. Both she and the stranger had glowing lights around their shadow.

A Brocken spectre, center-left, is seen among the clouds on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park in Washington state on October 11. Photo by Nikki Klein/Facebook.

An optical effect known as a Brocken spectre was photographed at Hawaii’s Haleakala National Park. The vision creates a halo over the viewer’s elongated shadow.

An optical effect known as a Brocken spectre is caused when a rainbow halo forms around your shadow, according to the National Park Service. Haleakalā National Park photo An eerie trick of light ...

An optical effect known as a Brocken spectre was photographed at Hawaii’s Haleakala National Park. The vision creates a halo over the viewer’s elongated shadow.

An optical effect known as a Brocken spectre was photographed at Hawaii’s Haleakala National Park. The vision creates a halo over the viewer’s elongated shadow.