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Photography

Bo Zarts

(25,595 posts) Mon Aug 5, 2024, 10:40 AM Aug 2024

The Elusive Brocken Spectre (AKA: Glory)

Bitterroot Mountains Fire Lookout Tower - Idaho Panhandle
August 4, 2024
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The Elusive Brocken Spectre (AKA: Glory) (Original Post) Bo Zarts Aug 2024 OP

This is one fascinating photo! Thanks for sharing it, my dear Bo. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2024 #1

Thanks Peggy! Bo Zarts Aug 2024 #2

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,070 posts)

1. This is one fascinating photo! Thanks for sharing it, my dear Bo.

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Mon Aug 5, 2024, 12:45 PM

Aug 2024

I've never seen anything quite like this.

Bo Zarts

(25,595 posts)

2. Thanks Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 5, 2024, 01:30 PM

Aug 2024

I have seen the Brocken Spectre/Glory phenomenon before, both from an aircraft and from a fire lookout. But I have never been able to get a photo before. And I came close to missing it yesterday, as it caught me quite off guard.

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