With Halloween around the corner, we present the ghostly image of a Brocken spectre. Despite appearances and the season, there"s nothing paranormal about a Brocken spectre. It"s the magnified shadow of an observer cast in midair upon a cloud opposite a strong light source. Brocken spectres are rare but climb a mountain at dawn up to the misty slopes and you may be fortunate enough to witness the effect. The spectre, also known as a Brocken bow, mountain spectre, or spectre of the Brocken, can appear anywhere in which conditions are right—like here in the Balkans of Bulgaria. But it"s the thick fogs of the Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mountains in Germany, from which the phenomenon draws its name.
Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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					Manatee Appreciation Day
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					Ravens
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					The Old City of Bern
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					All eyes on moths
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					Frost on autumn leaves
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					Opt outside today
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					Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
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					It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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					World Oceans Day
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					Shark Fin Cove, California
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					Tough turf
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					Black History Month
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					The Cathedral of Florence, Italy
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					Life in the slow lane
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					An octagonal architectural treasure
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					Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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					Happy Independence Day!
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					Glastonbury Festival begins
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					Just a couple of yellow-billed hornbills
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					Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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					Pining for spring
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					Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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					St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan
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					Sibiu Christmas market, Romania
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					Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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