This spectacular optical illusion is what’s known as a “Brocken spectre” as named by German ... making it move. The effect gives the entire ensemble a rather psychedelic feel as your ...

Keith Paton, of Fyvie, took a picture of one of his Jacob sheep on a clear night in Aberdeenshire. A selection of your ...

A light wind completes the spooky effect, making the spectre move as if it has a life of its own. The Brocken spectre takes its name from the Brocken, a mountain in Germany where it is commonly ...

The conditions also allowed photographer Tarquin Shaw-Young to capture an image known as a 'brocken spectre.' The image shows a magnified shadow of an observer that appears on a cloud or mist ...