It looks like a magical shadow puppet show. This incredible sight is called a Brocken Spectre; and it happens when the sun is behind you, casting your shadow onto the clouds in front of you.

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Early mountaineers and climbers often referred to it as the "Brocken spectre" when seen with the additional feature of a shadowy figure in the center. This name originates from the Brocken ...

The pictures, taken from the Malvern Hills on Friday (December 27), appear to show ghostly figures and a rainbow due to the rare weather phenomenon.

Scotland is also one of the best places in the UK to spot another mountain phenomenon: the eerie Brocken spectre. Many a hillwalker has paused on a mountain trail and turned to admire a cloud ...

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 ...