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Silhouette caused by the sun against the mist, from the summit of Nhlangeni Pass, Vergelegen.
Date
Sunday, 26 December 2010
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156.77 KB (800 x 600 px)
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Camera Make (Manufacturer)
SONY
Camera Model
DSC-P200
Last Modified Date/Time
2007:08:28 17:17:12
Exposure Time
10/1600 seconds
Aperture F Number
F6.3
Exposure Program
Normal program
ISO Speed Ratings
100
Exif Version
Version 2.2
Date and Time of Original
2007:08:28 17:17:12
Date and Time when Digitized
2007:08:28 17:17:12
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto mode
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This anti-solar atmospheric phenomenon is called a "brockenbow" colloquially and "the optical glory" scientifically.
The shadow is called the "brockenspecter".
Anti-solar refers to the fact that the phenomenon is centered at the point opposite the sun. Anti-solar phenomena include brockenbow, fogbow, primary and secondary rainbows, all refractive, and anti-crepuscular rays (rays of the sun coming together) and anti-crepuscular shadows, which are non-refractive. Each of these also has an anti-lunar equivalent.
Theoretically it is possible to see all four refractive "bows" together, but if that happens, I suggest you get on your knees and recite Hebrew. I have photographed brockenbows many times in the Drakensberg, and once a fogbow with a brockenbow, above (false I think now) Lynx cave, in itself a once in a lifetime event. javascript:joom_smilie(':smilewinkg- rin:')
Give me time (say 6 months), I will publish.
Keep in mind that the hiker also was seeing a brockenbow around HIS shadow, and could not see the one the photographer saw. In other words, each person insists he has been glorified, while the others were not! Makes a good excuse for war, or doing physics!
Amazing shot. You don't often see this effect. Right time right place.
Karl