peter_6095 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Anyone seen this effect before? This was a snap shot - just noticed it as I was leaving the cloud. I tried to go round again and get a better one but the sun had gone behind a higher cloud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivefreeman Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Looks like you have a guardian angel !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) its called a 'Broken Spectre' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_spectre Here is mine- Edited September 4, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 A few good ones here too from other Flickr users- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_6095 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Just read about it - thanks for the link. I remember now that I had read about it before: it is what Edward Whymper saw on his way down from the Matterhorn after the first ascent, during which 4 of his party died. He thought that it was an apparition. it was hard to take a photo because the camera autofocus couldn't cope with the thin cloud, I had to quickly switch to manual. I got one just before in which you could see the whole wing but it was badly out of focus... I will make it my mission to get a good one now. Fun playing around the clouds. Two more photos attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Yes- if you know how it's formed, they are quite easy to re-create when the conditions are right. You can also get a similar effect on long grass when there is a lot of dew. Careful when flying near cloud though, technically (legally) you shouldn't enter cloud- also reduces the chance of other aircraft spotting you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_6095 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Good point - I am making sure that I play around the small fluffy ones! I recently spoke to a helicopter pilot who flies around this area who said that he descended through the cloud a few months back near Brecon and came face to face with a paramotor pilot who was flying just below the solid cloud base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_barker Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Here's my favourite solar glory to date. The colours were quite distinct and it was eerie seeing the side-on perspective without the wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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