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	The Brocken
		The Brocken, or Blocksberg, is the highest peak (1142 meters) in the Harz Mountains[?] in Germany, between the rivers Weser and Elbe.
		From 1957 the Brocken was considered a security zone, and after construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, 1961 it was named a military high security zone and turned into a fortress.
		The Brocken was famously described in Goethe's Faust as the center of revelry for witches on Walpurgis Night (April 30; the eve of St. Walpurga's Day on May 1).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_Brocken.html (648 words)

	Touching the Light - Brocken Spectres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The name Brocken Spectre originates from the highest top in northern Germany, the Brocken in the Harz mountains, where legend has it that a climber fell to his death after being startled by the unearthly appearance of a haloed human figure in the swirling mists.
		Brocken Spectres often appear from mountain ridges when the ridge is clear and the corrie below you is filled with mist, or when the sun suddenly breaks through the mist.
		This Spectre was one I observed from Yr Aran in Snowdonia in November 1994, and was made with a "standard" 50mm lens.
	www.touchingthelight.co.uk /features/brocken.htm (1013 words)

	Brocken spectre
		The Brocken Spectre appears when a low sun is behind a climber who is looking downwards into mist from a ridge or peak.
		The "spectre" is the shadowy figure - the glow and rings are of course a glory centered directly opposite the sun at the antisolar point.
		The Brocken Spectre is a similar effect to anti-crepuscular rays and cloud shadows.
	www.atoptics.co.uk /droplets/globrock.htm (184 words)

	Brocken spectre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Brocken spectre, also called Brocken bow or mountain spectre is the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast, when the Sun is low, upon the upper surfaces of clouds that are below the mountain upon which he stands.
		The spectre was observed and described by Johann Silberschlag in 1780, and has since been recorded often in literature about the region.
		The "spectre" appears when the sun shines from behind a climber who is looking down from a ridge or peak into mist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brocken_spectre (312 words)

	Photography techniques: Photographing the Brocken spectre
		The Brocken spectre of the photographer, consisting of two penumbral (partial) shadows, due to the double headlight of a car illuminating the fog.
		The brocken spectre is basically a shadow (the observer's shadow) cast on and in a cloud (fog).
		The spectre is best seen in mountainous areas, when you are on a mountain ridge and near the top of a cloud or fog layer.
	www.weatherscapes.com /techniques.php?cat=optics&page=brocken (790 words)

	SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN... - Online Information article about SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN...
		SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN (so named from having been first observed in 178o on the Brocken)
		BROCKEN (so named from having been first observed in 178o on the Brocken), an enormously magnified See also:
		End of Article: SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN (so named from having been first observed in 178o on the Brocken)
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BRI_BUN/BROCKEN_SPECTRE_OF_THE_so_named.html (324 words)

	Brocken bow - Monstropedia - the largest encyclopedia about monsters
		The Brocken bow, also called Brocken spectre or Mountain spectre, observed and described by Johann Esaias Silberschlag in 1780, is the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast, when the Sun is low, upon the upper surfaces of clouds that are below the mountain upon which he stands.
		The apparent magnification of size of the shadow is an optical illusion that occurs when the observer judges his shadow on relatively nearby clouds to be at the same distance as faraway land objects seen through gaps in the clouds.
		The phenomenon is often observed on mountain peaks but is recorded in literature with special reference to The Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mountains in Germany where the Brocken bow sometimes produces spectacular effects.
	www.monstropedia.org /index.php?title=Brocken_bow (159 words)

	The Brocken Spectre and Green Flash
		This photograph is a Brocken Spectre(glory,halo) appeared in the mist near the ridge of Mt.Hotaka in Japan.
		The small Brocken phenomenon appeares in the fog or cloud in which the small particle of water has the MIE scattering.
		Brocken Spectre is a kind of Mie scattering.
	www.geocities.jp /kockspages/kouzan/phenomenaen.html (1010 words)

	What is a Brocken Spectre?
		The Brocken spectre is a bewitching optical phenomena that occurs when a low-lying sun casts a very long shadow into mist or fog in the distance.
		The Brocken spectre is also frequently accompanied by a difficult-to-explain optical effect known as a glory, a rainbow halo that appears when light is refracted from uniformly sized airborne water droplets.
		In ancient China, the Brocken spectre was called "Buddha's light" and observations have been recorded as early A.D. When pilgrims or monks saw their heads surrounded by glories from the Brocken spectre in the distance, they thought it signified that they were enlightened.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-brocken-spectre.htm (334 words)

	Faust » The Brocken
		The Brocken, or Blocksberg, is the highest peak (1142 metres) in the Harz Mountains in Germany (located between the rivers Weser and Elbe) and also the highest peak of northern Germany.
		The mean annual temperature is only 2.9 °C. The Brocken has always played a role in legends and has been connected with witches and devils; Goethe took up the legends in his Faust, in which he also referred to the mountain.
		This Brocken Spectre appears when the sun shines from behind a climber who is looking down from a ridge or peak into mist.
	www.faust.com /index.php/legend/the-brocken (962 words)

	Spectre of the Brocken — Infoplease.com
		The Brocken is the highest summit of the Hartz mountains in Hanover.
		Spectre of the Brocken - Spectre of the Brocken The Brocken is the highest summit of the Hartz mountains in Hanover.
		Brocken - Brocken The spectre of the Brocken.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/spectre-brocken.html (153 words)

	AKM e.V. - Spectre of the Brocken and Glory
		A spectre of the Brocken occurs when the observer casts his or her shadow on a wall of fog.
		Sometimes there forms a colourful, annular optical phenomenon around the "head" of the spectre of the Brocken, which is called a glory.
		The first detailed description of spectre of the Brocken and glory was made by the famous Spanish scientist and captain Ulloa, who crossed the Andes in 1735, together with the French scholar Bougner.
	www.meteoros.de /glorie/gloriee.htm (372 words)

	Germany
		In Germany, Walpurgisnacht, the night from April 30 to May 1, is the night when allegedly the witches hold a large celebration on the Blocksberg and await the arrival of Spring.
		It is noted for the phenomenon of the Brocken spectre and for witches' revels which reputably took place there on Walpurgis night.
		The Brocken Spectre is a magnified shadow of an observer, typically surrounded by rainbow-like bands, thrown onto a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when the sun is low.
	halloween.monstrous.com /germany_halloween_.htm (245 words)

	Brocken Spectre
		The Brocken Spectre appears when the sun is low and behind a walker who is looking down into mist from a ridge or peak.
		The "spectre" is the shadowy figure (you) in the centre.
		The Brocken Spectre or "Spectre of the Brocken" is so named because of sightings on the Brocken, the highest peak of Germany's Harz Mountains.
	www.go4awalk.com /ask/brockenspectre.php (337 words)

	Chembows? - Chemtrail Central Forum
		Brocken specters are named for a mountain in Germany where they were first reported, supposedly they scared a mountain climber so hard tha he fell to his death.
		Therefore, Brocken Specters is the tem applied when the phenomina is observed by mountain climbers and hikers.
		Working his way across a narrow precipice, the climber was startled by the sudden appearance in the nearby mists of a human figure with a ring of light around its head.
	www.chemtrailcentral.com /ubb/Forum5/HTML/000309.html (629 words)

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		The Brocken, or Blocksberg, is the highest peak (1,141 metres) in the Harz...
		Brocken Spectre of a Caravelle aircraft, photographed from an altitude of 35000...
		and low-altitude accessibility of The Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mountains in...
	www.myglobalsearch.com /jsp/AWmain.jsp?st=bar&searchfor=brocken (171 words)

	Chapter Speaking Heads <i>to</i> Spheres of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
		Spectre of the Brocken The Brocken is the highest summit of the Hartz mountains in Hanover.
		Spectra are the images of objects left on the eye after the objects themselves are removed from sight.
		A spectre is the apparition of a person no longer living or not bodily present.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1184/24232/2.html (651 words)

	Brocken Spectre as seen from Valle del Bove (Valley of the oxen) on Mount Etna, Sicily, September 11. 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Brocken Spectre as seen from Valle del Bove (Valley of the oxen) on Mount Etna, Sicily, September 11.
		Valle del Bove (Valley of the oxen) on Mount Etna, Sicily.
		I've seen the Brocken Spectre numerous times from airplanes, but this is the first time I've seen this phenomenon on the ground.
	home.online.no /~arnedani/astronomy/astrophoto/misc/BrockenSpectre_D60-3762.htm (69 words)

	Brocken — FactMonster.com
		This is the shadow of men and other objects greatly magnified and reflected in the mist and cloud of the mountain opposite.
		The Brocken is the highest summit of the Harz range.
		Brocken - Brocken Brocken, granite peak, 3,747 ft (1,142 m) high, central Germany; highest peak of the Harz...
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/brocken.html (168 words)

	Brocken Spectre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A Brocken Spectre can only be seen when specific conditions are met.
		The sun must be directly at one's back and there must be many water droplets in the air where the spectre appears.
		The name allegedly comes from the Brocken, a mountain in Germany, where according to old stories a climber was startled by the sudden appearance of a dark figure with a halo around its head.
	www.allanbrown.fsnet.co.uk /spectre.htm (163 words)

	Glossary - ExWitch Australia (formerly 'Born Again Pagan Ministries')
		This is a phenomenon caused when a person stands on the highest peak of a mountain and casts his shadow on clouds or fog.
		It was named after Mount Brocken in the Harz range in East Germany where supposedly witches revel on Walpurgisnacht, celebrated on April, 30.
		One of the major problems with 'defining' Paganism and/or its beliefs and practices is that it is an 'organic' movement, in that it is undergoing constant change and re-evaluation from within, and as such any 'one-size-fits-all' approach to understanding Paganism will be found wanting.
	exwitchaustralia.com /Glossary/BROCKEN_SPECTRE.html (235 words)

	Letter to the editor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The phenomenon is usually referred to as a Brocken spectre as it can often be seen on the Brocken peak in the Hartz mountains of Germany.
		Subjectively, the halo appeared to be approximately half the distance behind the shadow as the latter was from the position of the observer.
		We consulted Minnaert (1954), whose book incidentally has a photograph of the Brocken spectre as its frontispiece, and were surprised to read that ``as yet no satisfactory explanation of the glory is known'' (page 225).
	www.perceptionweb.com /perception/perc0396/beaton.html (630 words)

	Science Box
		The outlines of the structure, called the Chicxulub crater (named for a local village), are visible in the above representation of gravity and magnetic field data from the region.
		The Brocken Spectre, like all shadows, reaches towards the anti-solar point - the point directly opposite the sun.
		Under the right conditions, the head of the Brocken Spectre is haloed in glories - rainbow-coloured rings that encircle the anti-solar point.
	science.box.sk /gal_arch.php?cat=nature (395 words)

	Timberwolf.org / What's a Brokken?
		The Brocken is the tallest peak in the Hartz Mountains in Saxony, Germany.
		An atmospheric phenomena also happens frequently in the brocken - and as a result has been given the name "Brocken Spectre" - and that is at early morning or late in the afternoon, the sun will project someone's shadow upon nearby clouds.
		The brokken spectre has been observed in other places in the world - most notably in the hills of Scotland and on the top of mount Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
	www.timberwolf.org /html/brokken.html (1128 words)

	Aspire Auctions -Von L.S. Bestehorn (German, ca. 1732) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In Germany, Walpurgisnacht, the night from April 30 to May 1, is the night when allegedly the witches hold a large celebration on the Blocksberg and await the arrival of Spring.
		It is noted for the phenomenon of the Brocken spectre and for witches' revels which reputably took place there on Walpurgis night.
		The Brocken Spectre is a magnified shadow of an observer, typically surrounded by rainbow-like bands, thrown onto a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when the sun is low.
	www.aspireauctions.com /auction67/details/14052.html (199 words)

	Brocken - Encyclopedia.com
		Brocken, granite peak, 3,747 ft (1,142 m) high, central Germany; highest peak of the Harz Mts.
		The "Brocken scene" in Goethe's Faust is set there.
		For permission to reuse this article, contact Copyright Clearance Center.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Brocken.html (379 words)

	The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge \| The Brocken Spectre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Little bits of cloud were rolling over the top of the hill and creating the spectres.
		You are picking your way along the ridge, aware only of the ground and the damp, and possibly of the drop that is hidden behind the shrouding mists and cloud.
		Brocken Spectre and Glory, Crib Goch, SnowdoniaOn one magical day in December 1989 we were fortunate enough to see dozens of Spectres from Crib Goch in Snowdonia, including the one at the top of the page and this one, left.
	www.wunderkabinett.co.uk /emporium/index.php?topic=697.0 (992 words)

	Ben Ledi
		Queen Victoria is reputed to have ascended this mountain on horseback.
		This picture depicts the Brocken Spectre, a rare phenomenon named after a peak in the Harz mountains in Germany.
		In this photograph, the silhouette of the climber is projected onto a cloud bank to the East.
	www.scotcolour.com /southernpm/benledibrockenspectre.htm (79 words)

	Brocken pictures and videos on Webshots
		The steam engine driven train arrives on the Brocken su...
		The famous andquot;Brockenwirtandquot; pub on the Brocken s...
		Top of the Brocken, seen from north to south
	www.webshots.com /search?query=Brocken (118 words)

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