The Brockenspectre

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The angular size of the inner and brightest ring is much smaller than that of a rainbow, about 5° to 20°, depending on the size of the droplets. On the summit were two large and powerful listening stations, which could capture radio traffic in almost all of Western Europe.

Since it was established by an Act of Congress in 1946, scientists at the Geophysical Institute have studied geophysical processes from the center of the Earth to the surface of the sun and beyond, turning data and observations into information useful for state, Arctic and national priorities.

In The Radiant Warrior (1989), part of Leo Frankowski's Conrad Stargard series, the protagonist uses the Brocken Spectre to instill confidence in his recruits. The tower continued functioning until September 1939, when the authorities suspended broadcasting on the outbreak of World War II. Above all, Tomas fears the Brockenspectre – a huge, shadowy creature that lives alone in the heights, waiting for unwary climbers. German scientist Johann Silberschlag first observed the phenomenon in 1780 but since then they have been seen and recorded many times in the region.

Due to its significant height difference compared with the surrounding terrain the Brocken has the highest precipitation of any point in northern central Europe, with an average annual precipitation (1961–1990) of 1,814 millimetres (71.

The explorer Eric Shipton saw a Brocken Spectre during his first ascent of Nelion on Mount Kenya with Percy Wyn-Harris and Gustav Sommerfelt in 1929.

A comprehensive account of this famous Gaussian survey may be found, for example, in Charles Kittel et al. Only in recent geological times, since the tertiary period, did the typical, rounded, spheroidal weathering of granite outcrops and granite boulders of the Brocken take place. Another presumption is based on the reference in a letter written in 1490 by Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode, where he uses the term Brackenberg.Bottom line: The Brocken Spectre is your own shadow cast on mists below you, often spotted by those in the mountains. She published her first novel Run with the Hare in 1988, while still working as an English teacher in a comprehensive school. The participants run from Braunschweig to Schierke, cross the Brocken, overnight in Schierke and run back again the next day. Then the towering buttresses of Batian and Nelion appeared; the rays of the setting sun broke through and, in the east, sharply defined, a great circle of rainbow colours framed our own silhouettes. In real life, some speculate the phenomenon may have contributed to supposed sightings of Bigfoot and yeti creatures.

This is due to its short summers and very long winters, with many months of continuous snow cover, strong storms and low temperatures even in summer.The viviparous lizard occurs on the Brocken in a unique, dark-colored variant, Lacerta vivipara aberr. Like a rainbow, outdoor glories are centred on the antisolar (or, in case of the moon, antilunar) point, which coincides with the shadow of the observer's head.