6 Mysterious Natural Phenomena That Science Still Can’t Fully Explain

The Brocken Spectre – Your Own Ghost In The Mountains

You’re standing on a mountain peak, looking down into a misty valley. Suddenly, you see a giant shadow of a person surrounded by a glowing rainbow halo. It looks like a ghost. It’s actually you. The Brocken Spectre is an optical illusion that happens when the sun casts your shadow onto clouds or fog below. The shadow appears enormous and distorted, and the ring of light around it is called a “glory” – created when sunlight bends through tiny water droplets. It was first recorded on Germany’s Brocken Mountain, and it still terrifies hikers who don’t know what they’re seeing.