mountain spectre

English

Noun

mountain spectre (plural mountain spectres)

  1. An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summits of mountains when the observer is between the Sun and a mass of cloud. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colours.
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