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Brocken spectre

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Brocken spectre/ˈbrɒk(ə)n/

▶noun a magnified shadow of an observer thrown on to a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when the sun is low.

– origin C19: named after the Brocken, the highest of the Harz Mountains in Germany.

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