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Don Krieger photographed something I’ve never seen before. He wrote, “On Saturday afternoon, as we were standing at Del Mar Point looking south, we saw the phenomena known as a Brocken Specter (look in the center of the photo.)"

A Brocken Specter, also called Brocken bow, mountain specter, or specter of the Brocken is the magnified shadow of a person cast in midair upon any type of cloud opposite a strong light source. Amazing.

Thanks to Don for allowing me to share his unusual photo with you here.

Foggy and cool this morning, but the sun has appeared this afternoon. Still a little smoky here today.