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Mountain Specter

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An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summit of mountains (as on the Brocken) 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 colors.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mountain Specter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mountain-specter.html. 1828.
 
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