Glory & Sky Brocken Spectre
A sighting by György Soponyai between Frankfurt and Budapest.
"During the descent, shortly before we sank into the clouds the glory appeared. At first it was only a faint round rainbow, then a small dark dot appeared in its center that slowly transformed into the silhouette of the plane (Airbus A320).
Seconds before reaching the clouds, the plane shadow's size and form started to change chaotically: blown up -- disappear -- normal size -- small dot -- and so on. I guess these changes were caused by the rough edge of the cloud level."
There is something else. Look at the curious distortion and elongation of the 'plane shadow.
©György Soponyai, shown with permission |
