Anyone here ever seen a Brocken Spectre?

[viking]

Twice this past summer while wet canyoneering in our home area half way down a waterfall rappel a 6' perfect rainbow circle appeared directly in front of me. Totally cool, no shadow like the Broken Spectre but in all likelihood the same phenomenon. The face of the rock/waterfall plane perpendicular to the low sun rays coming in from behind, enough water splash but not too heavy of a flow. Math, physics, hydrology, sorcery something like that. Truly magnificent.
If anyone is interested in Go Funding me for a waterproof camera and a small research stipend I would be more than interested in going forth and studying backcountry mid waterfall perfect rainbow circles and their coolness. Contact me. Thanks in advance. Viking.

[sgyoung]

Twice this past summer while wet canyoneering in our home area half way down a waterfall rappel a 6' perfect rainbow circle appeared directly in front of me. Totally cool, no shadow like the Broken Spectre but in all likelihood the same phenomenon. The face of the rock/waterfall plane perpendicular to the low sun rays coming in from behind, enough water splash but not too heavy of a flow. Math, physics, hydrology, sorcery something like that. Truly magnificent.
If anyone is interested in Go Funding me for a waterproof camera and a small research stipend I would be more than interested in going forth and studying backcountry mid waterfall perfect rainbow circles and their coolness. Contact me. Thanks in advance. Viking.

I just saw this circular rainbow (though not the extended shadow) while flying back from Costa Rica yesterday (trip report forthcoming, by the way). I tried getting a picture but it didn't show up on my phone camera, unfortunately. Weird to experience this after only learning of the phenomenon from this thread. Like a learning a new word and then hearing shortly afterward.

[woodswalker]

Yes! These are from the saddle at Hamilton Jan 2015.

Andrea's rainbow glory

Fainter, but here they are starting to form.
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There were rainbows everywhere that day, even at the falls on the way down.
Woodswalker

[vibramhead]

Yes! These are from the saddle at Hamilton Jan 2015.

Andrea's rainbow glory

Really nice! This has me motivated to take a hike on one of those cloudy/sunny days.

[woodswalker]

It definitely has it's attractions in the mist.
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