Brocken spectre - Beeley mist halo

Thanks to June Oliver we have a name for the mist halo effect seen over the weekend. It's a Brocken spectre named after the Brocken, a peak in the Hartz Mountains in Germany where it was first described. There are plenty of photos of the effect on the internet.

Here are a couple more photos from the weekend taken by Ken and June.

Brocken Spectre - Beeley Moor (Ken Smith)

Brocken Spectre (June Oliver)

Mist over the moors

Another morning with mist covering the valleys and most of the moor early on. Not much good for bird watching but it provides some great photo opportunities.

Harewood Moor

Sunrise over Uppertown

Temperature inversion

One of the great things about living on the side of a valley is that, during the autumn, mist is often trapped in the base of the valley. Not only does this give some great photo opportunities but it is often possible to get out of the mist in to sunshine by ascending just a couple of hundred metres. It was like that this morning.

Mist