mountain specter

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mountain specter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mountain specter \Moun"tain spec"ter\
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]