Wild weather calls for equally wild photos, with this week set to see snappers trek up the Grampians to capture her snow-capped peaks in all its glory.
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While snowy peaks in the Wimmera are impressive, take some time to appreciate the picture taken by Alice Gubbins atop Mount Sturgeon, capturing a rare Brocken spectre optical effect.
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According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Brocken spectres are formed from the enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds underneath a mountain peak.
Often, the "spectre" is surrounded by a ring of rainbow, caused by diffraction of light off water droplets in the cloud.
The result is a bit beautiful, a bit spooky.
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