Spectre on Croagh Patrick

Eunan McGlinchey from Sligo took this picture on Croagh Patrick on December 29 while on the way down from summit on the Louisburg side. The photo shows what’s known as a Brocken Spectre, a phenomenon where  the apparently enormous and magnified shadow of an observer, is cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds opposite the … Continue reading Spectre on Croagh Patrick