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| Titlul descrie perfect felul in care a aratat zborul nostru spre Roma. De la fereastra avionului zapada cazuta in aproape intreaga Europa arata ca zaharul pudra pe o prajitura. | The title describes perfectly how our flight to Rome looked like. From the airplane window, the fallen snow across Europe looked just like powdered sugar on a cake. |
| Mai tarziu, totul s-a transformat in cativa nori pufosi, care semanau mai degraba cu vata de zabar ars. | Later on, it all turned into fluffy clouds resembling the most with some delicious cotton candy. |
| Surpriza a venit spre finalul zborului, cand m-am uitat pe fereastra si am fost martora unui fenomen minunat, care uneori apare si pe munte, nu numai in timpul unui zbor si se numeste spectru. Umbra avionului a fost incercuita de un minunat curcubeu, provocat de conditiile atmosferice din timpul zborului. Pana am apucat sa imi iau telefonul ca sa fac poze mai clare fenomenul s-a mai disipat, dar am reusit totusi sa ii capturez esenta. | The surprise came towards the end of our flight when I glanced out the window and saw the amazing phenomenon called Pilot’s Glory. This happens when the airplane’s shadow is circled by a colorful, circular optical phenomenon resembling a rainbow caused by water droplets scattering light. Until I grabbed my phone the phenomenon slowly faded away, but I still was able to grab some decent pictures. |
| Cat de curand voi posta si despre aventurile mele din Roma. | As soon as possible I will also post about my adventures in Rome. |
I think I’ve seen a strange light phenomenon very similar to Pilot’s Glory before, but I had no idea that it was a named occurrence; I just figured light was being reflected off the plane at a weird angle.
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I jusy wish I had more time to capture it, these images do not do it justice 🙂
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I believe it!
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I’d never heard the term ‘pilot’s glory’ before but it is the same phenomenon as the ‘Brocken spectre’, named after the Brocken in Germany; with that the circular rainbow around the spectre is known as the ‘glory’ At last year’s Ilkley Literature Festival our writers’ club did a ‘show’ combining writing and music inspired by a photo taken by club member Bob Hamilton. I was given a picture of a Brocken spectre on Ilkley moor and wrote a ‘poem’, part in Yorkshire dialect, a parody of a Lewis Carroll poem. If you’re interested you’ll find it, with ‘translation’, at https://wp.me/pkm0h-1Vo .
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Yes, it is the Brocken spectre indeed. And I knew about the phenomenon from the Carpathian Mountains. There are a few places where given the right conditions it manifests. I always wanted to see one. On the mountain, in the clouds, wherever!
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