Castlerigg Stone Circle - Strange Phenomenon

[Steve Randles]

This is not something that happened in camera or in subsequent post processing, I saw this and deliberately photographed it...admittedly badly.
The day was misty with huge banks of it difting all over the lake district early morning, I walked away from the circle to get a shot of the complete thing and saw this, what looks like an aura.
Has anyone any idea or explanation of what it is or is it just too many Druids clanking their crstals?

Steve...

 

[mmcp42]

if the sun was behind you and low
it could be your own shadow on the clouds
or maybe of something large behind you
DO NOT TURN ROUND!

like the picture btw!

 

[Lady Pitstop]

That's weird, I've never seen anything like that before - looks like some sort of 'rainbow'. Nice picture though

 

[Steve Randles]

Its a "Fogbow", info here...http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/fogbow.htm Thanks to David from another forum for the info.

Steve...

 

[Hacker]

That is pretty stunning and not something I've heard of before, the fact that you've also managed to capture it in such a setting gives it a real air of mystery.

 

[ben g]

nice picture and thanks for the link to that site, very interesting stuff on there

 

[photostar_1]

Great capture and that link ...

The internet is wonderful, isn't it?

 

[R8JimBob88]

That wierd! I can feeeel the energy from here....