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Walther Grosse: Geschichte der Stadt und Grafschaft Wernigerode in ihren Forst-, Flur- und Straßennamen, Wernigerode [1929], p. 49 Linda Iris Newbery is a British writer known best for young adult fiction—where she entered the market, although she has broadened her range to encompass all ages. She published her first novel Run with the Hare in 1988, while still working as an English teacher in a comprehensive school. Am Fear Liath Mòr, "Big Grey Man" in Scottish Gaelic, a supposed supernatural being found on Scotland's second-highest peak, Ben Macdhui

Tomas wants to be like his father – strong, brave and fearless. Pappi is a mountain guide, often away from home. He has taught Tomas to love the mountains, but also to fear their dangers – the winds and blizzards, the treacherous paths, the giddying slopes. H.M. Nussenzveig (1977), The Theory of the Rainbow (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2022 , retrieved 11 October 2020

According to the Met Office, the phenomenon appears when a person stands above the upper surface of a cloud - on a mountain or high ground - with the sun behind them. The Pink Floyd cover shows a triangular glass prism with a beam of light moving through the two sides causing the different colours to bend and break out in a rainbow. C. T. R. Wilson saw a glory while working as a temporary observer at the Ben Nevis weather station. Inspired by the impressive sight, he decided to build a device for creating clouds in the laboratory, so that he could make a synthetic, small-scale glory. His work led directly to the cloud chamber, a device for detecting ionizing radiation for which he and Arthur Compton received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1927. [10]

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Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-12-09 19:00:11 Associated-names Smy, Pam, illustrator Boxid IA40002719 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier What Tomas discovers is that the greatest sorrow can lead to joy, and that the most important things in life are courage, loyalty, our love for others and theirs for us. Friedhart Knolle, Béatrice Oesterreich, Rainer Schulz und Volker Wrede: Der Harz. Geologische Exkursionen. Perthes-Exkursionsführer, Justus Perthes Verlag Gotha, Gotha 1997

When Pappi goes out one day and fails to return, Tomas knows it's up to him to search - up on the high mountain passes, where dangers await. Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog: The 360-degree Rainbow | Weather Underground". Archived from the original on 29 January 2015 . Retrieved 29 January 2015.

As light is made up of several colours, when it is refracted these colours can bend at different amounts and become individually visible.

Two hikers witnessed a rare occurrence while climbing a mountain in Mount Rainier National Park: their own optical illusion. G.G.Bredow: Umständlichere Erzählung der merkwürdigen Begebenheiten aus der allgemeinen Weltgeschichte. Sechste Auflage, Hammerich-Verlag, Altona 1817, p. 526–528 Water in the air acts as tiny prisms so when light enters the raindrop, it reflects off the sides of the drop and is broken into a spectrum.The Crown will portray Princess Diana as PREGNANT and will show Mohamed Al-Fayed claiming she and Dodi were killed as part of an 'establishment plot', in a move likely to cause fury in royal family, source claims