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This is how Campdevànol dawned in Ripollès: at zero degrees of temperature, with seas of fog, with the spectrum of Brocken and Puigmal colored white in the background, as we see in this series of images in The Photos of the Readers of La Vanguard.
The Brocken spectrum can be observed on the opposite side of the sun, like the rainbow, but with the colors inverted. The reason why it is called the Brocken spectrum is found in Germany.
As in this case in the Catalan region of Ripollès, frequent fogs occur on the Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mountains that gives its name to this phenomenon.
The Brocken specter was observed and described by Johann Silberschlag in 1780. And, since then, it has often been recorded in German literature when talking about, for example, the devil and witches.
In the images we can see how the fog envelops the emblematic 46-meter bell tower of the parish church that dates back to the 18th century, although it was rebuilt in 1945 due to the aftermath of the civil war and the 1944 earthquake.
Campdevànol stands out for its location under Mount Puigmal, which is located in Alta Cerdanya and which is the second highest mountain in the province of Girona, with 2914 meters, on the border between Spain and France.
Located between the municipalities of Queralbs (Ripollès) and Err (Alta Cerdanya, Eastern Pyrenees), the Puigmal is the highest of the peaks that make up the so-called Gran Olla that surrounds the Vall de Núria.
