The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | apparition

apparition •ˌa-pə-ˈri-shən• noun

1. a ghostly appearing figure
2. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
3. anything present in perception only
four. an act of appearing or becoming noticeable unexpectedly

The word apparition has appeared in 52 New York Occasions articles in the previous 12 months, such as on Feb. 26 in “Recipe for a Ideal Photograph: Clear Sky, Sunset and Water” by Malia Wollan:

For about one particular week each February, the setting sun hits the water of Horsetail Fall at such an angle that it glows, looking like a stream of lava against the darkened rock.

The so-called firefall attracts hundreds of specialist and amateur photographers from across the globe, who flock to Yosemite Valley to capture the ephemeral scene.

… Mr. Rowell died in a plane crash in 2002, but his “Last Light on Horsetail Fall” stays the most properly-identified photograph of the apparition.

For decades, photographers showed up right here in winter, hoping to catch the very same trick of light but by no means positive when it may occur. Then in 2009, Michael Frye, writer of “The Photographer’s Guidebook to Yosemite,” utilised video from 4 Yosemite webcams to determine the optimum window for the firefall, which he now pegs from Feb. 16-23.

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The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | apparition