It doesn’t matter where you look in the world, you are going to see something amazing. Some people may look to the world under the ocean at all of the fish and the amazing aquatic life that continues to thrill people that take the time to peek under the sea. Of course, that is only part of the world around us and it can even be seen at eye level, at the top of the mountains and even in the atmosphere. Often, it provides us with a breathtaking and beautiful view that is unforgettable.
If you have ever seen a rainstorm from a distance, you might have thought about it being powerful or perhaps awesome but have you ever thought of it as being beautiful? Most of us probably haven’t, because it doesn’t have a lot of color to it other than a few shades of gray. When you see it in a time lapse photography video, however, it is something that is certainly going to catch your eye. That is the case with this cloudburst, and the fact that it is dumping an incredible amount of rain from the single cloud meant that the videographer called it the ‘tsunami from heaven’.
Just take a look at the video and you can see that it would be easy to get overwhelmed with what you were seeing.
Peter Maier is the man who took this video of gray clouds that are rolling toward the lake and unleashing a burst of rain in a very small area.
What you are looking at is Lake Millstatt, in Carinthia, Austria, and the view was absolutely breathtaking. When you take a tranquil scene and add this rain cloud, however, it becomes something beyond words.
This natural phenomenon was captured by 27-year-old Peter on June 10, 2018. He said: “When I arrived it had already started to rain slightly. I decided to make a short unprofessional time-lapse of the lake and the clouds – you can see I have the lens directed directly to the lake.”
Peter is from Switzerland and he was able to record this wet microburst from his balcony. It is a rather rare event, but it is astonishingly beautiful. He wrote on Facebook: “One can’t plan on capturing such images. It was a lucky shot.”
AccuWeather says that a microburst is: “A small column of exceptionally intense and localized sinking air that results in a violent outrush of air at the ground.” Another source said that they are sometimes accompanied by a significant amount of precipitation, which is why this is defined as a ‘wet microburst’.
It is always amazing to see something so beautiful and you can witness it as well in this video: