The moment when the rain bomb poured an enormous amount of water on the lake of the Alps entered the lens of a director of photography.
Peter Maier recorded a weather phenomenon called a rain bomb (microburst) in a fast-forward video at Lake Millstatt in Austria, Nachrichten reported on June 11. The 27-year-old amateur filmmaker from Basel, Sweden described the storm as “a tsunami from above.”
Maier shared the video on his personal Facebook with the caption “No one can plan to save these photos. It’s a lucky photoshoot.” Maier’s video quickly caused a fever with over 1.4 million views and over 25,000 shares. One account commented on the scene that someone “poured a bucket of water into a lake”.
Some viewers thought the video was a staging product, forcing Maier to post more originals. As a mountaineer, Maier always carries 5-6 cameras in his backpack to capture the wonders of the natural world.
Rain bombs are meteorological phenomena accompanied by thunderstorms, caused by cyclones that suck air from above, creating winds that plunge into the ground or water at speeds of up to 275 km / h . Several plane crashes in history are linked to this phenomenon. Therefore, crew training today includes how to deal with rain bombs.
