June 07, 2020, 10:16 PM
You have seen the public art installation in the Marina Bay area:
via publicarttrust.sg
Now witness the real life version off the southern coast of Singapore in the Singapore Strait.
A video of a downpour over a specific area in the sea from a rain cloud above was shared on June 6, but it is not known if it was shot that day.
The vantage point where the video was taken is believed to be from an elevated spot on Marina Bay Sands.
Stock footage found online shows this location is a favourite for photographers and is easily accessible for a clear view of Marina South:
Same phenomenon in Boon Lay previously
In December 2018, a similar weather phenomenon occurred in the west of Singapore.
A resident in Boon Lay shot the start of a big downpour in the western part of Singapore from his 20th floor HDB flat kitchen window:
Popular meme format
A weather phenomenon of such sorts is seen frequently as image macros or memes online.
The earliest meme of such a scene was an aerial photograph of an isolated storm taken during a flight between Washington and Arizona in September 2009.
Within two years of it first appearing, it was accompanied by the phrase “f*ck this specific area” or some derivative caption.
All kinds of weather phenomenon have been appearing in Singapore as of late:
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