Now you see it, now you don't

Phenomenal how things faded out of view as the rain came down, then a few minutes later all was back into view when the rain stopped momentarily.

As this was happening this morning, I rushed out to the balcony with my camera more than a few times, to snap these before and after photos.

Here are 3 photos of the view taken as the rain came down at 10:51 am:










...and after the rain let up momentarily 2 minutes later at 10:53am: