Fierce Rainstorm Clouds over Eifel Fields

A German landscape in the Eifel–with flax fields, a village and a gigantic rainstorm (perhaps including hail formation?)–on a May afternoon. I took this image out of a driving bus while we were on an escapade from Cologne to Luxembourg. Yes, we were driven on the Autobahn, so it was due East towards the Rhine Valley on our way back North.

There is a second image, albeit less dramatic (but you can see the village more clearly) taken a few seconds later:
www.flickr.com/photos/schuberts/259448109/

(Would love to know the location of this shot. The village is sort of hidden in the valley, surrounded by trees to protect it.) On another bus tour through the Eifel, I was able to identify the area as taken from Autobahn 61: It is the village of Burgbrohl! April 30, 2014

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Taken on: May 8, 2005

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Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	5.6mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
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