A Rain Curtain - or a Precipitation Shaft (to use the official meteorological term), is a weather phenomenon, visible from the ground at large distances from the storm system, as a dark vertical shaft of heavy rain, hail, or snow, generally localized over a relatively small area. For some reason, I'm crazy about them. I think they are so beautiful! The Rain Curtain seen here is falling over New Jersey.
This photo shows part of the North Meadow Ball Fields, the Upper West Side of Manhattan and Central Park North, and a bit of Harlem. On the right of the image you can see Saint John the Divine and Riverside Church. Captured July 6th, 2020 at 3:48 pm on a very hot and steamy summer day.