Well, it wasn't raining when I went to Terrace but as soon as I removed camera out of the pouch, rain poured in. Probably wasn't in mood to miss out on any action. I was kind of terrified to operate sl1000 in rain as I have heard stories of camera going kaput due to moisture etc (I do keep a silica gel packet inside the pouch for protection though). But sky turned lovable pink with clouds and rains. Rest is history/story.