That's twice in one week I've experienced that "unearthly clear shining after rain". I'm sure that's a line from an Australian poem about a plane wreck or the Blue Mountains but I can't remember.
During the week it happened at the beach. Today it happened here. Not that there was what you would classify as rain but there was a sprinkle and when it cleared off my landmark, the Vodafone tower, could be seen - white! Yes, it's white. Who would have guessed! It always looks grey, sometime I think it might be white around the base but this evening I see it is all white. I can see it out the window as I type and it is hard to take my eyes off it. You can even see the little buildings around its base. Shining white! Like an evening star. OK, I'm getting a bit carried away now. But it really is something to see something you see many times every day looking different.
