When it emerges, flashes of lightening illuminate the hills and valleys lighting up Horton Plains, the peak of Sri Pada and the never-ending tea plantations.
Scientists have speculated that when the warm, moist air over the lake meets the cool winds coming from the mountains, it creates storm clouds that produce the lightening.
While a lightening of household debt burden puts the recovery on firmer ground, it also highlights a hesitance to take on new debt, which could be an obstacle to spending.