Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Two wet Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) huddled together on a branch after a monsoon shower, Sundarban Mangrove Forest, West Bengal, India

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) clinging to a branch after a monsoon shower, Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, West Bengal, India

Thomas Marent / Seven Step Waterfall in monsoon forest, Erawan National Park, Thailand

Thomas Marent / Seven Step Waterfall in monsoon forest, Erawan National Park, Thailand

Ian Lockwood / Rainforest during Monsoon season, near Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / After the monsoon, green vegetation in the Dhofar mountains in September, Oman

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Rain clouds approaching, start of monsoon with dramatic sky over lake, Ladakh, North East India

Tom Vezo / Monsoon rains and lightning, Green Valley, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Monsoon rains and lightning over the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Monsoon rains and lightning over the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Monsoon rains and lightning over the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Monsoon rains and lightning over the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tui De Roy / Scrubfowl (Megapodius sp) scratching in leaf litter on dry monsoon forest floor, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Lontar Palm (Borassus flabellifer) trees in savannah and monsoon forest, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Lontar Palm (Borassus flabellifer) trees in savannah and monsoon forest, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Timor Deer (Cervus timorensis) frequenting fresh water seep in dry season, monsoon forest, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Mark Jones / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large male in typical dry monsoon forest habitat, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Ian Lockwood / Pilgrims bathe in Courtallam Falls at start of monsoon, southwest Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Mark Payne-Gill / Dhofar, South Oman, during monsoon season with camel bathing in the river.

Flip Nicklin / Flip Nicklin watching for whales during monsoon, protecting camera with towel, Sri Lanka

David Woodfall / Monsoon rain falling on shrimp paddy, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

David Woodfall / Drought affected agricultural land, monsoon wind blowing top soil from fields, Madhya Pradesh, India, November 2008

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large males in sun dappled monsoon forest, dry season, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) patrolling regular haunts through monsoon forest, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large male in monsoon forest, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Etienne Littlefair / Freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) crossing a flooded road during monsoon rainfall, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia. March.

Etienne Littlefair / Estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) fishing in shallow water during monsoon rainfall, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia. March.

Etienne Littlefair / Helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides) feeding on nectar of flowering Clothes-peg tree (Grevillea decurrens), Adelaide River Hills, Northern Territory, Australia.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) on ridgeline in foreground with Samaniego Peak in background during monsoon storm, with veils of rain and lightning strikes captured in four images over fifteen minu...

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) in desert against a monsoon, stormy sky in evening light, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. August, 2023.

Jack Dykinga / Yuccas (Yucca elata) in grassland, silhouetted at sunset with giant monsoon rain storm cell sweeping across the land, near Oracle, Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA. August, 2023.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) backlit at sunset, with lightning striking in multiple bursts during a 15 minute period during monsoon storm, Picacho Mountains in the background, Sonoran desert, Tu...

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) silhouetted at sunset, with lightning striking in multiple bursts during a 15 minute period during monsoon storm, Picacho Mountains in the background, Sonoran desert...

Jack Dykinga / Monsoon storm with multiple lightning strikes, photographed over a 15 minute period, at sunset with the Picacho Mountains in the background, Sonoran desert, Tucson, Arizona, USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Monsoon storm with multiple lightning strikes, photographed over a 15 minute period, at sunset with the Picacho Mountains in the background, Sonoran desert, Tucson, Arizona, USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) in desert with lightning and a violent, summer monsoon storm cell lighting the desert with electricity and a partial rainbow, State Trust land, Tucson, Arizona, USA....

Jack Dykinga / North Rim of the Grand Canyon with Vishnu Temple peak in foreground, under a massive monsoon storm cell with multiple lightning strikes recorded over a period of 20 minutes, with heavy rainfall over t...

Vishal Jadhav / Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) calling whilst perched on branch and looking around, Pune, India.

Vishal Jadhav / Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) male preening whilst standing in grassland, late Monsoon , Pune, India.

Vishal Jadhav / Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata) worker collecting nectar from Sulfer cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) flower before taking flight and leaving frame, late monsoon, Pune, India. September.

Aishwarya Sridhar / Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) female, clearing out chick faeces / faecal sac from nest during monsoon, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India.

Aishwarya Sridhar / Four Jungle bush quails (Perdicula asiatica) foraging in grassland during monsoons, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India.

Aishwarya Sridhar / Jungle bush quail (Perdicula asiatica) standing in grassland during monsoon, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India.

Jack Dykinga / Ornamental trichocereus cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi) in full bloom after desert monsoon rain, Tucson, Arizona, USA. June.

Jack Dykinga / Ornamental trichocereus cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi) in full bloom after desert monsoon rain, Tucson, Arizona, USA. June.

Jack Dykinga / Sutherland wash / arroyo flowing after monsoon storm with Santa Catalina Mountains and storm clouds in background, Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA. August, 2022.

Jack Dykinga / Feather finger grass (Chloris virgata) growing in abundance after heavy monsoon rain on grassland at sunset, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. August, 2022.

Jack Dykinga / Sutherland wash / arroyo flowing after monsoon storm at sunset with Santa Catalina Mountains in background, Catalina Stat Park, Arizona, USA. August, 2022.

Jack Dykinga / Lancehair morning glory (Ipomoea pubescens) flowering amongst blades of a Soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) after monsoon rain, Catalinba State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Lancehair morning glory (Ipomoea pubescens) flowering amongst blades of a Soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) after monsoon rain, Catalinba State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Lancehair morning glory (Ipomoea pubescens) flowering amongst blades of a Soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) after monsoon rain, Catalinba State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Lancehair morning glory (Ipomoea pubescens) flowering amongst blades of a Soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) after monsoon rain, Catalinba State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Lancehair morning glory (Ipomoea pubescens) in flower across the mesquite forest floor after monsoon rain, Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Lancehair morning glory (Ipomoea pubescens) in flower across the mesquite forest floor after monsoon rain, Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Datura (Datura meteloides) flowering on mesquite forest floor after monsoon rain, Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Trailing allionia (Allionia incarnata) winding through dense grasses after monsoon rain, Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Wild geranuim (Geranium maculatum) in flower in meadow after monsoon rains, with Spruce (Picea sp.) forest in background, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Feather finger grass (Chloris virgata) growing in abundance on grassland after monsoon rain at sunrise, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Feather finger grass (Chloris virgata) growing in abundance on grassland after monsoon rain at dawn, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) after sunset with strong monsoon lightning storm cell over Avra Valley, Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA. June.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) silhouetted against a monsoon storm sunset and lightning, with Picacho Peak on the horizon, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, July, 2022. Stacked images made in rapid su...

Jack Dykinga / Monsoon rains and lightning over Table Mountain in the Santa Catalina Mountains, a Sonoran Desert 'Sky Island' mountain range, Arizona, USA. August, 2022. Two images stacked made in rapid s...

Jack Dykinga / Monsoon storm clouds with lightning at sunset, Saguaro cacti silhouetted and Picacho Peak on the horizon. Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. July

Jack Dykinga / Monsoon rain and lightning over Table Mountain, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. Digital stack of two frames taken using lightning trigger.

Vishal Jadhav / Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata), Tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) and Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) mixed flock landing to eat grass seeds during the Monsoon, Maharashtra, India, Au...

Jack Dykinga / Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) skimming a small pond for insects, after monsoon rains transformed the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) skimming a small pond for insects, after monsoon rains transformed the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) skimming a small pond for insects, after monsoon rains transformed the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) skimming a small pond for insects, after monsoon rains transformed the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

Vishal Jadhav / Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus) snapping at flies during monsoon season, Maharashtra, India, September.

Paul Williams / Smoke billowing from Mount Bromo volcano, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Java, Indonesia , July, 2013. Filmed for BBC programme 'Wonders of the Monsoon'.

Paul Williams / Smoke billowing from crater of Mount Bromo volcano, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Java, Indonesia, July, 2013. Filmed for BBC programme 'Wonders of the Monsoon'.

Paul Williams / Large flower of the parasitic plant Rafflesia pricei, growing in rainforest, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May, 2013. Filmed for the BBC series 'Wonders of The Monsoon'.

Paul Williams / Large flower of the parasitic plant, Rafflesia pricei, growing in rainforest, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May, 2013. Filmed for the BBC series 'Wonders of The Monsoon'.

Paul Williams / Carrion fly on the parasitic plant Rafflesia pricei flower, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May, 2013. Filmed for the BBC series 'Wonders of The Monsoon'.

Paul Williams / Carrion fly on the parasitic plant Rafflesia pricei flower, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May, 2013. Filmed for the BBC series 'Wonders of The Monsoon'

Paul Williams / Photographer Paul Williams looking at the large parasitic Rafflesia pricei flower, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. May, 2013. Filmed for the BBC series 'Wonders of The Monsoon'

Jack Dykinga / Double rainbows over the Santa Catalina Mountains at sunset following a powerful monsoon storm, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Trichocereus cactus (ornamental, native from South America) in flower in response to monsoon rain, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Rainbows over the Santa Catalina Mountains at sunset following a powerful monsoon storm, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

Etienne Littlefair / Northen blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia) in monsoon vine thicket habitat, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, February.

Etienne Littlefair / Darwin carpet python (Morelia spilota variegata), adult in monsoon vine thicket habitat, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia, November.

Etienne Littlefair / Darwin carpet python (Morelia spilota variegata), juvenile in monsoon vine thicket habitat, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, February.

Sandesh Kadur / Bodo women fishing in a monsoon stream on the periphery of Nameri National Park, Assam, India.

Oriol Alamany / A Nepalese family, flanked by their two Tibetan mastiff dogs, walks along path through the Rhododendron forests at an alttude of 3,000 metres on their way to the village of Ghorepani, during the monso...

Yashpal Rathore / Creative portrait of Malabar pit viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) endemic species of Amboli, Western Ghats, India

Jack Dykinga / Arizona poppy (Kallstroemia grandiflora) flowering amongst Mesquite (Prosopis sp) trees after summer monsoon rains, Catalina Mountains in background. Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA. July 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Palmer's century plant (Agave palmeri) in grassland under stormy sky. During summer monsoon, rain falling on Santa Rita Mountains in distance. Sands Ranch Conservation Area, near Sonoita, Pima Cou...

Juergen Freund / Monsoon rain clouds above road. Queensland, Australia. February 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) against summer monsoon sky with rainbow and streaks of lightning. Sonoran Desert, near Tucson, Arizona, August 2012.