Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegia gigantea) at sunset, during a summer rain storm. Saguaro National Park, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, August. Digital composite.

John Cancalosi / Rain storm in the Sonoran desert, with Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea), near Tucson, Arizona. 2018.

Ingo Arndt / View from Margaret Knoll lookout of sunset and rain clouds over the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, December 2009.

Jack Dykinga / Lightning storm with rainbow over Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Avra Valley, Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA, August 2015. Long exposure with lightning trigger.

Gerrit Vyn / Rain showers over sagebrush-steppe at the foot of the Sawtooth Mountains. Clark County, Idaho, USA, June.

Denis-Huot / Group of male African lions (Panthera leo) resting with storm clouds overhead, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Alex Hyde / Storm light over fields near Longnor, Peak DIstrict National Park, Staffordshire, May.

Hougaard Malan / Rainstorm over desert plain, Namib Rand, Namibia. February 2011.

Adri de Visser / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in rain, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Will Watson / Large hail stones falling during a storm, Herefordshire, England, UK, December.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) herd in a storm, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Cyril Ruoso / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) female with her three month old newborn, Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda