Claus Meyer / Spider web retaining raindrops, Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Jim Brandenburg / Summer rain, Northwoods, Minnesota

Phil Savoie / Hairy yellow-faced Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus), with raindrop on head, visiting Common Houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum. At 3.5mm average size, this is one of the smallest bees in the UK) Monmouthshire, W...

Heather Angel / Raindrops on Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) lily pad. Micro nanostructures create an ultrahydrophobic surface so water slides off leaf. Puzhehai National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Ashley Cooper / Torrential rain falling in Ambleside during a thunderstorm. England, June 2012

Nick Hawkins / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) sitting on rock covered in raindrops, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) tree backlit, with raindrops on branches, Scotland, UK, December.

Gary K. Smith / Lungwort (Pulmonaria) cultivated 'Victorian Brooch' variety

Jim Brandenburg / Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) needles with raindrops, Minnesota

Solvin Zankl / Copse snail (Arianta arbustorum) on oak tree branch in rain, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern / High Tauern National Park, Austria. May.

Markus Varesvuo / Female Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) on nest incubating in rain, Kuhmo, Finland, June.

Kim Taylor / Silver argiope spider (Argiope argentata) juvenile with raindrop trapped in its stabilimentum. Tobago, West Indies.