A Palestinian man reacts after his house was flooded by rain water in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 9, 2015. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
Fascinated by the texture and color of water artist Elizabeth Patterson challenged herself to recreate the absurdly complex formation of water droplets on rain-streaked windshields. Her ongoing series titled Rainscapes blends drawing, hyperrealism, and traditional landscape techniques resulting in images that can be seen as both real and abstract.
Women jump into the water during a traditional New Year bath in the Adriatic sea in Portoroz, Slovenia on January 1, 2018. (Photo by Jure Makovec/AFP Photo)
A wild water monitor (Varanus salvator) is seen swimming between colorful popcorn snacks at a Lumphini public park in Bangkok, Thailand on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Neato/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A woman in a wedding dress walks on the dried-up riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels in Chongqing, China on August 18, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)