Take a look at these Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest pictures of this precious precipitation Smithsonian Photo Contest ...

When it starts to rain, Jim Richardson says, good photographers head out to make pictures. Get tips for shooting amid showers. 8 min read Contributing editor Jim Richardson is a photojournalist ...

A photo captured a shopper dodging raindrops as more spring rain falls on the region. Looking almost like a coating of ice, a pattern of rain droplets on a window obscures the image of a shopper ...

SEE ALSO: Earth has another record warm month, but the string may be ending (for now) Microbursts occur when a rush of rain cooled air collapses toward the ground from a parent thunderstorm ...