
A raindrop hits a wet surface on my balcony in Frankfurt, July 29. (Taken at about a 2000th of a second with a 300mm telephoto lens.)

A raindrop hits a wet surface on my balcony in Frankfurt, July 29. (Taken at about a 2000th of a second with a 300mm telephoto lens.)

A mirage on a street at Eppertshausen, southeast of Frankfurt, on a very hot day, July 27.

That’s one small step for a man, but one giant leap for a tiny frog like this one. (Taken near Kelkheim, July 28)

Freshly harvested rapeseed runs out of the pipe of a combine into a trailer at Urberach, southeast of Frankfurt, July 27.