Umbrella
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An umbrella is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is usually designed to protect a person against sun or rain. Initially, they w
An umbrella
Woman holding a parapluie at Zenkō-ji, Nagano, Japan
Relief of an Egyptian umbrella. These were used as sunshade and fan alike (flabellum).
Bas-relief of the Persian king Xerxes I (485–465 BC) at Persepolis
Rain
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Rain or rainfall is a form of atmospheric precipitation composed of droplets of water aerosols that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and fall by gravity. Depending on the intensity, rain ca
Umbrella
…canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is usually designed to protect a person against sun or rain. Initially, (in the early 1200s) they were used in warmer countries for shade from the sun, but in modern times they evolved to also be used for…
Heavy rainfall on a roof
Convective precipitation
Orographic precipitation
Band of thunderstorms seen on a weather radar display