Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - July - Puddles

2026 – July – Puddles

The new challenge features Puddles.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout July AoE.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. July 2026 AoE (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  A puddle, Sydney shore, Australia
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  A puddle in Warsaw, Poland
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  A lawn turned lake (with island) due to excessive rain in Bochum, Germany
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  Car driving diving in the streets of Volgodonsk, Russia
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  At a playground in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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  Beer at a playground in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany :)
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  Ice puddle pattern in Burlington
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  Thawing ice puddle in Burlington
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  A rainy day on 24 November
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  Poland; A puddle after rain on a damaged asphalt surface, a storm drain grate on.
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  Mini puddles; Drops of water on the window pane after heavy rain
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  Poland; Botanical Garden; Ducks
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  City streets; Reflections on the street surface after rain; Poland
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  wet and dry cover of holes on ground
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  Puddle near Bamberg Hospital
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  Water puddle on a forest path in the main moorland forest in Bamberg
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  Puddle near Bamberg Hospital
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  Pool near Bessenbach
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  Reflections in shallow puddles on the Enoshima tombolo at low tide, with Enoshima Sea Candle in the background, Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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  The Enoshima tombolo at low tide, with Enoshima Ohashi Bridge in the background, Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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  Ground staff walking toward an aircraft after landing in the rain at Nagasaki Airport, Japan.
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  The Great Torii of Itsukushima Shrine at low tide, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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  Reflected tree in a snowmelt puddle
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  Plant life in a snowmelt puddle
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  Reflection in a puddle
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  Pigeons in a puddle in Prague - Nové Butovice, Czech Republic
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  The rigging of a sailing boat is reflected in a puddle on the quay
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  A puddle at the harbour of Bergen
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  A puddle on a street in Bergen after the rain
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  Puddles in Burlington, Vermont
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  Frozen puddle over asphalt in Burlington, Vermont
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  The settlement of Julaca in the Potosí Department in Bolivia
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  Puddles in SRM University campus at Chennai
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  Charming view of Ooty Roads with puddles and surrounding Tea Plantations
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  Illuminated monument at Madurai Teppakulam with reflections of its Towers in Water
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  A Scene of Rain soaked Mount Road at Chennai with puddles reflecting vehicles
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  Flaque et ronds dans l'eau - Drops on puddle - Sep.2024
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  Flaque et ronds dans l'eau - Drops on puddle - Sep.2024
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  Beach Chair at Boehl, Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany
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  Plage de Plougasnou-Saint-Jean-du Doigt, Bretagne, at low tide
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  Footpath in a field near Alfreton, Derbyshire, England
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  Footpath near South Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, in winter
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  Heavy rain suddenly
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  building inside a drop of water
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  Peafowl mirror image on a puddle
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  Water puddles with raindrops and water circles on cracked.
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  Ducks happily bathing in a puddle from rain water.
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  Horse cooling after riding, Tannhof near Waldstetten
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  The summer heat in a puddle
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  The spring rain formed a puddle.
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  The winter cold in a puddle
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  Puddle in Howrah City
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  Puddle in Dumurjala 3
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  Ducks in a puddle
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  Puddle in Dumurjala 1
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  Spiegelung des Pavillon in der Pfütze
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  Die Turmspitze des Pavillons spiegelt sich in der Pfütze
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  Poland, Stegny; Seagull on the Baltic Sea beach
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  Poland, Ustka; Puddles on the beach Baltic Sea
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  Lublin, streets; Asphalt and Puddle
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  Lublin, streets; Asphalt and puddle
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  Aekingerzand Drents-Friese Wold National Park. Dead Birch (Betula) fallen in a heathland pond.
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  Quai de Seine inondé - Flooded riverside - Paris, Pont au Change, Feb. 2026
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  Sunset over Bahía Drake (Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica)
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  Slalom through puddles at amateur rally
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  Pigeon buvant dans une flaque d'eau proche de la place du temple neuf à Strasbourg
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  Cat and Puddle
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  Stadttauben baden in einer Pfütze
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  Feral pigeons bathing in a puddle
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  Puddles in the Railway line in Sealdah Station in Kolkata
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  Reflective floating sphere in the pool.
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  A puddle by a parking lot in Turku
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  gravel puddels
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  Trough in a puddle
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  Puddles on a country lane
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  Puddles on a farm track
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  Puddle in dew pond on the South Downs
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  Belfry reflected in a puddle.- Grand-Place, Tournai (Be)
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  Osborne Street in Winnipeg after the Rain
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  Puddles on the rocks in Pinawa Manitoba
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  puddle after a rain storm on the set of Nobody 2
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  puddle in a flooding basement in rural Wisconsin
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  reflections in puddles
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  Bokeh photography of the small puddle
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  Puddle with autumn leaves in the Palatinate Forest
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  Puddles on the rocky beach at Cala l'Almunia
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  Puddles in the Pietzmoor
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  Puddles in Nordmannsgrund on Föhr
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  Building reflected in a puddle, Rems parking deck, Schwäbisch Gmünd, GER
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  Delleboersterheide – Catspoele Nature of It Fryske Gea in the Netherlands. Scottish Highlander seeks cooling in the water.
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  Puddle at Ustka beach
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  Lammikko ja ankka, Turku
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  Lammikko kallion laella, Naantali
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  Cooling break in a puddle
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  taking a reflection shot of the Brasilia DF, Brazil Catholic Cathedral in a puddle formed after the rain
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  After a rainstorm a puddle reveals a reflection of a ferris wheel at Nicolândia amusement park in Brasilia DF, Brazil
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  Midagahara raised bog, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
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  Flooded road under the railway viaduct, the result of the morning downpour (15 Jul, 2026), Wrocław, Poland
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  Abandoned sewage treatment plant after rain, Waldstetten, GER
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  A puddle marked with cow hoofprints in a pasture in Alleghe, Veneto, Italy.
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  Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Wooden bench in a pool of water. Currently best reached barefoot.
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  The unnamed pond on Shuangyuan Riverside Park in blue hour at dawn.
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  Following a heavy downpour in the Leiberger Forest near Büren, D
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  Tiny puddle on the rock 'Battert' mirroring the sky, Baden-Baden, D
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  Puddles as remains of the last flood, Juist, East Frisia, D
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  Puddle at Ustka seaside resort beach
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  Flat Puddle on stone bench in front of Burda Museum Baden-Baden, D
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  Reflection of a pine tree forest on a puddle
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  between puddle and pond
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  Bog on the Teriberka Peninsula
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  Whoever drinks from me will become an all-terrain vehicle
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  In a field in East Holstein with young cereal plants, rainwater forms puddles in the tractor tracks, Ostholstein winter 2000
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  Two white metal chairs seen from above stand in a puddle
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  A Canada goose stands in a puddle on melting ice
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  A young stray cat drinks from a puddle, Venice 1981
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  Raindrops on a well-polished car roof
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  One of the torii gates at Nasu Yuzen Shrine in Japan. A dirt path that has been worn down by foot traffic tends to collect water.
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  Wild swans at Lake Wendouree, Victoria
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  The pigeons are bathing to cool off in a puddle on the tiles of a bicycle path in the summer of Taipei
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  Pfütze, in der sich die Kuppel der Isaakskathedrale in St. Petersburg (Russland) spiegelt.
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  Yerevan Opera House. After the rain
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  Shadow of festive lights seen in a puddle during Diwali in West Bengal, India
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  Riflesso di un ippocastano in una pozzanghera in autunno. Parco urbano di Villa Ada, Roma
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  Cancelli dei giardini di Villa Borghese riflessi in una pozzanghera
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  Puddle after rain reflects mosque and park entrance lights at night in Oskemen
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  Eine Pfütze in St. Petersburg, am Leutnant-Schmidt-Ufer. Russland.
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  Puddles on harbour quay in Ustka seaside resort
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  Zugefrorene Pfütze im Winter. Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen.
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  Eine Pfütze im Park nahe der Kasaner Kathedrale in St. Petersburg, Russland.
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  Dans les hortillonnages d'Amiens (Fr)
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  Mount Eglinton on mirror lake (NZ)
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  Swans in a puddle
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  Water from car tyres on a concrete ramp.jpg
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  Sky reflected in a small puddle
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  Simple serene beauty of sky captured as a reflection in roadside puddle -(Ru)
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  Is it grass or the tree, oh that's just a reflection of tree in the puddle surrounded by grass!
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  The field grass is filled with water puddles after thorough watering
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  The path to Bali North Breakwater Beach is blocked already by a large puddle.
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  Pozzanghera che sommerge una panchina,nel pratone del parco di Villa Ada (Roma)
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  Farizon C10M at Daqingxi Bus Terminus
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  Puddles in Väätsa, Järva county
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  A cigarette butt in a puddle in Freedom Square, Tallinn
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  Street lights and trees reflecting from puddles containing tree leaves in Magdaleena street, Tallinn
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  Orange slice in a puddle during Tallinn Maritime Days
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  Puddles in Kitseküla, Tallinn
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  Puddles in Aegna island, Estonia
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