Drop Of Water In Front Of A Map
The stuff of life: This image of the globe from space looks uncannily true to life when pictured through a droplet of water. Photographer Markus Reugels spends hundreds of hours painstakingly composing these shots. This image has been flipped upside down due to the reversing lens-like effects of the water droplet.

Another world: This image of the moon is given incredible clarity seen through the natural lens created by dripping water. Mr Reugels began taking the photos after he saw similar ones posted on an online forum. This image has also been flipped
The wealth of nations: This fleeting glimpse of a map of the world showing borders shows how the process can take flat images and make them look spherical
Earth in the water drop