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A man paddles on a surfboard to cross the street after heavy rains lashed Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 2, 2013. A violent storm with torrential rain and powerful wind left five people dead Tuesday in Buenos Aires as it knocked out power, downed trees and damaged homes, officials said. Fernando Sturla/AFP/Getty Images
Photos: Visitors ‘part the rain’ in a surreal experience at the ‘Rain Room’
Imagine walking through the rain deluge without getting wet. In fact, imagine having the rain part around you, as you walk through it. Fiction? Not quite!
In the Curve at the Barbican Art Gallery, London a new installation by Random International is set, inviting people to – well, try to get wet. The ‘Rain Room’ is a hundred square meters downpour area, set at the end of a curving corridor and left intentionally dark to emphasize dramatic spotlight effect. Rain, as it should, falls vertically in straight shower lines.
Toronto weather: rainy, dark and gloomy
A man shields himself from the rain with an umbrella while walking under a railway bridge in Toronto’s west end Tuesday, September 18, 2012. (Darren Calabrese/National Post)
Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick pitches against the Brewers as rain falls during the first inning of Philadelphia’s game in Milwaukee on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.
Photo: Tom Lynn/The Associated Press
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Heavy rain falls over Bangkok at sunset during the monsoon season, Sept. 18, 2011. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
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A boy plays in the mud near the Ravi river after a downpour on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 24, 2011. (Mohsin Raza/Reuters)
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Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) goers run to take cover from the rain as a massive storm hits Toronto, Wednesday evening, August 24, 2011. (Aaron Lynett/National Post)
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Lightning strikes behind a house in the northern German city of Gesecke, Aug. 23, 2011. (Thomas Rensinghoff/AFP/Getty Images)
When it rains, it pours
The Rogers Cup in Toronto is off to a soggy start on Tuesday morning. Here’s hoping Serena Williams doesn’t float away. (Peter J. Thompson/National Post)
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A couple rests on a seaside promenade during a rain shower in the southern Indian city of Kochi May 29, 2011. India’s annual monsoon rains are expected to arrive on its southern coast around May 31, on schedule, despite expectations of its delayed onset over the Andaman, the India Meteorological Department reported. (Sivaram V./Reuters)
