Describes the origins, characteristics, and uses of water. A book of photographs and accompanying text about the science of water. All the amazing states of water can be observed-- water as ice, rainbow, steam, frost, dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as it falls from a faucet, see a drop of water as it splashes on a hard surface, count the points of an actual snowflake, and contemplate how drops of water form clouds. Evaporation, condensation, capillary, attraction, and surface tension are explained. Features experiments that welcome the reader into the world of scientific investigation.