Gravitation on Earth*

It is raining on Earth. If you observed the Earth from out of space, which of the pictures would describe the circumstances correctly? (click on the right picture)

*task retrieved from: Helga Stadler, "Schwerelosigkeit herrscht dort, wo keine Schwerkraft mehr wirkt"
(http://pluslucis.univie.ac.at/PlusLucis/981/stadler.pdf)