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Fake plants are moving into the 21st century! Researchers developed literal “power plants” — tiny, leaf-shaped generators that create electricity from a blowing breeze or falling raindrops — and ... Raindrops are actually shaped like the top of a hamburger bun, round on the top and flat on the bottom.
Understanding the Context
This new video from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission explains why. The real raindrop shape is not a teardrop. Actually, raindrops take different shapes, depending on their size. Here's how it works.
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The smallest raindrops fall at about 2 mph. Water droplets smaller than these smallest raindrops (known as cloud liquid water droplets) can resist falling in the atmosphere because there is upward moving air that overcomes the force of gravity and keeps them suspended in the cloud. Rain provides freshwater for most ecosystems and human activities. Formation of individual drops involves a complex series of atmospheric processes. The journey of a raindrop begins with water evaporating from bodies of water, soil, and plants, transforming into an invisible gas called water vapor.
Final Thoughts
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