SciShow: Raindrops Don't Look like Raindrops!

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Content of the Lesson: Head to https://complexlycalendars.com/products/scishow to buy your 2023 SciShow calendar today! That fabled tear-shaped raindrop may make for a good color-by-numbers, but the truth is that raindrops are a lot more complicated and far less pointy. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow #science #education ---------- Sources: https://personal.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadRain.html https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/articles/shape-of-a-raindrop https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/68/5/2010jas3706.1.xml https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809510000268 https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/57/20/1520-0469_2000_057_3406_momrsf_2.0.co_2.xml https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.1656936 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/qj.49709640807 https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1141911.1141985 https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/32/7/1520-0469_1975_032_1401_cabowd_2_0_co_2.xml https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/5/4/1520-0469_1948_005_0165_tdorws_2_0_co_2.xml https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1340 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/met.1724 Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/children-watching-rain-from-the-inside-of-a-window-stock-footage/487501248 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/rain-drops-on-the-window-glass-in-4k-slow-motion-60fps-stock-footage/1328307651 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/faucet-in-the-tub-dripping-water-stock-footage/1316112806 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/rotating-turbine-of-wind-tunnel-for-vehicle-testing-stock-footage/956240494 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/instructor-teaching-young-woman-skydiving-extreme-stock-footage/873604368 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/rain-falling-on-pavement-in-slow-motion-stock-footage/950875276 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/water-is-life-stock-footage/1140056642 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/torrential-rain-in-the-rainy-season-a-tropical-stock-footage/1160301686 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/thunderstorm-heavy-rain-and-downpour-in-a-pine-forest-stock-footage/1326272770 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/city-light-reflections-in-rain-stock-footage/1133893181 https://journals.ametsoc.org/configurable/content/journals$002fatsc$002f68$002f5$002f2010jas3706.1.xml?t:ac=journals%24002fatsc%24002f68%24002f5%24002f2010jas3706.1.xml https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/68/5/2010jas3706.1.xml https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/sadness-woman-sitting-on-window-watching-the-rain-and-stock-footage/1339303359 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/drops-dripping-down-the-glass-stock-footage/173045688 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/water-drops-on-glass-transparent-in-black-color-royalty-free-image/1366240150 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-raindrops-falling-slow-motion-blurred-light-stock-footage/1327379630 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/heavy-rain-pouring-down-on-roof-of-a-house-stock-footage/1346376819


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