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What is the shape of raindrops?

While cartoonists typically draw raindrops like a teardrop or a pear shape, raindrops are not shaped like that.

They are drawn as teardrops to give the image of falling through the atmosphere, which they do. But as they fall, raindrops are flattened and shaped like a hamburger bun by the drag forces of the air they are falling through. Continue reading

Category: Meteorology, Phenomena

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