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Follow"FRESH" Pine Needles Magnified by Rain Drops
This is quoted from Alistair B. Fraser's Web page titled Bad Rain. Mr. Fraser says:
"The artistic representation of raindrop as presented by pop...
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This is quoted from Alistair B. Fraser's Web page titled Bad Rain. Mr. Fraser says:
"The artistic representation of raindrop as presented by popular culture is that of a teardrop. Actually, real raindrops bear scant resemblance to this popular fantasy (except after they have ceased to be raindrops by splattering on a window, say)."
" Virtually everyone from advertisers to illustrators of children's books represent raindrops as being tear-shaped."
"Small raindrops (radius < 1 millimeter (mm)) are spherical; larger ones assume a shape more like that of a hamburger bun. When they get larger than a radius of about 4.5 mm they rapidly become distorted into a shape rather like a parachute with a tube of water around the base --- and then they break up into smaller drops."
"This remarkable evolution results from a tug-of-war between two forces: the surface tension of the water and the pressure of the air pushing up against the bottom of the drop as it falls. When the drop is small, surface tension wins and pulls the drop into a spherical shape. With increasing size, the fall velocity increases and the pressure on the bottom increases causing the raindrop to flatten and even develop a depression. Finally, when the radius exceeds about 4 mm or so, the depression grows almost explosively to form a bag with an annular ring of water and then it breaks up into smaller drops."
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"The artistic representation of raindrop as presented by popular culture is that of a teardrop. Actually, real raindrops bear scant resemblance to this popular fantasy (except after they have ceased to be raindrops by splattering on a window, say)."
" Virtually everyone from advertisers to illustrators of children's books represent raindrops as being tear-shaped."
"Small raindrops (radius < 1 millimeter (mm)) are spherical; larger ones assume a shape more like that of a hamburger bun. When they get larger than a radius of about 4.5 mm they rapidly become distorted into a shape rather like a parachute with a tube of water around the base --- and then they break up into smaller drops."
"This remarkable evolution results from a tug-of-war between two forces: the surface tension of the water and the pressure of the air pushing up against the bottom of the drop as it falls. When the drop is small, surface tension wins and pulls the drop into a spherical shape. With increasing size, the fall velocity increases and the pressure on the bottom increases causing the raindrop to flatten and even develop a depression. Finally, when the radius exceeds about 4 mm or so, the depression grows almost explosively to form a bag with an annular ring of water and then it breaks up into smaller drops."
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1Ernesto
September 10, 2016
What a perfect comment "FRESH" thanks! Please note I have added it to the title.....
1Ernesto
September 16, 2016
I never before saw such round clear drops of water on a pine tree...........Thanks for the "TOP CHOICE" peer recognition
1Ernesto
September 21, 2016
Thank you for your comment "Beautifully presented" As you know often it takes so long to decide how to crop and how to frame a photo and then one always still has doubts if it is the best that could be done.
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