Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett



The quote from Cynthia’s book

We imagine that a raindrop falls in the same shape as a drop of water hanging from the faucet, with a pointed top and a fat, rounded bottom.  The picture is upside down.  In fact, raindrops fall from the clouds in the shape of tiny parachutes, their tops rounded because of air pressure from below.