seems not all raindrops are created equal...erhm...created equally.
Myth of raindrop formation exploded - physics-math - 20 July 2009 - New Scientist
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Originally Posted by Colin Barras
Myth of raindrop formation exploded
The short lifetime of a raindrop is a complicated and explosive affair, physicists have revealed. Using high-speed video footage they have solved a longstanding conundrum of what determines the size of raindrops.
A century ago, physicists put out sheets of absorbent paper in showers to record raindrop size, and discovered a surprising variety. Most are under a millimetre across, but others span 5 mm – and providing rainfall level is constant, drops exhibit the same variation in every shower. ...
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it's not clear from the article if all the drops made in the explosions have particles in them, whether from plants or otherwise.
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