Raindrop Acoustics

  • Released Tuesday, April 5, 2005
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LARGE RAINDROP ANIMATION - For large and very large raindrops, the splash becomes energetic enough to create a wide range of bubble sizes trapped underwater, which produces a loud sound relatively low in frequency. The following animation is first simulated as a real-time large raindrop, and then slowed down to demonstrate the distinct sound of impact and the subsequent ring of the lower frequency sound made by the bubble.

This is the standard definition version of the Large Raindrop animation MPEG.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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