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back Listening to Raindrops

  Drizzle is surprisingly lound underwater because the small raindrops generate bubbles as they hit the water. These similar-sized bubbles oscillate when they're young, producing a high frequency bell-like tone. (Image by Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC. Recording from Jeffrey A. Nystuen, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory)

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