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Small raindrops (0.81.2 mm
diameter) are remarkably loud. The impact component of their splash is
very quiet, but the geometry of the splash is such that a bubble is generated by
every splash in a very predictable manner. These bubbles
are relatively uniform in size, and therefore frequency, and are very loud
underwater. Small raindrops are present in almost all types of rainfall,
including light drizzle, and are therefore responsible for the remarkably loud
and unique underwater sound of drizzle heard between 1325 kHz, the resonance
frequency for these bubbles. (Animation by Susan Gonnelli, NASA Television)
small drop animation
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