Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible

Rain shouldn t happen, according to basic physics. Click here to watch the MinuteEarth video about rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87v_9Bud7vw This video supported by Audible.com/minutephysics Thanks to the following Subbable subscribers for making MinutePhysics possible: Ian Adam Naval Mrs Buhr’s 2nd Grade Science Class Mrs. Watkins 2nd Grade Science Class Nauda Family Ricky Shields @KathrynAmbrose Jens Krog Lodberg This video made possible by the following Patreon Supporters: Jeremy Peng Jeff Straathof Avi Yashchin Mark Jeremy Cummings Wes Brown John Green Rafael Ferreira Luciano Florian Philipp Rens van der Heijden Risa Galant Ricky Shields Kristina Foss PetWolverine Trent Sutherland Ian Foote Eszter Szikora Tasso Kostalas (MavericSun) Amandeep Hayer Abraão Caldas Eric Ma Conner Fissell Muhmammad Bob Bolch Daniel Ametsreiter Joël Quenneville Richard Pearson David Dailey Steven Mulder Karim Ethi Raj Ryan Kyle William Ricketts Collin Mandris Jonathan Foster Siddharth Sadanand Robby Olivam Alan Browning Jonathan Piersa Jake Stolhandske Julia Person James Craver Sarah Chavis Yonatan Bisk Richard Campbell Mikael Richie Swift Chris Barrett Jan A Christopher Coleman Kelvin Dueck Daniel “YoureDown” Breger Hendrik Payer Holger R. Austin Keller Alejandro Medrano Gil Prof Stick Cora Toner Chris Thompson Alan Lam Andrew Collings Mike McHargue Nicholas Buckendorf Blair Bradimore Michael Biot Daniel Ornstein nir lifshitz Nicholas Carroll Edwin Zea Diana Dial Mitch Etzkin Steven Holland Kujyou Hikari Lightbow Dante Santos Mathias Westad Larssen Tom Headley Michael K Geoff Wallace Fredrik Samuelsson Melissa Harkins Jason Talley Keith Marrocco Maarten Bremer Eric Laberge Lacey Larson Neil Ramroop Matthew Norton Anastasia Vashkevich Bela9a Efe Efevich Mark Donal Botkin Sylvan Ruud Daniel Friesen Philipi Adolfo Willemann Jeffrey McCullough Oddgeir Ann Brendon Davis Filip Christopher Jimenez Michel Payette Juha Niittynen Jeff Ross Viktor Liljeblad Robert E DeLapp Sean Linsley James Lacy Christopher O’Neal Marcus Philip Freeman Matthew Heermann Marsha Woerner Daniel Yip Matt K William Pearson Kevin Lynch Nick Ward Kevin john eriksson Allan Farrell Tobias Olesen Chris Chapin Michael Keefe Jon Mann Bert Joji Wata Adam Naber Rob Ibsen Jacob Gumpert Peter Collier Andi Davis Aarthy Raymond Cason Evan Gale Paul Tori McClanahan Dominik Steenken Danilo Metzger Christian Altenhofen Roy Morgan Olivia Darroch Amber Ciarvella ryan horlacher Keith Chang Milokot Janel Christensen Will Scherer Mike Fulcher Larom Lancaster John Harman Matt Christos Papandreou Fernando Pazin Johnathon Kinville Jason Medrano Andrew Barnett Katharina Schuchmann John Gietzen Michael Tardibuono Matthew Hebert Christy Filipich Pierre-Louis Bourgeois Genevieve Lawrence Brian D’Agostini Chris Dominik Menzi Ryan A. Schauer Daniel Johnson Nico Houbraken Michael Carr Ragnhild Elizabeth Meisterling Lysann Schlegel Magnus Krokstad Owain Blackwood Russ Arrell Maarten Daalder Brenden Bullock Mark Samberg Tina Johnston Mike Cochrane Tom Murphy Peter L Jeff Erica Pratt David Artur Szczypta David Drueding Nicklas Ulvnäs Nigel W James Nelson Mary Foster-Smith Clayton Neff Michael Merino Jason and Gayle Corfman Mihaly Barasz Steven Klurfeld Richard Bairwell Tamas Bartal Erven Justin Prahl Michael Maitlen Hans van Staveren Kasey Karlin Nazario Marie Conrad Jacques LABBÉ Geralyn Byers jason black Candice Blodgett Daniel Gibbs Henry Berthelsen Andy Kittner Steve Hall Rob Snyder John Kelly Jessica Rosenstein Bill Tomiyasu Vasco Simões Simon Hammersley iain Holger Alexis Carpenter Jay Goodman Joseph Perry Mark Govea Eduardo Rampelotto Gatto Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder Created by Henry Reich