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# What Do Raindrops Really Look Like?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/its-okay-be-smart/episode/what-do-raindrops-really-look-like-ameo2x/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:16:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T09:54:30.000Z
- Description: Raindrops are shaped like teardrops, right? Wrong! Let's discover rain's true shape.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Be Smart, Season 6, Episode 27, #ZZZ_Episode_fd5cb864-fb04-48b5-99ef-8367d6c50e70, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_dc38a6e9-266e-43c1-b647-45e7445fad27, #v1.16

What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically impossible. This week I went inside a vertical wind tunnel to bring you the true shape of rain.