Involuntary #dropphotography today
When I decided that I was going to stop under a tree for a while to let the shower of rain pass before heading home, the weather looked like this.…
Tag: rain
Some #wavewatching in Manchester
I’m in Manchester for Science in Public 2019 and I couldn’t help myself, I had to do some wave watching. To be fair, though: These pictures really don’t do Manchester justice…
Expedition learning
Last week, we ran an “expedition learning” course for 17-year olds. They were separated into several groups, working on different topics, and mine (unsurprisingly) worked on waves. You can see…
Traces in the sand
Yes, I am really that fascinated by sand that this is the second post in a week about it. And I still think the picture below looks like the place…
Rain on water — why does each raindrop cause several concentric waves?
When we watch rain falling on a water surface, we observe that each raindrop causes several concentric waves with different radii. In my post on Tuesday I just stated that that was what we observe,…