[kach22i]

Originally Posted by freebeard

https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/videos/anatomy-raindrop


Sorry to be a wet blanket.

I'm amazed that this has never come up before in the forum.

News to me.

Now just where did the teardrop shape come from, tears?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_(liquid)

SHAPE

The classic shape associated with a drop (with a pointy end in its upper side) comes from the observation of a droplet clinging to a surface. The shape of a drop falling through a gas is actually more or less spherical for drops less than 2 mm in diameter.[9] Larger drops tend to be flatter on the bottom part due to the pressure of the gas they move through.[10] As a result, as drops get larger, a concave depression forms which leads to the eventual breakup of the drop.