Water drops: Gotas de lluvia

It's raining. The raindrops fall into the pond or lake, puddle or pool. And in the same place drops of water pop up. Are these the same drops that fall?

Where do the droplets come from?

For non PhD's: There's a thin layer of air separating the drop from the water below. It's like an elastic sheet. The connection is pinched off and a smaller droplet is formed, again and again until the tiny droplet can be absorbed.

Once I was swimming and the rain was falling. The sunlight was coming in horizontally and the water drops were popping up all around me. It was quite an amazing sight! Wendy

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raindrops: gotas de lluvia

fall into: caer dentro de

pond: lago pequeño, charco

lake: lago

puddle: charco muy pequeño, como en la calle o en un camino

pool: piscina, charco de agua limpia

tiny droplet: gotita de agua

pop up: saltar para arriba

sight: vista