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Raindrop wavelets, falling apples

A common sight here in the Seattle area: puddles in the rain. A drop hits, then a circular wavelet expands outward. When watching this happen, I tend to just see larger wavelet rings, never noticing the small initial waves. Do the waves start out very fast, then slow down as they get larger? The picture […]

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