How do rain clouds defy gravity?
In: Physics
They dont. We live in what is technically a fluid atmosphere, in that fluid physics apply. So dense stuff sinks and light stuff floats. Everything on our planet, making up our planet, and our atmosphere are trapped here by gravity. But, when water evaporates it becomes less dense than the surrounding air and rises. Over time water particles bunch together in clouds, but remain less dense than the atmosphere below them, so they keep floating. When those particles group together and become big, they become to heavy to float, fall, and become rain/snow/hail/whatever.
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