Where does rain come from?

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentChip asked me where rain comes from. Apparently this is what I studied all those years for.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStep one. The Sun warms the water in seas, lakes and puddles.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the Sun is basically a giant heat lamp for the whole planet. That's a lot of responsibility.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStep two. Some of that water turns into invisible vapour and floats up into the sky.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLike the smell of funnel cake drifting over the parking lot. Invisible, but you still follow it.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStep three. Up high it cools into tiny droplets, and those make clouds.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorClouds are the food court. Everybody's just waiting in line up there.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStep four. When droplets join into drops too heavy to float, they fall as rain. Per Wikipedia, that's the water cycle.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo rain is the refund line!

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is water falling. There is no ride and nobody is getting refunded.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs the rain on my head water that dinosaurs drank?

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentQuite possibly. Earth keeps recycling roughly the same water, around and around, for billions of years.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo it's a used ride. I'm never taking a shower again.