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physics.flu-dyn2011
Can mosquitoes fly in the rain?
Andrew Dickerson, Peter Shankles, Nihar Madhavan +1
Collisions with raindrops are one of many obstacles insects face during flight. In this fluid dynamics video, we present a series of high-speed films of impacts between mosquitoes…
physics.flu-dyn2011
How flowers catch raindrops
Guillermo Amador, Yasukuni Yamada, David Hu
Several species of plants have raindrop-sized flowers that catch raindrops opportunistically in order to spread their 0.3-mm seeds distances of over 1 m. In the following fluid dyn…