• Question: hello again right can you catch a falling molecule of rain with a laser?

    Asked by roisinmillar to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 28 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      A falling drop of rain? I could hit it, but I’m not sure it would do much. I certainly couldn’t catch it with our lasers. I am sure it could be done with the right sort of lasers though (although perhaps they would struggle with something as large as a raindrop)

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      I could catch a picture of one (in fact, I have), but I couldn’t actually catch one.

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