# Naturatomy

> How nature works, explained simply


## Posts

- [What Causes Thunder? The Shock Wave Hidden Inside Every Lightning Bolt](https://naturatomy.com/what-causes-thunder/): What causes thunder? Lightning heats the air to about 30,000 °C in a split second, and the air explodes outward as a shock wave. See every step, plus safety.
- [How Does a Rainbow Form? The Journey of a Sunbeam Through a Raindrop](https://naturatomy.com/how-does-a-rainbow-form/): How does a rainbow form? Follow one sunbeam into a raindrop as it bends, splits into colors and bounces back at 42 degrees, and learn why rainbows are round.
- [What Shape Is a Raindrop? Not a Tear, More Like a Bun](https://naturatomy.com/what-shape-is-a-raindrop/): What shape is a raindrop? Not a teardrop. Learn how surface tension, air drag and size turn falling rain into tiny buns, parachutes and spheres, step by step.
- [Why Do Clouds Float? The Secret of Tiny Droplets and Rising Warm Air](https://naturatomy.com/why-do-clouds-float/): Why do clouds float if they weigh as much as 100 elephants? Discover how tiny droplets, rising warm air and moist air keep clouds in the sky until they rain.
- [What Is the Water Cycle? A Raindrop's Endless Journey Around the Planet](https://naturatomy.com/what-is-the-water-cycle/): What is the water cycle? Follow one raindrop through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff and infiltration, and see why Earth never runs dry.

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