In our collective imagination, a raindrop is pendant shaped, wide at the bottom and pointed at the top. But, in fact, a falling raindrop experiences much more complicated shapes. Here, researchers blow a jet of air onto a still droplet, a good facsimile for a raindrop falling through the atmosphere. The jet of air first squishes the drop, then inflates it into a shape known as a bag. The thin sides of the bag stretch and eventually break, spraying tiny droplets. As the disintegration continues, the thick rim of the bag breaks up into big droplets. As the video demonstrates, viscosity and viscoelasticity can affect the break-up, too. (Image and video credit: I. Jackiw and N. Ashgriz)