Image via Ubergizmo Oh yes indeed, German scientists have done it - a rain machine complete with lasers. In a lab environment, they were able to successfully zap a laser at a room full of water-saturated air sitting at a cool -24 °C. The result was rain clouds. And the next step in the

experiment…make it work outside. Easy peasy, right? Well, not so much, but preliminary attempts have shown that it does indeed work, at least to a certain extent. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Laser-Made Rain! German Scientists Suceed in Zapping Air to Make Clouds (Video)