To understand a bubble chamber, picture the long, white streak an airplane leaves in its wake. That's water vapor produced by condensation from the plane's hot exhaust. Until the water particles evaporate, you can follow the streak to track where the plane is flying.

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• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)