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[–] l-emmerdeur 0 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago  (edited ago)

That little box uses special atmospheric conditions so that the alpha particles 'shooting' off of the mass of uranium force some water vapor in said box to condensate in their wake.

The streaks are, in a simple sense, the wakes left by the 'radioactivity' shooting off of that little rock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_chamber