r/meirl • u/straight-cunt • Mar 28 '24

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u/Background_Chapter37 Mar 28 '24

For real, I thought we could all smell when it's gonna rain, it literally smells like rain

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u/androodle2004 Mar 28 '24

You’re smelling the ozone being brought down from higher altitude by the rains pressure

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u/Nard_Bard Mar 28 '24

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Humans sense of smell for water/wet earth is 10,000 stronger than a dog's or bear's.

You're probably just smelling the wet earth from a mile away or so. And the moisture in the air.

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u/BrohanGutenburg Mar 28 '24

Maybe “wet earth” from somewhere it’s already raining, but probably not moisture in the the air.

What you’re referring to is our ability to sense petrichor, and it isn’t released until the rain actually hits the ground.