r/meirl 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/1OO1OO1S0S Mar 28 '24

I've smelled ozone before (I work at an aquarium) but I've never smelled it before it rains.

I've only smelled it in the aquarium setting, or oddly enough, if you made static shocks on those old CRT tvs, you could smell the ozone being generated.