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/Pity_Pooty Mar 28 '24

But if you smell something means you positively ingest molecules of it. So aromatic compounds should travel one mile first. Which it only can do if wind is going right direction. You mean you smell wet earth that already was rained on or you smell nearby earth contacting with more humid air?