GingerBot.
hislatestvictim: mewstew: Rain itself does not have a smell. What you are smelling is called ‘petrichor’. Plants exude waste oils that are absorbed into the surrounding soil (particularly if the soil is clay-based). When it rains, these oils, along with the compound geosmin (which is produced by dying microbes and has a highly detectable scent at as low as a few parts per trillion) are released into the air, resulting in the scent of “rain”. In layman’s terms, you’re smelling plant piss and decaying microbial corpses.  Enjoy science!!

hislatestvictim: mewstew:

Rain itself does not have a smell.

What you are smelling is called ‘petrichor’.

Plants exude waste oils that are absorbed into the surrounding soil (particularly if the soil is clay-based). When it rains, these oils, along with the compound geosmin (which is produced by dying microbes and has a highly detectable scent at as low as a few parts per trillion) are released into the air, resulting in the scent of “rain”.

In layman’s terms, you’re smelling plant piss and decaying microbial corpses. 

Enjoy science!!

Reblogged 3 months ago from aliveagaintoday (Originally from quoteimages)
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    YYYEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH SCIENCE!
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    Ah, I love the smell of corpses in the morning.
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    omfg, this just made my night. also, idk why people say rain smells good. it smells like outside???????????????
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    I still love the smells I smell when it rains.
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