I’ve always wondered about that, and also sometimes when there’s a storm (we haven’t had a storm for like 2 years!!) the outside view appears yellow (like an illusion that the sun is out)!
2007-08-12 15:06:35 · 25 answers · asked by ♥ Victory ♥ 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Water droplets in the air carry scents well, so the smell of rain anywhere is a combination of many things. Water molecules carry scents from such things as oils released from plants, other chemicals, and even spores from tiny bacteria, called "actinomycetes". The spores are only released with a good rain--usually after a drought. The desert has this condition after a storm.
When raindrops are in the air, most light is either reflected off of the drops or goes right through them. If the light enters at certain angles, the light enters the drop, is reflected inside, and then exits the drop. Entering and exiting the drop, the colors are separated. (umm..it's kinda rainbow)..
i don't exactly know, but I think the refraction of light by the raindrops caused it..
2007-08-12 17:58:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smell, which I start to get around 5 minutes before heavy rain hits, is from up-draughts of air on the edges of the rain band/storm taking minute soil particles with it.
These circulate in with the rain and give that earthy smell.
That's why you also get it if heavy rain without a storm comes along, where there is no ozone being produced by electrical activity.
2007-08-12 22:13:38 · answer #2 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That smell that you believe has a fresh smell is wet dust commonly known as mud. The weird yellow look is caused by a gross diffusion of light because of all the clouds. Things look weird because there are few, if any shadows, because the light is being bounced around so much all objects are being lighted from all directions.
2007-08-12 22:24:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I love that smell. I figure it's all the plant activity. They drink, they give off scent that mixes with water, etc.
2007-08-12 22:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by GollyBeth! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, the yellow sort of muggy mist fills the air.
The grass and air have a really fresh potent smell when its pouring outside.
its kinda illusional lol i like it
2007-08-12 22:11:53 · answer #5 · answered by purplehoneycomb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes I have and I love it I also love the smell of fresh cut grass after a rain.
2007-08-12 22:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by Beckles 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I LOVE that smell; I LOVE it when it rains - it's so relaxing and rejuvenating...I love to walk in the woods and do a lot of my photography because everything is just so relaxed and natural after it rains.
2007-08-12 22:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, isn't it wonderful? Nothing else smells like that. It's as good as the smell of fresh mowed grass. :)
2007-08-12 22:14:23 · answer #8 · answered by pupcake 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i love the smell of rain, but storms r scary!
2007-08-12 22:12:00 · answer #9 · answered by εїз TANYA εїз 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love the smell when it rains!! Havent smelt it in awhile due to no rain
2007-08-12 22:10:41 · answer #10 · answered by I ♥ my family 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋