Comments on: What causes the smell after the first rain? http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain Navin Kabra's blog Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sujatha http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain/comment-page-1#comment-1651 Sujatha Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:42:18 +0000 http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain#comment-1651 Oops, meant to paste the wikipedia link in the previous post that mentions both the terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor Oops, meant to paste the wikipedia link in the previous post that mentions both the terms:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

]]> By: Sujatha http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain/comment-page-1#comment-1650 Sujatha Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:40:19 +0000 http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain#comment-1650 Interesting. I remembered reading elsewhere that the name for the smell of first rain is Petrichor, so when I saw 'Geosmin' here, I had to google both up :) Turns out, Geosmin is one of the contributors to the smell of rain, the other being the smell of oil from certain plants. Together, they produce Petrichor. Here is the link here for your reference: Petrichor: http://wordsmith.org/words/petrichor.html Interesting. I remembered reading elsewhere that the name for the smell of first rain is Petrichor, so when I saw ‘Geosmin’ here, I had to google both up :)
Turns out, Geosmin is one of the contributors to the smell of rain, the other being the smell of oil from certain plants. Together, they produce Petrichor.

Here is the link here for your reference:

Petrichor: http://wordsmith.org/words/petrichor.html

]]> By: Tarun Chandel http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain/comment-page-1#comment-1595 Tarun Chandel Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:46:14 +0000 http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain#comment-1595 And I was thinking that, because Meetu was in silent mode when the rain started you treated such a good topic with science. But I guess I am wrong again ... Tarun And I was thinking that, because Meetu was in silent mode when the rain started you treated such a good topic with science. But I guess I am wrong again …

Tarun

]]> By: navin http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain/comment-page-1#comment-1594 navin Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:40:04 +0000 http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain#comment-1594 Hmmm... Tarun, looks like you've been talking to <a href="http://smritiweb.com/meetu" rel="nofollow">meetu</a>. I knew that <a href="http://blog.tarunchandel.com/2008/06/bloggers-lunch-pune.html" rel="nofollow">blogger's lunches</a> would be a bad idea. Here's more: <a href="http://smritiweb.com/navin/general/why-i-like-ice-cream" rel="nofollow">Why you like ice-cream</a>. And of course, the staple of all poetry, <a href="http://smritiweb.com/navin/psychology/why-is-beauty" rel="nofollow">Beauty</a>. In fact, I'll probably do an entire series on beauty... Hmmm… Tarun, looks like you’ve been talking to meetu. I knew that blogger’s lunches would be a bad idea.

Here’s more: Why you like ice-cream. And of course, the staple of all poetry, Beauty. In fact, I’ll probably do an entire series on beauty…

]]> By: Tarun Chandel http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain/comment-page-1#comment-1593 Tarun Chandel Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:29:59 +0000 http://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/what-causes-the-smell-after-the-first-rain#comment-1593 Actually I did not know about your habit of taking poetic concept and killing it like this. But now I know. This is the first time I am reading your blog so I thought wow must be a good first rainy day post but .... Tarun Actually I did not know about your habit of taking poetic concept and killing it like this. But now I know. This is the first time I am reading your blog so I thought wow must be a good first rainy day post but ….

Tarun

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