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naga93
Apr 29, 2013, 03:31 PM
In 2001 at Kerala in India there was a strange phenomenon that is red colored rain after several research scientist conclude that the rain contain micro size life form that is spore the question is where is possibly came from ?

Wondergirl
Apr 29, 2013, 04:06 PM
I hope this is not homework.

"a study commissioned by the Government of India concluded that the rains had been colored by airborne spores from locally prolific terrestrial algae.[5]" Red rain in Kerala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rain_in_Kerala)

You really need to learn how to Google.

naga93
Apr 29, 2013, 04:24 PM
Nope its not my homework I just want to know

1102568
Apr 29, 2013, 04:36 PM
I just did some research. This phenomenon apparently happened in 1896 and 2012 in Kerala too. The events were preceded by storms. The local trees were covered in the same algae that produced the spores called trentepolia. No one can be certain on how all the spores were dispersed into the atmosphere simultaneously, but I am going to take a guess that the storm brought static electricity that either attracted the spores (like hairs attracted on a static wool sweater) or somehow stimulated them to be released into the air and the rains that the storm brought allowed the spores to dissolve, creating red rain.

Wondergirl
Apr 29, 2013, 04:39 PM
I just did some reasearch. This phenomenon apparently happened in 1896 and 2012 in Kerala too. The events were preceded by storms. The local trees were covered in the same algae that produced the spores called trentepolia. No one can be certain on how all the spores were dispersed into the atmosphere simultaneously, but I am going to take a guess that the storm brought static electricity that either attracted the spores or somehow stimulated them to be released into the air and the rains that the storm brought allowed the spores to dissolve, creating red rain.
From Wikipedia -- "Most recently, colored rainfall occurred over Kerala during the summers of 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008,[58] and 2012; since 2001, the botanists have found the same Trentepohlia spores every time.[50] This supports the notion that the lichen spores are a seasonal local environmental feature, rather than Kerala being some kind of a magnet for alien-microbe infested meteors.[50][59][60][61][62]"

1102568
Apr 29, 2013, 04:43 PM
from Wikipedia -- "Most recently, colored rainfall occurred over Kerala during the summers of 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008,[58] and 2012; since 2001, the botanists have found the same Trentepohlia spores every time.[50] This supports the notion that the lichen spores are a seasonal local environmental feature, rather than Kerala being some kind of a magnet for alien-microbe infested meteors.[50][59][60][61][62]"

Yes, I think it must be due to seasonal conditions causing storms/heavy rainfall that somehow triggers the trentepohlia algae to release spores into the atmosphere.

naga93
Apr 29, 2013, 04:55 PM
But the spore has high resistance in heat and its DNA is so primitive the cell only know to reproduce and the same phenomenon happen in many country and the cell characteristic is different like in sri lanka at 2013 the outer cell is rich in uranium is it seasonal in other country to .

1102568
Apr 29, 2013, 08:15 PM
The spores come from a known algae (Trentepohlia) so it's characteristics are known, I think sometimes people want it to be supernatural or out-of-this world when really it is probably just natural. All algae is 'primitive' and were among the first living single celled organisms to exist on this planet. The high uranium levels is strange though, and could indicate that the spores came from a meteorite, if it weren't for the fact that the species is identified as a known terrestrial species. Strange things do happen, like fish and frogs falling from the sky, which seem supernatural, when in fact they can be explained by common events like hurricanes at sea.