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  • Apr 29, 2013, 03:31 PM
    naga93
    Mysterious red rain.
    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 ?
  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:06 PM
    Wondergirl
    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

    You really need to learn how to Google.
  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:24 PM
    naga93
    Nope its not my homework I just want to know
  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:36 PM
    1102568
    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.
  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:39 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by 1102568 View Post
    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]"
  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:43 PM
    1102568
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    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.
  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:55 PM
    naga93
    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 .
  • Apr 29, 2013, 08:15 PM
    1102568
    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.

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