The Smell of Rain Has a Name

That smell right after rain hits dry ground is real chemistry — plant oils plus a soil bacteria compound called geosmin, released the instant a drop lands.

Why we kept this

Human noses can smell the specific compound at parts-per-trillion, which is a better sense of smell than we ever get credit for.

Visit The Smell of Rain Has a Name

If you liked that

• The Northern Lights
• Blitzortung Live Lightning Map
• Pando, the Trembling Giant
• Bees Give Directions by Dancing
• The Everlasting Storm
• Saturn's Hexagon
• Prometheus (tree)
• The Lake That Exhaled

Stumble upon something else

Back to Ourcade