A Note on the Red Rain in Iliad 16.459

AbstractIn July 2001, red rain fell over Kerala in India shortly after reports of a meteor. When analysed, this red rain appeared to contain red cells, apparently demonstrating that such cells must exist in space and that the theory of panspermia is correct. However, doubts have been expressed about whether reports of a meteor were merely a coincidence. This paper examines historical and mythical accounts of red rain, to establish if these, too, show a connection with meteors.

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Red Rain Cells of Kerala as a Possible Carrier of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands and the UV Extinction Bump

Advances in Astrophysics ◽

10.22606/adap.2019.42003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

A. Santhosh Kumar ◽

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N. Chandra Wickramasinghe ◽

Godfrey Louis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diffuse Interstellar Bands ◽

Red Rain

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Growth and replication of red rain cells at 121°C and their red fluorescence

10.1117/12.876393 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rajkumar Gangappa ◽

Chandra Wickramasinghe ◽

Milton Wainwright ◽

A. Santhosh Kumar ◽

Godfrey Louis

Keyword(s):

Red Fluorescence ◽

Red Rain

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“Red Rain” and the Dust Storm of February 22

Nature ◽

10.1038/068222b0 ◽

1903 ◽

Vol 68 (1758) ◽

pp. 222-223

Author(s):

T. E. THORPE

Keyword(s):

Dust Storm ◽

Red Rain

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Opal phytoliths in some Victorian soils and "red rain" residues

Australian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1071/bt9590064 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 64 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

G Baker

Keyword(s):

Forest Fires ◽

Tap Water ◽

Distilled Water ◽

Opal Phytoliths ◽

The Past ◽

Fundamental Significance ◽

History Of ◽

Red Rain ◽

Sponge Spicules

Opaline bodies in certain Victorian soils have been regarded in the past as sponge spicules. It is now shown that the majority of these opaline bodies are the same as those developed in certain plants, hence they are recorded as opal phytoliths. This corrected identification of the opaline bodies is of fundamental significance in affecting certain aspects of the interpretation of the history of such components of soils. It is no longer necessary to consider these bodies of opal as sponge spicules carried into soils by wind transportation or other means. They are released from plants containing them and shed into the soils on the decomposition, or destruction during grass and forest fires, of phytolith-bearing vegetation, or sometimes via the dung of graminiferous animals. A few smaller phytoliths do become wind-borne, as evidenced by their occurrence in "red rain" and "red snow" residues. It is also shown that distilled water should always be used in treating soils for examination of their phytolith populations, because a small quantity of the smaller phytoliths (and diatoms) occurs in tap-water.

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