[meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 6 08:30:57 2006
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B3145BF6D_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

HI Stirling and list,

This is indeed an interesting one.

I'm not an expert, but the large algal blooms that periodically appear
in the pacific/atlantic and Indian oceans would be a likely suspect to
me...

It is well known that algae (and other simple life forms) reproduce by
water evaporation (through TINY spores which are carried to high
altitude by the normal terrestrial water cycle, i.e evaporation/rain).
Try putting a bucket outside and within weeks it will have algae growing
in it - from the rain.

Now I am not sure if these 'algal spores' would show up as 'biological'
in the particular DNA test that Louis and Kumar performed but do I know
that alagal spores are very primeval in form, (since they practically
the oldest life form), and they have a vast range of shapes and sizes
some remarkably similar to the one's in Louis and kumar's paper.

Example of spores at
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/palynology/ppfspor.html


Now we are talking about serious quantity of material here, but take a
look at some photos of an algal blooms they often cover many hundreds of
miles and appear on satellite photos!

(Also common in India as it happens)

http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/oceancolor/scifocus/IOC/IOC_1.shtml



Also

One alledged sonic boom is WAY not enough evidence to link the red rain
with a 'comet impact', no physical evidence for a meteor event was put
forward, 'Sonic booms' occur all the time for a variety of reasons,
especially in hot countries, that are at war with their neighbours... (
i.e Thunder & Aircraft patrols)



.... My humble opinion for what it is worth.

Mark Ford
Received on Mon 06 Mar 2006 08:29:53 AM PST