AW: [meteorite-list] Red Rain

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Mar 7 09:07:24 2006
Message-ID: <009901c641f0$70576510$936cfea9_at_name86d88d87e2>

Hi Pete, Mark

I'm not a lepidopterologist,
but butterflies after hatching secrete a red liquid, called "meconium",
and there are contemporary reports of red rains caused by butterflies, as
well I found a report from 17th century, where a large Blood rain was
explained of being not of supranatural nature, but caused by flies and
worms.

Insects also tend to appear in larger numbers than bats....

May someone check this possibility in web?
(I have to work...).

Buckleboo!
Martin

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Thanks pete,


This is an interesting comparison:

Here is an electron pic of genuine red blood cells :
http://www.oulu.fi/electronoptics/kuvat/arkisto/punasolu.jpg

And take a look at the micrograph of the Red rain on page 11, figure 11
in Louis's paper at:
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0601/0601022.pdf


How similar are they!?, I'd say we are looking at red blood cells
probably mammalian, even the size matches.

And in fact, I notice that one theory the New Scientist article puts
forward is for it being 'bat blood', bats migrate in BIG numbers in
India, and if something hit a flock at high speed it could shower the
whole area with blood. (Similar events with flocks of Birds have
happened in the past, avian blood (and in fact body parts have been
identified as falling from the sky in the past) - sorry hope no one is
eating their lunch :)

If the estimation of total quantity was off by an order of magnitude
then it would all fit....


Best
Mark Ford







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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Pete
Pete
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:26 AM
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Red Rain

Morning, all,

If you're interested, here's the home page for Dr L. Godfrey's (or is it
G
Louis? It's 50/50 on his home page) study of the red rain, including a
picture of the particles:

http://education.vsnl.com/godfrey/
http://education.vsnl.com/godfrey/

Cheers,
Pete


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