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Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop. Petrichor (/ ˈ p ɛ t r ɪ k ɔːr / PET-ri-kor) [1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.The word was coined by Richard Grenfell Thomas from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.
Lorelai smells the first snow of the season and drags Luke out of bed to smell it. However, it quickly becomes a terrible day after her car gets snowed in and a dozen other minor inconveniences.
High in the sierra Nevada mountain range exists an odd phenomena it's called "watermelon snow" not just because it looks like the fruit it actually smells like it, too. However, that's where the ...
"You had this kind of heavy, sticky snow coming off the lake that packed together well, combined with heavy winds — West Michigan had wind gusts upward of 40 mph," she said. "In those conditions ...
The Arctic fox can easily hear lemmings burrowing under 4-5 inches of snow. [30] When it has located its prey, it pounces and punches through the snow to catch its prey. [28] The Arctic fox also has a keen sense of smell. They can smell carcasses that are often left by polar bears anywhere from 10 to 40 km (6.2 to 24.9 mi).
Wind off the lakes could dump another foot or 2 of snow. Through Monday, an additional foot-plus of snow could fall in parts of Pennsylvania, northern Ohio and western New York.
Anosmia is the permanent loss of the sense of smell, and is different from olfactory fatigue. It is a term commonly used in wine tasting , where one loses the ability to smell and distinguish wine bouquet after sniffing at wine continuously for an extended period of time.
A quick visit from Old Man Winter will bring not only much colder air into the Midwest, but snowflakes may be flying enough to cover the ground in parts of the region, trigger travel delays and ...