Watch: Why Rain Smells So Fresh and So Clean, as Explained by Science
 

Watch: Why Rain Smells So Fresh and So Clean, as Explained by Science
http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/...by-Science.jpgLet's face it, pretty much everybody finds the smell of rain downright irresistible. It strikes us as so darn fresh and clean that, whenever it rains, we just have to open a window and take a sniff, maybe even two or, say, twenty.

The thing is that, since water itself has ** smell, the fact that rain produces this pleasant scent in the air is kind of puzzling. On the bright side, there is **thing some good old science can't explain.

As shown in the video below, the smell of rain actually com... (read more)