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Interesting article from today's (6/2) cnn.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/02/red.rain/

Ya right, and I'm a Vorlon.


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Interesting article from today's (6/2) cnn.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/02/red.rain/

In Dan Spisak dspisak9
@comcast.net wrote:

Interesting article from today's (6/2) cnn.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/02/red.rain/

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601022

"The red rain phenomenon of Kerala and its possible extraterrestrial origin"

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In Bert Hyman
wrote:

In Dan Spisak
dspisak9 @comcast.net wrote:

Interesting article from today's (6/2) cnn.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/02/red.rain/

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601022

"The red rain phenomenon of Kerala and its possible extraterrestrial
origin"

But wait! There's mo

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312639

"New biology of red rain extremophiles prove cometary panspermia"

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310120

"Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala"


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Dan Spisak wrote:
Interesting article from today's (6/2) cnn.com:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/02/red.rain/

Bert Hyman replied:
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601022
"The red rain phenomenon of Kerala and its possible extraterrestrial
origin"

....and later added:

But wait! There's mo

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312639

"New biology of red rain extremophiles prove cometary panspermia"

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310120

"Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala"

Great stuff!

I lived in Asia for some years. I remember how disappointed we were
when the smoke issuing from bush that burned, yet was not consumed,
turned out to be a dense swarm of tiny flying insects. That didn't
prevent pilgrims from visiting the Buddhist Monastery in which the bush
was located for weeks afteward to make offerings to the bush.

And the time that the blood issuing from the feet of the god Brahma
turned out to be juice from a melting cherry Popsicle that a pilgrim
had carelessly discarded. It was a hot day.

I remember, too, the offerings placed at the foot of the frangipani
tree in my garden -- it is Bad to plant a frangipani in a private
garden, as they should only grow in cemetaries and temple compounds.
The landlord had the beautiful tree removed on the day I moved out.

Davoud

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Dan Spisak wrote:
Interesting article from today's (6/2) cnn.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/02/red.rain/

Hi:

Alas, the person making these claims is well known as a crank and loon,
and sees evidence for extraterrestrial life _everywhere_. ;-(

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
and _The Urban Astronomer's Guide_

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