WHEN IT RAINS INK.
Some time ago a shower of black rain in Hampshire, England, occupied the attention of scientists. Such an event is not without precedent. In November, £Bl9, ink-black rain fell steadily for several hours in New York, and at least twice during the last century a similar phenomenon has been observed in England. Red rain is fairly common, and in May, 1885, there was a heavy fall of blood-r6d hail at Castlewellan, in Ireland. The red hue was not merely on the surface for when one squeezed the ice pellets the fingers were deeply stained. On one occasion there was a shower of ted rain in London. When it was analysed it was found that the peculiar colour was due to the presence of a minute water plant. Black snow has been reported in the Swiss Alps, and red snow in Germany, the Tyrol, and in the 'arctic regions. A learned professor states that the red snow occasionally noticed in the Alps bordering on the Mediterranean -is due to the presence of minute particles of Sahara sand! blown across by gales. ;
Showers of small frogs have very of ten been reported, but science is st 11 sceptical concerning this phenomenon. It is certain,'however, that thousands of tiny frogs have been observed on many occasions hopping about after a heavy shower of rain, and the mystery has never been solved as to whence and how they came in such numbers.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6573, 7 February 1925, Page 2
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242WHEN IT RAINS INK. Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6573, 7 February 1925, Page 2
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