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I_Heart_Astronomy t1_j8qr719 wrote

This might sound crazy, but I was just out doing some stargazing with my telescope (~11PM to 1:30AM), and every now and again a warm gust of wind would blow by. Every time it did, I could smell something very odd in it. It was pungent enough that I cut the observing session short and came inside. I don't really know how to describe the smell other than "sweet, but unpleasant".

Apparently vinyl chloride has a mild sweet smell in high concentrations...

https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/environmental-health-protection/private-water/fact-sheets/vinyl-chloride-groundwater.html

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Danadroid t1_j8r7a9v wrote

Well, that could be something to worry about.. Or, someone else was also star gazing at that time while partaking in some sweet sensemilla burning in the night..

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