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A phenomenon of gelatinous meteors, so-called “star jelly,” Pwdre Ser, is under analysis. Objects appear during rains and storms in different places on the Earth; they have a complex, irregular form of jelly-like formations or “pancakes” of grey, blue-yellow, or red-orange color. Observation data about these natural objects are presented. Hypotheses of their origination connected with the bacteria blue-green Algae and Pseudomonas in cloud structures are considered.
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The work was partially supported by Grant No. RFBR 12-07-00654.
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Bychkov, V.L. (2014). Atmospheric Gelatinous Meteors. In: Bychkov, V., Golubkov, G., Nikitin, A. (eds) The Atmosphere and Ionosphere. Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05239-7_5
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