The planet itself is an endless symphony and its sounds are sometimes harmonious and melodious. There will be few loopholes in nature where silence prevails, solemn and unknown, since even the underground movements of the earth generate strident sounds, even if they are imperceptible to us.
It turns out delicious navigate some of the natural soundscapes that have been captured so far. The poetic sound waves that habitats and their elements offer us, as well as the frequencies produced by some animals, show us how nature really invented music, long before man understood the mysteries of its composition.
In fact, human communities have often been inspired by the forms of communication of some animals, as in the whistling of birds to create similar languages or, even, in the frequencies that the elephants emit, in the case of the tribes of East Africa, who incorporate them into their songs.
But the sounds of nature are often unique, and many of them, as we will show you beloware little known and of indescribable beauty.
Song of the lonely whale
This is the only whale that emits a song of 52 Hz, while the common one is between 15 and 25 Hz. Its song was recorded in 1980, and a certain melancholy is attributed to it because the higher hertz a frequency is sharper .
The sound of plate tectonics
It is to be expected that the depth of the earth produces strident sounds, especially when gigantic structures such as tectonic plates move, the same whose sliding produces earthquakes on the surface. These were engraved by a Dutch artist, Lotte Geevenfor the project The Sound of Earth.
Aurora borealis
The Aurora Borealis is not only an incredible celestial phenomenon, but also emits a curious sound, similar to the crunch of ice. This was discovered in 1990 by the researcher Unto Laine, who explained to the BBC that the sound comes from a geomagnetic storm that occurs at the same height as the Aurora Borealis.
A swaying bamboo
The soothing sound of bamboo comes from its wobble when struck by the air. Perhaps that was one of the reasons why the Buddha meditated in the bamboo forests.
the earth choir
It is a phenomenon, according to NASA, produced by plasma waves or radiation belts that surround and «transfer» the earth. The sound propagates through there, and not through the air, like the one we can capture in everyday life.
The sand dunes that sing
Marco Polo, Darwin, and surely other explorers have talked about this strange phenomenon with great curiosity. Recently, researchers at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris They explained that the melodious sound comes from the grains of sand sliding down the slopes.
freshly frozen ice
It is a beautiful sound that ice produces when something makes its particles move in an accelerated way, like the edge of the skates sliding on its surface.
Lyrebird
These Australian birds have a peculiar song, as they have the ability to mimic their sounds with those of nature, and even with other artificial sounds.
Living coral reefs…
…and coral reefs dying
These were recorded by Bernie Krause and used for his musical projects since 1970, pioneers in using the sounds of nature.
You know some other nature sound, as inspiring as these? Share it with the !
*References: The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music
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