Listen to the earth

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Aurora Borealis also produces sounds.

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It even has a name, Harbal, Susurration

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That is amazing - thank you.

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Don’t you mean it produces a radio signal which can be converted into sound by electronic equipment? What you actually hear is -I would think- something similar to the interference you sometimes get on a radio. Just a disorderly electro-magnetic signal being converted into noise. But then I find it difficult to think of such things as romantically as some do. :disappointed:

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Earth Wind and Fire used to make music back in the days
but the rubbish about the Earth making music is just that
rubbish
The only music I hear when trying to sit crossed legs is the passing of the winds

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You have to be on the weed, wear beads and put flowers in your hair to get the full ambience, living in California helps

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Not in your frequency range.

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Even so, Tabby, I stll prefer to call it “the swish of a female skirt, moving seductively over her body”. It has a quality that Susurration doesn’t quite acheive. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Then as far as we humans are concerned, there is no sound. :102:

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harbal we have to keep entertained 
tvless
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No, you simply use a radio receiver. Our ears work at between 20 & 20,000 hertz. The biggest difference between sound, radio waves & light, are their frequency. They are all part of the same continuation. It is why animals often hear things we do not & why with the right receiver, bats can be heard.

As for what is commonly known as interference. It is a mixture of natural & man made white noise.

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That is no excuse for not calling a spade a spade, Dianne. :icon_wink:

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Yes, for humans. But that that is for a limited spectrum.

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So you are saying that sounds cease to exist as we get older? As human hearing naturally covers a narrower spectrum as we get older.

You have also answered the old Eastern question of does the tree make a noise as it falls if no one is there to hear it.

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It was a big mistake to bring that up. Besoeker and I have already crossed swords on that particular issue. :zipper_mouth_face:

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If we could listen to the Earth. I mean really listen to the Earth. I’m pretty sure it would be saying “GET OFF ME!”

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Check it on an Oscilloscope.
Or in an uninhabited wood.

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I’m not sure where my oscilloscope is, Besoeker, I’ll have a look for it when I have time.

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Oh such cheerfulness, Vlad!