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Strange,Weird And Mysterious Sounds That Come From The Earth

noiseaddicts.com — The earth is full of sounds ... Here is a list of weird “sonic mysteries” that come from our Earth.(includes some audio)

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  • inactive, on 01/06/2009, -1/+21Am I the only one that thought they were the only one to hear the "hum" until now?
  • megapeg, on 01/06/2009, -0/+17A little annoying that they included the Hell Hole hoax on the list - it's not really related to the others, seeing as how it's fake and all.
  • ncapone, on 01/06/2009, -2/+15Bloop!
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+13As a sound engineer and acoustician ( also somebody who does the occasional sound forensic work for UK Authorities ) I do love a good sound mystery. I've analysed the bloop numerous times and come to no other conclusion then it's a massive air bubble escaping from the ocean floor, trouble is though, it's far too loud. It's not man made though as some people like to believe.

    Both the Bloop and the Slow down are said to be speed up by 16x though and this had led me ask the question, do the mean 16x ( or 16 octaves ) or 16 notes which is two octaves ( it depends what software used to speed the thing up in the first place ), I've emailed , but nobody seems to be able to give me a straight answer.

    I'm just about to analyse the hum, I'll get back to you in 20mins, but first impressions are that it's mechanical or electrical. Just need to look at the waveform closer and look for the tell tale cycles.

  • Innagadadavida, on 01/06/2009, -0/+11Sounded like a short recording of the ambiance at a local mall.
  • thewoodgnome, on 01/06/2009, -2/+12I for one, welcome our invisible Bloop overlord friends.
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+9OK... Update, the hum upon analysis of the sine wave shows small changes in amplitude, but the frequency of the wave remains pretty constant suggesting that indeed it is man made, the actual frequency sits between 20Hz and 136Hz peaking at around a 75-90Hz constant. What you're hearing therefore is the bottom end of some large rotating object spinning at speed, possibly with a shift in the bearings causing the fluctuation.

    IMHO the sound your hearing is the constant drone of a gas powered electricity generating turbine from a distance.
  • Fogdelune, on 01/06/2009, -0/+6Were you the guy in "Contact"?

    I love the hell hole sounds. Snopes has their take on it, too.
    http://www.snopes.com/religion/wellhell.asp
  • Frozo, on 01/06/2009, -1/+7True, but the audio clip still creeped the ***** out of me!
  • steve9924, on 01/06/2009, -0/+5what !!?? that's not real ?
  • d3dm, on 01/06/2009, -1/+6Those don't come from Earth. They come from Uranus.

  • Fogdelune, on 01/06/2009, -0/+5The Aurora also emits radio waves which have been recorded by satellites. Pretty cool.

    http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php ...
  • Technopundit, on 01/07/2009, -1/+6The "Hell Hole" recording does indeed originate from Chicago. They are sounds from a Catholic school I attended.
  • WiretapStudios, on 01/06/2009, -1/+6As a big fan of ambient music and loops, this is pretty interesting stuff. Thanks for the article! I have heard a hum before, but even in the wilderness, you never know if a power line or something else is the source.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5From the ambient reverberations on the screaming woman's voice, I'd estimate hell is a rectangular room about 10x20 feet, moderately high ceiling, and a hard wood floor.

    http://www.noiseaddicts.com/wp-content/uploads/200 ...
  • absurdist, on 01/06/2009, -1/+6No, it's all the dick sucking that makes you seem like a *****.

    Lob a softball...
  • ozydingo, on 01/06/2009, -0/+5How do you know it isn't tinnitus?
  • Tyedunn, on 01/06/2009, -0/+4ive always thought hell would be a never ending mall.
  • AtomicTheory, on 01/06/2009, -0/+4Oh no! Godzirra!
  • ozydingo, on 01/06/2009, -0/+4"do the mean 16x ( or 16 octaves ) or 16 notes which is two octaves ( it depends what software used to speed the thing up in the first place )"
    I assume, by common usage of the term "sped-up" they are referring to speeding up the time domain; i.e. compressed the time waveform by a factor of 16 / expanded its freq. domain representation by that same factor. This would mean a 16-octave upward "shift" (really, as stated, an expansion, not a shift)
  • PutSCIENCEfirst, on 01/07/2009, -1/+4Didn't even go to the article. With this headline, I knew the comments would provide more info and maximize my time.
  • cerealjynx, on 01/06/2009, -4/+7Bloop=Cthulhu
  • majordanger, on 01/07/2009, -1/+4There are four reasons NASA crashed the probe into MARS

    1) Pounds is spelled LBS but M could stand for miles or meters.
    b.) Rounding to the nearest Nth degree can be risky.
    LASTLY) furlongs per fortnight is the preferred Solar System Metric
  • grimjestor, on 01/07/2009, -1/+4Dugg for Cthulhu.

    "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
  • deralte, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Some years ago I was hit by a car which gave me tinnitus. In my left ear I have the normal high pitch sound and also a low humming - but it has to be really quiet for me to hear that one. In the right ear it sounds like it's raining on metal outside.
  • inactive, on 01/06/2009, -1/+4The Hell Hole is a blatant hoax.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_to_Hell_hoax
  • carshadfan, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3"as squids likey with tdo not have the capability of producing their beaks ese sounds."

    sounds like the author had an aneurism in the middle of writing the article
  • crawfishsoul, on 01/06/2009, -0/+3Curious what your take is on some of these:

    http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/sounds ...
  • robby007, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3You do realise that gears of war is not based on earth right?
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2It's probably because the article makes clear that it's only a humorous addition to the list, an obvious hoax. Therefore, the comment is stating the obvious. Nobody believes this *****. BTW I don't know what church you're going to but they generally don't preach internet hoaxes; only what Jesus and Paul taught.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2A never ending mall during Christmas break.
  • failtrain, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2Because if I stick my head in a metal cage the sound magically disappears.
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2Yes me too, but I can't get hold of the original recording to find out... And believe me I've tried.
  • inactive, on 01/06/2009, -2/+4Sorry guys, I had baked beans for dinner.
  • pumacub, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2Ruined by the guy talking.
  • Th3_anOmoLy, on 01/06/2009, -1/+3Repetitious, Repetitive, And Redundant Words In A Title.
  • Technopundit, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2I really miss Art Bell.
  • AstroDomine, on 01/06/2009, -3/+5FTA: "Some people link the Bloop to Cthulhu , a mythical creature from an H.P. Lovecraft story as the noise originated from an area near the mythical sunken city of R’lyeh from the same story."

    ...
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2@ozydingo: Tinnitus is usually a high pitched ringing in the ears.
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2You're hearing... jesus the rum's working.
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2Yeah it's interesting that one. It could be a massive bubble of gas or air that's been building up over a large period of time and releasing in one go. There are mariners tales of ships just disappearing without trace in a mattter of seconds, an air or gas bubble reaching the surface of an ocean would definitely account for that... Who knows?
  • borez, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2@crawfishsoul: Dunno, but I'm adding them to my sample collection.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -1/+3I see some religious nutter dugg you down.

    "Hell exists, its does I swear! I read it in a book and and my priest told me it does, so did my Mom~!"
  • pandikukka, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2Air bubble from ocean floor. Never thought about that
  • ozydingo, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1@borez, that's probably true, but tinnitus does come in many forms, as evidenced here by deralte. As for being observably affected by sticking your head into a makeshift faraday cage... well high-enough energy EMR could I suppose cause vibrations in the cochlea, but I wouldn't jump on that as an explanation without seeing something more about such an effect in the literature.
  • Chirp08, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1Yeah but isn't that way too slow for an air bubble to release? Even the 16x sped up version seems incredibly slow for that.
  • DouglasQ, on 01/06/2009, -2/+3Dugg...but I have NO idea why.
  • failtrain, on 01/06/2009, -1/+2No. I hear a wierd humming when I try to get to sleep at night. No idea what it is. It isn't in the house. It sounds the same if I stand outside. I can walk around but it doesn't get any louder or quieter. And no it isn't tinnitus.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1Yeah I wanna punch that guy right in the face.
  • majordanger, on 01/07/2009, -1/+2Is there a 12 dB program available for these poor souls ?
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