Thursday, June 18, 2009

Up There, Out There:

The wonderful sounds of Earth's own magnetosphere, captured here by American radio hobbyist Stephen P. McGreevy, are blissful tones of shimmering harmonic radiance and weird nocturnal whistles. Stephen is a bonafide VLF expert/nerd and likes to share his recording experiences with those interested (just check his website for more geek-out info). These field recordings contain lots of crackle and hiss and are most certainly an amateur affair, but it all adds to the sheer charm and pleasure of the experience.

Allow yourself to get lost within these blissful late-night waves.

1 comment:

Valentine Michael Smith said...

Check this out as well. These are some of my favorite radio transmissions--very strange sounding:

http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/cassini/SKR1/