Dan Dugan wrote:
> Charles Deenen, you wrote,
>
>
>>For example, have you ever recorded on the top of the volcano's in Maui =
?
>>If so, it has an almost eerie quitness too it, so you only hear very subt=
le
>>rustling etc. Self-noise is a big issue during those times.
>
>
> I didn't record, but after hiking a few hundred yards down from the
> visitor center at Haleaka Crater, I found it to be the quietest
> outdoor location I've ever experienced. No wind, no birds, no
> insects, nothing. I heard the blood rushing in my ears.
I suspect altitude has some to do with this. I climbed many of the
higher peaks out west in my younger days. Plus lots of other
mountaineering. This quiet effect is relatively common at high altitude.
Walt
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