If one walks about 1.5mi (about 2.5km) to the NW beyond Pebble Creek
Campground
located at the eastern end of the Lamar Valley, recordists will find
relatively accessible
and active sites to record, pretty much absent the noise from the
Lamar Road to the south (wind
velocity and direction dependent and occasional overflights). I've
recorded there at all times of year
and have got long periods (30 minutes or more) with no anthrophony. To
hear a sample from a Fall recording
click on this URL,
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Bernie
On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Charles Veasey wrote:
> I went to Yellowstone last summer. A truly magical place! After
> experiencing that, I felt like I finally had a reference point for a
> rich, diverse, non-human soundscape. I went during probably the
> busiest
> time of the year, late July, with an intent on recording the steam
> vents
> and geysers. Trucks and cars roared through the park all day long,
> so I
> took to sleeping during the day and exploring the park at night. I
> cannot express how incredible it was to be standing under this
> glorious
> canopy of stars with steam rising from the earth listening to the
> nightlife creatures. One night I was walking through a field in the
> dark. As the sun rose, I set up my recorder only to find myself
> surrounded by the snorts of buffaloes, the calls of elks, ducks,
> birds,
> etc. I love symphonic music for its density and harmonic beauty, but
> can
> honestly say that this wild symphony moved me more than Mozart had
> ever
> done :)
>
> This was my first nature field recording expedition, and it turned out
> that my equipment was too noisy to capture the animal sounds. The mud
> pots and steam vents are pretty loud, so I got some pretty good
> recordings of them. They served as the beginnings of the Earth for my
> on-going morphological soundscape composition I call the Hudson Mohawk
> Sound Gate in which I tracked one geographic location throughout
> pre/history into the present. I posted a 12 minute version online
> recently at:
>
> http://hudsonmohawksoundgate.org/Media.html
>
> Yellowstone is indeed amazing, but the tourist can be annoying. That
> is
> those who find their car to be the best place to experience nature. So
> avoid the busiest time of the year.
> Thanks for posting the BBC documentaries I'll bet there are great
> sounds
> in them, and will have to look for them.
>
> best,
> charles
>
> ----
> http://charlesveasey.com
> http://hudsonmohawksoundgate.org
>
> *sorry if this goes through more than once. I changed my email, and
> trying to sort it out.
>
> Kevin Colver wrote:
> >
> > Phil,
> > A few years ago I recorded as many of the geysers, hot pots, and
> > fumaroles as I could over a couple of days. It was amazing to hear
> > the different sounds of bubbling, boiling, steaming, and rolling
> > waters and mud. There is drama and there is subtlety. Each feature
> > had it's own signature sound. I hope you can come and visit the park
> > some day. As a recordist, I'm sure you will spend more time with
> each
> > feature than the average tourist and savor the auditory banquet.
> > Also, by the end of September the elk are bugling in full glory,
> > sometimes right there with the tourists at the geysers.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Philip Tyler wrote:
> >
> > > The BBC have been running a 3 part series on Yellowstone which
> > > finished tonight here in the UK, I have been catching up on it by
> > > watching recordings.
> > >
> > > What a fantastic place! We have just got to the end of summer and
> > > the start of autumn which is where part 3 will continue from.
> > >
> > > It seems a truly amazing place with some wonderful wildlife.
> > >
> > > The second episode ended with a look at "geyser gazers" I can
> > > understand why some of them do it as when they do blow it is quite
> > > amazing and quite a sight.
> > >
> > > I know this e-mail is not strictly about nature recording but I
> know
> > > some of the group do record in Yellowstone and I just wanted to
> say
> > > I am really envious!
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
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