Sounds of the sea: Listening online to the ocean floor

[dipsydoodle]

Satellite photos used to be for military eyes only, but Google Earth changed all that. Now something similar is happening to the ocean depths, with any web user able to listen in and "surf the sea floor" - and the US Navy is not happy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16555916

[snagglepuss]

1. Absolutely fascinating. THanks for posting

[flamingdem]

2. Better than musak

for that background soothing sound!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. Thanks!!! Wow that was cool! I love the whale and orca sounds....

The auds are pretty short.....Is there a way to loop that, so you can listen to it for a while?

[wandy]

6. To loop it and more.

If you're PC understands 'what you hear' all you need is a free 'but good' audeo editor such as Audacity. After a few minuts of learning how to use it you can just copy and paste. If you can trape one segment WMP can loope it for you.
Even more fun. If you can 'trap' 'whale songs' from the internet, you can wander around and collect 'whale song' to you're heart's content, then combine the collected songs into a suite. (Pre SOPA).
Also check out whalesong.net. They have bunches of neet 'song'.
http://www.whalesong.net/
enjoy

[BlancheSplanchnik]

7. Thanks, wandy!

I'm pretty computer illiterate, but I might be able to get some help to do it.

and thanks for the link!! Can't wait to check that out

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. One ping. One ping only.

[Uncle Joe]

5. This is most fascinating, no wonder with all that man made racket, whales beach themselves.

Thanks for the thread, dipsydoodle.

[McCamy Taylor]

8. U.S. Navy is likely afraid that their ships will be linked to whale beachings.

That is why they do not want Canada to release US Naval sounds. Since there is no cold war anymore, Soviets are not a threat and Al Qaeda does not have the resources to launch a nuclear sub.