Massive Pipe Organ

[Dubh Aingeal]

Scientists have announced that the gigantic coils of plasma in the solar atmosphere, known as coronal loops, actually carry sound waves much like a pipe organ. Micro-flares on the surface of the sun create powerful blasts of charged particles, which are then guided through the coronal loops, creating the standing waves. Sheffield University is hosting movies and audio recordings of the sun's performance.

[Homicidalheathen]

I am sorry. I saw the title 'massive pipe organ' and got excited. As you were. :blushing

[Homicidalheathen]

Has anyone recorded this or something? Anyone hear it or is it just a speculation?

[Onyx]

Has anyone recorded this or something? Anyone hear it or is it just a speculation?

Click the recordings link.

[Onyx]

Those movies were amazing. I had no idea the sun put out those elegant strings of heat and light.

Those recordings made a sound like I've heard before, like an really old TV turning on.

[Homicidalheathen]

That is sweet. thanks dude.

[sinmantyx]

It can't be sound - but we can certainly reproduce the frequencies and what-not.

fun.

I did some sonification of data once: unfortunately, the header was actually the most interesting part of the scan file.

:blushing

[mallochai]

If you ever happen to find yourself in Fairbanks, Alaska, at the University there, go to the art museum! They have a room, called simply "The Place Where You Go to Listen" which is a white space, with a set of lights and screens built into one wall.

Here's the description, from the university website, which explains why this is relevant, sort of.

The Place Where You Go to Listen is a unique sound and light environment created by composer John Luther Adams. This ever-changing musical ecosystem gives voice to the rhythms of daylight and darkness, the phases of the moon, the seismic vibrations of the earth and the dance of the aurora borealis, in real time.

It's like a system of sound tubes which react to the environment. Neat. Not the same thing as "sound-by-solar-flair," but this post made me remember how awesome it was just to sit in the room for thirty minutes, listening to the world change around me.

[Onyx]

If you ever happen to find yourself in Fairbanks, Alaska, at the University there, go to the art museum! They have a room, called simply "The Place Where You Go to Listen" which is a white space, with a set of lights and screens built into one wall.

Here's the description, from the university website, which explains why this is relevant, sort of.

The Place Where You Go to Listen is a unique sound and light environment created by composer John Luther Adams. This ever-changing musical ecosystem gives voice to the rhythms of daylight and darkness, the phases of the moon, the seismic vibrations of the earth and the dance of the aurora borealis, in real time.

It's like a system of sound tubes which react to the environment. Neat. Not the same thing as "sound-by-solar-flair," but this post made me remember how awesome it was just to sit in the room for thirty minutes, listening to the world change around me.

Wow. That sounds amazing. I want to go there sometime.