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Somewhat related, here's the trailer of an interesting documentary on finding areas of the US unaffected by human made noise. The jet age has made these areas q
by jonknee 8y ago
Somewhat related, here's the trailer of an interesting documentary on finding areas of the US unaffected by human made noise. The jet age has made these areas quite rare. In a sad twist, the man who has spent his life trying to find places untouched by human noise is now going deaf (this was a few years ago, not sure his current prognosis).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0xHfFC_6n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0xHfFC_6n0
- sixstringtheory 8y agoThis reminded me of something Yvon Chouinard said, about the farthest point you can get from a paved road. The longest distance in the contiguous US he claimes is 25 miles, at the Snake River headwaters in Wyoming. Can’t find the exact reference right now but it’s in his book “Let my people go surfing”
- LeoPanthera 8y agoIs that sad news? Surely he would enjoy the silence...
- jonknee 8y agoWatch the video, he wasn't trying to find silence, he was trying to find the sounds of (just) nature. I imagine going deaf would be quite traumatic for someone who spent their life recording sound.