Singing Sand Dunes

[jimmyego]

Clearly this is the origin of Dubstep.

[popa910]

imagine walking across the desert, alone, and hearing that sound!



[multiamyah]

my teacher went to qatar and actually rode on those and heard those dunes she lived in qatar for 3 months

[brittany011610]

Not a two hour hike with a banshee :D



[dracozeus2007]

Megatron is buried under there! LOL

[Sochanu]

sandy genitals...



[sethmusic]

for a bunch of scientists, they certainly seem under-prepared. only an american would wear shorts and short sleeved shirts in the desert. what morons.

[JohnSmithAprilMay]

@sethmusic they're not even wearing mouth coverings. They don't sound like Americans though.

[Sochanu]

@JohnSmithAprilMay yea we're not the only stupid ones in the world lol.

[chainedpunkgirl]

@sethmusic The woman who talks the most is most certainly not American.

[mekaziona]

wow. that is amazing



[grendelee]

Thank you, internet. Ive read about this YEARS ago, but since it was from a book, I just kinda had to imagine what it sounded like. And here it is. Mystery solved. Thanks internet!

[kissesofsunshine]

This reminds me of a grand-scale aeolian harp.

[poopymooo]

@JisakuJ

Damn dude.... That really fucking sucks.

[grendelee]

@poopymooo lol look at his profile. Major troll.

[Whistlerthehuntress]

Amazing... Simply amazing

[JisakuJ]

i went to these dunes 5 years ago n the noise gave me a vilent siezure n now i am paralyze below the waiste :(

[PSNjizzcake]

@JisakuJ bull

[Japanzor]

coooool

[ElveeKaye]

What beautiful scenery! Desolate, lonely, empty, and yet filled with graceful, flowing forms and sharp contrasts of light and shadow. Wish I could go there and hear the booming noise myself.

[k5lta]

bees!! locus!!

[AlexP91]

sounds like the Taos Hum

[DoubleDutchBust]

4:00

[coyotezgurl]

sounds like tibetan monks humming a chant! i like it!

[marksman117]

earth is amazing isnt it.... :)

now i wanna experience this for myself

(along with a lot of other phenomena)

[SkittlezHeart997]

o_____o

[juggalohomiez9]

You speak like that woman that thought the govenment was in our water. Make rainbows.

[Ditch2012]

He's joking - he's just not as funny as he thinks he is.

[OhmegadJT]

You see, finally the truth has come out, or maybe it's not the truth at all?  They WANT you to believe it's all scientific and it's all about energy. They WANT you to think it's all fine, no problem, BUT IT'S NOT! What you all don't know is that someone, or SOMETHING lives under those sand dunes, or should I say, sound dunes.

[TacomaRacing7]

holy fuck its the fallen or maybe the sand people from starwars

[kimsaflirt07]

the things you absorb outside of college! haha. i love this kinda stuff!

[grimreaper4you]

realy kool i want to go hear that now...

[x2XtReMEx]

that is so sick!

[yesenia1070]

its the air no dough.. the mountains and the sand make the booming.. lol its funny when no one helps the one girl get on top

[kiwilover67]

air no dough?

[yesenia1070]

nah .. those are the cameras haha

[iceb131]

Why do they have to hike up there why cant they like take a rhino, or like a dune buggy to get to the top, they could take a whole lot more equipment up there, and it would be a fun ride

[wuno12]

lol

[Bluexmest]

Its aliens underground. I was in Vegas once sitting on a small dune and I felt this knocking vibration underneath me like the dune was hollow and someone inside was hitting the surface. I thought I was gonna get abducted.

[koollord]

That sound is produced by a ghost begging for water.

[Royed]

So, are you suggesting I should piss on the sand to "Quench" their thirst?

Might as-well put that urine to a good use.

[skatinsince97]

when i was lil at the sand dunes in colorado we use to jump down the dunes and they would make farting sounds when you landed hahaha.this is pretty sweet

[FrostedxCookie]

its getting hot in here (so hot)

 so take off all your clothes

[Thereiswherehere]

All clothes are off. Now what?

[ladyraven30]

Awesome.

[AnihiIus]

/watch?v=UBAcrDiITJ0

[RinoaHatake]

wow! neat!

[clonetrooper84]

Hello?! use a land rover to get up there!

Retarded as scientists

[Shipley555]

land rovers are grocery getters. id use a ford

[LongshanksWasRight]

funny comment since until only months ago every land rover was made by ford AND land rover's worst reliable ratings happened during the period ford owned/operated their plants (2000-2008). do some research before you talk shit to someone else you fucking moron

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

That would have disrupted the place they needed to study.

[shotyouup2]

its the fallen!

[leegrevo]

amazing w/o a doubt...but too hot for me!

[LDLivingDemon]

from 4:33 to 4:37 it looks like a part of a bed sheet... nature is awesome!

[baboon889]

reminds me of that movie a bugs life with the grasshoppers o__o buzzin sound when they attacked the aunts in their tunnels LOL but thats just me

[goANG106th]

alien space ship buried underneath

[BelieveInMavs]

haha probly

[freakinjethro]

@goANG106th obviously



[JoNyB0i]

of they echo loud like they say throughout the valley, u gotta do it to more than one at a time to make different chords. and also try to figure out which ones make which notes

[GoreTorn16]

I used to work at Death Valley Inn and Ranch in Stove Pipe Wells and this is just amazing!

[mazpjm]

cowabunga i cant believe it!

[stitched83]

Ill prepared. You need a balaclava at least.

[3pairsofshoes]

I pass on this project... It's very interesting but the 2 hour trek to get to it in the middle of summer would kill me.

[chiefofgxbxl]

if someone hasnt already, someone should just try to get a recording of those noises overnight :) would be cool if they remixed it into a song

[JamSterReady4U]

creepy

[OshareStrife]

I wish I had cable to watch this. D8

[SocialDeviant77]

Lady in red has sand in her shorts and she likes it.

[locosychocrazy1]

Woah!!!!! thats awesome.

[jularella]

Amazing!!!

[Charkai]

Shouldve just drove a dune buggy up :)

[akosigloc9]

i know huh seriously -.-

[singinglilies]

*goosebumps*

That is awesome!

[SilenceBeGolden]

Not to worry, though; it's a dry heat.

[ZombieX13]

No vehicle? Why not?

ALIEN SPACE SHIP UNDER THE DUNE O_O

lol

[MaiLouIsLegend]

wow sweet jesus! 2 hour hike carrying equipment up this sand dune!?

Thats some dedication. Awesome video

:)

[jinchi3434]

that sound is so eerie yet amazing at the same time.

[frogprince81]

cool

[cagedrazor13]

this is pretty cool!

[Kontext51]

They were disturbing the sand worms

[Keegalo]

you're racist and stupid.

[RLHubner]

You are lucky you don't live close to me.

[dreampilot2]

Your lucky you don't live next to me I will kick your ass and your moms ass whilst she's giving me a BJ.

[jinglemybells262]

No you wouldnt... Shut up Pussy.

[brokebrock]

I agree.

[Readysetowned]

Wow

[ktanrodriguez]

that boom boom pow

[bigswallow2]

This happens in Taos, New Mexico too.

[mozart116]

Couldn't hear the sounds...

[krystian1333]

Wow really you can't? You must have a bad hearin' range..

[regalgs1997]

i bet they got some sand in there arses LOL

[james310tonga]

The mummy returns

[PublicSurvivor]

I want to put a sand dune in my front yard that growls at people when they go past.

[SadEliteProductions]

lolz

[zimgir5000]

haha thats fucking hilarious

[allergic2kryptonite]

The Dunes are Alive ! ... with the sound of music (La la la la) ... with the booms they have played , for a thousand years ... The Dunes fill my heart ! ... Ok you get the point.

[phreak506]

its not that hard to figure out on how the sands make a sound. jus think about it ;)

[cooksterz]

This is a great chain of videos to follow, starting here of course!

[fgfuyfyuiuyf]

I live in Reno. A few hours away from Death Valley. I should go there. :)

It gets really hot though. Like 115-120F normally.

[rubelcool]

its the hymn of the sandmen ...or sandpeople ...muwahahaha .......... lol =D

one amazing thing that makes u think. =)

[TogrutaJedi]

"The sandpeople always walk in single file to conceal their numbers" lol

[PragmaticLiving]

sand gods... duh

[kotk05]

I want that sand dune to send me a text that says: "Booooom Booooom Booooom!"

[syaoranpies]

holy shit

[avengingkitty]

wow, that's one of the greatest things I've ever heard, what wonders this planet has!

[Vendayn]

thats really amazing

[MsCrissangel]

if i was in that desert, i would run away cuz id think it was haunted or something.

[OregunShooter]

Gotta love our planet

[wrt7]

crazy cool.....

[UDUDUD23]

its the machines! they're coming! *runs away*

[Neffabletranscendent]

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea

All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.

"Dust In The Wind" by Kansas

[kyle7412]

if i was in the desert and i hear that i would be relly scared....

[Hinata185]

what amzing thing the earth created

[MagicNinjaslair]

fucking awesome!

[00corin00]

Beautiful.

[harajuku2007]

That's cool.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

I can only begin to imagine the awkwardness that occurs when the narrator farts in front of his friends. "Listen to thisss..."

[ultimatelights13]

guys i dont play the violin..... i play the sands dunes :P

[PulkTriumf]

Nice to see NG did a clip on this!! I went with my boyfriend to Death Valley last summer to climb these dunes. We started out at 7:45am b/c he wanted to be the first to break "fresh" sand. It was already burning hot and took much physical endurance to move through the VERY soft sand. We got to the highest dune and "skied" all the way down. The sound was absolutely amazing!! Exactly as described sounding like a Tibetan gong. This 1.5 mile hike (each way) took us 4 hours, but it was so worth it!

[o7jimmy]

Awesome!

[TaxEvasion]

interesting and weird. are there no analogs to this phenomenon elsewhere in the world?

there are also sand dunes on mars. could this phonemenon be observed there as well? perhaps mars thin atmosphere wouldn't allow the sound to carry.

interesting stuff

[sabaths1fan]

This should happen in every desert

[MrWicked61671]

That's amazing!!

Very cool video!!

[Jamelith]

Wait a sec! Are they saying that the sounds produced are 'tuned' notes, not random frequencies?

Random amounts of sand should equal random frequencies.

Or is the note defined by some factor of the dune, like the slope?

[killerzombie163]

Well it said the thicker the sand layer, the lower the note i believe.

[sabaths1fan]

I think it's defined by the size of the layer of dry sand in which the note is reverbarating.

[Abeba82]

I haven't heard of this....... but have heard about the huge boulders that seem to move by themselves in Death Valley. How interesting.

[dannnn94]

It's the sound of a secret underground civilization living under the sand.

[WAAPPictures]

probablly aliens

[MadamTampini]

I actually find this really interesting >___>

[ccaptorchen]

camped out at death valley before, its really got allot of weird things... I like to see them check out those moving rocks =D

[aznsketcher]

hardcore scientists n volunteers doing stupid work...interesting but stupid

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

They have indigestion. Pour some Pepto.

[6383830]

these people are morons!! maybe the wind!! like when u blow into a bottle same concept

[FreeThoughtCrime]

Sounds like you got this all figured out. Feel free to present your findings for peer review at any time.

[ccaptorchen]

no shit its the wind. they want exact details.. they obviously know what caused it already, or how would they know how to recreated it. obviously they are collecting some data.

[mosin21]

that is hardcore

[imgordonfreeman]

watch out for the sandworms

[Jerdo2]

nature is amazing

[range2pk4]

why do we care about singing hills?

[tomyo669]

haha

[niamtxiv]

It's the wind that developes the sound. It's obvious.

[ganuenen]

lol where were u decades ago!!!

[slayershayne]

isnt this already uploaded?

[Mituhori]

interesting.

[jr2150]

thats really cool!

[Phawkers]

COOL!