Saturn - sounds from space

Saturn




On the 25 August 1981, the probe Voyager 2 approached the Saturn system.

The probe is carrying different detectors : magnetometers, plasma detectors, low-energy charged particles detectors, cosmic rays detectors, radiowaves receivers.

Recordings were made.

Interractions of the solar wind with planet's magnetosphere, magnetosphere itself, electromagnetic fields, charged particles emissions, charged particle interactions of the planet, its moons, and the solar wind.

All this electromagnetic phenomenons can be transformed into electric signals, which can in turn be amplified and used to excite the membrane of a loud speaker ; thus making audible to the human ear the rustling of the cosmos.


All these sounds were recorded while Voyager 2 was passing near Saturn, and assembled without manipulation.

Extract from "Symphonies of the planets vol.6 - Saturn", Nasa Voyager Recordings, Brain/Mind Research, 1990.

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
http://www.ciclops.org/?js=1

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[Leyla1575]

is so disturbing and relaxing at the same time!!! xD not sure should i panic or go to bed :)

[NetVoyagerOne]

Saturn sounds a lot scarier than Jupiter.

[makethemdieslow]

@GAM3HAZARD You fucking kidding me? Watch the video for the explanation!

[GAM3HAZARD]

But how is there sound in space?

[Leyla1575]

@claymation1nation why not :D

[claymation1nation]

@Leyla1575 panic while you go to sleep?

[EtroTheHedgehog]

@dudestr5552 Yes yes it is!

[dudestr5552]

@EtroTheHedgehog Perhaps I misspoke, for which I apologize. Either way it's still a fantastic, fantastic picture.

[EtroTheHedgehog]

@dudestr5552 Yes i realize that but it is in no way eclipsing the sun. Transiting maybe not eclipsing

[dudestr5552]

@EtroTheHedgehog Saturn was passing in between the Sun and the Cassini probe when the probe snapped that picture. Perhaps it isn't "as seen from earth," but Saturn is definitely transiting the sun in that picture at 8:38.

[EtroTheHedgehog]

@dudestr5552 Right i understand that you can't say that earth is part of saturns rings but how can you say Saturn is eclipsing the sun if from earth there is no eclipse. An eclipse is defined as SEEN ON EARTH.

[dudestr5552]

@EtroTheHedgehog Earth is definitely not located in Saturn's rings. Anyone who passed third grade science class knows that. But the blue dot in that picture, as viewed through (not as a part of, but THROUGH) Saturn's rings. In that image, the earth is a billion miles away.

And by "eclipse" I meant that Cassini was on one side of Saturn, and the Sun was on the other side. Saturn passed in front of the Sun, and Cassini took a picture of it. Simple as that.