A long soundscape across Dawn in the Queets River Valley rainforest of the Olympic National Park. Starting in Astronomical Twilight, a small herd of Roosevelt Elk walks in from a distance, though a small forest glade, an away towards the Queets River bed.

Early Autumn rainfall and dropping Maple Leaves are the dominant sounds to begin, their pak-pak-spaks are a reminder that time passes, even in the still quiet of a moss-covered forest.

Highway 101 in less than 12 miles away, and distant traffic is funneled up the Valley, showing the difficulty of escaping human-generated sound. This has been mitigated somewhat with light processing, but close listening and inspection will make remnants evident. There are no other edits or processes committed.

I love the crisp cold air of the rainforests in the fall. Sounds, natural and human generated, carry into the distant. Tucked into my sleeping bag, I lay back in my small tent, listening to the forest awaken. Where once there was just the soft distant wash of the river, the elk are joined by the local birds. Steller's Jays shriek their song with grating-yet-amusing "CHA-CHA-CHA-CHAs". A Northern Saw-whet toots in the forest canopy. Young Varied Thrush practice their songs, not quite reaching the beautiful and haunting signature fluting of their predecessors, instead emitting a silly buzzer-bell-like noise. Pacific Wren singing at the end of their season and the occasional Kingfisher make an appearance as well. Noe of these complete with the sheer vibrance of the elk.

Roosevelt Elk or Roosevelt's Wapiti or Rainforest Elk are the largest remaining elk species in North America and thrive in shadowy silences of the Pacific Northwest's temperate rainforests. Bull's bugles and roars echo through the trees, becoming one of the signature sounds of the Olympic Mountains. The cows mew and squeal in return, listening for one another to not wander far astray.

The small herd is a tight-nit family group, a with one, maybe two, dominant bulls, five or six cows in their harem, and a handful of young. The dominant bull leads the group on a daily hike, down from the upper valley to the river and back again. Their bugles urge the group, both signaling the direction to go and scolding those that dawdle. As they pass through the glade, their heavy footfall on the vegetative floor thump-thump-thumps their presence as much as the vocalizations and the continued crushing of vegetation as they push by.

I can't get enough of their energy. They pull back frequently. No matter how many times I encounter them, Elk never cease to awe me.

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Northwest Soundscapes

Queets River Valley Rainforest Dawn with Roosevelt Elk

On Episode 274, hear from a scientist who describes the complexities and innovative strategies needed to pack for a human mission to Mars. This is the fifth episode in a reboot of our series about a human mission to Mars.

Houston We Have a Podcast: Mars Ep. 5: Packing for Mars

On Episode 275, hear from NASA’s lead scientist of advanced food technology who describes the meal plan for a journey to the Red Planet. This is the sixth episode in a reboot of our series about a human mission to Mars.

Houston We Have a Podcast: Mars Ep. 6: Eat Like A Martian

*** Please experience New Album Information: 23rd selection album ***

#3349: Feb. 14, 2023: But as the carriage journeyed on, the acorns lost their glitter (this title is from "The Tales of Miyazawa Kenji") 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536 and 3349(73.8%) achieved today. Find my project.. : )
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.

######## NEW 23rd SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Golden Light" - the 23rd selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

Youtube: Full(20 songs, 50 minutes) and Free 4K Video with Super Beautiful Motion Graphics of Artgrid
https://youtu.be/3Gc813k8eec

Youtube: Digest of "Golden Light" music video. 12 minutes in 4K
https://youtu.be/GB7oBTB0yOo

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/6kJ3Xoy0jSjx1AmUNyKu6T

apple music
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/golden-light-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-volume-23/1662304120

amazon music
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BRJ258Z7?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211

Line Music
https://music.line.me/webapp/album/mb0000000002b2e80a

AWA
https://s.awa.fm/album/948948aecf74cfc9ee19

Other Every music streaming services in the world
https://linkco.re/QebcGtzF?lang=en

But As The Carriage Journeyed On  The Acorns Lost Their Glitter - #3349 By Chair House 02142023

Our solar system contains millions of asteroids, orbiting our sun and rocketing through the night sky! Join scientists Kelly Fast, Tom Statler, and Davide Farnocchia as we discover what we can learn from these building blocks of the universe, and how NASA would respond if one were ever headed our way.

NASA's Curious Universe: Defending the Planet from Asteroids

"Solvitur Ambulando (Spring version)" is a new piano based single from Matt Mereport (out now !). The piece is named after the Latin phrase “Solvitur Ambulando”, meaning "it is solved by walking". 

It was influenced by the mental relief a walk (urban, countryside or otherwise) can create in these hectic, stressful and anxious times we’re in. 

The piece was released to coincide with this year’s Piano Day (29th March) organised by Nils Frahm. "Solvitur Ambulando (Spring version)" is included on the official Piano Day Spotify playlist, curated by Nils. It’s also available on the usual streaming and download sites.

The official Piano Day 2023 playlist is here:-
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2v022joEJ1ZUPi99NHDVNm?si=a5d0ea040d264697

Solvitur Ambulando (Spring Version)

Solvitur Ambulando 8 (Spring Version) #PianoDay2023

On April 8, 2023, 3/4 of the target number of songs for this project is just achieved. Taking that opportunity, I plan to change the thumbnail for each song on soundcloud. I plan to change it to an image of a Japanese anime woman that I feel is pretty good these days. It has already been used in the music video below. Please take a look if you like.

Today's music video with beautiful anime girl with her face animations here.. 
https://youtu.be/HZbOCXjbDiU

#3408: Apr. 14, 2023: On the lone border of the lake once more (this title is from "The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats") 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536 and 3408(75.1%) achieved today. Find my project.. : )
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.

######## NEW 23rd SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Golden Light" - the 23rd selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

Youtube: Full(20 songs, 50 minutes) and Free 4K Video with Super Beautiful Motion Graphics of Artgrid
https://youtu.be/3Gc813k8eec

Youtube: Digest of "Golden Light" music video. 12 minutes in 4K
https://youtu.be/GB7oBTB0yOo

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/6kJ3Xoy0jSjx1AmUNyKu6T

apple music
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/golden-light-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-volume-23/1662304120

amazon music
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BRJ258Z7?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211

Line Music
https://music.line.me/webapp/album/mb0000000002b2e80a

AWA
https://s.awa.fm/album/948948aecf74cfc9ee19

Other Every music streaming services in the world
https://linkco.re/QebcGtzF?lang=en

On The Lone Border Of The Lake Once More - #3408 By Chair House 230414

On Episode 289, the Principal Investigator for NASA’s Lucy mission discusses the spacecraft’s 12-year journey to eight different asteroids as we look to better understand the formation of our solar system.

Houston We Have a Podcast: Lucy

On episode 293, experts at Johnson Space Center discuss the new potable water dispenser that will soon be tested on the space station for future Artemis missions into deep space.

Houston We Have a Podcast: Deep Space Hydration

7. SLOW - FAST

There are many things that we cannot accurately perceive, and the concept of "time" is probably one of them. Since ancient times, many philosophers and thinkers have explored the topic of "time," but I believe that we still do not understand time itself, let alone changes in time.

Suppose you meet a friend for the first time in 10 years. You will start with "How have you been?" or "What are you doing now?" Then you would gradually start talking about different things, trying to make up for the 10-year gap, forgetting about yourself. You left the house with plenty of time to spare, but before you knew it, it was time to go to your next destination. Such an experience is quite common. You have lost control of yourself in the midst of regular time because your consciousness has been diverted to an unexpected turn of events.

If you are listening to this track and your consciousness is directed to something other than the track, and the stronger that consciousness is, the less likely you are to notice the changes that are occurring in the track.

Our innate ability to perceive is not that strong, and the world is full of things that we cannot find unless we actively seek them out.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 7

2023-11-18

Close Your Eyes To The Gorgon

Hello, we’re NASA. You may have seen our astronauts, rocket launches, or Mars rovers — but have you heard our sounds? From interviews with astronauts and engineers to stories that take you on a tour of the galaxy, NASA’s audio offerings let you experience the thrill of space exploration without ever leaving Earth.