Name: On a Mission: Season 4, Episode 9: Before You Can Drive, First You Have To Fly by NASA
Duration: 56 min 17 s
Description: Before a rover can make tracks on Mars, it first has to rocket off Earth, speed through space, and then alight gently on the planet’s surface. Al Chen and Swati Mohan guide us through the many stages of a rover’s flight to Mars.

a primal tongue (2021) for voice & electronics

A pair of juvenile Long-Eared Owls calling out from the top of a tall pine tree along the Plateau De Montselgues in Ardeche. This was recorded at approximately 22h00 on a windy mid-May evening. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
12.05.2021

Thanks to Grégory Chamming's & Olivier Pichard for help identifying the species.
Photo courtesy of Hedera Baltica (Creative Commons)

Juvenile Long-Eared Owls - Plateau De Montselgues, Ardeche, France

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On a Mission: Season 4, Episode 9: Before You Can Drive, First You Have To Fly

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