Carolina - Eunemobius carolinus + unidentified cricket heard via backyard mic.  0802612

CarolinaGroundCricket-EunemobiusCarolinus+UnknownChippingCricket082612

This is a sample of what I hear emanating through my big old amp speakers upstairs. I hused Audacity to try to take out most of the background hiss in the original. I also lowered the DB to quiet down the loud Carolina Cricket. I set up a little mic outside that feeds a signal into a battery operated amp that I use as a preamp. The signal runs along a coax I buried in the yard, runs into the house and up through the duct work to the stereo I have next to my computer. Here is the stridulation of a Carolina Ground Cricket (Eunemobius carolinus) along with a little chirper that I cannot identify as yet. The recording date: 08 26 12 

ReducedNoiseCarolia+ChippingCricket082612

Greater Anglewing - Microcentrum rhombifolium: 08/28/12  Waterloo, Iowa Noise reduced and signal amplified using Audacity. See image ID here: http://www.musicofnature.org/songsofinsects/images/large_jpg/151_micro-rhomb_LE_SLIDE.jpg


ReducedNoiseAmplifiedGreaterAnglewingKatydid08.28.12

Carolina Ground Cricket (Eunemobius carolinus) + Northern Fall Cricket  (Gryllus pennsylvanicus) in background. 

CarolinaCricket+NorthernFallCricketNoiseRemoved082612

Two species of katydid stridulating near my outdoor mic. Carolina ground cricket in background and great horned owls hooting in the far distance. 

2KatydidsMaybe+Owls090612

I'm hearing this now. Out back. This track is has been edited for sound and amplified. 

Scratchy+ShimmeringCrickets090812

This recoding demonstrates how long it would take for the International Space Station to go from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Waterloo, Iowa, traveling along HWY 380 for 51 miles. Each click represents a mile traveled. The ISS moves along at 4.8 miles per second or 0.208 sec per mile.

ISSCountdown+TravelTimeAlong 380

Each click represents one lap of the International Space Station if it were orbiting a quarter mile track.  It would go 19.2 times around per second!

TheSpeedOfISSalongQuarterMileTrack

Assuming that the average speed of a meteor is 30 miles per second, it would take it 1.7 seconds to travel the 51 miles along Interstate 380 between Cedar rapids and Waterloo. Each click you hear represents this meteor traveling 1 mile.   

30mpsMeteorCountdown+DingAtEnd

Going at the speed of light it would take a mere 0.03 seconds to go the 51 miles from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo, along Interstate 380.  

ScienceSounds