How Earth Sounds from Space

A NOTE TO EVERYONE POSTING HERE!
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OK, first of all I had no idea this video was going to be this popular. Pretty exciting stuff. Anyways, there's alot of arguing on here about sound in space. Obviously sound needs a medium to pass through, to vibrate through so that it can carry the sound waves. Space has no air, and therefore cannot project sound in audible wave form. As it says in the description, these sounds are not from satellites zooming around the earth with a normal microphone. Sohpisticated instruments can detect the different sonic vibrations going on in the planet GENERALLY. So what you are hearing is not what it would be like if you just stuck an ear out the window of a space ship. First of all you would probably either die or go deaf in that ear for the rest of your life because of the pressure of the vaccum. What the remote sensors on the sattellite are doing is analyzing different radio frequencies coming off the surface of the earth and converting it into audible soundwaves for you and I to hear. So you're not hearing whales, you're not hearing cars or even wind. You're merely hearing the general frequencies of the Earth in an audible format.

here's where i got the sound file

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Planet Earth seen from space (Full HD 1080p) ORIGINAL

ISS live video stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-is... (the cameras sometimes may show the interior of the station rather than the exterior with our planet in the background)

ISS tracker http://www.isstracker.com/ - Shows you realtime possition of the ISS.

This video was compiled by sebastiansz

Երկիր մոլորակը տիեզերքից - Armenian
Planeta Terra visto do espaço - Português (Brasil)
Ο Πλανήτης ΓΗ από το Διάστημα - Ελληνικά (Hellenic Language)
Il Pianeta Terra visto dallo spazio - Italian
Pamântul văzut din spațiu - Romanian / Moldavian language
Космостан қарағандағы Жер ғаламшары - kazakh
Yerin kosmosdan görünüşü - Azerbaijani
Yerin uzaydan görünüşü - Azerbaijani
Ang Daigdig mula sa kalawakan - Filipino/Tagalog
Jorden fra rommet - Norwegian
Jorden set fra rummet - Danish
პლანეტა დედამიწის შეხედვა კოსმოსიდან - Georgian
Planeta terra visto do espaço - Português
Planeta Terra visto do Espaço - Brazilian portuguese
ji ezman dîmen ê Erd ê (Kurdish)
Planet Erde vom Weltraum aus betrachtet - (German)
maa avaruudesta nähtynä - (Finnish)
uzaydan dünyanın görünümü (Turkish)
Planeti Toke pare nga hapesira - Shqip (Albanian)
මිහිතලය අභ්‍යවකාශයේ සිට පෙනෙන ආකාරය. - (Sinhalese, Sri Lanka)
эх дэлхий сансараас - (Mongolian)
Planeti Toke pare nga hapesira - Shqip (Albanian)
ดาวเคราะห์โลกเมื่อมองจากอวกาศ (Thai)
우주에서 본 지구 - (Korean)
"Земля з космосу" - (Ukrainian)
Planeta Pamant vazuta din spatiu - (Romanian)
A Föld az Űrből - (Hungarian)
"Ziemia widziana z kosmosu" - (Polish)
Земята от космоса - (Bulgarian)
"Планета Земля из космоса" - (Russian)
"Zeme ir redzama no kosmosa" - (Latvian)
meeraha dhulka hawada laga arko - (Somali)
An Domhain ó spás - (Irish)
"de Aarde gezien vanuit de ruimte" - Dutch
رؤية كوكب الأرض من الفضاء. - Arabic
"Terra vista do espaço"
Terra vista des de l'espai
"Earth seen from space"
"la terre vue de l'espace"
"la tierra desde el espacio"
"terra vista dallo spazio"
"Tierra vista desde el espacio"
โลกดาวเคราะห์เห็นได้จากพื้นที่
يبلغ حجم القمر ربع حجم الأرض ولا يوجد فيه لا هواء ولا ماء ولا حياة.
從太空中看到地球
从太空中看到地球
宇宙から見た地球
Zemlje vidi iz svemira
Zemlja iz svemira
Země z vesmíru
Earth séð frá geimnum
પૃથ્વી જગ્યા માંથી જોઇ
Jorden set fra rummet
Maa kosmosest vaadatuna
Maan avaruudesta nähtynä
Γη από το διάστημα
ഭൂമി ബഹിരാകാശത്തില്‍ നിന്നും
כדור הארץ כפי שנראה מהחלל
ಭೂಮಿಯ ಜಾಗವನ್ನು ಕಂಡಂತೆ
पृथ्वी अंतरिक्ष से देखा
Aarde gezien vanuit de ruimte
Bumi dilihat dari angkasa
Jörð séð frá geimnum
Uzaydan Dünyaya Bakış
지구는 우주에서 본
Žemės vaizdas iš kosmoso
Zemes redzams no kosmosu
Jorden sett fra verdensrommet
Pământ văzut din spaţiu
Zemlji videl iz vesolja
Jorden sedd från rymden
Dünya, uzayın görülen
Yer kosmik göründüyü
Trái đất nhìn từ không gian
Terra vista dallo spazio
كوكب الارض كما يظهر من الفضاء "
زمین از فضا دیده می شود
زمین کی خلا سے دیکھا
منظر الأرض من الفضاء (Arabic)
Gweld Ddaear o'r gofod
பூமியை விண்வெளியில் இருந்து பார்க்கும்
โลกเห็นได้จากพื้นที่
Kuonekana duniani kutoka nafasi
Земље види из свемира
Երկրի երեւում է տիեզերքից
Dinja tidher mill-ispazju
Latè te wè li nan lespas
Земјата се гледа од вселената
"blue marble"
Earth seen from space ISS (HD 1080p)

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