@tempestinstruments: Marco Polo wrote about spirits in the sand. The sound is REAL, and you can play it: hearit.now/dunes #SingingSand #SandDunes #MarcoPolo #StrangeSounds #DidYouKnow

CC :

As an Arab, this explains so much of our culture and folklore

Michelle Evans :

stuff like this makes me miss stumbleupon

🦉 :

Can you play sandstorm by Darude with it?

Snow Ryn. :

CleverNebula 🍁 :

Each desert sounds different?? Whoaaahhhh it must have something to do with the SHAPE and properties of the sand itself!

Lio, Archivist of Sorrow :

Sand sirens

AEChoin :

“The singing sands of time”

Zoboo 🔻 :

I read something on this actually! The different sounds come from centuries of dune sediment. As the dunes settle and wet seasons pass through, it forms a harder shell around the dune that more sand settles onto. From what I read it creates small acoustic chambers where more sand rubs together to create different tones. You can set this cascade off by walking on a dune, sliding on it, and the air can blow sand that hit the dunes that creates that whistling sound on the breeze. Whether that's the actual reason or not is beyond me, but I think it makes the most sense. There are some guitarists around the world that explore this concept more by tuning their guitar so it's more resonant with the wind.

Shinryodai :

As a geologist, I deeply appreciate you.

اهم شي الروقان 🇸🇦 :

Heard it here in Saudi Arabia. It’s called singing sands الرمال الدندانة

Josie :

"yo what instrument do you play" "the desert"

rashradio :

They sound diff bec each has distinct properties (composition, coarseness, grain size, etc)

All42Taquitos :

this is so fucking awesome and interesting, my mind is blown

FAS :

My ancestors explained it as Jinn’s

Thoughts From The Basement 🍉 :

The website you gave does not work

(_ _).｡o○ :

I thought u meant the app for a second 💀💀

StrawHatTangerine :

If you can make big crystals sing with vibration and what-not, then I would suspect that sand being tiny little crystals might also act the same way when it’s dry. Different crystals = different sounds maybe. No-matter what it turns out to be, it’s cool

Moth :

awesome

BIHTreats :

“It’s me! I’m the lunatic!” That’s all I needed to know sir. Instant follow

yatsakimekgekwe🪶 :

Wait back up What exactly did the sand make the men do that caused their deaths? Also, physicists "still arguing" is part of the job description. All academics do that 😅

McButts :

I love when people figure out magic with science. 🥰🥰🥰 amazing!

foggypastry :

Is this why the game "Marco Polo" exists?? [Tears of joy]

Khdeija SIDI Boubacar :

Someone needs to share these sounds with Hans Zimmer, am sure he’ll make a masterpiece with them

mmorrison2244 :

They could’ve used you on the Dune audio team 😂

Alpaca ᓚᘏᗢ🌻🌙💙 :

I would guess types of sand change the sound.