Posts tagged echo
Echo, Château de Chinon, France
Aug 27th
Follow the road sign to the echo and perform a strange local rhyme which exploits the distinctive echo
(3 Votes, average 2.00)
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Stonehenge Replica, Maryhill, USA
Aug 25th
A chance to go back in time and get an impression of what our ancestors heard within Stonehenge.
(6 Votes, average 3.33)
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Bell Caves, Israel
Mar 24th
What makes the echoing sound of these caves unusual, is the way the different chambers are connected together. They are named the Bell Caves because of the shape, which also seems an appropriate name for a place with such interesting acoustics.
(3 Votes, average 3.33)
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Tikal pyramids, Guatemala
Feb 9th
Echoes off this pyramid create an unexpected chirping sound. But did the ancient Mayan’s deliberately design this acoustic effect into the building?
(9 Votes, average 4.56)
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Golkonda, India
Feb 5th
Get a guide to demonstrate the clapping telephone which was used to signal over long distances in this ancient city.
(3 Votes, average 4.33)
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Gol Gumbaz Mausoleum, Bijapur, India
Feb 4th
Many guide books note the crazy acoustics in this mausoleum: it is both a whispering gallery and also an echo chamber where sounds can be heard repeating 7-10 times.
(8 Votes, average 4.00)
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Baptistry, Pisa, Italy
Feb 3rd
The rich reverberant sound in the Baptistry of Pisa lasts an astonishingly long time, to the delight of all tourists, not just sound-ones.
(10 Votes, average 4.90)
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El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico
Jan 26th
Echoes off buildings are common, but not ones that distort sound like this ancient pyramid. It creates the chirp of a bird; maybe even the sacred quetzal bird
(6 Votes, average 4.33)
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Jan 13th
Startling distortions of footsteps and voices in this incredibly reverberant and atmospheric foot tunnel.
(6 Votes, average 4.00)
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Great Court British Museum
Dec 29th
An amazing cacophony of indistinct speech and other blurred sounds in the largest covered public square in Europe
(3 Votes, average 4.33)
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