Artist Lotte Geeven is hoping to make the sandy symphonies of the desert more accessible. Rendering of Lotte Geeven’s Sand Machine Her Sand Machines, designed in partnership with two scientists, are ...
A tourist stands at an edge of the singing sand, a dune that generates a low-pitched, organlike rumble in dry weather, in Altyn-Emel National Park in Kazakhstan, May 12, 2016. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters ...
Sand can sing! When a family dropped by Crossroads after a visit to Lake Michigan, the kids reported a strange phenomenon. The young people said that when they walked along the beach and dragged their ...
Travelers from Marco Polo to Lord Curzon, the British viceroy of India, have marveled at the phenomenon of singing sands. Found in deserts and a few beaches around the world, singing sand dunes emit ...
When Marco Polo crossed the Gobi desert in the 13th century, he heard strange sounds, which he attributed to spirits of demons that would “fill the air with sounds of all kinds of musical instruments, ...
Erdos Singing Sand is greeting this year's peak season as tourists flowing over from home and abroad. Located in the Kabuqi Desert at the southern tip of the Dalate Plain in Erdos, Inner Mongolia, the ...
Certain sand dunes make their own desert music, singing, booming, or even “burping” — a naturally occurring musical instrument. Scientists have discovered that these distinct sounds are each created ...
Out in the desert, the sand sometimes hums or ‘sings’ as people walk along the top of dunes. Find out what causes this beautiful yet creepy sound, and listen to audio of the sand song. Many people ...
The sands in Kazakhstan's Altyn-Emel national park play their own eerie music. Locals call them the "singing sands" because they emit a low, musical sound. Scientists haven't figured out all the ...
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA - If you're looking for something a little different at the beach with just a few weeks left of summer, how about one that sings? Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea ...