Thursday, January 17, 2008

Some random desert views...and a surprising acoustic discovery

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So what is everyone looking at?!?  IMG_8095

...an abandoned (and unsuccessful) oil well. The attraction of this old well is the very interesting (and surprising) acoustics that you hear when you throw a rock down the pipe.  If you are curious, you can play the video below.  The question of "how" and "why" these sounds were produced kept J and A, two very curious scientists, in a very serious discussion for quite some time. 

 

Overlooking the Egyptian border and the Sinai Desert.

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1 comment:

Betty said...

The sound from the old oil well is is very strange. When the 2 scientist figure out why it makes that weird sound,let me know.

MOM