Multimedia
Below are links to underwater videos, sounds, and animations.
Viewer Note: Sounds are very low frequency. For best results, use subwoofer speakers.
To view the videos you may need to download: Quicktime (.mov/.mp4) | Windows Media (*.wmv). For *.mp4 files, you may need to download these to play with your video viewer (right-click on the file name to download.)
Sounds and Videos
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Recovery of Challenger Deep hydrophone in the Mariana Trench (March 2015): Movie version (.mp4 25MB) Time-lapse version (.mp4 23 MB) |
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Long distance listening: A special layer of ocean makes eavesdropping easier (Sounds for story provided by PMEL Acoustics). |
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Iceberg Sounds with Animation (.mov 14.6MB | .wmv 15MB) |
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NE Pacific Blue Whale AB Call off of the Oregon Coast ( .wav .2MB) |
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Hydrophone Animation with Earthquake and Whale Sounds (.mov 6MB | .wmv 4.8MB) |
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Hydrophone Recovery in Antarctica (.wmv 7MB) |
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Japanese 2011 Earthquake Sounds Captured on Hydrophone in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska (.mp4 21MB | PMEL YouTube) |
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Ocean Bottom Hydrophone Buried in Lava from an April 2011 Axial Seamount Eruption off the OR-WA coast (.mp4 39MB) |
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Hydrophones Crucial in Right Whale Rediscovery (.mp4 220MB) |