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The Bloop recording: audio

Recording0:10Public domainRecorded summer 1997Copy of The Bloop recording
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Spectrogram of The Bloop recording
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Excerpt sped up 16 times.

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 1997. Public domain

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AudioNOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory · pmel.noaa.gov · Public domain (US government work)Primary source: Acoustics Monitoring Program: Icequakes (Bloop)2 steps from the original

Where it was recorded

1Bloop source region500 km1500 km
Bloop source region, between Bransfield Strait and the Ross Sea · Antarctic coast (approximate location)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Bloop recording: audio [Copy CPY0D9C7SZM4Y5W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D9C7SZM4Y5W
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