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The Slow Down recording: audio

Recording0:18Public domain1997, day 139 per file nameCopy of The Slow Down recording
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Spectrogram of The Slow Down recording
0:00Spectrogram, 0 to 1 kHz0:18

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: Cryogenic (Ice) sounds2 steps from the original

Where it was recorded

1Eastern equatorial Pacific autonomous hydrophone array500 km1500 km
Eastern equatorial Pacific autonomous hydrophone array · Hydrophone array (moorings between about 8°N and 8°S near 95°W–110°W)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Slow Down recording: audio [Copy CPY0D9C7W5Y57M6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D9C7W5Y57M6
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