Calm hot summer drifting sand with mixed forest and wind in van Gogh Nationaal Park, Netherlands..
Can you capture the silence and the heat? I made an attempt.
It is noon and scorching hot (30ºc) in Van Gogh National Park on the edge of the sand drifts of De Loonse en Drunense Duinen.
In order not to burn alive, or dry out, I am hidden under a small but ancient bent oak tree on a small dune where just a little breeze could be found.
Actually, in this deafening silence, you only hear some insects, a chiffchaff calling for its mother and a few finches hidden in the woods.
After an hour it became too hot for me anyway and I went back home. I didn't feel like turning into a mummy.
Birds detected by Merlin Bird ID app (ver. 3.6.1 (220 – 2024);
#0:05 #0:17 #0:34 #0:45#0:52 #0:57 #1:04 #1:14 #1:20 #1:25 #1:33 #1:39 #1:48 #2:17 #2:23 #2:30 #2:36 Common Chaffinch
#1:04 #1:12 #1:43 #1:57 #2:22 #2:29 Common Redstart
#0:00 #0:17 Common Chiffchaff
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Date/time: June 30 2025, 2:13 pm
Weather: 27-30c, sun, wind E 15-26 km/h, 1019 hPa, humidity 58%, visibility 35 km, dew point 18c, sun intensity 900 W/m2 (extreme fore here)
Location; sand drift Loonse en Drunense Duinen, van Gogh Nationaal Park, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.65237 5.15769
Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS with pointed South, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Sound Devices 302 >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Noise floor 37.9 dBA (whistling leaves), Decoded Mid-side to STEREO. Post edit; Blimp EQ correction, 80 Hz low-cut 12 dB/oct.
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