A moment with the Hookers

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stormpetrel

August 11th, 2007

Soundscapes > Nature

Stereo recording of Hooker's Sea Lions (Phocarctos hookeri) playing in a cove of Snares Island.

One Sea Lion is swimming in the front, a second one is roaring in a remote sea cave.
Silver Gulls and Sub-Antarctic terns are flying around. Not far away, there is a small but noisy Snare’s penguins colony.

Snares islands is on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1998

Rode NT4 + home brewed preamp + DAT AIWA HD-S1 recorder
Recorded on Snares Island, 48°0366 S, 166.5500 E, the 27th Feb. 2005, morning

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Type

Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)

Duration

1:51.346

File size

3.9 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bitrate

296 kbps

Channels

Stereo

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lindseyclarissa

10 years, 2 months ago

Lovely!

aji_

10 years, 6 months ago

used extensively here: http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/collage+student/13766/

titophonos

12 years, 8 months ago

very nice and interesting sound

stormpetrel

12 years, 8 months ago

Thank you guys for all your nice comments!

ljenk1

13 years, 4 months ago

would work really well for background ambience, very nice indeed.

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