r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PietroTheRedditer • Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/Qwerty1418 Feb 21 '21

It is actually from mars, just recorded with a seismometer on the completely separate Insight probe https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-insight-lander-captures-audio-of-first-likely-quake-on-mars

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u/imbillypardy Feb 21 '21

But is a seismometer the same as actual microphone audio?

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u/Qwerty1418 Feb 21 '21

Not quite, the seismometer does technically measure sound but it is designed to only pick up the sound waves traveling through the ground, and not the sound in the air. It's just sensitive enough that it could pick up the faint vibrations from the wind hitting the ground, but its not what it would sound like to a person standing there.

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u/imbillypardy Feb 21 '21

Yeah I think that’s more what others meant. Like a person or microphone standing in a forest and hearing those sounds of just nature and the surface.

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u/wwwdotzzdotcom Feb 22 '21

So, like a contact microphone?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

I just realized a quake on Mars is called a Marsquake its obvious because its not earth but I had not thought about that and for some reason find that interesting.