This page contains a selection of audio files that were recorded underwater, related video and animation products, and several spectograms and other images of ocean sound. Click any image below to listen and learn more about sound in the sea.

Audio, Video & Animations
Images

 

audio icon Audio, video icon Video & Animations
Ocean sound data transmittal Fin Whale Audio Blue whale audio Hydrophone Installation video

video icon Ocean sound data transmittal (animation)

Audio icon Fin whale

Audio icon Blue whale

video icon Hydrophone Installation
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Scale of various frequencies audio "Bloop" - an unidentified sound "Slow Down" - an unidntified noise Minke whale audio

Audio icon Frequency Scale

Audio icon "Bloop," an unidentified sound

Audio icon "Slow Down" an unidentified noise

Audio icon Minke whales
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Fin whale audio Humpback whale audio Blue whale audio Seismic airguns audio

Audio icon Fin whale

Audio icon Humpback whale

Audio icon Blue whale

Audio icon Seismic airguns
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ship's propeller audio NOAA Ship Ronald audio volcanic tremor audio Earthquake audio

Audio icon Ship's propeller

Audio icon NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

Audio icon Volcanic tremor-like signals

Audio icon Earthquake



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Images
Autonomous Underwater Hydrophone (AUH) mooring Determining the hydrophone's location Potential / exisiting hydrophone sites SOund SUrveillance System (SOSUS)

Autonomous Underwater Hydrophone (AUH) mooring (HR)

Finding the hydrophone

Potential / exisiting hydrophone sites

SOund SUrveillance System (SOSUS)
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Autonomous moored hydrophones Securing the cable end Lowering the hydrophone array Basic components of a sound wave

Autonomous moored hydrophones

Securing the cable end

Lowering the hydrophone array

Basic components of a sound wave
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Same amplitude, different frequency Same frequency, different amplitude SOFAR Channel

Same amplitude, different frequency

Same frequency, different amplitude

SOFAR Channel



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