radio waves

[einahpets]

Since I'm a space nerd and a classical music lover let's have a post comparing Holst's Jupiter and Saturn to the actual radio waves emitted by Jupiter and Saturn.

Holst's The Planets Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity

"BBC Proms 2009 - Holst - Jupiter" (Watch on YouTube)

Actual radio waves emitted by the planet Jupiter

"Jupiter (radio waves)" (Watch on YouTube)

Holst's The Planets Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

"Holst-Planets Suite-Saturn-Proms 2009" (Watch on YouTube)

Actual radio waves emitted by the planet Saturn

"The Eerie Sounds Of Saturn" (Watch on YouTube)

CREEPY!

Comments

[venivincere]

You are an AMAZING person. You have inroduced me to something that I never knew existed before: the sounds of the planets. THESE ARE AMAZING. And the odd thing is, they sound exactly like themselves, to me. Did you go on YouTube and listen to Neptune? I'm simply and completely blown away. THANK YOU for sharing these!!!

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

You know what's terrible?
I have never really sought out the sound clips until last night when I revisited a high school astronomy powerpoint on the moon and was giving a mock presentation to my sister. Somehow we got onto pulsars - which are dieing stars spinning incredibly fast and spewing out radiation. I told her the radio waves can be changed into sound (I learned that from a universe show. Apparently there are musicians who create songs from the sound. I think the genre is 'space music'?) and I pulled up one of the sound clips on youtube. Pulsars sound like the heartbeat of space. It's eerie and awesome at the same time.
Of course that's when I stumbled onto the planets which are much more fun to compare with the more romantic sounds created by composers.
Anyway, I'm glad you liked my nerd post!