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Sounds Of Space

Sounds of STEREO

 

Spectrograph: Click on the image to watch the sonification of each data point shown in color.
Above image shows and plays the flux of high energy (1-10MeV) ions in the solar wind as a coronal mass ejection (CME) travels by the STEREO satellites. The sound on the left and right speakers are coming from the left and right images which are from STEREO A and B sattelites respectively. This event occured on December 6th, 2006 and we are showing 40 hours of the data. The flux is larger when the sound is more complex and when the color on the images is on the red side of the rainbow colors (yellow, orange, red). These sounds come from running a plot of the flux of particles through the IMPACT sonification "Stereo Spectro" software application. To see the original data, click here. To hear the sound without the animation, click here (mp3, 5.1MB).
Above image shows and plays the power of electric field waves of type III radio bursts (0-1 kHz) from the Sun measured at both STEREO satellites. The sound on the left and right speakers are coming from the left and right images which are from STEREO A and B sattelites respectively.This event occured on November 22, 2006 and we are showing 5 hours of the data. The sound is more complex when the power is greater, that is when the color on the images is on the red side of the rainbow colors (yellow, orange, red). These sounds come from running a plot of the radio wave data through the "Stereo Spectro" software application. To see the original data, click here. To hear the sound without the animation, click here (mp3, 3.7MB).

Full Data (Click to enlarge)

The image shows four colorful graphs. The first and third have a spectrum of rainbow colors fro purple to blue to cyan to green to yellow and finally to red. The second graph is mostly green with streaks of blue and cyan. The last is half green (with cyan areas) and half red with yellow and orange in between.
This image shows several green and cyan peaks on a blue background. The peaks are wide at their base but taper off toward the top of the image. Some of the peaks are taller than others and reach all the way to the top.