What does a solar storm sound like?

[Ichingcarpenter]

This sonification of the recent solar storm activity turns data from two spacecraft into sound. It uses measurements from the NASA SOHO spacecraft and the University of Michigan's Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) on NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury. The creator is Robert Alexander, a design science doctoral student at the University of Michigan and NASA fellow.
The researcher who created it is Robert Alexander, a University of Michigan design science doctoral student. Alexander is a composer with a NASA fellowship to study how representing information as sound could aid in data mining

Listen Here:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-solar-storm-sonification-video.html


Sounds like so big hairy monster in a child's nightmare.

[JohnnyRingo]

1. That's incredible.

It sounds like they sampled the beginning of Todd Rundgren's "International Feel". On edit, I see the sound was synthesized from measurements taken from solar probes of the photons bombarding the craft.

Here's a great close up image of the historic storm:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

The image changes daily, so it's only good for today.

[freshwest]

2. I have a whole series of videos from youtube that are from the planets and the sun, and the Earth.

The one from the Earth was the weirdest one as it seems to have voices in it:

Another one:

I enjoy listening to the ones of Jupiter, the Sun, etc., too. Here is one the NASA series, of Jupiter:

The 'Music of the Spheres' was mentioned in classical literature. They may not have been referring to planets and suns, though, and I don't have time to look it up. It makes me wonder, did they know about this centuries ago, is this merely knowledge regained with modern technology?

[freshwest]

3. Well, maybe this is the weirdest one. NASA recording of Saturn:

Still, I have doubts about this one. Seems like it could have been synthesized. This next one sounds more authenic, but still, its very strange stuff!!!

[Speck Tater]

4. It's ALIVE! It's ALIVE! It's trying to communicate with us! nt