The sounds of the National Parks

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There’s no shortage of “nature soundtracks,” but how many of them are the actual sounds from a US National Park?

 

To celebrate its 102nd birthday, the National Park Service is offering ParkTracks, a 12-minute mix of sounds from across various national parks. The sounds were captured by the NPS’s (wonderfully named) Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, and the mix is available to download now.

Source: Listen to the sounds of the US National Parks with ParkTracks – The Verge

Very, very cool!

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