Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery.
Now unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma.
The planet emanates a constant rumble far below the limits of human hearing, even when the ground isn’t shaking from an earthquake. (It does not cause the ringing in the ear linked with tinnitus.) This sound, first discovered a decade ago, is one that only scientific instruments - seismometers - can detect. Researchers call it Earth’s hum.
Investigators suspect this murmur could originate from the churning ocean, or perhaps the roiling atmosphere. To find out more, scientists analyzed readings from an exceptionally quiet Earth-listening research station at the Black Forest Observatory in Germany, with supporting data from Japan and China.
Different types
In the past, the oscillations that researchers found made up this hum were “spheroidal” - they basically involved patches of rock moving up and down, albeit near undetectably.
Now oscillations have been discovered making up the hum that, oddly, are shaped roughly like rings. Imagine, if you will, rumbles that twist in circles in rock across the upper echelons of the planet, almost like dozens of lazy hurricanes.
Scientists had actually expected to find these kinds of oscillations, but these new ring-like waves are surprisingly about as powerful as the spheroidal ones are. The expectation was they would be relatively insignificant.
New thinking
This discovery should force researchers to significantly rethink what causes Earth’s hum. While the spheroidal oscillations might be caused by forces squeezing down on the planet - say, pressure from ocean or atmospheric waves - the twisting ring-like phenomena might be caused by forces shearing across the world’s surface, from the oceans, atmosphere or possibly even the sun.
Future investigations of this part of the hum will prove challenging, as “this is a very small signal that is hard to measure, and the excitation is probably due to multiple interactions in a complex system,” said researcher Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig, a geoscientist at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Still, a better understanding of this sound will shed light on how the land, sea and air all interact, he added.
Researcher Dieter Kurrle and Widmer-Schnidrig detailed their findings March 20 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10066961.shtml
Interesting stuff…….eh?
I find this rather remarkably interesting in that at no time does anyone ever allude or acknowledge the Earth may be alive after all. Further, that this is her language, ya know, the way she communicates or talks to the rest of the Universal Forces, unknown to most, except to those who are attuned to her sounds, by virtue of rendering sacrifice through traditional observances, such as the Vision Quest and other archaic ceremonies.
Native People have long recognized Mother Earth is alive and there is a Grandmother Earth as well…….that being the case, there must be a Grandfather Earth and Father Earth also, or is that too much for some of you?
We often refer to Father Sky, Grandfather Sky, but never to Mother Sky or Grandmother Sky, but we all know it takes two to fully procreate. I mean, we all have mothers and fathers, along with grandparents……
These scientists will never acknowledge these several things, which are facts to us, as to do so would mean they would have to believe in something irrational, to their way of thinking…..
I believe in Earth’s Hum, as I have heard it many times, both as a child, and now as an adult……it is a part of my belief to recognize that Mother and Grandmother Earth are alive and speak all the time…..how else can they sustain all the plant life and the living waters? How else can they support the atmosphere and the air we breathe?
I believe and understand the earth in ways I do not share with most folks, as they could lock me up for that…….
I once shared all my innermost thoughts with another and she had me locked up for “observation”. Why? I believed that the Spirit and spirits communicate and that I saw them and spoke to them, regularly…….hmmmmm, I was found completely sane……..in fact, I was told by the examining doctors I was one of the most sane individuals they had ever dealt with.
So, yes I believe Earth’s Hum is her way of talking and telling someone something…….perhaps not me or us, specifically, but nevertheless, she speaks and communicates, as well as all of Life; the two legged, the four legged, the creeping crawling things, those who fly, the fire, the rock, the water, and the green……..it is all alive and communicates, if one takes the time to learn their language, as does Earth…….indigenous people know this!
Ahau, iw enajmoyan ngom…..
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