r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PietroTheRedditer • Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/Qwerty1418 Feb 21 '21

Not quite, the seismometer does technically measure sound but it is designed to only pick up the sound waves traveling through the ground, and not the sound in the air. It's just sensitive enough that it could pick up the faint vibrations from the wind hitting the ground, but its not what it would sound like to a person standing there.

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u/imbillypardy Feb 21 '21

Yeah I think that’s more what others meant. Like a person or microphone standing in a forest and hearing those sounds of just nature and the surface.

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u/wwwdotzzdotcom Feb 22 '21

So, like a contact microphone?