Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Sounds of Weather
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- We’ve all experienced our fair share of weather. But have we listened to it? On this StarTalk explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice investigate the sounds of weather.
Find out about the shape of lightning and how that influences the sound of thunder. We explore “constructive” and “destructive” interference. Neil explains why we feel some sounds more than we hear them. And, Neil gives us a science trick to help figure out how far you are from the approaching storm.
We explore why snow is nature’s sound-proofing. Then, we debate if you can hear an aurora. All that, plus, we investigate hail and Neil shares why “down pause” is one of his favorite weather terms.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Lightning & Thunder
2:05 - Constructive & Destructive Interference
4:22 - Pressure Waves
7:03 - How To Tell The Distance of a Storm
9:08 - Sound of Snow
12:15 - Aurora Borealis
13:17 - Sound of Hail
16:22 - Closing Notes 
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The science teacher we never had but always wanted :)
Exactly!
I desired a teacher that was an actual scientist meaning someone that actually contributed their own work to science. Frauds are terrible teachers and usually arrogant like him.
Extremely correct.
Perfect description of Neil
I liked his little "check the math backwards" at 8:00
I like how Neil wanted to imitate the thunder, realized it probably wont sound anything like it, but knew it was too late to stop so he commited :D A+ just for that
I always thought Thunder sounded like the Guitar riff of WHITE WEDDING...
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dumbest comment ever
Neil's lightning will be my new ring tone
“Ohsnapquakleknapoopptupftkukuburbhroom!”
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And do not let any cats in the room no matter what!
@@Morfeusm Too late my cat pushed the creature from the window. She thought it was the remote control.
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That's 2020 did to you
I remember reading accounts when Niagara falls froze and everyone woke up and did not know what was wrong. Just that something was wrong. It was the absence of the rumble of the waterfall.
3:19 would be another clip in "Neil without context"
*running late for a date*
Me: Hold on, I need to get chemically prepped.
Like it's just amazing to see that there are many people out there who are nerds like me! Keep the hard work!
😉
Hello fellow nerd
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@@burgelar4790 and..?
@@burgelar4790 you say that like it's a bad thing. It isn't. 😁
There's nothing better than a new StarTalk upload with Chuck and Neil. Love the show guys.
I’ll never get tired of watching these videos.
[09:55] Not only does snow muffle the sound of the city, thick fog can do that too.
“The beep boppers” Neil just sounded whiter than me 🤣 love the show & learned stuff cheers chaps
Don't worry, you out whited him again with "Chaps"
@@LewisWilkins-Lighting I know 🤣🤣🤣
@@LewisWilkins-Lighting And he isn't even British 😭😭😭😭
Alright mate? top blokes in this thread.
Good call!!!
"The thunder that sounds like it's tearing the sky." I love the sound of an approaching storm. Star talk should be required material to view in an educational science curriculum .
Chuck's excitement is me every episode
Same.
lol true
Yep lol
Chuck also has a degree. So dont let it fool you that he is from the streets. He has a good understanding from the higher education he learned simply because he has a higher education.
My parents tought me about the timing a lightning and determinig how far away it is when I was a kid. Love the fact you mentioned it ) and as always, amazing episode. Keep looking up
Best show ever. I’m always amazed by Neil’s ability to explain everything. Chuck also has a good grasp on things. Keep up the fantastic work gentlemen! 👏👏👏
I've commented the same thing about Chuck many times. He has an above average understanding of all these concepts and is very good at applying it to future topics/discussions. He seems to recall things that Neil taught him very, very well.
Neal's everyone's national science teacher and I have to say one of the only teachers I have paid attention to without effort.
I will never get bored of star talk or weather sounds or whatever you have to say. This was so interesting 🔥🧡
I actually had lightning strike my house once and it was bizarre. At the same moment as I heard/felt it( and I felt it in the very core of my being), I also saw the light come in through two windows of the house. One in the kitchen and one directly behind my chair where I was sitting. It didn't go light, then sound. Both seemed to happen instantaneously.
The next morning, I went outside to check it out, and I could see two separate spot where it had penetrated the bricks on the side of the house. The coolest part was where it hit the ground though. The lightning went into the concrete of my driveway and formed a glass-like substance where it had struck. It utterly terrifying, but undeniably awesome.
I have always loved the tranquility that the snow brings with is muffling effect.
I once experienced a freak blizzard/thunderstorm on a January evening and it was so weird because you felt the thunder more than you heard it because it was muffled and sort of isolated and the flashes of lighting were isolated and diffused. It was strange and felt kind of ominous and foreboding but an amazing experience I'll never forget.
I've one experienced hail on a sunny day on a scooter ....
I live in Northern Ontario and have seen the Aurora. I can confirm that when it's very strong and flickering there is a faint sound in the air....it sounds a little like rice krispies popping.
It’s electrostatic discharge. Anything on the ground that can easily conduct electric current will make that crunchy sound. A researcher walked around during an auroral storm with a Shure 58 microphone and found out that the hard way when he touched the metal bits lol.. Shortwave radio can pick up other sounds too. If you can find one that changes stations with a dial (a potentiometer kind??) you can move the dial in between stations and find sounds from the Aurora. It’s also called “Natural Radio”.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Sounds of Weather at 3:18 😄🌩⛈
9:25 I audibly gasped when I realized what he was about to explain. How did I never think of that explanation
The Explainer Zone, I like that B)
Fly. In . To. The . STRANGER ZONE.
The dead silence from a gentle snowfall is one of the only good parts of winter. Love going out for a walk when it happens
I second "The Explainer Zone" name. It needs to be a thing!
Just over night here in Sydney Australia we had a storm with lightning and now listening to this what a science lesson
Teacher: "Who can give an example of an onomatopoeia?"
Me: 3:19
got a NDT Masterclass Ad on this video... and I’m not complaining😌
I watch the ads all the way through as my small way of contributing to all the knowledge NDT has given me.
Thanks Startalk!
Anyone ever drive into a thunder storm? I think it’s one of the coolest experiences seeing sheets of rain heading your way then wam!
One time I was driving along with the storm for a few moments. So my windshield was getting rained on but my rear window wasn't! Very cool.
When us meteorologists hear non-meteorologists explain weather-related phenomena, one phrase you're bound to hear is "Well, actually..." BUT, Neil has it down! Excellent episode! :)
This is a relevant episode for me right now, one project I'm working on is sounds of rainfall, thunder, and lightening made with analog synthesizers. A lot of the acoustic variables you're talking about are quite related.
I am late but even string theory is based on this basis. String theory is a grey area but huge start on quantum physics. You could break down your paper to the quantum level
I love star talk because a concept like constructive interference that we spend an entire class period on in physics Neil can explain in a minute
That’s absolutely fascinating. Love the way you guys talk about science and life.
Me: opens a door while everyone's sleeping
The door: 3:19
I Loved the enthusiastic thumbnail.
Great video as always. Thank you ♡
🥰 love watching these explainer videos and the ever entertaining host & co-host 😎🤯❤
This duo works so well!
I remember i was a kid running to get home in a thunderstorm i heard the loudest thunder clap i ever heard and scared me so bad i swear it felt like i jumped 10 feet in the air lol
That happened where I live a couple of weeks ago. Scared us all!
@Deal Negrasse Bison He jumped right to it!!
lol
The amazing timing of the statement " that's why if you own a dog (and with lightning on the horizon) they might be trembling, you don't know why, because you can't hear it" as I'm looking at lightning in the distance and my dogs huddled in a corner.
Explainer zone sounds dope, just putting that out there 👏🙌
" Neil's Thunder " is going to be the new meme template 😅
The method of guessing how far away a storm is by timing the thunder after you see the lightning flash was taught to me when I was cub scout at the age of eight. I still use it and taught it it to my grand-daughter in Florida a couple of years ago. They live near Orlando Florida which according to every one living there is the lightning/thunderstorm capital of the world!
Its an honour to be able listen to Neil talk.
6:40 That is exactly what it sounds like, I experienced an extremely close lighting strike sitting in my car. It was such a strange sound, in fact thanks to this channel, I now have a better understanding as to why I heard, what I assumed was the slightest of a mini pre-thunder clap just before the fabric of space ripped apart. Will never forget it.
This is very interesting👍🙂
I can still remember when I was a kid living in Mesa, Arizona in the early 80's during Monsoon season and a powerful storm was over our house, I can remember seeing the large window looking out to our back yard from the livingroom shaking with the the powerful sounds of the thunder, expecting that the window would eventually shatter because it was shaking so much from the sounds of the thunder. Trying to stay away from the window but also being amazed by the lightning show outside, it was scary and very exciting at the same time🙂
Shooting my shot! Thanks Neil and Chuck for such a great year! I have a very general question. Neil, you have a master class on scientific thinking and communication. I just graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Communication and a minor in the novel Space minor (our professor, Chris Koehler, and a personal interview with you. We sent you a "Thank you Neil" photo in 2019 and I was the one in a shoulder brase holding the "N" of your name). My question for you is what would you do for a career if you only studied what you teach in master class, communication and scientific thinking (a space minor)? Again, thank you both so much, you both absolutely made my year!
I wish I have had a teacher like Neil. Not only because knows a lot and knows how to explain, but because his charisma and he is funny!
This was an awesome awesome video thank you Chuck and Neil
Great episode. Inspired sound mimicry 😁 As a kid I lived in an area known for insane lightning… once it did strike the house and it was indeed like the tearing asunder of space-time 😱 I loved the storms.
I will isolate Neil's thunder and convert it to my ring tome on the phone!
I've heard that, when listening to music your heartbeat will sink up with the beat. This is because sound is a form of energy, just like light and heat.
I can relate to Chuck on the children noise, there have been moments that my children go to their mother's house and I'll say "sounds like the kids are doing something they're not supposed to, it's too quiet."
Why would people dislike STARTALK. Keep doing what you guys are doing and don't stop.
I could listen to stuff like this all day long. Brilliant 👍
I just love you guys! In a forest, during a snow fall, there is no sound, but why my ears feel kind of a pain?
Likely the cold air is chilling your earlobes, LOL! Really, my ears got slightly frostbitten, once, due to having a vehicle breakdown & having to walk for help in the freezing cold with no hat on. Wasn't that far, but sure seemed like it! But after that, the cold has always made my ears hurt worse. ~shrug~
Edited to add: you also might be just missing the normal sounds, and straining to hear what your mind thinks you should be hearing.
This was an incredible episode. Thank you very much for this information.
Awsome to hear you!
When it is very cold, snow squeaks when you walk on it.
Chuck at some points seemed like: I'm not rly listening but if i repeat the last 2 words the teacher said now and then he won't notice" :D
Yes, I had the same feel.
I use to think so too but then he follow up with questions and statements that make sense lol
I could listen to these alllll DAY!
LOL, I have done this before! Like on a slow news day, and when nothing much interesting to me is on TV, and I'm not in the mood for just music, I'll line up several of these in a queue on here, link it to my TV, and just have NDT on my TV all day (or all night, if I'm especially insomniac that night!). Great way to enjoy science and relax, at the same time!
For 2021 I just hope we will get at least a explainer video everyday
For as long as I can remember, whenever I saw a lightning flash I would count off the seconds the best I could until I heard the thunderclap. If the thunderclap came when I had counted up to five, I knew the lightning was coming from roughly a mile away owing to the huge difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound.
Science is always fun with Neil and Chuck!
I can't wait for this one as the wind whips outside my house right now.
Thank you Mr.Neil. And Chuck 🤜🤛🤝
"Noise", as opposed to musical tones or chords, is made of lots of different frequencies of sound without anything close to simple integer ratios between them, usually something that can be thought of as a continuous distribution of frequencies over some range (so that a graph of amplitude vs frequency looks like a continuous curve rather than a bunch of separate spikes like what musical sounds look like). When he mentioned the irregularity of lighting, that's the first thing I thought of, but then I thought about the fact that all explosions sound noisy and I don't know exactly where the frequencies of sound explosions make come from. I guess the noisiness comes from chaos in flames or irregularity in the environment or something like that.
You guys are a great team.
“Downpause” - perfect!
These two are hilarious. Makes the video all the more enjoyable.
"Keep looking up"
Yeah, I did that, Neil.
Didn't see the open manhole cover and ended up in the sewer.
Expect a call from my lawyers.
yo same thing happened to me but despite my broken legs the sky looked nice
Great segue for a talk about the Schumann resonance👍😁
One more to add to you list of snow sounds: If it gets REALLY cold, (around -15°F) the snow starts getting 'squeaky' ! It sounds similar to what you get when you rub Styrofoam on a window. Also, the consistency starts feeling more like walking in sand than snow.
Ok, Neil, thunder snow! First time I heard it was during a huge blizzard, and it has happened rarely after that. Scary, and fascinating!
Explainer zone I love it :)
Neil: I hope its not a meme
Me already writing one: Osnapcraclwkekfkfkaboom
The "Explainer Zone" is a great titled for this segment.
wonderful 🌊 wishing all here peace and prosperity in the new year
Hey Neil, awesome StarTalk convo. I was wondering if you could discuss the "Polar Vortex" subject that seems to be a rising world topic.
That frequence is when sound drops below 20 Hz, lovely feeling :)
Frozen hail is kinda like The candy jaw breakers. It's how dipping dots are made too.
I've seen Golf size hail in Tx too.
Thank you for explaining this! I always wondered why thunder sounded the way it does
I want a StarTalk hoodie like Chuck!! 😭😭😭
I thought the exact same. Hope i will be available to buy in the near future.
Loved this! Have an Explainer-Worthy Question for you...
? When you suddenly drive into/out-of a rain storm and there is a distinctive wet-dry line on the pavement? Fascinated me as a child when Parents took us on a day trip to Bear Mountain from NYC...
THANKS ❣
Hi. I'm confused by the ear canal remark.
Sound travels at ≈343m/s, the ear canal is ≈2.5 cm. That makes only sounds in the high end of human hearing that fit a full cycle inside the ear. i.e. close to 14KHz would be the start of the range that fits.
Or, are you getting into resonance and Laplace without mentioning it?
More explainer zone pleaseeeeee
Love the lightning explainer
Question
The form of lightning jets and sprites do they make an audible sound.
Great explanation but I still have questions. Does hail change size while falling by y capturing or losing moisture in the air? Why can we have rain drops and hail at the same time if one is lighter than the other? Were they formed in a different cloud or different altitude? Thanks
Love the « ‘splainer zone! » videos! 😀
A Loren Emmerich production likes this program, Sir deGrasse Tyson and Chuck a happy new year!
I've often wondered if disturbance in the air from some motion in low altitude (such as a tree falling or some sort of landslide) has a shockwave effect on the air that produces a phenomenon that we haven't fully realized yet.
I was lucky enough to experience the Aurora several times and never heard it. Even when it was rather intense. Loved the experience anyway :)
Love the down pause. Will use that next rain.
Me: Puts food into microwave
My food after 20 sec : 3:20
"Down pause" educational and informative 👍
With StarTalk, you are always in the Goldilocks Zone of Knowledge.
Love Niel splainin' stuff!
I see heat lighting in mountain s near bye no sound .. horizontal often .
Why no sound from this type of lightning ?
Awesome channel.
Love these shows
7:14 i felt that laughter as if it was in my own house 😆 i love their ST shows
I always wondered why it was so quiet outside when it snows!