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What Makes Sand Dunes Sing

What Makes Sand Dunes Sing

Science Quickly

November 11, 20153m 41s

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Engineers at Caltech discovered that for sand dunes to produce sound they need a dry layer on top that amplifies internal frequencies during sand movement. Christopher Intagliata reports

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