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Recordist's notes
This recording was collected inside an ice filled lava tube(ice cave) in the Double Hole Crater lava flow. During the winter months cold air collects inside the lava tube and, because it has no way to escape, it remains throughout the year. As water seeps in from above it freezes inside the cold air filled lava tube. This was recorded in the spring and snowmelt and rainwater were percolating through the lava and dripping from the lava tube ceiling onto the solid ice floor. This was recorded with a Wildtronics SAAM microphone onto a Zoom F6 recorder.
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 80 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F6. A six-input 32-bit float field recorder popular with sound designers.
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Sources & credits
- “Double Hole Crater Lava Flow - Ice cave near Double Hole Crater” by kellydrafuse – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0