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Recordist's notes
near Kilchiaran Bay on the west coast of Islay is a wonderful blow hole. This recording is an extract from a recording made in a narrow fissure a couple of metres from the main blow hole. I suspended a pair of microphones (omnis based of Primo capsules) fixed to a coat hanger (thanks Chris Watson) into the cavern by about 2 metres recording to an Olympus LS 14.
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 71 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
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Sources & credits
- “Unnamed Road, Isle of Islay PA48 7UB, UK - Islay blow hole” by Peter Annear – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0