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Recordist's notes
I was seating in complete darkness between some Chagual plants (puya chilensis) with a ZOOM H4N recording the sound of the sea waves flushing between big rocks. There were some insects around, maybe some kind of crickets. The view of the milky-way was astonishing.
About the place
La Ligua is a town of about 32,131 people in Valparaiso, Chile. OttoAnna lists 3 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
Recorded nearby
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Bus Station Reloj de Flores - Sapo announcing the buses and the time…
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Caleta Portales - Sea waves
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Man cutting and cleaning fishes
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Caleta Portales - Sea Lion
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Funicular Cerro Cordillera - Funicular
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Sources & credits
- “Terrazas de Quinquelles, La Ligua, Región de Valparaíso, Chile - sea sound in complete darkness. no moon, millions of stars” by edoastudillot@gma... – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0