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The causse stones
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Recordist's notes
The stones in this very desertic place are special. As I said the the Lozere mounts, where stones creechs, you won't find this elsewhere. In fact here in this huge limestone land, the stones sing. It makes a sound like a piano, with shrill sounds and acidulous music note. That's what I wanted to show with stones here and that's not very easy. These stones are called "lauzes".
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 41 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “30120 Montdardier, France - The causse stones” by Vincent Duseigne – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0