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Thousands of Bats in the Leopards Hill Caves
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Recordist's notes
Recorded with a Zoom H2 hand held recorder when on tour of the Leopards Hill Cave, full of what must have been thousands of bats screaming. An overbearing noise not quite capturable with these microphones, but nonetheless this recording gives some sense of the place.
About the place
Palabana is a town of about 19,769 people in Lusaka Province, Zambia.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.
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Sources & credits
- “Leopards Hill Caves National Monument, Leopards Hill Road, Chongwe District, Lusaka Province, Zambia - Thousands of Bats in the Leopards Hill Caves” by colin.frank – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0