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Vitiated air

49 Rue d'Halanzy, 54400 Longwy, France

A 5-minute field recording by Vincent Duseigne made in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg on 15 November 2014, in the evening. Soundscape: trams, metros & buses and caves, tunnels & underground.

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Vitiated air
5:29CC BY-SA 3.0by Vincent DuseigneInternet Archive
5:29
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Recordist's notes

In an underground mine, exploring a tunnel where air is contamined. There's a brutal lack of oxygen. We are mesuring air content, especially co2. As you guess when alarm is ringing, it was dangerous. It was stressful and I think it's audible...

Written by Vincent Duseigne on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Esch-sur-Alzette is a town of about 36,625 people in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. OttoAnna lists 93 field recordings from here.

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