16 February 2018

Skating on thin ice creates unusual sounds


Apart from the cracking sounds, there are also "boing-boing" sounds similar to the sound effects from Star Wars movies.  Those are created by a phenomenon called acoustic dispersion (more info via links at Neatorama).

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  1. MargaretFebruary 16, 2018 at 4:25 PM

    That was fascinating. But what was that man thinking? I kept waiting for him to suddenly disappear through the ice!

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    1. MinnesotastanFebruary 16, 2018 at 4:38 PM

      Margaret, at the Neatorama article you can click a link to see him fall through ice.

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