Hi Scott,

Yes the Creation of the universe is still broadcasting!
Absolutely stunning! :)
GOD for you is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.



On Aug 18, 2017, at 8:11 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to the 
> attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
> available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have 
> you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
> Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
> artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
> Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
> attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter this 
> my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local 
> science teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the time) 
> and also a fellow from the local phone company who taught me electronics 
> where my father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here because one of the 
> first things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an old satellite ground 
> station and modify it to become a small radio telescope in my back yard.  One 
> of the first things I picked up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and 
> actually hearing the echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for 
> life. I then started to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that 
> radiation and generate both numeric and visual representations of the 
> background radiation which could paint a picture of how the massive ripples 
> of the expansion of space and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  
> It’s such a good way for a blind person, especially children to connect with 
> the wonders of nature and science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   
> If there’s any interest and nobody objects about it being off topic I would 
> be happy to post links to some of this audio and big thanks to Janina for 
> pointing this out.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
>> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
>> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
>> 
>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
>> 
>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>> I haven't checked, though.
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Janina
>> 
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