Know what would your voice sound like if you were on mars It is possible thanks to a tool created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The mission that the Perseverance rover began a little over a year ago on Mars to collect all kinds of information about the red planet is leaving us with many curiosities that we did not know, including what the sound is like on this planet.
The Perseverance rover ship carries two built-in microphones that have allowed for the first time directly record the sounds of Mars and then compare them with the sounds of a planet as different as Earth.
Thus, NASA has been able to analyze how it would sound the song of a bird, the sound of the waves, the horn of a bicycle or the human voice on the red planet. From these sounds they have created a play list with which these sounds can be compared in both plants, and also has developed a tool which enables record your own voice and play it back as if you were on mars.
Although your voice will remain very similar, you can notice how it is quieter and more subdued than it is heard on Earth and it would take us a little longer to hear it. The most noticeable change occurs in high-pitched sounds, while other noises that are very common on Earth, such as whistles or birdsong they are practically inaudible. This is because on Mars the atmosphere is completely different.
What are the differences in sound on Mars?
What makes sounds not heard the same on Earth and on Mars is its atmosphere, with different temperature, density and chemistry. When we hear a sound, what we’re really experiencing is that our eardrums vibrate and this vibration comes mainly from pressure waves that travel to our ears through the air, and the air on Mars, we could say, is different.
Therefore, the sounds emitted in the cold Martian atmosphere it would take a little longer to reach our ears. The volumefurthermore, it would be lowerbecause Mars’ atmosphere is about 100 times less dense than Earth’s.
Added to this is that the atmosphere of Mars, made up of 96% carbon dioxide, would absorb a large number of higher-pitched sounds, so only the lower pitched sounds would travel long distance.
Source: Lasexta
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