We're so used to being 'immersed' in sounds that the lack of is truly an alien experience....
Spouse and I were traveling and happened to stop for a night along a country road in mid North Dakota. Two cars happened to drive by beforel nightfall, and then....nothing. Windless...still...we could hear a dog barking at one point, seemed like a 1/2 mi. away...
I swear we could hear our own heartbeats, the minor sounds of metals and plastics of the vehicle and our possessions cooling off into the evening. It actually was difficult to fall asleep, it was too damn quiet and we were the loudest things present.
An interesting experience. Could I live there? No. *L* I'm too much of a distraction...even now.... ;)
Spouse and I were traveling and happened to stop for a night along a country road in mid North Dakota. Two cars happened to drive by beforel nightfall, and then....nothing. Windless...still...we could hear a dog barking at one point, seemed like a 1/2 mi. away...
I swear we could hear our own heartbeats, the minor sounds of metals and plastics of the vehicle and our possessions cooling off into the evening. It actually was difficult to fall asleep, it was too damn quiet and we were the loudest things present.
An interesting experience. Could I live there? No. *L* I'm too much of a distraction...even now.... ;)