What Does Sound Look Like?

You can actually see sound waves as they travel through the air thanks to a clever photographic trick.

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Produced by Adam Cole
Hands shot by Meg Vogel

Schlieren images provided by Mike Hargather (http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mjh/people.html)
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Bobby Gold
J. W. Tang, A. Nicolle and J. Pantelic

MUSIC:
"Eileen" by Lee Rosevere
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_for_MOBA/LeeRosevere_MOBA_09-Eile