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LISTEN: Wind Sound on Mars: NASA's InSight Sends Never Before Heard Audio Back to Earth

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It sent the sound back to Earth, when it’s sped up it can be heard on phones and laptops.
The sound of wind is easily recognizable to most people on Earth but for the first time the sound of wind on Mars has been released. The newest resident of the Red Planet, NASA’s InSight, sent back audio of the vibrations caused by the wind on Mars.
The audio was captured December 1 by two sensors on InSight and the wind was estimated to have been moving about 10 to 15 miles per hour at the time the vibrations were captured. Additionally, NASA reported that the winds were likely blowing from the northwest in the direction of the southeast, the way the streaks in the landing area seem to move as well.
The sound of the wind is similar to what wind, or maybe crashing waves, would sound like on Earth.

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