Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, If you are one mile away from the blast you shoudl hear it in 5 seconds (sound travels at 1100 feet per second) But since the explosion and moving debris will travel much faster you will be dead in about 1.5 seconds so you won't hear anything. Even the tree that fell. Peter K > ---------- > From: Mark Rabiner[SMTP:mrabiner@concentric.net] > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 4:09 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sound on archive footage > > How long would it take to hear an atomic bomb from a typical shot of it? > Mark Rabiner > By the way I was in a large rainy forest in Montana this May and a large > tree > fell with a very loud noise which I plainly heard and actually scared the > &^% > out of me. So that old thing about "if the tree falling making a sound? I > can > tell you there is definite immediate upfront sound. More warning would be > nice > but no. > Mark Rabiner >