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Strange Sights and Sounds of Air and Sky

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The sky is, on the whole, a reasonably quiet and serene place. Most days all one hears is the call of an occasional bird in flight, the drone of a distant aircraft or the gentle sighing of the wind.

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Seargent, D.A.J. (2012). Strange Sights and Sounds of Air and Sky. In: Weird Weather. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3070-4_7

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