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Hard Rain Recording

Listening to Raindrops
A heavy downpour produces more noise than any other typer of rain. Both the sound of raindrops hitting the surface and the bubbles they form are very loud across a wide specturm of frequencies. (Image by Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC. Recording from Jeffrey A. Nystuen, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory)
If you can't hear the sound loop, try downloading this MP3 format recording of a heavy downpour.
large drop animation (3.5MB)
large drop recording
hard rain recording
drizzle recording

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	Hard Rain Recording
	Listening to Raindrops		A heavy downpour produces more noise than any other typer of rain. Both the sound of raindrops hitting the surface and the bubbles they form are very loud across a wide specturm of frequencies. (Image by Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC. Recording from Jeffrey A. Nystuen, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory) If you can't hear the sound loop, try downloading this MP3 format recording of a heavy downpour. large drop animation (3.5MB) large drop recording hard rain recording drizzle recording