Saguaro National Park: King Canyon at dawn on August 14, 2009

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Title Saguaro National Park: King Canyon at dawn on August 14, 2009
Subject Places; Ambient sounds; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage Saguaro National Park (Ariz.); Sonoran Desert (Ariz.); Arizona
Creator Rice, Jeff
Media Rights Management Audio file copyright 2009, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, Westernsoundscape.org. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Publisher Western Soundscape Archive; University of Utah
Date 2009-08-14
Type Sound
Format video/mp4
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Description Dawn at King Canyon in Saguaro National Park, Arizona
Photo Rights Management Photo copyright 2009, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved
Note Recorded at 5:35 AM at the base of a draw along the King Canyon trail, approximately 1.5 miles from the trail-head; elevation 3193 feet; temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit at the beginning of the recording with temperatures increasing rapidly as the sun rose; skies were clear and winds were calm; humidity was high, and monsoon rains had occurred approximately 1.5 days prior to the recording; audible species include Cactus Wren, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Verdin, Gilded Flicker, Gila Woodpecker, Curve-billed Thrasher, Spotted Towhee, Canyon Towhee, and Gambel's Quail; recorded with Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH40 microphones in a stereo MS pattern to a Sound Devices 722 recorder at a 44.1 kHz/24 bit sampling rate; the photograph shows the recording location; GPS coordinates were N 32 degrees 15.427' W 11 degrees 09.608'
Global Positioning System Coordinates 32.257117 / -111.160133
ARK ark:/87278/s6gb2hdn
Setname uu_wss
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gb2hdn