At 05:41 8/9/01, Ray Moth wrote:
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Sounds like more crop-circle stuff to me <G>. The real problems start
when you can hear the fungus growing in your lenses!
Regards,
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Ray
The sounds are something like crumpling cellophane or perhaps a sheet of
newspaper. Also described as someone (something) walking through the
field. Although similar, people and even dogs are much louder moving
through mature corn. Unless you know the field very, very well and the
rows are well defined, entering very far into a corn field this time of
year can result in getting lost in it for some time. It's often so densely
packed that about 20 feet or so into the field you lose sight of the edge
of the field, and it's so tall you cannot see over it.
Did a little research about the noise. It is related to thermal
expansion. However, it's not friction; it's the rapid growth and thermal
expansion breaking the fibers in the husks. Rapid growth is no joke. It's
about knee-high on the 4th of July. A month later it can easily be about 7
feet tall or more. Densely pack enough corn plants into a large field and
the noise of "few over here" and "few over there" adds up. Those who've
never experienced it are often non-believers.
-- John
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