Gallery: Listen to Strange Sounds Recorded in a Hole 5 Miles Deep

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    The seismograph recording the rumblings of Earth. *Image: Lotte Geeven*
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    The scientists at the Windischeschenbach hole. This hole is around 30,000 feet deep. *Image: Lotte Geeven*
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    Low-frequency speakers in Geeven's installation. *Image: Lotte Geeven*
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    Geeven's installation is visually modest, but she eventually would like to dig a super deep hole in a public space of some as-of-yet-undecided metropolis to act as an acoustic instrument for the sounds beneath our feet. *Image: Lotte Geeven*
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    A core sample from the dig site. *Image: Lotte Geeven*
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