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eeveerose63 t1_j98lfoc wrote

Ice cracking on a pond as it contracts. Sounds like whale song.

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thread100 t1_j98nlb5 wrote

Replying to eeveerose63 (#1,878,227)

I recently learned that water is unusual that it expands when it freezes and then shrinks like other solids as it gets colder. Hence the cracking that confused the hell out of me as a youngster. I’m fun at parties.

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plemur t1_j98o2lf wrote

The deathly silence after a heavy snow interrupted by a soft crash of clumps falling from an overburdened branch and that tiny woosh it makes as it vaults back into place, then that prolonged series of soft, overlapping thumps as one after another follow suit. That's my favorite New Hampshire sound.

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itsMalarky t1_j98pfhc wrote

Whales singing at night off the coast of star island.

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Clock-Full t1_j98te1b wrote

The sound of every other state leaving us the hell alone.

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Emeleigh_Rose t1_j98u583 wrote

I lke the haunting sounds of the Loons on Lake Winnpesaukee.

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Zestyclose-Equal2105 t1_j98ykwt wrote

Mourning Doves in the early morning, bonus points if there’s Peepers too.

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glockster19m t1_j992n0c wrote

Iconic is definitely the loon calls, as far as interesting and weird I'd say shrieking wild cats, literally sounds like a human screaming for help

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veggie_hike t1_j99344g wrote

Fisher cats waking me up by screaming in the middle of the night. Horrible.

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RickyDaytonaJr t1_j993j8v wrote

The combination of huffing, puffing, coughing and wheezing from out-of-shape campers carrying their beach gear up the Lonesome Lake Trail on a sunny summer day.

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shortieXV t1_j9985xk wrote

When a pond is just barely frozen and you toss a rock on thin ice to hear it ping and echo across the water.

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Impriel t1_j9995x8 wrote

My elderly neighbor who grows hay shouting "@-&$#! G** D** channel 7!" Every time it rains by surprise

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Rag_tag_slum_88 t1_j99gw6h wrote

I'm pretty sure I just heard skunks either mating or fighting and I've had 5 sights in the past weeks, so I'll say that.

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Doug_Shoe t1_j99vdsx wrote

there are singing brooks in the White Mts

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heeyyyyooo t1_j99wji4 wrote

The Karen at the local store asking to speak to the manager

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Visible-Education-98 t1_j99xzh0 wrote

The sound of a muffler on a car heading south on 93 with Mass plates on it?

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snowman603 t1_j99z6us wrote

A vernal pool full of peepers in the Spring.

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quiguy87 t1_j99z7i5 wrote

Barred Owls hooting at night

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overdoing_it t1_j9a51dn wrote

Cardinal singing in the morning. I hear it every day in NH except during winter when they don't really sing. Although once I slammed a door at night and a cardinal must have woken up and belted out a few tunes in surprise, maybe he was dreaming about singing.

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NHGuy t1_j9a5rxy wrote

"Comin' up, I'll tell ya the story"

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Bomdiggitydoo t1_j9a6pcp wrote

The sound of a piece of shit 20 year old pickup truck with a trump won sticker and a let’s go Brandon flag riding up your ass on 93 even though you’re doing 85

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SheeEttin t1_j9a7nrb wrote

Replying to thread100 (#1,878,446)

Water is extremely unusual in a number of ways! Due to the actual shape of a water molecule, it's also unusually polar, allowing it to dissolve just about everything we need to live. And it has one of the strongest surface tensions of common liquids.

And unlike most other substances, the frozen form is less dense than the liquid (as you noted), meaning ice floats! I don't know a single other substance that behaves that way.

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dardios t1_j9a84wt wrote

The sound of anyone with deep family roots talking in Seabrook.

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thrunabulax t1_j9adsou wrote

a moose walking thru the forest coming your way!

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lives4summits t1_j9adupr wrote

The sound of a dirtbag in camo clutching his guns yelling “try to come and take it from me”

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chomerics t1_j9aed6a wrote

Loons, one of the most peaceful sounds that exist.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_j9aeijn wrote

Snow sliding off my metal roof - sounds like a train overhead. Startling the first time you hear it.

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Puzzleheaded-Row-511 t1_j9aeubv wrote

I live pretty much in the woods and I hear some pretty interesting sounds at night. It sounds like a coyote orgy going on up there. It's scary sounding, I can tell you that! LoL

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AirshipThyme t1_j9af5n4 wrote

Fisher cats. Born and raised woodsy NH and that sounds still scares the shit outta me everytime

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nobletrout0 t1_j9aikjw wrote

The scraping of skis against the ice at 3:45pm at your favorite mountain on Presidents’ Day weekend.

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Qbncgr t1_j9ajhmc wrote

The Peepers chirping all night in the spring, followed by the Whiporwill singing in the morning.

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reddittheguy t1_j9akmvp wrote

I hate it but you said interesting...

Being in the mountains in mid June, miles from a road and hearing the distant, semi leaf muffled sound of a thousand assholes on very loud motorcycles.

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TheNextFreud t1_j9anu7p wrote

The yelp of joy someone lets out when they get a perfect parking spot in Portsmouth

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AnythingToAvoidWork t1_j9ax65u wrote

Not exclusively NH obviously, but I llove listening to Barred Owl hoots.

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HerrDictator t1_j9b3ibz wrote

9 p.m. fireworks from July 4th to July 3rd.

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kanid99 t1_j9c9gfh wrote

Fishercats. Scary stuff if you don't know what it is.

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HazardousWeather t1_j9cjea5 wrote

Lived in CA for a few years. What I missed was the sound of what I call the NH laugh, the from the heart, hearty laughter heard in public places like restaurants, town meetings before they begin, any places where people line up. It was that auditory sense of uninhibited self that I missed the most

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maat922 t1_j9cm5tw wrote

Well since this is where I learned (the hard way) that bigfoot are actually REAL, that's the most interesting sound I've heard so far since moving here in 2013.

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throwawayada79 t1_j9fhxlm wrote

Not really a NH sound per sei. But riding up a ski lift @ 9am @ 32°. Coffee in 1 hand, sounds from the chair lift & silence riding up is blissful to me.

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hitmannumber862 t1_j9gcdka wrote

Machine gun fire in the hills, or fisher calls at night.

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rmarkham t1_j9gqteu wrote

Peepers on the first rainy night of spring.

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