It was surreal.
They, of course, make no noise, but you initially expect some type of laser noise, or film projector noise, I don't know.

Instead, it was a serene silence, with just the occasional breath of wind and the knowledge that you were witnessing something eternal.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 23:13, 1 reply)

Actually they do...
It's called the "auroral whisper", and it is a kind of hissing crackle. Rather like you'd expect a large electrical discharge to sound. It needs to be perfectly flat calm and silent to hear it, and I don't think you'd get it as far south as you are.

I've never heard it, although I've seen the aurora quite often. Not for a while though - come back sunspots, please!
(gordonjcp, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 7:51, closed)

Spooky
www.la8aja.com/vhf/soundclips2m/dg0rg_2m.mp3
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 10:25, closed)

that's how I always imagined it might sound
nice to be told that it does
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 13:32, closed)

I know people who claim they've heard it, but I've read that it's scientifically unexplainable.
On the other hand, the clip attached of someone breathing into a toilet reservoir isn't even close.

I think it sounds like this: new.wavlist.com/movies/172/mat-yak2.wav
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:07, closed)