Sound Library - Singing Sands

Rippled sand dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, CO.

Julie West / NPS

Link to this video to listen to the rare sound of "singing sand" recorded at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve is one of only a few places in the world where this deem humming or booming sound can be heard.

• Listen to more natural and human-made sounds recorded in national parks via the NPS Sound Gallery

• Learn more about what the National Park Service does to explore, understand, and protect the acoustic environment at Natural Sounds (U.S. National Park Service)