Some illustrations of the kinds of silence, and sound, the author found on his travels. From top right to bottom left: the loudest noise in the world, smoke from a liftoff at Cape Canaveral; Mesa Verde, Colo.,
the "silence of the disappeared;"
and the catacombs of Paris, the
silence of death, but not as quiet
as one might expect...
the "silence of the disappeared;"
and the catacombs of Paris, the
silence of death, but not as quiet
as one might expect...
zero decibels: pix
