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Press Stories: Earth
Day Goes Extraterrestrial Whales
in Space Beamed
Into Space: Whale Songs 'Whales Sing to the Stars' The
Cetacean Commonwealth Sirius
Institute, *PlanetPuna* Whales
to sing to the stars on Earth Day 2005 Listen
to the Humpbacks Live from Maui Orca Sounds Beluga Whale Sounds See
story at Space.com We also are thankful for the participation of the following organizatiions in our Earth Day event at the University of Hawaii, Hilo:
Singing
Whales.... ...picked
up by the Whalesong hydrophone... ...are linked to the Internet ... ...and on Earth Day, April 22, 2005 will be...
by Deep Space Communications Network
PRESS RELEASE April 20, 2005 For Immediate Release For further
information contact:
See: www.planetpuna.com
The Cetacean Commonwealth is pleased to announce an original collaboration between the: Sirius
Institute at: www.planetpuna.com/sirius We also are thankful for the participation of the following organizatiions in our Earth Day event at the University of Hawaii, Hilo: Volcano
Hiccup Circus at: www.hiccupcircus.com/
"From before our first Earth Day event in Los Angeles in 2002, when we had a partner play along with our humpback whale songs CD, we wanted to feature live whale songs along with musicians joining in. This year
we can do that through whalesong.net
as well as beam the whale songs towards Sirius through DeepSpaceCom.net.",
says Project Director Paradise Newland, of Sirius Institute. "While Humpback songs were part of a recording put aboard the Voyager spacecraft sent to Jupiter and beyond, this is the first time that a live feed of the whales will be broadcast directly into space. According to Deep Space Communications Network's Jim Lewis, the signal, broadcast with a five-meter parabolic dish antenna, will be detectable out to some 3.5 light years. Perhaps someone out there with better detection gear could hear our signal at the star Sirius, about 8.6 light-years (ly) away." "We
are working with other groups like America's
Whale Alliance ** to bring In addition, there is an 18 foot humpback whale joining us from the Volcano Hiccup Circus so the participants at Earth Day will see a whale, hear the live songs from the whales while they are being beamed out to deep space and hear some excellent music. This is the first major outreach project of the Cetacean Commonwealth, which celebrates its 3rd. anniversary this Earth Day. Its purpose is to speak and act on behalf of the Cetacea while encouraging interspecies communications that will enable them to speak on their own behalf. Dr. Hyson and Ms. Newland will be on hand to handle questions about their work, the Cetacean Commonwealth and the lives of the Cetacea, dolphins and whales at the upper lanai. Just look for a whale of a tale ...
See: Press Release from Deep Space Communications Network
Sirius Institute is a tax-exempt research consortium with the purpose of "dolphinizing" the planet. This means the integration of the Cetacea (dolphins and whales) into our culture. A second goal is the "humanization of space" which involves the settlement of the solar system and beyond. Whalesong is a group of volunteers dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the oceans and the environment, and to helping "give a microphone" to important voices so they may be heard above the noise of the modern world. We believe that the voices of the natural world, and of Hawaiian and other native cultures that have a connection with that world, carry inspiration and mana’o (wisdom) that can help carry humanity into the future in a more benevolent way. Deep Space Communications Network is a private organization located right next the Kennedy Space Center. DSCN was formed specifically to communicate with outer-space by a group of broadcast engineers and communications experts that regularly transmit from the space center. Deep Space communication Network uses state of the art satellite broadcasting equipment with redundant high-powered klystron amplifiers connected by a traveling wave-guide to a five-meter parabolic dish antenna. ** Americas Whale Alliance (AWA) will deliver its Earth Day message from a huge, 35 foot "Whale Bus," with hand-painted whales adorning its sides and outfitted to emit whale sounds along the way. Trailed by a 25-foot inflatable humpback whale, the bus is outfitted to show educational videos and provide information about threats to whales to schools and whale watching sites on the West Coast.
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