The sands of some deserts, under the influence of the wind or when animals move along them, are capable of making sounds. The sands are called "singing", but it is more correct to name them. their sounding, as they not only sing, but also thunder, grind, bark. The reasons for this are not yet fully understood. In the CIS "Singing" sands are located on the Kola Peninsula, the Riga seaside and on the Ili River in the Alma-Ata region. There are also "singing salts" - one of the unusual natural phenomena. Coastal salt deposits "sing": Kara-Bogaz-Gol in the Caspian Sea.
Scientists explain it this way. Under the influence of climatic factors, the salt layer in the coastal strip was significantly deformed and now it is a field of hummocky salt plates in several floors, covered with thin serrated plates. mi, disintegrating into smaller teeth, prism spiers. The upper crusts of the salt plates, which cool strongly at night, quickly but unevenly heat up at sunrise, dry out and begin to crack, partially collapse and crumble onto the lower plates. This, apparently, generates a specific sound, amplified by the resonance of the desert. When the surface layer of salt warms up, the "singing of salts" stops.