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Seeing the Elephant
By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Monday, July 20, 2009
During the Civil War, soldiers would speak about “Seeing the elephant.” The “elephant” was battle, combat, being under enemy fire.
Acoustic Shadow
By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Friday, July 17, 2009
Acoustic Shadow (sometimes called Silent Battle) is a strange thing. It is a phenomenon where sound is unheard close to the cause of the sound, but the same sound is heard a far distance away from its source. With a unique combination of factors such as wind, weather, temperature, land topography, forest or other vegetation, and elevation, battles sounds are not heard at a distance they normally would clearly be heard.