4K nature sounds & scenes

April 4, 2020 8:23 AM

2 hours of ambient jellyfish. 2 hours of colorful Macaw parrots. 1 hour of arctic wildlife. 1 hour of Canadian birds and wildlife. 8 hours of desert wind sounds. 4 hours of a rushing mountain river & birds. 10 hours of tropical waterfall. 3 hours of tropical rain forest. 12 hours of white sands and blue water waves. 9 hours of autumnal river. 3 hours of mountain lake. 2 hours of snow gently falling. 10 hours of glacier and falling snow. 10 hour tropical storm. 4 hours of grassland & birds.
posted by Fizz (19 comments total)

This is very helpful, thank you.
posted by merriment at 8:31 AM on April 4, 2020

THIS IS THE BEST I LOVE YOU THANK YOU
posted by cooker girl at 8:48 AM on April 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

I've got the snow falling running in another tab now. Thank you so, so much for this.
posted by kalimac at 8:58 AM on April 4, 2020

Fizz, you have such a terrific knack of posting the most wonderful things at just the right time -- thank you for these today! Shared with some non-Mefites, too. Wishing peace to everyone's hearts.
posted by vers at 9:00 AM on April 4, 2020 [4 favorites]

There have been entire days where I've looped the 4k jellyfish aquarium, just having it on in the background on the television. It's the right kind of calm we all need in our lives.
posted by Fizz at 9:07 AM on April 4, 2020 [2 favorites]

I'm finding snow falling pairs really well with this recording from Tom Kenyon, who is a fascinating person that I don't know enough about to make a FPP. I realize that might seem at odds with the purpose of the 4k videos, but it's working for my frayed nerves.
posted by vers at 9:30 AM on April 4, 2020

this will finally give me something else to watch besides my favorite show, the AppleTV screensavers
posted by roger ackroyd at 9:37 AM on April 4, 2020 [2 favorites]

Ooh, this is wonderful! I love the "rushing mountain river" one, it's very calming.
posted by Mauve at 9:37 AM on April 4, 2020

But Fizz makes video game posts, so I assume this is a new genre of video game... We've progressed from walking simulators to looking out the window simulators.
posted by kaibutsu at 9:43 AM on April 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

But Fizz makes video game posts,

I contain multitudes.
posted by Fizz at 9:52 AM on April 4, 2020 [10 favorites]

I love these also (the Icebreaker is a favorite of mine, for the white noise) but I'm skeptical about the durations. I think often it's (for example) just an hour, looped nine times. Scan through that Autumnal River, see how the light never changes? Especially obvious in the Tropical Waterfall... that's no ten hours -- the sun doesn't move.
posted by Rash at 10:03 AM on April 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

Oh, that's for sure, most of these are loops. It is difficult to find the ones that are actual recordings. You may have to really dig and play around with your search results on YouTube. But, for the most part, it still provides a nice pleasant background.
posted by Fizz at 10:05 AM on April 4, 2020

If you have Amazon prime search for "window channel" and there are some delightful videos like this including city life if that's more your jam.
posted by nakedmolerats at 10:33 AM on April 4, 2020 [4 favorites]

It's almost like someone should release Warhol's Empire for online viewing. It might actually be watched repeatedly.

Sleep is online, however.
posted by hippybear at 12:53 PM on April 4, 2020

Counterprogramming: You might be missing the crowds.

Also, hugs.
posted by xigxag at 3:05 PM on April 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

"Slow TV" as a search on YouTube will bring up more like this. They are really nice if you're lucky enough to have a two-monitor setup.
posted by Savannah at 4:54 PM on April 4, 2020

Are you and Johnny Wallflower kin? These are soothing Thank you.
posted by pipoquinha at 5:28 PM on April 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

edited
posted by jcworth at 9:55 PM on April 4, 2020

I have a fondness for long videos taken from a train conductors point of view, especially when they travel through beautiful countryside. This is Norway during the spring, and this is Norway in the winter. For those who want more, check out /r/traindriversview on that other site. Lots of amazing locales
posted by lockle at 5:56 PM on April 8, 2020 [2 favorites]