Sonic Blooms

Made by Mark Fischer from the sound of an Hawaiian Humpback whale off Rio Vista, California. 

Thanks to the bookofjoe who catches up a lot of fascinating stuff I've missed, like What does a whale's song look like.

In a Northern California studio, Mark Fischer, an engineer by training, uses wavelets — a technique for processing digital signals — to transform the haunting calls of ocean mammals into movies that visually represent the songs and still images that look like electronic mandalas. (His art can be found at aguasonic.com)
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''When you see what whales are doing with sound, or begin to see what they are capable of, it is clear that humans are not the only artists on the planet,'' he said.

The beauty of the world never ceases to astonish me.