By far the best example of how sound waves Travel

Sound travels at ~343m/s. In the video, the sound coming from the speakers on the stage travels towards the audience, and as soon as they perceive the sound wave [the music, in this particular case, a certain bass boOm in the rythm] they flash their mobile phone's screens. So we see the front row flashing first, then some rows behind, and so on, until it reaches the end of the forum. The guys at the back heard the sound about less than a second later than the guys at the front. And you can see it with your eyes, by watching the lights =]
aspartamsays...

Ummmmh, okay....? I bet next thing you'll tell me is that you can bend a light beam?????!?!?!?

In all seriousness,

"The concert was held at Foro Sol stadium, a baseball stadium with a distance of 125m from home plate to the centre field wall.

I counted 14 waves in 10 seconds, with about 0.3s between waves, so about 0.41 seconds for a wave to travel the length of the field. Speed of the wave is therefore 305m/s. The speed of sound in air at 2240m is actually 343m/s... so... it's sorta close."

>> ^spaceman:

First, sound waves do not "expand" and second they travel at ~343 at sea level in our particular atmosphere/medium.

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