A Nature Preserve For The Quiet Of Nature

A salmon-colored rock marks the spot of the One Square Inch project, which tries to preserve the most pristine soundscape in the contiguous United States.

A salmon-colored rock marks the spot of the One Square Inch project, which tries to preserve the most pristine soundscape in the contiguous United States. Amanda Castleman ©

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If you're looking for silence here in the U.S., you might want to visit "One Square Inch of Silence." It's a spot inside the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington State's Olympic National Park. Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton created it, as part of his life mission to record the sound of silence.