On the tip of the old town peninsula of Zadar we ran into an interesting phenomenon. There is a stone boardwalk around the shore with the usual concrete beaches. At one point we ran into a nice set of wide marble steps going down to the water. There were many people sitting on and standing around the steps. There was a mysterious sound in the air. It was harmonic, yet random, kind of a ethereal-sounding organ music.
We had somehow stumbled upon a sea organ. I did not even know such things existed, but they do. As the waves come in from the sea they cause the sea organ to produce musical sounds. It was created by the architect Nikola Bašić in 2005. According to the Internet there are similar devices located in San Fransisco, California and in Blackpool, UK. I have no proof of that yet, I am only passing along what I have found in my research. However, we anticipate rapid verification of the Blackpool High Tide Organ from our friend Christine in the UK. If any of our San Francisco friends can verify the California Wave Organ we will be happy to pass that information along as well.
Anyway, it was a neat thing to find and I thought I would share a taste of it with you!
We had somehow stumbled upon a sea organ. I did not even know such things existed, but they do. As the waves come in from the sea they cause the sea organ to produce musical sounds. It was created by the architect Nikola Bašić in 2005. According to the Internet there are similar devices located in San Fransisco, California and in Blackpool, UK. I have no proof of that yet, I am only passing along what I have found in my research. However, we anticipate rapid verification of the Blackpool High Tide Organ from our friend Christine in the UK. If any of our San Francisco friends can verify the California Wave Organ we will be happy to pass that information along as well.
Anyway, it was a neat thing to find and I thought I would share a taste of it with you!
