# So .... how loud is it on the Sun?

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**Created:** [March 15, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-loud-is-it-on-the-sun/849518 "2020-03-15T05:10:24Z")\
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The sun has an atmosphere for the sound waves to travel through. I know there’s no actual surface on the sun, but you know what I mean …

If we could safely be on the surface of the sun, how loud would it be?

I’m guessing pretty damn loud.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
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There is “sound” in the sun’s atmosphere, though I put that in quotes because most of it is too low in frequency for humans to hear. I also don’t know the magnitude of it other than to say that your guess of “pretty damn loud” is probably a huge understatement.

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**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\
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According to this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHWTA0TNAs) it would be around 329dB at point blank range, and if there was air between the sun and Earth, we’d get 96dB.

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-loud-is-it-on-the-sun/849518/4 "2020-03-15T14:19:18Z")

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> [@blue\_infinity](#):
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> According to this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHWTA0TNAs) it would be around 329dB at point blank range, and if there was air between the sun and Earth, we’d get 96dB.

Totally unrelated, but there’s a list or meme or something that pops up from time to time about misconceptions deaf people have about sound. In it, a deaf person mentioned that he assumed the sun made sound. That it was just a constant background noise we all heard.  
Really unreated, a deaf person had no idea farts made sound until his teacher explained it to him.