Mid-afternoon wind on the southwest edge of Gooseberry Mesa in southern Utah.

May 20, 2018. Sawtooth Mountains morning sounds.

Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area.

Jarbidge Cemetery on a bench outside town and above the river.

An elk bugling on the Uncompahgre Plateau in Colorado.

Late summer sounds on a small sheep farm in Brightwater, New Zealand.

Late-summer rain falling on a driveway in rural New Zealand.

Maitland Ridge near St. Arnaud, New Zealand, during a rest from the ride.

Lake Somerville, Texas, in August. Mosquitos and cicadas.

The crickets surge and pulse during the month of August in the Owyhee Mountains of western Idaho.

Camping during the summer of 2020 with a global pandemic raging produced some “interesting” experiences. Like the July 4 noise in this clip.

Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, is home to the small but mighty Spring Mountain ski area

A cat at rest and purring.

The Owyhee desert in southwest Idaho comes alive with birdsong, crickets and frogs in the spring.

Morning in the foothills near Boise, Idaho is peaceful, but not totally quiet.

Marsh Creek is one of two streams that join to form the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

The North Fork of the Payette River above Payette Lake—a quiet respite from the masses.

McCall, Idaho nighttime stillness.

White River Narrows Archaeological District. Part of the Basin and Range National Monument.

Sunrise in the Alabama Hills outside Lone Pine, California is enchanting.

Footsteps on concrete in a tunnel that connects the Idaho state capital with nearby administrative offices.

Hiking Mauna Kea, the highest point in Hawaii, only happens one step at a time.

The west coast of the Big Island of Hawaii during the day..

The west coast of the Big Island of Hawaii at night.

The peacefulness of a spring day in Boise, Idaho, with birdsong, construction and lawn mowers.

Boise musician Dan Costello performs a Rosalie Sorrels cover from the front porch of the house Sorrels grew up in.

Titus Ridge in central Idaho is a popular a popular hike for backcountry skiers. After a storm, it’s very still and silent.

The tram at Jackson Hole is abuzz as it whisks skiers to the summit of Rendezvous Mountain.

There’s an outdoor patio at the northwest end of Concourse B at Denver International Airport.

With no wind, the quiet on Mauna Kea—the highest point in Hawaii on the Big Island—is other-worldly.

This tenth-floor office in downtown Boise was brim-full with activity before the COVID-19 pandemic caused most of its employees to work from home.