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Incessant car sirens, trains, and the general hustle'n'bustle make city living hard on the ears. In Beyond, an audiovisual experiment, stock footage provider Dissolve puts together a cathartic audiovisual assault on this everyday urban noise, juxtaposing their own library of sweeping mountain, river, and forest footage with Soundsnap's jarring recordings of noise pollution. The beeps and bumps slowly fade out, leaving nothing but pristine views and a soothing soundtrack of babbling brooks and wildlife.With a range of landmarks spanning Alberta, Iceland, Greenland, Scottish Highlands, Hawaii, Utah, and Northern Canada, Dissolve prompts viewers to "Take two minutes, put on your headphones, and witness Earth on a geological scale."Beyond was produced for Earth Day, which is this Wednesday, April 22. Enjoy the video below, and good luck not ditching your life and moving to a cabin in the woods before then.Beyond from Dissolve on Vimeo.To learn about licensing clips from Dissolve, click here.Related:An Intelligent Drone Takes Extreme Snowboarding to the SkiesSoaring Over San Francisco Looks Even Better in 4KDaring Photographer Captures Night Photos of NYC Skyline from 7,500 Feet
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