Eclipse Soundscapes Training: How to Check to See if AudioMoth Clock is set (Data Collector Role)

This instructional training video demonstrates how Eclipse Soundscapes (ES) Data Collectors can determine if the internal clock on their AudioMoth device is set prior to deployment.

Before deploying the AudioMoth device for the Eclipse Soundscapes Project, it was essential to confirm that the AudioMoth’s internal clock was correctly set. Accurate time synchronization ensured that recorded soundscape data could be aligned precisely with eclipse phase timing, including eclipse maximum (annularity in 2023 and totality in 2024), and compared across geographic locations.

This instructional video demonstrates how Data Collectors verified the AudioMoth clock prior to field deployment, helping to maintain temporal consistency across hundreds of distributed recording sites.

Eclipse Soundscapes Data Collectors used AudioMoth devices to record full-spectrum environmental audio, known as soundscapes, for five consecutive days surrounding either the October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse or the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. Proper clock configuration was a critical step in ensuring that audio recordings could be accurately interpreted in relation to rapid changes in light conditions during the eclipse.

This video was part of the official Eclipse Soundscapes (ES) training materials and is preserved to document the scientific framing, participation protocols, and accessibility-informed instructional design provided to volunteer scientists. Archiving this resource supports transparency, methodological consistency, and future reuse of the Eclipse Soundscapes participation framework.

General Eclipse Soundscapes Project Information

The Eclipse Soundscapes Project (ES) was a NASA Volunteer Science project funded by NASA Science Activation that studied how solar eclipses affect life on Earth during the October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse and the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. ES revisited a historic study from the early 1900s showing that animals respond to eclipses and used modern technology and public participation to expand that research.

Eclipse Soundscapes was an enterprise of ARISA Lab, LLC and was supported by NASA award No. 80NSSC21M0008. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in materials from the project were those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.