A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening.
BERNIE KRAUSE
BERNIE KRAUSE
Bernie Krause
Bernie Krause4 quotes“A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening.”
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