Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery waves, or whispering-gallery modes, are a type of wave that can travel around a concave surface. Originally discovered for sound waves in the whispering gallery of St Paul’s Cathedral, they can exist for light and for other waves, with important applications in nondestructive testing, lasing, cooling and sensing, as well as in astronomy. Whispering-gallery waves were first explained for the case of St Paul's Cathedral circa 1878 by Lord Rayleigh, who revised a previous misconception that whispers could be heard across the dome but not at any intermediate position. He explained the phenomenon of travelling whispers with
Whispering Pines, North Carolina Whispering Pines, North Carolina Whispering Pines is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,928 at the 2010 census. Whispering Pines is located at (35.255583, -79.370890). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (17.44%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,090 people, 970 households, and 770 families residing in the village. The population density was 689.9 people per square mile (266.3/km²). There were 1,054 housing units at an average density of 347.9 per square