Sound waves travel through the air in the standard manner.

Some waves can travel thousands of miles before reaching land.

The wave didn't travel far, as it struck land almost immediately.

The waves travel at a great speed across an ocean with little energy loss.

Imagine a straight wave traveling forward along the surface of the water.

It is also the distance a sound wave would travel in the collapse time.

This allows the waves to travel a long distance with little loss in energy.

However, such waves would theoretically travel at the speed of light.

These short waves cannot travel far because they bounce off even small objects.

The waves travel through space and get absorbed by other atoms.