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Interesting a commenter on the video notes the pressure there is equivalent to only 10 meters underwater. Imagine the force 2 miles below
by Dave_TRS 3y ago
Interesting a commenter on the video notes the pressure there is equivalent to only 10 meters underwater. Imagine the force 2 miles below
- soneil 3y ago10 meters of water is one atmosphere, so they're right - 0 on the inside and 1 on the outside is a pressure differential of one atmosphere. "almost 4000 meters of water" is "almost 400 atmospheres". About 2.7 tons per square inch. I find that that absolutely unimaginable. - I can't find any equivalence that my brain can make sense of.
- 101008 3y agoI am probably too stupid, but how is that possible? A lot of divers go 10 meters underwater and don't die of pressure, right?
- Qem 3y agoPressure equalizes as they descend slowly. It's different from descending 4000m inside an armoured can and have it all released upon you in a split second.
- ceejayoz 3y agoHumans are less compressible than an empty steel tank (being mostly water) and when they dive they don't teleport from 0 to 10 meters in an instant.
- wholinator2 3y agoWell, sea level is at 1 atm already, so an increase to 2 atm isn't immediately catastrophic. However, if you took that tank filled entirely with sea level air and shoved it down 30 feet under the water the same thing would happen. It instantly crumples because its hollow. We're full of water with some air in a couple places. We'd crumple too if we were just a layer of skin over an air sac. But as it stands, the human body can withstand that pressure alright