Underwater Helium-Fueled Tourette Syndrome - F*ck it's cold!
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Stumble ThisA pair of marine biologists descend down a deep coral-reef drop-off in the central Pacific, using high-tech closed-circuit rebreathers and breathing a mixture containing mostly helium. As they pass a depth of 320 feet on the way down, they discover what it feels like to penetrate a thermocline from the balmy 85-degree equatorial sea-surface temperatures, to the 50-degree deep upwelled water below. The diver carrying the camera, who was wearng only a t-shirt and swimsuit under his rebreather gear, had no idea that every helium-affected word he was saying was being picked up by the camera's microphone.
Pure Catharsis!
“it's bullshit. I've been to a depth of 150 ft around the same lat and it's much darker.”
It all depends on the turbidity of the water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbidity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic
It can be darker at 150 ft than at 400 ft. Personally I've never been below 150 feet, but yes, I've seen it a LOT darker than in this video. It's all relative to a certain depth and turbidity, as well as any effect the videocamera's optics / filters might have on the perceived darkness.
Nonetheless, I don't doubt the authenticity of the video (with the possible exception as to their stated depth), because as I'm sure you know, at depths below 150 feet you generally use tri-mixes that include a large percentage of helium, and that several rebreather setups (and other enclosed mask systems) support closed-circuit voice communications. I just wish more tech divers would record their voice communications.
the ugh reminds me of the wilhelm.
"I know!"
<chuckle>
"It feels good!"
This is a 7 minute movie of a chipmonk bitching about how cold the water is. 10 seconds of a fish. and then talking about swimming in pee.
thats the entire movie in a nutshell.
Great find..!
can't. stop. laughing.
*promote