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What would happen if you were teleported to the bottom of the ocean?
You would be crushed from all sides. The pressure at the bottom is in excess of 15,000 psi or pounds(force)/in^2.
What is the deepest humans have gone underwater?
Vescovo’s trip to the Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, back in May, was said to be the deepest manned sea dive ever recorded, at 10,927 meters (35,853 feet).
What happens to a human body at crush depth?
Since your body’s internal pressure is so much less than the ambient pressure, your lungs would not have the strength to push back against the water pressure. At a deep enough level, the lungs would collapse completely, killing you instantly.
How many meters below sea level is the Challenger Deep?
Its elevation is 400 meters (1,312 feet) below sea level. However, if depth were measured from the ocean floor, the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean would be the lowest place on Earth. It measures 11,034 meters (36,200 feet) below sea level.
What is the lowest elevation of the Dead Sea?
Highs and Lows. Straddling the border between Israel and Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest place on the Earth’s surface. Its elevation is 400 meters (1,312 feet) below sea level.
What is the highest altitude a human can survive?
Above about 8,000 meters (26,000 feet), the human body cannot survive at all, and starts to shut down. Mountaineers call this altitude the “death zone.” To prevent severe altitude sickness, mountaineers bring supplemental (extra) supplies of oxygen and limit their time in the “death zone.”
What prevents the sea surface from being truly level?
However, wind s, current s, river discharge s, and variations in gravity and temperature prevent the sea surface from being truly level. So that the surface of the ocean can be used as a base for measuring elevations, the concept of ” local mean sea level ” has been developed. In the United States and its territories,…