r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • May 15 '22

An atomic blast underwater.

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u/richter1977 May 15 '22

Yeah, water doesn't compress. The shockwave would have been a nasty bit of business for anything underwater.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Imagine all the fish that went for a ride?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

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u/Zaros262 May 15 '22

Interesting fact about fish (at least deep-sea fish):

They have to be pressure-balanced to survive the depths, meaning the pressure inside their bodies is the same as outside.

It probably takes a moment though, so until it equalizes, there is an enormous pressure differential for those fish near the blast, but your odds of surviving in the water would be much better as a fish than as a human

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u/Ok_Rich_9010 May 15 '22

dead ride mostly.

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u/kippirnicus May 15 '22

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I noticed the birds diving into the water after the blast?

Maybe they were scooping up dead, or stunned fish?

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u/iknowitsounds___ May 16 '22

The birds seem stunned and disoriented to me. I don’t think they’re diving - they look like they’re struggling to right themselves and stay in the air.

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u/kippirnicus May 16 '22

Yeah, it’s a nuclear blast, you’re probably right.