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- WordsnCollision, on 10/21/2008, -5/+225Nice to know there's still stuff to be discovered. Good post!
- einsteinxx, on 10/22/2008, -1/+127A science story on the front page? My faith in Digg is restored.
- inigomntoya, on 10/22/2008, -2/+127Dugg for Playmobile boat and Captain used in a true scientific experiment.
- ZeNiTH456, on 10/22/2008, -0/+75Direct link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOL8kUtufg
- sealink, on 10/22/2008, -3/+62I have a hobbyist's interest in polar exploration, so this was fascinating. The Fram was an unusually shaped boat, made to not just withstand the pack ice, but pop up out of it if she risked being frozen into it. Because of her deep and round profile, she was probably especially vulnerable to this.
- harley999, on 10/22/2008, -0/+56hahaha, love this comment.
By Matt
Tue Oct 21 20:21:46 BST 2008
Does this mean I could become trapped in the bath if I don't mix in the epsom salts properly? - o0joshua0o, on 10/22/2008, -6/+60All I saw was the mysterious "dead website" effect....
- YoctoYotta, on 10/21/2008, -2/+50Is this similar to the underwater lake phenomenon where pools of super-salinated water collect in pockets at the sea floor and appear to have their own waves and shores? I read the article, but it sounds like the phenomenon they are talking about takes place on or near the water surface.
- sealink, on 10/22/2008, -1/+39You're talking about brine pools, and the article is talking about the halocline, a separation of waters based on salinity. So in that respect, yes, it has to do with salinity, but the difference between the layers of water is not like that between seawater and a brine. There may also be some temperature effects, as water at high pressures at depth is significantly colder (and denser) than sea water at the surface.
So a better analogy might be those fluid density models we all made in grade school with oil, water, dish soap and rubbing alcohol. - inigomntoya, on 10/22/2008, -2/+30Comment Hijack with direct link to YouTube video showing the effect -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOL8kUtufg - bannoy, on 10/22/2008, -1/+29you mean Bikini Bottom?
- jtron9k, on 10/22/2008, -1/+29I couldn't agree more. And just think, we're still talking about undiscovered stuff on Earth. Once you bring outer space into the mix, we've REALLY got some more things to see.
- Uiaccsk, on 10/22/2008, -1/+27The world would be a boring place if no one ever had any 'weird' hobbies
- Brian48216, on 10/22/2008, -3/+26not to be insulting or patronizing or what not but...
how does one get into polar exploration as a "hobby"?
I can see cars, astronomy, etc. Polar exploration seems like a hell of a hobby though! - thePTS, on 10/22/2008, -2/+23Very interesting, and very well demonstrated
- sealink, on 10/22/2008, -0/+18I'm a girl, and my hobbyist's interest comes from collecting accounts of polar expeditions and at some point hoping to go to the poles myself.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/22/2008, -1/+18Um, that's not computer generated. It's a tank in a lab.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/22/2008, -2/+18The ocean
- WienersofSteel, on 10/22/2008, -0/+16fag
- captainanndor, on 10/22/2008, -0/+13Well, I've just crossed your name off my "Potential Sexual Partners" list.
- billbugger, on 10/22/2008, -1/+13The Discovery channel ran the mini series called Planet Earth. In one of them, they were focusing on caves. In one of the caves, under water, the diver seemed as if he was floating in air above the water when, in fact, it was a different layer of water. It looked very surreal; that was an amazing shot!
- elementop, on 10/22/2008, -2/+13No, Goo Lagoon.
- starslinger72, on 10/22/2008, -0/+11Wait you cant fly and shoot laser beams?
- protodon, on 10/22/2008, -1/+12Oh Physics, why must you hold us back?? If it wasn't for you I'd be able to fly and shoot laser beams out of my urethra!
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -0/+10Good. Now I don't feel so creepy about my collection of blowup dolls.
- GiJoeBob, on 10/22/2008, -2/+11Was the narrator a Valley Girl?
- doctechnical, on 10/22/2008, -2/+11Not a computer simulation, they used water in a tank and a toy boat. "Scaled down model" is a better description.
- KenSPT, on 10/22/2008, -3/+12Sounds like a Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie starring Mark-Paul Gosselar ...
- RealmDown, on 10/22/2008, -0/+9Lord no, and I'm backing away slowly.
- thomashallock, on 10/22/2008, -0/+8"caught on film" is less exciting when it's recreated in a lab.
- billbugger, on 10/22/2008, -0/+8Maybe he's that old guy that discovers the Internet in odd places.
- Harabeck, on 10/22/2008, -0/+8The Bermuda triangle has no more dissappearences for a body of water its size and traffic density than any other body of water in the world. There is nothing going on there but the usual stuff that happens anywhere else.
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -0/+8Here's the video of the caves episode of Planet Earth: http://tvshack.net/documentaries/BBC_Planet_Earth_ ... and look under "B" for BBC to see the rest of the episodes here: http://tvshack.net/documentaries/
- nj10ii, on 10/22/2008, -1/+8while I on the other side of the street would be able to fly and shoot laser beams AT your urethra!
- enantiodromia, on 10/22/2008, -0/+7Science. It works, bitches.
- TheDHC, on 10/22/2008, -0/+7i've explored a couple poles in my day.
- inigomntoya, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6That's awesome! Nothing says true fisherman like a captain that brings home a killer whale after 3 months on the high seas.
- bigfinger, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6its too soon for that, but it will get better once the election spam from blogs promoting them selves have nohting to do.
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -4/+10This is not "caught on film". It it were, every episode of Mythbusters would be "caught on film" event.
- derpoopflinger, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6THE WATER WAS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!!!!! dun dun dun
does that help? - YoctoYotta, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6Word, thanks!
- LeviTheSmith, on 10/23/2008, -1/+7Makes it easier
- craighoxton, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6I find your lack of faith disturbing
- EverTheCynic, on 10/22/2008, -2/+8But what about the ever-present threat of dark water? Are the scientists taking steps to locate the Treasures of Rule?
- sgtbutterscotch, on 10/22/2008, -0/+5Anyone else notice that the boat had pieces of tape on it, like it got a hole in it and the researches couldn't afford to get another toy boat. Also, was that a lego man leading the quest for answers on the frontier that is science, yet again?
- myk7, on 10/22/2008, -1/+6Is it just me or is that not very interesting?
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/22/2008, -1/+6And not only that, I seriously doubt they used film at all. It was probably video tape or flash memory.
- theboyross, on 10/22/2008, -0/+5My son has that toy - it's a fishing boat that contains a whale. Gotta love those crazy Norwegians.
- Harabeck, on 10/22/2008, -0/+5The effect itself was indeed caught on film. It wasnt "in the wild" and it was scaled down, but that was the effect being discussed that is showed on the video. And, depending on which specific episodes youre talking about, Mythbusters would count as a "caught on film" event too. For instance, the hindenburg episode wouldnt count, it only showed a possible cause for a past event, but the ninja catching arrows would count, if it happened to be the first time someone filmed it.
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -0/+4Yes please.
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