Wow a lot of good info there thanks. I took a scuba course too where they taught that. It was padi. I haven't finished my dives yet as I'm waiting for the water to warm up but can't wait. I am on long island and took the class during the winter in a heated indoor pool. I am probably going...
Thanks again guys, I know not to get my science from movies but I also thought that is actually what would happen and could not understand why. Now I know why I couldn't understand it :) because it wouldn't happen. Thanks again, that's been bugging me.
One last question. Unfortunately my example is from some movie, and maybe this is why I'm getting confused.
I forget the movie, maybe the abyss or the sphere. Someone was trying to escape a submarine that was pretty much at the bottom of the sea. He went in his escape pod and raced to the...
Hey guys, thanks for the responses. I never heard of a bathysphere before :) So now if I add a human into the equation and drop him to the bottom of the sea in the same container I could raise him back up without needing to worry about differences in pressure then? My example is just assuming...
Ok stupid question I know but I'm probably just thinking about it all wrong. If I have a container that can't be compressed in any way filled with air and I bring it to the bottom of the sea why would the air pressure inside increase? The way I'm thinking is that it is separated from any...