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Oceans are deep (i.imgur.com)

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[–]thefourthhill 775 points776 points ago

This makes me very very uncomfortable

[–]pseudolobster 378 points379 points ago

Nowhere near as bad as seaweed touching your foot.

[–]mobuco 328 points329 points ago

is it seaweed?

[–]imperfectfromnowon 130 points131 points ago

Aw come on now... that didn't freak me out right now but I know that shit is going to make a flash appearance next time I'm out swimming in the lake. Dammit!

[–]Shitty_Watercolour 404 points405 points ago

http://imgur.com/XUwm5

[–]Chainmail_Danno 88 points89 points ago

My cats don't breathe under water. Those must be catfish.

[–]breckinshire 12 points13 points ago

Hiyoooo!

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    [–]thefourthhill 16 points17 points ago

    SHITTY WATERCOLOUR IN MY THREAD? My life, it is complete

    [–]poopheadpoopcheek 29 points30 points ago

    The hero reddit deserves

    [–]koopaatroopa 12 points13 points ago

    He has given us everything.

    [–]thewhitecross 12 points13 points ago

    No, not everything. Not yet.

    [–]thegoldengoat 3 points4 points ago

    But not the one it needs right now.

    [–]liam10000 3 points4 points ago

    THANKS FOR SAVING THE DAY ONCE AGAIN!

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      [–]ketchy_shuby 13 points14 points ago

      It took ne awhile to realize that wasn't a picture of a jellyfish ingesting a human.

      [–]JellyFishBandit 5 points6 points ago

      there are no more jellyfish.

      [–]JamesofN 4 points5 points ago

      Don't worry, its safe.. Come for a swim..

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        [–]CidO807 19 points20 points ago

        still not as scary as Candiru, at least you can kick that monster. try kicking a small fish that goes up your pee hole buddy.

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          [–]BigCrayolaCrayon 44 points45 points ago

          STOP GIVING ME GOOSEBUMPS

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            [–]hypnot0de 75 points76 points ago

            You should definitely check this out then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0

            [–]internet_interpol 19 points20 points ago

            That was AWESOME!

            [–]hypnot0de 18 points19 points ago

            The craziest part for me is that there's just one breath between him and a dark, watery grave. The yawning pit just serves to draw the line between known and unknown, and he dives into that unknown, with no indication from his senses that the pit's limit is less than his own. Thats truly living on the edge. I wish I had the endurance and/or the balls to try.

            [–]bee_keeper 2 points3 points ago

            It's fictional.

            [–]khenness 0 points1 point ago

            Its an art project, if you tried to do what he did you'd get bubbles in your blood when you came up and probably die. Its cool but impossible

            [–]renderless 13 points14 points ago

            That's not true, you get nitrogen bubbles in your blood because you are breathing in compressed gas from SCUBA tanks. Proof this can be done

            [–]hypnot0de 5 points6 points ago

            Not true. Nitrogen bubbles in the blood result from breathing air from a tank at high pressure, so as to balance the outside pressure of the water, then rapidly lowering outside pressure by ascension to the surface. In free diving, there is no air exchange. The lungs are compressed at the same rate as the rest of the body. While this video may have been staged, it is very much possible to do something akin to what was shown, given the proper training and preparation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-diving the record for an unweighted dive with no fins is 101 m, which is nothing to scoff at. However deans blue hole is 202 m deep. So I suppose to do exactly what was portrayed in the video would not be feasible. The record for a weighted free dive, though, is 214 m, around the depth of the hole, so physiologically, it is possible. Again though, what I find to be so enthralling is the psychological aspect of it. You may know that the hole is exactly 202 m deep, and that you have the capacity to descend to 214 m hypothetically, but nothing you can see of that hole tells you that. It's completely dark, and you have to trust yourself and be confident enough in yourself to simply know that the bottom is there somewhere and you won't drift endlessly down into the pit. You will reach it, and you will come back. But if you fuck up, if you accidentally let slip that one precious breath that you cling to, then it may well all be over for you. That's the exhilarating part.

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                [–]isacatch 2 points3 points ago

                That was scary!!!

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                  [–]manley1104 13 points14 points ago

                  That was crazy. If you are going to watch this, I recommend doing as the top comment on video suggests and mute it. Instead using Hans Zimmer's Time for the music. It's pretty amazing.

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                    [–]Yimez 18 points19 points ago

                    Same here, this is -- from my personal point of view -- one of the scarier, darker images I've seen on reddit.

                    Deep water is by far my biggest fear; especially deep, dark water where you can't see the bottom, such as the ocean. My worst nightmares always involve me plunging into the middle of the ocean, with so much unknown below me and surrounding me from all sides and angles, while I'm dangling in the water, hopeless to all that should choose to do what they will with me... I suppose it's the feeling of the unknown in the vast depths of the ocean, a place where I got hurt pretty badly with a violent tide many years ago, that makes me feel really uncomfortable.

                    At the same time, it's disturbingly serene and beautiful. The depths of the ocean are some of the most beautiful things I can think of, but at the same time some of the darkest and scariest as well.

                    /end paranoid freakout

                    [–]csonnich 4 points5 points ago

                    Ah, deep water terrifies me as well, and it's not even the thought of deep-sea creatures, just the idea of depth -- maybe it comes from that sense of isolation you get in the deep.

                    I recently started swimming laps at the local pool, and even though the deep end is only 9 feet, I have to give myself a little pep talk every time I get down there. My best experiences have been swimming in the lane next to the wall -- somehow it's not as scary as when there's a wall of water on both sides. A couple of times, though, I've had a mild panic attack and had to quit before I got to my target for the day.

                    I hyperventilate when snorkeling, even when I can see the bottom, but I keep trying it every chance I get anyway.

                    I draw the line at scuba diving, though. Panic attack + deep water + skittish oxygen supply = certain death for csonnich.

                    [–]TehWut 2 points3 points ago

                    my worst nightmare is something similar.

                    Put you in a glass box. Glass on all sides. Now drop it in the ocean. See, it's great this way because you can never relax anywhere in the box (exposed from all sides). And you can see the light slowly diminishing as you sink. Ah god this fear came from the deepest bowels of my mind. Slowly, slowly, you will sink, until you are forever exposed to the unkown darkness around you.

                    also, for a generously more frightening version of this post, please visit here

                    http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3132510/Epic+sea+monsters+comp/(http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3132510/Epic+sea+monsters+comp/)

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                      [–]Gyrant 194 points195 points ago

                      The vast deep darkness of the ocean, the few mile distance between sea level and the lowest point of the earth's crust, the sheer volume of water below you as you float in on the surface makes you uncomfortable?

                      Don't look up. Don't think about the meagre layer of gas that separates you from the infinite blankness above your head. Don't realize that you, standing in a field, are at the base of an abyss so unimaginable, it would fry your brains to know your true insignificance within it. You, floating at the surface of the ocean, are at the meeting point between two spaces, one below you, and one above.

                      We should not fear the ocean. We are creatures of a much greater abyss.

                      [–]webbitor 183 points184 points ago

                      You can't fall into the sky and drown. Simple as that.

                      [–]Maximilian_ 95 points96 points ago

                      I agree, the sky isn't filled with strange creatures capable of taking my life.

                      [–]Vilvos 114 points115 points ago

                      Don't underestimate pigeons.

                      [–]Helter-Skeletor 86 points87 points ago

                      Coo...muthafucka.

                      [–]koopaatroopa 10 points11 points ago

                      Coo coo motherfucker!

                      [–]makosira 2 points3 points ago

                      http://i.imgur.com/GabSl.jpg

                      http://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/wr2ur/album_cover_for_our_imaginary_metal_band_death/

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                        [–]CharonIDRONES 4 points5 points ago

                        Have you seen a freakin' Bald Eagle? I know one of those things could probably take my life, that's for sure. If eagles can take out wolves, then they sure as shit can take me out.

                        [–]duhcassinidivision 1 point2 points ago

                        there's a great Robert Heinlein story about that concept, i can never remember the title. guy is snatched up into a waterspout into a sort of 4-dimensional zoo for sky creatures.

                        [–]SuperSalamii 2 points3 points ago

                        You don't know what's out there in space!

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                          [–]HashbeanSC2 0 points1 point ago

                          until gravity shuts off and everything floats away

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                            [–]and_one_more_thing 13 points14 points ago

                            It is not the oceans we fear, but our toothy predators in them.

                            [–]csonnich 9 points10 points ago

                            I have to disagree. I most definitely fear oceans themselves, regardless of what other terrifying things might be in them.

                            [–]army_economist 3 points4 points ago

                            I definitely disagree. Though I'd hate to come face to face with that shark, I'm not really afraid of it.

                            But the depths of the ocean? I'm afraid of them because there's no fight. You can fight a shark or creature, you can push and lower your chances of death. Maybe, if you're fit enough and fast enough, you could fight the shark off.

                            But the depths of the ocean? Ocean don't give a fuck how much you fight, struggle or push. Once you're too far down to see the light, you're on a timer of maybe two minutes. Past a certain depth, there's no way to make it back to the surface. It's 100% confirmed death, plus mixed with some claustrophobia of the darkness and water pressing in around you

                            And in the deep ocean, the terrible thought that your body may never be found. After you float for a few days (if you're close to the top) or just sink, after that it's an eternity at the bottom of the ocean where nobody will ever find your body. You rest in eternal darkness, the weight of the ocean pressing down on your bones

                            Fuck the open ocean, fuck it with a rake

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                              [–]Vaztes 34 points35 points ago

                              That was beautiful

                              [–]n2610 30 points31 points ago

                              Don't you mean that that was deep?

                              [–]liam10000 4 points5 points ago

                              It just brought on a wave of emotion.

                              [–]dorfydorf 2 points3 points ago

                              If you wrote that yourself, kudos.

                              [–]acebroe 2 points3 points ago

                              And into one end he plugged the whole of reality as extrapolated from a piece of fairy cake, and into the other end he plugged his wife: so that when he turned it on she saw in one instant the whole infinity of creation and herself in relation to it. To Trin Tragula’s horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.

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                                [–]nathris 33 points34 points ago

                                This isn't even as deep as most lakes though. Try this one

                                [–]MrIste 49 points50 points ago

                                I was expecting Cthulhu at the bottom of that image.

                                [–]spazmodic- 10 points11 points ago

                                Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

                                [–]overkill 2 points3 points ago

                                Him or another betentacled monstrosity

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                                    [–]germandoorman 25 points26 points ago

                                    saw this exact comment on top the last time this pic got posted.

                                    [–]thefourthhill 16 points17 points ago

                                    I'm not Trapped_In_Reddit I promise!

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                                      [–]joe-z 3 points4 points ago

                                      Almost as uncomfortable as this.

                                      [–]RichardBehiel 4 points5 points ago

                                      It's really not as bad as you might think. I just got my scuba certification this week and as part of it I had to jump in the ocean three miles offshore. There was a reef out there so it was only 80ft deep or so, but still I couldn't see the bottom and I was terrified. The moment I jumped in I realized that it was awesome! Nothing to be afraid of really, the odds of a shark attack are very low. I went back there nine times this week and it's really just a great feeling to swim in the open ocean.

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                                        [–]squeak144 272 points273 points ago

                                        Obligatory

                                        [–]UpvoteHere 114 points115 points ago

                                        The whales come up covered in wounds? Yo, nature done be scary.

                                        [–]N0V0w3ls 47 points48 points ago

                                        Yes, from giant squid. We've known they existed and whales eat them for a long time. We used to think they were even bigger than they are, since sucker marks on whales were sometimes bigger than any specimens recovered. It turns out that as the whales grew, the scar tissue would stretch out and look like it came from a bigger wound. Sperm whales basically only come up with scratches and a full belly.

                                        [–]hambeast521 7 points8 points ago

                                        This made me feel so much better for some reason.

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                                          [–]TheSquisis 27 points28 points ago

                                          damn nature, you scary!

                                          [–]simulated_identity 47 points48 points ago

                                          Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

                                          [–]caspissinclair 21 points22 points ago

                                          Keep dreaming. PLEASE keep dreaming.

                                          [–]TheSecretMe 18 points19 points ago

                                          They dive to hunt large squids. Those types of squids tend to have hooks or teeth in each of their sucker cups. Looks like this.

                                          They can latch on with their suckers and then go to work with the teeth or hooks in the sucker. Now imagine 10 tentacles, each completely covered in suckers like that. Every single one of them ripping and tearing.

                                          [–]chudapati09 0 points1 point ago

                                          Well, I'm not going to sleep much tonight.

                                          [–]ConstipatedNinja 12 points13 points ago

                                          Just don't sleep four kilometers under the ocean's surface and you'll be fine.

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                                              [–]Hunsolo 67 points68 points ago

                                              I just looked at this thing for like 30 minutes

                                              [–]friendofelephants 6 points7 points ago

                                              oh geez, after looking at it for 15 minutes, I finally realized that you can scroll down, too!

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                                                [–]Sunriseninja 60 points61 points ago

                                                Haha Freddie Mercury ... Under pressure!

                                                [–]saucysaw 11 points12 points ago

                                                I blankly stared at it for like 30 seconds. ....I feel dumb now

                                                [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

                                                Oh my god, thank you - I never got that one.

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                                                  [–]Thaswassup 37 points38 points ago

                                                  Whats this about there being a door at the bottom of the Mariana trench?

                                                  [–]noob_job 48 points49 points ago

                                                  Totally real and not a joke in any way.

                                                  [–]R2_Droid 10 points11 points ago

                                                  Ahh yes!! Someone please, we need an answer

                                                  [–]FireRescue666 22 points23 points ago

                                                  Sorry dude, it's fake. We all wish it was real but it's not. However, David Bowie AND Freddie Mercury do live about 6,000 ft below surface.

                                                  [–]R2_Droid 2 points3 points ago

                                                  Ah well thank you, doesn't stop us from dreaming does it?

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                                                    [–]newtothelyte 2 points3 points ago

                                                    It's the entryway into Hell.

                                                    [–]FireRescue666 4 points5 points ago

                                                    Yeah, the first time I saw this picture, that really grabbed my attention and I became obsessed with the possibility of the unknown. Then I looked into it and not even beyond the first link I discovered that people prey on the retarded fascination we have with the deep..

                                                    Seriously though, how cool would it be!?

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                                                      [–]this-username 22 points23 points ago

                                                      Wait a minute, the free diving depth record is deeper than the Ohio Class Nuclear Sub depth limit?? Da fuq?

                                                      [–]aterian 10 points11 points ago

                                                      Actually not. According to Wikipedia, the tested limit for Ohio class subs is 240m, while the highest free diving depth record is 214 meters. See "Mens no-limit apnea." Also, keep in mind that records like that are set by basically tying a giant rock to your feet, then cutting it at the depth and inflating a giant balloon to get back to the surface ASAP.

                                                      They're close enough on the chart that it's hard to tell which is actually deeper, and the scale is large enough that 26 meters probably shouldn't even be a pixel of difference between the two lines anyway.

                                                      [–]tgjer 2 points3 points ago

                                                      Also, keep in mind that records like that are set by basically tying a giant rock to your feet, then cutting it at the depth and inflating a giant balloon to get back to the surface ASAP.

                                                      How the holy crap does this not kill them?

                                                      [–]Tuskuul 7 points8 points ago

                                                      because they don't have a steady supply of air in their system, the air they already have will only re-expand to the same volume it took up when they went down, the bends happens because of oversaturation of gasses in the blood at depth, when you rise with this oversaturation the gasses "boil" off in your blood stream if you rise too quickly, when your on a single breath of air this doesn't happen.

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                                                          [–]Lilyo 5 points6 points ago

                                                          TIL the Titanic decided to sink in the deepest part of the ocean like an asshole

                                                          [–]katalyst_ 6 points7 points ago

                                                          that is pretty cool, but i have only one question:

                                                          ...how the FUCK did we find oil that deep?

                                                          [–]nikchi 2 points3 points ago

                                                          We go to war over oil, you think a few thousand meters of water and dirt are gonna stop us?

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                                                              [–]lazysubtlephotoshop 88 points89 points ago

                                                              oceans are scary

                                                              [–]jeexbit 61 points62 points ago

                                                              I love the idea that the ocean is just the bottom-most layer of our atmosphere - you know, like really, really thick clouds...

                                                              [–]I_I_I_I_am_the_owl 3 points4 points ago

                                                              Maybe clouds are just outcast ocean atoms

                                                              [–]FXWillis 3 points4 points ago

                                                              Well that's more or less what happens on gas giants like Jupiter and Neptune. The atmosphere's gases compress until they become liquid.

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                                                                [–]Bancer705 178 points179 points ago

                                                                Nothing, and I do mean nothing, terrifies me more than this. This right here. :-\

                                                                [–]weatherbot_five 36 points37 points ago

                                                                the only thing that bothers me more than the concept of this abyss is if i knew that, along with the potential for limitless scary creatures, there were a shipwreck below.

                                                                manmade structures (especially older, barnacle covered stuff) underwater really bothers me more than anything in the world. i can't even touch the bottom of a buoy or think about it's slimy chain that connects it to the bottom of a dark, littered lake floor.

                                                                [–]doubleas21380 21 points22 points ago

                                                                Wow, finally someone who is just like me. We often go to the local reservoirs to go fishing and a few of them were towns that they flooded. I once saw a telephone pole way down in the water and what looked like the roof of a house and I immediately froze and haven't gone back.

                                                                I don't know where this irrational fear comes from, and it makes no sense. You're on top of the water, its not like you can fall down, yet when I see a piece of seaweed trailing down into the blackness, or think about a strip pit lake and how it goes from 18ft to a 90 degree drop off to 800ft, I feel weak and dizzy.

                                                                [–]cubicle_jockey 4 points5 points ago

                                                                Sounds like we could even start a support group for this shit. It's the same reason why water world freaked me out even though it was a horrible movie; the part in A.I. where they go to the company's headquarters and he falls in the ocean.

                                                                [–]Bancer705 3 points4 points ago

                                                                I hate strip pits. I have family in Kansas, and there are strip pits all over out there. My cousins would go swimming in them and I always thought they were absolutely crazy.

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                                                                  [–]mcplaty 7 points8 points ago

                                                                  Same. It's very strange.

                                                                  [–]Force_USN 3 points4 points ago

                                                                  I know exactly what you mean man... I can't stand swimming next to ships. Just... uhh.

                                                                  [–]NimbleForce 2 points3 points ago

                                                                  Swimming near to large things like bridge legs is really disturbing to me too. I would get a heart attack If I would fell to water next to a massive oil rig

                                                                  [–]Bancer705 4 points5 points ago

                                                                  When I was in high school, I was out on a lake in a raft with some friends, I looked down in the water, which was maybe 20 ft deep, and I saw a car at the bottom. I flipped out, and made them take me back to the shore.

                                                                  [–]noname_ashley 56 points57 points ago

                                                                  Are you sure? Would it not be scarrier if there were sharks with laser beams attached to their heads circling the guy?

                                                                  [–]Bancer705 146 points147 points ago

                                                                  No, cause at least then I'd know what I'm up against. This has nothing. Not a single creature in sight. It's the unknown. . .

                                                                  Edit: stupid spelling errors. . .

                                                                  [–]jdpwnsyou 81 points82 points ago

                                                                  How very Lovecraftian.

                                                                  "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."

                                                                  It's true.

                                                                  [–]cleverlyannoying 9 points10 points ago

                                                                  Sorry, it's making me twitch... "sight."

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                                                                    [–]KRSFive 12 points13 points ago

                                                                    For some reason regular sharks scare me more than the thought of sharks with laser beams on their heads. Perhaps due to a much more gruesome death that would be dealt out with their teeth rather than a laser.

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                                                                      [–]loafinbarns 21 points22 points ago

                                                                      The only thing that bothers me as much as open ocean is outer space.... My brain can't handle the emptiness

                                                                      [–]Yosafbrige 10 points11 points ago

                                                                      Oddly, Space doesn't bother me. I guess it's not nothingness that I'm afraid of, rather not knowing what the hell is underneath me.

                                                                      At least if you're stranded in Space it's pretty much time to just accept your fate and know that there is nothing you can do. It sounds terrifying; but almost peaceful knowing that it's just you and nothing else and it'll all be over soon.

                                                                      Ocean is anything but calm. You are stuck with this hope of "maybe someone will come along" but at the same time you know there are dozens of different ways you could die and anything could be beside you or underneath you and you wouldn't know it until it started nibbling at your legs. That's not a fear in space. Space is just vasty nothingness.

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                                                                        [–]wologimbat 8 points9 points ago

                                                                        For me it's this, but looking down. Being underwater looking at an anchor or buoy chain I can't see the bottom of creeps me out. The clearer the water, and the further I can see while not seeing the bottom, the worse it is. For some reason the linked pic isn't so bad because it isn't looking down. I can tell myself that the person taking the photo is standing on something.

                                                                        [–]Clauderoughly 20 points21 points ago

                                                                        add a weight cuffed to your ankle.... not enough to drag you down right away, but enough to pull you, wear you down, as much as you splash and swim, and try to tread water.. you can feel the constant downward pull... into the black, crushing depths.....

                                                                        [–]robcap 10 points11 points ago

                                                                        Why :(

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                                                                          [–]Surf_Ninja 3 points4 points ago

                                                                          I like swimming in big lakes and ocean. It makes me feel like nature is giving me a big hug. That's why i took a scuba diving course at school! its freakin awesome

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                                                                            [–]FinnInAJakeSuit 42 points43 points ago

                                                                            Indeed they are.

                                                                            [–]lazerllama10 13 points14 points ago

                                                                            Thank you for this. It's a hell of a lot more frightening than the original post, and it REALLY puts things to scale.

                                                                            [–]SOPA_NO 11 points12 points ago

                                                                            What is that at the bottom?

                                                                            [–]FrankAbagnaleSr 5 points6 points ago

                                                                            Cthulhu à̙̺̱̻͖͕̫̏͒̍̾̚z̎͐̔i̛̹̺̩̬n̼̙̩̣ͤͦ́ͬ͒ͩg̈́͑ͥ҉̹͈ ̞̯̯̫̪̥̰̽̇t͎̹̲̆̽͂̂ͧ̑h̩̓͛i̵͈̰̗ͤͅṉ̘ͮͥ̆̄g̳͈͔̜͚̦̯͒̓͛͊ͦ͗̀s͒̑ͩ̉҉̯̮̫̣͓̼ ͚̯͖̻̥͙̻͋̓ͯ̊̋w̮̤͕͖̲̐̒̂͗͋̓iͬ̉̽ṭ͎̹̜͙̮͑ͭ͋h̼͎̾ͬͫ͑̀ ̣͍͔̳ͬͥ̽̏̇͗ͧu̢̽̽ͨ̍̈́n̤͈̗̼̘͕̂ͪi͎͚c̜̪͕͍̭ͬͩ͞ͅo̲̫͆ͥ̑ͮ̂͑d̂̿͞e̮̙̹̞ͣ͌̐ͫ your soul.

                                                                            [–]dmirkin 5 points6 points ago

                                                                            FUCK FUCK FUCK THIS IS SO FUCKIN SCARY

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                                                                              [–]LNL_HUTZ 62 points63 points ago

                                                                              They're wet, too.

                                                                              [–]TylerRBack 45 points46 points ago

                                                                              That's deep, man.

                                                                              [–]christianskins 11 points12 points ago

                                                                              I sea what you did there

                                                                              [–]Shorthoplaser 10 points11 points ago

                                                                              sigh Upboat, upboat, upboat...

                                                                              [–]boomhaeur 7 points8 points ago

                                                                              Now, now, Bad puns just dampen the mood...

                                                                              [–]JRR_Tokeing 14 points15 points ago

                                                                              This picture brings out a raw, visceral fear in me.

                                                                              [–][deleted] 89 points90 points ago

                                                                              Fun and little know fact: Visible light is only present for less than 5% of the way down to the ocean floor. The vast majority of ocean is virtually a pitch black, lifeless abyss.

                                                                              edit: OK you guys, I know it's not completely lifeless, but the life-to-seawater ratio decreases drastically the deeper you go.

                                                                              [–]esoteric416 183 points184 points ago

                                                                              Not to add to the unease of some redditors, but, the ocean depths are far from "lifeless".

                                                                              [–]Squidfist 75 points76 points ago

                                                                              Yeah, those lightless parts have crazy critters eating carbon monoxide being released from fissures, and glowy boneless fish, and holycrap what the fuck aliens.

                                                                              [–]LunatriC 30 points31 points ago

                                                                              And Cthulhu.

                                                                              [–]Feragho 3 points4 points ago

                                                                              Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

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                                                                                [–]Tacitus_ 15 points16 points ago

                                                                                Deep ocean life is fucking scary (Dragonfish, Anglerfish). Luckily it doesn't grow too large... unless you count the giant squid (and their bigger cousin) which will grow to over 10 meters long from head to the tip of their hunting tentacles.

                                                                                [–]Odeeum 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                I read that as "hunting testicles" which made me chortle and yet still feel a bit terrified. Kudos.

                                                                                [–]vplatt 26 points27 points ago

                                                                                I've never understood why we're sending a mission to Mars when we still haven't bothered to colonize the bottom of the ocean.

                                                                                [–]EndTheFed1776 57 points58 points ago

                                                                                Because pressure

                                                                                [–]BrainSlurper 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                We can go down there, colonization is just a bad idea. Much like mars.

                                                                                [–]northdancer 20 points21 points ago

                                                                                Just drain the oceans.

                                                                                [–]lefthomerow 69 points70 points ago

                                                                                And put the water on Mars! Humanity saved. Let's fold our arms and lean back in our chairs, friends. We've done good work today.

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                                                                                    [–]devilwarriors 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                    can't we just do both.

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                                                                                        [–]52Hzwhale 21 points22 points ago

                                                                                        Not lifeless. Life, uh, finds a way.

                                                                                        [–]Combustible_lem0ns 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                        That flashlight fish looked like it it was holding a dagger. I was more scared than ever.

                                                                                        [–]FiveSmash 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                        Uhh...

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                                                                                          [–]TheSecretMe 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                          You have no idea what this really means until you've been scuba diving in murky water.

                                                                                          After a few meters the light is so diffuse you can't tell where the sun is. A few meters more and it'll be hard to tell which direction is up.

                                                                                          Won't be long now before things start to get seriously dark. You can stretch out your arm and barely see your fingers. Can't see the surface, can't see the bottom, just a directionless gloom all around you. The icy cold is getting to you after you passed through the thermocline.

                                                                                          With nothing to see around you, your thoughts turn inwards. Listening to the heavy sound of your inhaling followed by the bubbling exhalation you become aware of the thousands of tons of water above you. If your equipment malfunctions now, there's no way you'll be able to swim for the surface fast enough.

                                                                                          I hate diving in my country sometimes.

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                                                                                            [–]elrobinto 16 points17 points ago

                                                                                            When I was diving in Belize we'd normally drop over the reef, and then swim out to the sea wall to get a bit more depth.

                                                                                            One time we dropped out of the boat a couple of hundred metres away from the wall, over the ocean. I had thought nothing of it before we did it, but being surrounded by blue in every direction was pretty terrifying, and I think me and my buddy swam a bit faster than we should have done.

                                                                                            [–]cochsmth 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                            that creepy cold feeling when you realize just how out of your element you are...

                                                                                            [–]quigley0 33 points34 points ago

                                                                                            10ft or 10,000ft, you still drown the same. :-)

                                                                                            [–]DiegoXIV 55 points56 points ago

                                                                                            At 10k feet, there is no hope of swimming up, and I'm pretty sure the pressure is sucking the air out of your body. So no, you don't really drown the same.

                                                                                            [–]taranaki 31 points32 points ago

                                                                                            "sucking" is too gentle of a word. The pressure is crushing every bone in your rib cage as your lungs collapse, ejecting your air into an abyss so large and empty that it is likely no living creature over the size of a floating microbe will notice

                                                                                            [–]CidO807 15 points16 points ago

                                                                                            crush'ing' would imply that it does this over a period of time. at 10,000ft down you would just pop and be done with it.

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                                                                                              [–]iTzMatt 12 points13 points ago

                                                                                              Wouldn't it be pushing the air out of your body not sucking it out?

                                                                                              [–]jimmydabig 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                              *Pressing the air out of your body.

                                                                                              In reality, you'd probably be crushed long before you had to worry about drowning anyway. The human skull isn't made to handle that kind of external pressure.

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                                                                                                [–]Nephrinn 25 points26 points ago

                                                                                                Yeah, but you wouldn't drown at 10,000ft, you'd get smashed into a sardine can. :D

                                                                                                [–]liberal_texan 16 points17 points ago

                                                                                                Wait, I thought sardines were put in cans in factories. You're telling me the cans are their natural habitat?

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                                                                                                    [–]troopah 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                    Moments later.

                                                                                                    [–]bauera97 18 points19 points ago

                                                                                                    That's a very profound title.

                                                                                                    [–]EJWatson 26 points27 points ago

                                                                                                    True, oceans are deep.. but that image is faked—so no need to be terrified by this particular photo.

                                                                                                    THIS photo, however... should haunt your nightmares.

                                                                                                    [–]Reed18 42 points43 points ago

                                                                                                    I've seen this picture more than I've seen my own dick. And I fap a lot.

                                                                                                    [–][deleted] 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                                    I stare at my dick while fapping too

                                                                                                    [–]ishavedtreebeard 24 points25 points ago

                                                                                                    I stare at yours too...

                                                                                                    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                    I NEED AN ADULT

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                                                                                                        [–]Random_Internets 25 points26 points ago

                                                                                                        so many people afraid, instead i sit in awe and amazement. the ocean is more foreign to us than outer space. its like visiting another world and feeling so alien to everything in it. its amazing to sit there in open water knowing how out of place you really are.

                                                                                                        [–]sirdud 24 points25 points ago

                                                                                                        The ocean is foreign to us, but definitely not as foreign as outer space. We seriously know borderline nothing about outer space

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                                                                                                          [–]StickFigureNinja 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                          Even deeper one: http://imgur.com/cDaa1

                                                                                                          [–]Azumia 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                          Not sure if it's been linked already, but here's a wallpaper sized version.

                                                                                                          [–]runplaysleeprun 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                          Obligatory xkcd

                                                                                                          [–]DarthDonut 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                          Near the most unsettling picture I've ever seen.

                                                                                                          [–]guitarman90 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                          This makes my toes curl.

                                                                                                          [–]Apocol0id 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                          Then, after looking for what feels like hours under your feet, you see it. THE EYE. It only slightly reflects the light from the surface, but you can make out the pupil...as large as a school bus. A deep rumble jostles the very water around you and shakes your strained lungs. You panic. The ocean around you seems to pulsate with the slow, lumbering motion of the unknown entity what seems like leagues beneath your slowly kicking feet.

                                                                                                          [–]Karma_Please 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                          that is actually one of my greatest fears i have never swam in beach in my whole life.

                                                                                                          [–]Wanderlustfull 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                          Fuck, dude. Swimming in a beach would be hard as hell. Swimming in the sea next to a beach... now that's easy as pie.

                                                                                                          [–]Karma_Please 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                          im in a wheel chair its still hard

                                                                                                          [–]Wanderlustfull 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                          Well... shit.

                                                                                                          [–]wheelz 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                          Reminds me of Myst.

                                                                                                          [–]andrewsmith1986 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                          No Cthulhu?

                                                                                                          [–]SamuraiJakkass86 62 points63 points ago

                                                                                                          Who is this Cthulhu of which you speak?

                                                                                                          [–]ValhallaSinking 27 points28 points ago

                                                                                                          This freaked me out a lot more than I thought it would

                                                                                                          [–]JudgementTime 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                          All hail Cthulu!

                                                                                                          [–]Kela3000 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                          This must be his little pet.

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                                                                                                            [–]carbonite 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                            The original image just wasn't long enough.

                                                                                                            [–]Falcon_Kick 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                            Agh, I know which picture you're talking about, but I can't find it

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                                                                                                              [–]AtomikRadio 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              I've seen this as a wallpaper a few times but never asked for the raw image. Does anyone have a suitable high resolution version for desktop purposes?

                                                                                                              [–]dasomen 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                              Here: 1920x1200 wallpaper Edit: Here's another Cthulhu included ( 1920x1200 wallpaper

                                                                                                              [–]Shapeshift1 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                              This is actually more like it. http://i.imgur.com/bgtjT.jpg

                                                                                                              [–]Spreeg 13 points14 points ago

                                                                                                              TIL

                                                                                                              [–]TheFronzSaysEhh 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                                              i shuddered when i saw this

                                                                                                              [–]bkelly1984 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                                              I realized the moment I fell into the fissure that the book would not be destroyed as I had planned.

                                                                                                              [–]Im_honest_okay 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              The best way to explore them is with concrete boots!

                                                                                                              [–]stairgazer 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                              I believe this is a digital drawing, not a photograph. Just sayin.

                                                                                                              [–]scotchburg 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                              What's the source of this? I think it would make a great poster.

                                                                                                              [–]HighAccountant 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                              this image embodies a sense of freedom and tranquility.

                                                                                                              [–]topher-dot-com 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              I once went swimming about 25 miles off the coast of the Atlantic, in about 300 ft of water. This beautifully captures it. Looking down all you could see was blue below you with no end in sight. It was beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Something could have been swimming below me a hundred feet or more and I would never even know...

                                                                                                              [–]hanzibonzi 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              Isn't this Jaws?

                                                                                                              [–]flignir 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                              I thought the same thing, which is remarkable, because it's nothing like the jaws poster.

                                                                                                              [–]Ignatz_42 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                              The Big Blue :-)

                                                                                                              [–]Ignatz_42 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                                              The Big Blue :-)

                                                                                                              [–]waywardmuffin 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              Deep and scary.

                                                                                                              [–]Barchen 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              I think this is beautiful, not terrifying.

                                                                                                              [–]cyberfinger 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                              Woman falls off cruise ship and is never seen again

                                                                                                              [–]Probydoby 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                                              Wow, just look at this picture and realize that [insert some pseudo philosophical pretentious bullshit]. Makes you think doesn't it?

                                                                                                              [–]nu0r -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                                              This is why I hate swimming in the ocean.

                                                                                                              [–]garlicscapes -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                                              Someone tell me how deep the ocean is in Titanics. Go!

                                                                                                              [–]PunchYouInTheVagina -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                                              Fuck everything about that

                                                                                                              [–]brussels4breakfast -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                                              And cold too said two men pissing off of a bridge.

                                                                                                              [–]SuggestiveMaterial -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                                              Again... NOPE

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