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smoooooth, in their lane, flourishing (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago* by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 15 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

No shit they can't. Who the fuck was told "there are sharks living in this volcano" and said "hm I wonder what the feasibility of a person going down there is"

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Had to look up the place. Looks like the temperature gets a bit over 100F (38C) in some places. Acidity isn't an issue for the diver, although it could be damaging to their gear. Search results suggest this picture was taken at ~160 feet, which is a reasonable dive for any technical diver

    I've done a similar dive profile in Yellowstone looking at hydrothermal vents. It's a reasonable dive for any experienced and qualified diver. I'm guessing they didn't have a technical diver, with equipment, on hand. It was likely much easier to drop a camera and bait

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Why, why would you want to dive in the ACID SHARK VOLCANO

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    For research purposes

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    There is a surprising amount of research I can use as an excuse to do stupid dives. Tons of scientific research that happens in cave diving, since you've got almost pristine aquatic environments that have lasted tens of thousands of years

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