I was diving in a field of ice at a depth of 27 degrees Farenheit. Just moments before an unscheduled, uncontrolled dash to the surface because of a free flowing regulator and dry suit inflator valve, I had been watching my exhaust bubbles. At that temperature, the air bubbles would freeze and glaze over, and as the bubbles grew in size, they would break into a gazillion shimmering shards of ice crystals, only to reform and repeat the process. The larger shards of ice held the image of the sun, which was overhead. That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Of course, hitting the surface like a runaway polaris missle wasn't very cool at all... :( Doing surface intervals while floating under a star lit sky, rule! Quoting Gary Liptrot <n7zi@comcast.net>:
Guy, I did some Lunar observing while night diving in a fresh water lake. My friend and I were on the surface and turned off our lanterns. It was near full moon. We turned on our backs and bled our BCs and slowly sunk to 40 feet at which point our tanks clunked on the rocks. The whole way down we watched the moon shimmer on the surface of the lake. Quite a peaceful astro/scuba moment even if it was at 1X... B)
73 de n7zi Gary
"Why buy something for ten bucks when you can make it for a hundred." JR
----- Original Message ----- From: <diveboss@xmission.com> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] August SLAS meeting and fusing galaxies
Yes, a dive instructor. My goal in life is to view the Milky Way from underwater. Maybe I'll check out one of the clubs loaner scopes and take it swimming. ;) Yo, Rob...
Quoting Melana urianza <hotfudgesundaewnuts@yahoo.com>:
Are you a diver?
diveboss@xmission.com wrote:You missed it! We had a very remarkable and talented young lady tell us how to escape from a black hole. For those who like to stretch a dollar, the event threshold would be the place for you. Of course, getting chopped and chewed and pulled to pieces going through a black hole while holding onto the dollar wouldn't be too cool. Once in the black hole, I don't think I would have the energy or desire to escape... ;) Thanks Ann. Good job!
Quoting Joe Bauman :
We had a visitor last night and could not attend the meeting. Could someone send a brief description of the talk and tell about the talker, just for my future reference? Thanks, Joe
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