Pressure from altitude to ocean depth [🎞️ thebrainmaze]

Its funny. Many people get some mild to extreme level of altitude sickness when coming here to the mountains. But for me, I get physically ill going to sea level now. 🤣 Feels so heavy. Spent my life living on coasts & islands. Crazy how fast our bodies adapt.

Pressure increases steadily as you move from high altitude down to ocean depth because the weight of the atmosphere and then water above you adds force. At sea level it’s ~1 atm, while deep ocean trenches can reach hundreds to over a thousand atmospheres due to water density and depth.

nature said: stay in your lane

This is one of the best visuals I’ve seen showing just how thin our atmosphere is compared to the crushing weight of water. Mind-blowing.