Archive for August, 2009
Scuba divers need to have all their bases covered before plunging into the recesses of the murky deep. An appropriate diving suit or skin is crucial, of course, as is the scuba apparatus itself. But what about those handy accessories that experienced divers swear by? Will you ever actually use a diving knife, even if you were to attach it to your gear?
The answer is yes, unequivocally. All too often, divers become tangled in discarded nets and underwater plants. Seaweed can wrap itself around your body with a vice-like “grip,” so it’s best to be prepared to disengage from these situations. A quality knife should be made of titanium or stainless steel at the very least. You won’t want to pack a knife that could corrode after a few uses.
The Bloop was a name given to an in the summer of 1997. The sound was detected repeatedly near the southwest coast of South America. The reason The Bloop is so mysterious is that it rose in frequency over the course of about a minute, and was of sufficient amplitude to be heard on various sensors throughout the region. Scientists believed that because of the increase in frequency, the sound was produced by a living animal, however, because of the amplitude, the creature would have to be several times the size of the blue whale, the largest known creature on earth.
The blue whale is the largest creature believed to have ever existed on the face of the earth, and The Bloop is just one reason why so many people believe the ocean still holds a lot of mysteries even as the age of discovery came to an end. The Bloop will continue to fascinate scientists for decades to come, and many will just wish someone could have been down there with a scuba mask to see the origin of the noise!