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Originally Posted by speeder
So here is a really dumb question; why is there so much pressure as you go deeper in the ocean? Is it just the weight of all the water above you? At what depth does marine life cease to be present? Lastly, would humans just be obliterated at that depth/pressure? So there were never any intact human remains on the Titanic?
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For the time being, I will remain an expert in deep water submersible engineering.
Denis, that is actually five questions.
1). See below.
2) Yes.
3) Marine life has been found at the bottom of the deepest ocean trench, several miles down, under unfathomable pressures.
4) Yes but....
5) Dead bodies would not necessarily explode. Simply crushed, they would be.
In the case of this submersible, implosion likely happened in the blink of an eye and all occupants would have lost consciousness just that fast.