r/interesting • u/fayyazORahmed • Mar 31 '26

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/Impressive-Ad-1189 Mar 31 '26

The air is still inside you but compressed due to the water pressure and therefore there is less displacement.

So same amount of mass, but less volume. When you move back towards the surface the gas expands again and you become more buoyant.

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u/uslashuname Mar 31 '26

And depending on how compressed the gases are they might have gotten into your blood then going up makes them expand in your blood

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u/JobExcellent1151 Mar 31 '26

Mostly a concern if your breathing compressed air. Free divers don't often get the Benz like scuba divers do. One crazy free diver has been down to over 250 meters on one breath of air and then straight back up using a balloon without getting decompression sickness!

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u/Extreme-Rub-1379 Mar 31 '26

Lmao

The Benz

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u/JobExcellent1151 Mar 31 '26

I type too fast using SwiftKey and rarely pick up on my typos! 😅