If you jumped out of an airplane without a parachute and landed in the ocean. Would you live? in Community >
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18 May 2012, 00:54 (1 year ago)
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     From a large enough height, you would not survive. I've jumped off an approximately 60' cliff into a lake and as long as you know how to hit the water, you are ok.
However, from a high enough fall, the water might as well be solid concrete thanks to the surface tension. Even if you could get into a proper position for entering the water, the force of the impact would most likely break your legs, and hip, and possible ram your legs up into your abdomen and chest cavity. However, if you were somehow able to land in a place where the surface tension of the water is broken, then theoretically, you might be able to survive. However, as seen on Mythbusters, simply throwing a rock or something before your land would not do the job. Last edited by pfcfencer120, 1 year ago  No. The speed plus the density of the water would make it feel as if your body was hitting concrete. You die. Then again, what's the altitude? Temperature is a major determinant of water density. As water cools, it contracts, and thus density increases. At 4 degrees Celsius, water reaches its maximum density, however, and with further cooling density decreases. The solid form of water--ice--is actually less dense than the liquid form, the effects of which are easily observed with ice cubes floating in a glass of water or ice chunks on the surface of a lake. So theoretically it would hurt less to slam into an Ice covered lake than it would to splash into a 4* Celsius-Centigrade Lake(39.2 degrees Fahrenheit)  Im guessing you never played ice hockey, im pretty sure at any height it hurts to hit solid water ;p I Grew up in Canada eh!!! Played on a few Lakes too!!!!and actually Scuba dived in one-Frozen!!!. will post Pic Later... |
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