Going With The Flow

Guillaume Néry is a French freediver (underwater diving which relies on the diver holding his/her breath) who has been the world record holder multiple times, ultimately reaching -117m during a dive near Kalamata, Greece.

In case you're interested in knowing, the current records for constant weight apnea (like what Néry is practicing) is set at -128m, while the record for no-limits apnea (where they stand still and use a weight to take them down, and then an inflatable bag to bring them back up) is set at -214m! (source)

Here he is freely riding the current.





I'm amazed by how long he can hold his breath (yes, this might have taken multiple takes, but still very impressive).

When I go to use the restroom at work, sometimes there is this unimaginable stink from people doing number twos (seriously, what do these people eat, and why don't they go at home?), and I try to hold my breath as best as I can. Well, the best that I can seems to be only 20sec. Freedivers of this guy's caliber easily reach the 3min mark, and many can go beyond 5min, while swimming at the same time. Simply amazing.

Here's another great film featuring him, and based on the hallucinations he sometimes gets when diving:





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Lava Coming Into Contact With The Ocean

Continuing with the nature theme, here's up close footage from the island of Hawaii of lava falling into the Pacific ocean.





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GIF Compilation #6 (20 GIFs)

As always, be patient.
Let them load.


Let's start off again with a gif from a movie.


1. Buster Keaton in "The Bell Boy" (1918)

2. Carrefour... sorry, Parkour

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3.Wow...

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4.  Jello bouncing at 6200fps

5. Wave

6. How many arms does this guy have?!

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7. How many legs does this moose have?
 

8. Horse jumps

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9. Table shield

 
10. World's greatest fruit bat gathering in the Congo

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11. Clouds over Lincoln, Nebraska

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12. New Zealand

It doesn't embed well. Just click and enjoy it here.

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13. French navy ship battles heavy waves

It doesn't embed well. Just click and enjoy it here.

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14. That's one way to put it out ...

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15. Paper airplane...

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16. If you look closely there's a kid waving from 11A...

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17. Shock diamonds

Looks fake, but it's totally real.

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18. Perfectly looped

19. Oh shiiiii....

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20. Impressive

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Also checkout: GIF Compilation #1, GIF Compilation #2, GIF Compilation #3, GIF compilation #4, GIF compilation #5

Ship Cook Rescued After Spending 60 Hours Inside Sunk Capsized Tugboat

Story from Reuters:

"After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from an air bubble in an upturned tugboat under the ocean, Harrison Okene was sure he was going to die. Then a torch light pierced the darkness.

Ship's cook Okene, 29, was on board the Jascon-4 tugboat when it capsized on May 26 due to heavy Atlantic ocean swells around 30 km (20 miles) off the coast of Nigeria, while stabilising an oil tanker filling up at a Chevron platform. Of the 12 people on board, divers recovered 10 dead bodies while a remaining crew member has not been found.

Somehow Okene survived, breathing inside a four foot high bubble of air as it shrunk in the waters slowly rising from the ceiling of the tiny toilet and adjoining bedroom where he sought refuge, until two South African divers eventually rescued him."

The actual depth at which the upside down tugboat settled was only 30m, but still that would have been enough to cause him decompression sickness if he came right up.

It's an amazing story. The ordeal this guy went through. For more than two days, he was in total darkness, partially immersed in cold ocean water, without food or water, inside an air pocket he had no idea how long would last, not knowing if anyone was looking for him. The things that must have gone through his mind...

Here is the amazing video of his discovery and rescue. It's worth watching from the beginning. Apparently, the diver's squeaky voice is due to the fact that they breath a mix of oxygen and helium.

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Skilled Ferry Captain

This is a video from April 7th 2013, showing the very skilled captain of the ferry "Adamantios Korais", under quite bad weather conditions, coming into the port of the Greek island of Sikinos, unloading-loading, and leaving within 7.5 minutes.

Everybody waiting to board (especially the lady with the bags and coat) must have got drenched. And imagine the rest of the trip with the ship going up and down. Gives me nausea just thinking about it.

Octopus Houdini

Land folk: "Ehhhh, slimy!" or "Wow, what a magnificent creature!"

Coastal folk: "What a waste of a delicacy!?" and "Goes well with vinegar"




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How the Titanic sank

Amazingly detailed reconstruction of the events that occurred on the 15th of April 1912.



(of course there's always a margin for error, but still pretty awesome)

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