What Happens When You Crack an Egg While Diving Under the Sea?
The egg remains completely intact after being cracked.
We are all familiar with the inside of an egg when we crack it in the kitchen, in a normal air environment.
But what happens to an egg in a more unique environment, such as underwater? Will it shatter, or will it remain intact?
The answer lies in the fascinating video below. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) recently conducted this intriguing experiment and recorded the process.
Through this, we can see how significant the pressure is underwater, which is vastly different from that on land. BIOS diving safety specialist Alex Hunter and filmmaker Dean Lee were primarily responsible for this video.
They cracked an egg at a depth of 182 meters below sea level. The seawater acted as a “shell” as soon as the egg broke in half. Consequently, the egg remained completely intact after being cracked. Not only that, it floated along the current like a jellyfish.
This phenomenon occurs because the water pressure is balanced from all sides, keeping the yolk and egg white inside the egg completely intact in a state of equilibrium, without shattering as one might imagine.
“When you crack an egg into a bowl of water, the yolk splashes everywhere,” Hunter explains. “When doing this underwater, the pressure keeps them tightly bound together. It’s amazing.”
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