Facts about seas and oceans

Red Sea, Arabic Al-Baḥr Al-Aḥmar, narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea. Geologically, the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba (Elat) must be considered as the northern extension of the same structure. The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east. Its maximum width is 190 miles, its greatest depth 9,974 feet (3,040 metres), and its area approximately 174,000 square miles (450,000 square km).

Lake Baikal Depth and Size
The surface area of the lake is 31.7 thousand km2, it is the seventh largest lake in the world after Caspian Sea, Lake Victoria, Lake Taganyika, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. It has almost the same surface area as Belgium or Netherlands.

The lake is 636 km long, being the widest in the center, 81 km, and the narrowest near the near the Serenga delta, 27 km.

Lake Baikal Max Depth and Average Depth
The average depth of Baikal is 744.4 m higher than the maximum depths of many lakes in the world.

Its maximum depth, measured by russian scientists Kolotilo and Sulimov in 1983, was 1640 m, which made Baikal the deepest lake in the world.

Climate Facts
Because large bodies of water retain heat longer than land, the climate around Lake Baikal is much milder than in the rest of southern Siberia.

Even in the depths of winter the average air temperature is -6°F (-21°C), compared with minimum temperatures of -68°F (-90°C) elsewhere in Siberia.

The Area of Damage by the Lituya Bay Tsunami
During the night of July 9, 1958, the largest recorded wave in history occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska. It reached an astonishing height of 1,720 feet.

Dogs noses are wet to help absorb scent chemicals
This amazing dog fact might answer a long-standing question that dog owners have. Why are dogs noses wet? Vetstreet says that the answer is that dog’s noses are wet to help them absorb scent chemicals! Their nose secretes a special mucus that helps to absorb these chemicals, and then they lick their noses to sample them, helping them understand what the smell is.

JAY STOKES HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SKYDIVES DONE IN ONE CALENDAR DAY: 640!
That clocks in at an average rate of a little under 27 skydives per hour–a feat that required the total focus of a highly caffeinated ground crew. At the end of that epic day, they were basically pouring an exhausted Jay into his gear, heaving him into the side of the plane and clipping him in as the plane started to roll down the runway for another takeoff. The record raised a bunch of money for charity (and reliably impresses the heck out of every experienced skydiver on the planet).

He tried to make 700 on another attempt, but weather got in his way. (For comparison: Most sport skydivers call it a day at around six.)

TANDEM GEAR IS EQUIPPED WITH AN “AAD”.
Tandem skydiving gear is equipped with an automatic activation device (“AAD”). Almost every sport skydiver does, too!

This device was designed by a German skydiver named Helmut Cloth in the early 1990s, when he lost a friend who was unable to manually deploy his parachute in time. Helmut’s invention–the “CYPRES” AAD–has saved many hundreds of skydivers’ lives.

sunset on the sea

The slow crashing and swelling of sea sounds are a naturally calming veil of noise that is soothing and relaxing to the brain. We, therefore, process these ocean sounds in a very different way to more abrupt noises, allowing us to relax and even sleep through these non-threatening types of audio