Neatorama » underwater http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Cave Diving http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/cave-diving/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/cave-diving/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:32:04 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26223

Jill Heinerth has spent the past 14 years exploring underwater caves all over the world. Wired has a gallery of beautiful photographs she’s taken in underwater caves, lava tubes, and glaciers. This picture was taken at Devil’s Eye Spring off the coast of northern Florida. Link -via Digg

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/cave-diving/feed/ 5 The Spider with an Aqualung http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/29/the-spider-with-an-aqualung/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/29/the-spider-with-an-aqualung/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:38:15 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=25468

The diving bell spider breathes air, but spends its life underwater! To achieve this feat, this spider spins a cocoon that works as an aqualung. The spider traps tiny bubbles of air in the hairs of her legs and brings them underwater to store in the cocoon. The air bubble is also a nest for its young. See more pictures at Environmental Graffiti. Link -via Unique Daily

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/29/the-spider-with-an-aqualung/feed/ 2 Man Held Breath for 18 Minutes Underwater http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/man-held-breath-for-18-minutes-underwater/ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/man-held-breath-for-18-minutes-underwater/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:36:54 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/man-held-breath-for-18-minutes-underwater/ How long can you hold your breath underwater? Me? A minute, tops!

Well, however long you can hold your breath, I betcha it’s nothing when compared to what Gianluca Genoni just did: he set a new world record for breath-holding, handily beating what David Blaine did (7 minutes) and the previous world record:

Gianluca Genoni held his breath for 18 minutes 3.69 seconds while lying underwater in a Mantua swimming pool, beating German diver Tom Sietas, who managed 17 minutes 19 seconds in September – also on live TV – to unseat Blaine from the Guinness world record book.

Link – via Underwater Times

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