Reasons Why Oceans Are Scarier than Space

did you know that there are black holes

in the ocean yeah also known as Eddies

these black holes are similar to the

ones we see in space they're essentially

whirlpools that are so powerful nothing

can escape their pull what makes them

even scarier is their size they are

massive some measure up to 150

kilometers in diameter

they're created through a mix of water

at different temperatures wind and the

Earth's rotation and once they're

created they can last for months or

years

yeah though it may not seem like it the

ocean is a much more terrifying place

than the cosmos

from hideous alien-like creatures to the

Mysteries that lie below the sea these

are just some of the reasons why the

ocean is scarier than space

we've yet to discover alien life but

looking at some of these creatures you

might think otherwise unlike our solar

system the ocean is full of terrifying

Wildlife from creatures as simple as

sharks and killer whales to the more

disturbing looking red octopuses and

proboscis worms regardless of their

appearance many of them are dangerous

and won't be afraid to pick a fight

Earth's ocean might be more mysterious

than parts of space for one we don't

really know what the bottom of our

oceans are like and we might just know

more about the surface of Mars and the

moon but NASA is looking to change that

they're slowly mapping out the ocean

floor this might give us clues about

what oceans are like on other planets it

also helps NASA test gear that will be

used in space missions

outer space and our ocean are more

similar than we think both have high

pressures a lack of breathable air and

extreme temperatures but what makes the

ocean scarier it's teeming with life

that can attack and kill you yeah space

is passively trying to kill you while

the ocean is actively trying to kill you

huge destructive asteroids or meteors

heading toward Earth are incredibly rare

but you know what isn't the ocean coming

for us climate change is causing sea

levels to rise at an alarming rate and

if the trend continues our sea levels

could rise over two meters by the year

2100. Coastal communities like Venice

Bangkok and New York City would face

severe floods causing parts of these

cities to be displaced

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light works differently in both space

and the ocean in space without an

atmosphere the light is Harsh and

unfiltered this leads to problems like

radiation exposure

luckily with our Advanced space

technology we found a lot of ways to

overcome this in the deep ocean there's

a lack of light depending on how deep

you go it can be so dark that you're

unable to see anything the only thing

you can see are the terrifying creatures

that have evolved to adapt to this

unique environment

their evolutions have made them

frightening looking and potentially

dangerous

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space has some scary things that can

come for us like solar flares giant

explosions from the Sun that shoot light

energy and high speed particles out into

space one massive solar flare hitting

Earth could disable all our Electronics

sending us back to the Stone Age

yeah the chances of one hitting us are

incredibly rare though most of the time

they just bounce off our ozone layer but

you know what isn't so rare hurricanes

these powerful weather events form over

the ocean if they end up reaching land

they can bring extremely high winds and

heavy rainfalls which can leave entire

towns flooded even decimated and they're

not the only devastating events that

come from the ocean

tsunamis are much more terrifying

these massive waves can reach over 30

meters high and once they reach land

they're incredibly dangerous they can

cause severe floods and Destroy anything

on the coast the Indian Ocean Tsunami of

2004 killed 225 000 people

no one's ever gotten lost in space with

an entire support team watching over you

using billions of dollars worth of

technology and GPS systems you can rest

easy knowing you're in good hands but in

the ocean people get lost all the time

just swimming out a little bit farther

than you usually would while at the

beach can leave you stranded unable to

find land

the ocean has over 3 million shipwrecks

in it making it one of the most

dangerous places on Earth

you don't have to worry about random

weather attacks in space in the ocean

it's a different story lightning can

strike the ocean at any time it happens

often due to its sheer size and it being

a magnet for lightning when lightning

strikes it can spread for up to 100

meters and this poses a threat to boats

swimmers and sea life

the ocean is full of dangerous bacteria

one of the worst is the flesh-eating

bacteria that's found in the warm parts

of the Gulf of Mexico the bacteria can

get into swimmers open wounds and cause

ulcers on the skin antibiotics should be

able to solve this issue but it can

sometimes get so bad you need to

amputate a limb yeah space doesn't have

anything as scary as that

up in space there's a ton of debris

known as space junk and while there's

some concern about the debris making

space travel dangerous it's not nearly

as concerning as all the garbage we have

swimming around in the ocean

in the North Pacific Ocean there's a

massive island of waste known as the

Great Pacific Garbage Patch it's made up

of mostly Plastics making it almost

impossible to break down as a result

it's harming ocean wildlife and could

destroy entire ecosystems up in space

the debris is monitored closely by space

agencies they're constantly looking at

ways to mitigate the issue but down in

the ocean the problem keeps getting

worse and it'll take a long time before

it gets any better

so although the vast unknowns of space

are pretty terrifying they don't come

anywhere near to how scary our oceans

can be you know what else is terrifying

spending five seconds on Venus what

Mysteries does this planet hold well