The so-called “rapture of the deep” is actually nitrogen narcosis, rather than oxygen starvation. At greater pressure (as from greater depth), more nitrogen is dissolved into the blood.
•Fun comic-book trivia: Elliot S. Maggin (the Absolute Worst Comic-Book Writer, Ever) referred to rapture of the deep as “rhapsody of the deep” in a Jason Bard story.
•Not-So-Fun Space Trivia: When a trio of cosmonauts were killed by rapid decompression in the 1971 Soyuz 11 disaster, many journalists confused this with the bends, but at least one confused it with nitrogen narcosis.
The so-called “rapture of the deep” is actually nitrogen narcosis, rather than oxygen starvation. At greater pressure (as from greater depth), more nitrogen is dissolved into the blood.
ReplyDelete•Fun comic-book trivia: Elliot S. Maggin (the Absolute Worst Comic-Book Writer, Ever) referred to rapture of the deep as “rhapsody of the deep” in a Jason Bard story.
•Not-So-Fun Space Trivia: When a trio of cosmonauts were killed by rapid decompression in the 1971 Soyuz 11 disaster, many journalists confused this with the bends, but at least one confused it with nitrogen narcosis.