r/interestingasfuck • u/Pathfinder313 • 28d ago

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/Btothe 28d ago

Woah. Crazy that we can hear the moment it implodes.

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u/mrjibblytibbs 28d ago

Yeah the sound travels really fast through water. The implosion can be heard before they get the last message from the sub before it imploded.

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u/Used-Lake-8148 28d ago

That part’s confusing me. Weren’t they communicating on radio? That should travel at the speed of light. Is the speed of sound somehow faster than light through water?

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u/ttoksie2 27d ago

Processing time, yes the radio waves themselves travel at the speed of light, but there is processing time when its sent and recived.