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You know I had never looked at it that way. I guess there also must be some Brownian particles in the rays also hence sun tanning? At 04:22 PM 2/3/96 -0500, rfarb wrote: > > >> >> Sorry to butt in, you are obviously very knowledgable about rebreathers but >> you definitely need to go back to particle physics 101. The stuff coming >> from the sun are called photons. They can be described as particles (see >> wave/particle duality) but definitely not as a gaseos element. They are >> used by plants (including ocean plankton) during photosynthesis. You could >> say the light acts as a catalyst for the production of energy. In fact >> plants use up CO2 and produce O2. >> Don't mean to sound pretentious but I can't comment on the diving aspects >> (way over my head) so I thought I would share what knowledge I do have. >Well if the sun isn't really shooting oxygen to earth, answer me this, >why is it that I can take the valve out of my cylinder, tilt it towards >the sun, put a straw in and breath 21% O2 if the sun wasn't sending O2 >packets that we techdivers call OOtoms. And the photosynthesis thing went >out with the dark ages in case you weren't told in world history class. >The other thing that is funny about your answer is that if the sun wasn't >pumping OOtoms to earth how come when it is dark the leaves on trees turn >black instead of green. You can observe them changing back to green if >you bombard them with ultra low level OOtoms from a flashlight, Stop the >flow of OOtoms and the leaves turn black again. Plus it is harder to >breathe at night when the sun is out, and the lack of OOtoms makes >breathing more difficult and make people tend to snore. > > >> > >> >> But on the rest of the stuff (e.g. head bowing, etc.), I fully agree. >> > >> >BTW, I thought your explanation for the bailout procedure if you lose all >> >three sensors in the Cis-Lunar ( the three sensor concept came from the >> >MK155) was excellent. Unfortunately, it is probably lost on >> >non-rebreather divers because you have to practice the concept >> >with a rebreather for it to become second nature. For many divers, the >> >only procedure to adopt if all three sensors fail is to place their head >> >squarely between their legs and kiss their butt goodbye. Rod >> > >> > >> > > >> >> Aloha, >> >> Rich >> >> >> >-- >> >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >> >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >> > >> > >> ======================================================================== >> >> David Hurt - Fisons Instruments >> Ph 913 491 2826 >> Fax 913 491 2934 >> E-Mail hurt@fi*.co* >> >> ======================================================================= >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >> Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >> > > ======================================================================== David Hurt - Fisons Instruments Ph 913 491 2826 Fax 913 491 2934 E-Mail hurt@fi*.co* =======================================================================
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