Summary: Fish look bigger underwater. Learn about Tricks that the water can play on your sight in this free scuba diving lesson video from our experienced diver.
Cole Abbott has been an avid scuba diver for more than 10 years. He is currently working as a divemaster in Kauai, Hawaii for a company called Fathom Five. He holds many...read more
"Hi. I'm Cole with Expert Village, and I'm going to talking about how your sight differs underwater than up here. When you're underwater you have the mask on, which somewhat restricts your vision such as you loose your peripheral vision. Also you loose some up and down. Also the water has very refractive capabilities. Such as what you see, maybe you see a nickel on the bottom or what you think is a quarter, and it turns out to be a nickel and that?s because the water magnifies things roughly by thirty-three percent. Everything looks larger underwater."
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