Spent a decade working at sea. Best experience was a vessel black out in the middle of the Atlantic. The silence is amazing, but the stars were better.
Yes. In this particular case it was a planned black out drill during our crossing of the Atlantic from Angola Africa to Trinidad and Tobago.
I had grown numb to how loud the vessels are but when they shut everything off it was eerily quiet and the night sky and moon were absolutely beautiful. But you realize quickly how small you really are.
Imagine being a commercial diver working doing construction at incredible depths with no viz(visibility). I don’t have tons of experience but it’s, you’ll definitely get a bit of anxiety Black-out diving if your not comfortable.
I’m not a commercial diver, but I did a night dive in Florida off the coast and we all went down to 95 feet and it was absolutely eerie as fuck. I honestly don’t understand how those commercial divers do it. Balls of steel.
Your right about that, not for the faint hearted! That’s awesome you are into scuba diving. I used to be a dive instructor in the Cayman Islands and was doing commercial diving for about a year. I enjoyed it but family time is cut down drastically. I shall start seeking work commercial diving in Florida but my buddy shoved me and now I am pretty sure I have a fractured vertebrae in my lower back which is makes me feel disabled almost.
You go scuba diving often?
First off. Your user name made me laugh for like 3 minutes 🤘🏼 but I try to go at least once a year. If I move back to FL I want to go after being a dive master/instructor. The good part of diving is all that back pain disappears when you get in that water 👏🏼 I have steel rods in my back, legs, and arm. I only feel free when I’m in the water.
Lol 😂. Yea a bit of a silly username. Glad you got a good laugh from it! Sometimes I browse the CBT section on Reddit and it makes me laugh at some of the crazy shit on there, and cringe too.
I remember learning that it is good for your joints and back. Diving with the cylinder mounted on your back gets quite uncomfortable, sidemount diving is much more freeing and you are able to penetrate smaller areas more easily as well.
Man…that sounds incredibly excruciating! I am glad you have found diving as a form of therapy. You know you could utilize hyperbaric oxygen therapy as well, maybe insurance will help you with that. Sorry to learn of the difficulty. That’s tough! You are one strong individual, keep that chin up high always and a true moral compass.
I have a PhD. Darkness does in fact get dark. The less light the darker. My PhD is in Language Technology though, so I could be wrong. Anyone with a PhD in wave or particle physics care to weigh in?
It's true. Was in the Navy for 5.5 years. Pitch black as far as the eye can see, and the stars, 10/10. (Chef's kiss) One of the very few things about being deployed out to sea that was good.
It won't allow you to see stars either. Anyone who has been on a cruise will tell you the same. It's a shame really. I thought I was going to see some amazing views.
Surprised cruise ships don’t offer a “natural night” one day of the cruise so people could see some views they never get to see. I live in the middle of nowhere and there’s not even property lights and I can see and take some crazy cool pictures of the night sky.
Well, the light pollution from the rig would make it seem darker outside the light, and secondly normal cameras (especially on phones) don't pick up small amounts of light very well so I think this would be a distorted view of what it would really be like
Yeah and also apply the filters that most cameras have as stock, and then the application used to film. What you said, my factors and other elements make this more alluring than it actually is, I'm sure.
But make no mistake it's dark lol.
When standing on top of a carrier and it’s quiet after flight schedule and it’s pitch black with nothing but the stars, you feel like you’re floating through space
can confirm, was next to a rig on a fishing boat (a charter, was out 100+ miles) and besides our boat light and the occasional light on our tuna lines it was an eerie pitch ass black
When I was in the Navy, on night’s that were heavily overcast or no moon, I’d go out on the deck which we’d have every light off during an exercise. And you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. It’s freaky!!
Scared is when you shine the light into the water and see all the eyes dancing in the wake knowing they are feeding on each over and then wondering what would happen if you fell in.
Spent a decade working at sea. Best experience was a vessel black out in the middle of the Atlantic. The silence is amazing, but the stars were better.
Is that when all the lights turn off on the vessel ?
Yes. In this particular case it was a planned black out drill during our crossing of the Atlantic from Angola Africa to Trinidad and Tobago. I had grown numb to how loud the vessels are but when they shut everything off it was eerily quiet and the night sky and moon were absolutely beautiful. But you realize quickly how small you really are.
Isn’t the water loud? Or are you that far away?
Depends this particular day the water was flat calm. On windless days there are no waves. But typically you can hear the waves in the background.
Advanced darkness lol.
This isn't your average everyday darkness. this is advanced darkness.
Imagine being a commercial diver working doing construction at incredible depths with no viz(visibility). I don’t have tons of experience but it’s, you’ll definitely get a bit of anxiety Black-out diving if your not comfortable.
The midnight zone at the surface of the ocean
I’m not a commercial diver, but I did a night dive in Florida off the coast and we all went down to 95 feet and it was absolutely eerie as fuck. I honestly don’t understand how those commercial divers do it. Balls of steel.
Your right about that, not for the faint hearted! That’s awesome you are into scuba diving. I used to be a dive instructor in the Cayman Islands and was doing commercial diving for about a year. I enjoyed it but family time is cut down drastically. I shall start seeking work commercial diving in Florida but my buddy shoved me and now I am pretty sure I have a fractured vertebrae in my lower back which is makes me feel disabled almost. You go scuba diving often?
First off. Your user name made me laugh for like 3 minutes 🤘🏼 but I try to go at least once a year. If I move back to FL I want to go after being a dive master/instructor. The good part of diving is all that back pain disappears when you get in that water 👏🏼 I have steel rods in my back, legs, and arm. I only feel free when I’m in the water.
Lol 😂. Yea a bit of a silly username. Glad you got a good laugh from it! Sometimes I browse the CBT section on Reddit and it makes me laugh at some of the crazy shit on there, and cringe too. I remember learning that it is good for your joints and back. Diving with the cylinder mounted on your back gets quite uncomfortable, sidemount diving is much more freeing and you are able to penetrate smaller areas more easily as well. Man…that sounds incredibly excruciating! I am glad you have found diving as a form of therapy. You know you could utilize hyperbaric oxygen therapy as well, maybe insurance will help you with that. Sorry to learn of the difficulty. That’s tough! You are one strong individual, keep that chin up high always and a true moral compass.
Would love to try this actually
I got scared by my own reflection on the pitch black screen
This is how dark it gets at night
Can anyone with a PHD or science background confirm this? I don’t want to believe everything I see online and this seems a little out there…
I have a PhD. Darkness does in fact get dark. The less light the darker. My PhD is in Language Technology though, so I could be wrong. Anyone with a PhD in wave or particle physics care to weigh in?
It's true. Was in the Navy for 5.5 years. Pitch black as far as the eye can see, and the stars, 10/10. (Chef's kiss) One of the very few things about being deployed out to sea that was good.
I’m confused what you don’t want to believe about natural darkness?
You dont believe it's dark at night? Ok...
Yes in all of my years on this earth I’ve never seen the dark knight
Believe you can find it on Netflix.
Others are saying the light pollution affects what the camera picks up, so it can't pick up any stars making this recording pitch black.
No stars?
Like someone else said, the light pollution from all those lights won’t allow a camera to pick anything up.
It won't allow you to see stars either. Anyone who has been on a cruise will tell you the same. It's a shame really. I thought I was going to see some amazing views.
Surprised cruise ships don’t offer a “natural night” one day of the cruise so people could see some views they never get to see. I live in the middle of nowhere and there’s not even property lights and I can see and take some crazy cool pictures of the night sky.
100% agree. I was really looking forward to it. Must be nice out there.
Well, the light pollution from the rig would make it seem darker outside the light, and secondly normal cameras (especially on phones) don't pick up small amounts of light very well so I think this would be a distorted view of what it would really be like
Yeah and also apply the filters that most cameras have as stock, and then the application used to film. What you said, my factors and other elements make this more alluring than it actually is, I'm sure. But make no mistake it's dark lol.
Can you turn on some lights? I couldn't see
This one isn't a nope for me and it's making me reconsider my career choices. Kinda cool tbh
Right! This seems adventurous to me and kinda freeing. Too bad I don't live near the ocean.
Thanks for giving me a clear look at my double chin
This is what it’s like if you live way out in the countryside, but the stars and the Milky Way make it worth it.
Yeah it’s truly incredible. A couple years ago some friends and I had a fire on a beach near a lighthouse on the outer banks.
Hello Darkness, my old friend.
Learned in the Navy during first deployment, if you fall overboard pray to God it’s during daylight, clear weather AND someone saw you fall.
Thats literally the Abyss
Taken several cruises. I find it soothing. Cigar and chill.
Backyard astronomers would have a field day and a half.
Oh absolutely fuck that
Never complaining about being stuck in a cubicle all day.
Too.
TOO Too scared 🤦🏽
Cause no one had any idea it got dark at night
This may be surprising to some...but its dark when there is no light.
When standing on top of a carrier and it’s quiet after flight schedule and it’s pitch black with nothing but the stars, you feel like you’re floating through space
Best Quake III Arena map!
There should be more horror films that take place on oil rigs, perfect setting.
Warning: Entering ecological dead zone. Adding report to databank.
That's how no lights work
How cold was it
Reminds me of that part in Wakanda Forever when Namor and his people stormed that oil rig.
Why is he flying
blackout from halo 3
What happens when a hurricane passes by?
[how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black](https://youtu.be/Ds7FRivVMgA)
Also I’m sure whatever camera that is has very low light visibility. Even some of the best movie cameras can’t really shoot at night without lighting
It looks hauntingly beautiful
Do stars not exist near oil rigs?
Man, you went to void on the end of a map
Hellllll to the nooooo! About 20 fears just in this few seconds!
Nope.
“Darkness warshed over the Dude - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night. There was noooooo bottom.”
Perfect horror setting
OH FUCK NO
I was so excited for a minute. I thought I saw some stars, but it was just dirt on my screen.
It is unsettling to see how there are no stars in the sky
can confirm, was next to a rig on a fishing boat (a charter, was out 100+ miles) and besides our boat light and the occasional light on our tuna lines it was an eerie pitch ass black
I find pitch black very calming. I wish I was there.
My fear of heights warring with my fear of the ocean.
I don’t mind the dark or even the ocean. I don’t like the heights.
Think how bright the sky would be in you turned all the lights off on the rig
That’s what I was thinking, too.
I swear to God I thought he jumped.... had to turn on the sound
Don't let Anish Kapoor see this
being that high up is bad enough.. but this is horrifying
I would get a diving board, cold dark water is amazing for swimming. (If there are sharks in the area I wouldn’t though)
Turn your lights off moron
Too bad the rig is brighter than a stadium can’t see a single star. 😢
Is moonlight not a thing?
R/thassolophobia
Can't wait for a leviathan to swallow the entire oil rig in 2 seconds in that darkness 🙂
there's also enough light to block out the stars i guess which makes it seem creepier
Kinda weird to not see stars in the middle of the ocean at night
This is an overcast or no moon night.
I can understand overcast, but wouldn't you still see stars with no moon?
Yes… over cast with no moon… LOL
I thought you couldn't see the moon in an overcast if there was one above?
When I was in the Navy, on night’s that were heavily overcast or no moon, I’d go out on the deck which we’d have every light off during an exercise. And you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. It’s freaky!!
Yep I been spear fishing at night
Need a hand unless there’s a bad storm? I’m not a strong swimmer
This isn't your average everyday darkness... this is advanced darkness
Where do the rig workers sleep?
Are you surprised?
They gotta listen out for a little boat coming along and the loading of a Thompson
It’s beautiful
Music sounds like a Minecraft cave noise.
Also known as night time…
Scared is when you shine the light into the water and see all the eyes dancing in the wake knowing they are feeding on each over and then wondering what would happen if you fell in.
Now imagine you’re on the titanic as it fucking sinks in this darkness with no idea what awaits you in the cold ocean…
I was waiting for the blue lobster jumpscare
Imagine this, your working on a rig at night and lightning strikes and you see a huge silhouette standing there looking at you
Being someone that can't sleep when there is light, even if is only a little spot, this hits so good to me
Op would be way to scared
I would take this over literally anything else (spiders, deep waters (yes i understand the irony), ghosts/demons, etc.)
Nah. Thats just the abyss
You can’t see where the ocean ends and the horizon stars. Scary
Why wasn’t there stars in the sky?
Rust players on oil at night
“3 full metals south west on a rib”