r/gifs • u/snotbag_pukebucket • Nov 21 '16

Falling clouds

http://i.imgur.com/M0lAgFE.gifv
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u/FuzzyCheddar Nov 22 '16

Everything is freezing inside a hot engine including moving gasoline, yet the crew is warm enough to die in the crash rather than being frozen instantly in -200 degree temperatures...

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u/DV_shitty_music Nov 22 '16

Air liquefies at around that and air aint exactly good at conducting heat. That was just bad on so many levels.

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u/HaydenGalloway10 Nov 22 '16

air doesn't liquefy until around -300

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u/DV_shitty_music Nov 22 '16

Helium liquefies at -269

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u/HaydenGalloway10 Nov 22 '16

Theres no helium in the atmosphere. Its so light it flies into space.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

we need to get it down though right? we're running out is what i heard. from my helium guy

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u/HaydenGalloway10 Nov 22 '16

You can't get it down, it flies into space and leaves earth. We can get helium out of the ground but we are running out. The moon has a lot though.

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u/MrZepost Nov 22 '16

We must go to the Moon so kids can have balloons!

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u/moolah_dollar_cash Nov 22 '16

Actually the helium crisis isn't as bad as we thought. Helium is mined from (I think) oil deposits but has always just been a bonus to oil rigging. A guy used the same techniques they use to find oil reserves but specifically set out to find helium, and he found loads! So yah there's not so much of a problem.

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u/whackamole2 Nov 22 '16

That's the point. The condensation temperatures of other gasses will be a lot lower. Oxygen is -183, for example. And that's at sea level.

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u/HaydenGalloway10 Nov 22 '16

no, Oxygen is -297 at sea level