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clock-iconPUBLISHEDMay 29, 2015

What Happens When You Crack An Egg Underwater?

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Morenike Adebayo

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Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. If you wanna make an underwater omelette, you gotta break some eggs...underwater...

Released by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, this video shows what happens when a diver cracks a raw egg 20 meters (60 feet) underwater.

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The yellow yolk suspended in the clear albumen floats and wobbles like a melted wax blob in a lava lamp. The diver then forcefully claps the egg between his palms into a seemingly cloudy dust for a theatrical finish.

 

 
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDMay 29, 2015

Written by Elise Andrew

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