jtotheizzoe:We never sit here under the weight of all this air, the 5 x 10^18 kg of atmosphere tha
jtotheizzoe: We never sit here under the weight of all this air, the 5 x 10^18 kg of atmosphere that sits above everyone on Earth, and say “Gosh, that sure is heavy!” You don’t realize just how powerful that 1 bar (~100 kPa) of pressure is until a train car is filled with steam, allowed to cool, and then implodes ohmygod did that just happen? For more implosion goodness, check out this awesome video from Veritasium. -- source link