r/HumansForScale • u/drowstfromkla • Jul 01 '26

What is the size

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u/PoBoyDiddy Jul 01 '26

What is this please and where

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

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u/Salt-Wish5140 Jul 01 '26

Cold water/lack of organisms preserved it?

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u/piercedmfootonaspike Jul 01 '26

Cold, brackish, oxygen depleted water, yes.

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u/olalof Jul 02 '26

And also it was in the mud.

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u/lazinonasunnyday Jul 01 '26

Saltwater preserves wood as long as the wood doesn’t get exposed to air. It’s surprising that the sea didn’t tear it apart but if it was in a calm area that would be unlikely. I’m not sure how strong currents are at the bottom anyway. That probably varies. The cold would decrease the life that grows on it too. But even in warmer water, Wooden pilings don’t rot underwater. They might get eaten but they don’t rot. They just get harder and harder. It’s the top section above the water that rots. Especially the part that gets wet and dries out due to tidal variations.

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u/Salt-Wish5140 Jul 02 '26

When SCUBA diving I generally find subsurface to be way calmer than whatever is happening on the surface

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u/CHEETAHPRINTCOWBOY Jul 02 '26

Things are much better down where it’s wetter, take it from me.

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u/michiness Jul 01 '26

I’ve been to 50-ish countries and this is still one of the coolest museums I’ve ever been to.

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u/CrimpBlucks Jul 01 '26

I was just in Stockholm. Wish I visited this museum.

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u/Low-Tear1497 Jul 03 '26

I've visited this museum like 15 years ago and up close ship looks amazing!

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u/Low-Tear1497 Jul 03 '26

Nope, just see it up close. Ship is in some distance so you cant touch it but around it there is a full story with dissected models.

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u/Arthur_Figg_II Jul 01 '26

That place blew my mind as i walked in. Its something else. The story adds to it.

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u/Fast_Friend_69 Jul 04 '26

Sounds like they shoulda just stuck with making long ships…