How does hitting water at a big height feel like landing on concrete?

Question

I failed all my science courses, I don’t understand much about science but why doesn’t the water just… move like when you jump in normally?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Water is heavy, and all that water has a lot of inertia. When you impact it at high enough speed the water can’t get out of the way fast enough so it’s like colliding with something solid. It will eventually move out of the way, but not before you are injured.