These Pools Help Support Half The People On Earth
These Pools Help Support Half The People On Earth
What are these electric blue ponds in the middle of the Utah desert? And why do they keep changing color?
Join Derek Muller (Veritasium) as he looks into the weird, bizarre, and seemingly inexplicable images found on Google Earth to discover what on Earth they actually are. It’s a travel vlog, documentary, and science show wrapped into one. It’s Pindrop.
0:00 Intro
0:29 Electric Blue Ponds
2:13 Finding The Truth
5:47 Importance Of Potash
8:41 Potash From Rocks
14:04 Safer Ways To Mine
15:02 Droning
17:28 Potash The Savior
Here in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, our forests and lakes are mineral deficient due to acid rain. We have a program that collects wood ash from homes and the ash is spread in the forests near water bodies. I spread mine on my lawn and forest areas, which are next to a large lake.
Why today November 30, 2022 are farmers saying there’s a shortage of potash ?
I’ve seen the word before, no idea what it meant, thought it was pronounced poe-tash 😆
thats great to know that hundreds of thousands of gallons of the dying colorado river are deliberately being evaporated away on purpose… Can we drink Potash?? Whatever company is profitting off of this waste I hope that they also live in an area that depends on the Colorado River for survival. If they dont, then they need to be forced to live out here as well since they helped this water crisis along as they get rich and care about nothing but lining their own pockets..
When I saw how big that chunk of potassium was I knew we were in for a big bang.
why do the ponds change color sometimes?
That thumping noise during the drone part of the video is incredibly annoying. Otherwise great video and interesting altogether.
My Son is interested in archaeology and I will share this great inspirational video.
awesome
When you mentioned that mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, it reminded me of another dangerous job. Saturation diving! I’d love to see an episode of that!
Hold on, where is the point of saying a brands name like getorade but having the lable removed from the bottle
I have a mysterious photo of something I took while on the flight to California from Atlanta. I was literally sleep and woke up facing my window and as I open my eyes, I saw what looks like a extremely large silver plate. I immediately grab my camera and took a photo. I wish I could get it to this guy.
All that fertilizer made 8n my backyard. But Ukraine war made food shortages? Okay. Got it.
how is there only one episode of this series? what . where . who??
How does the evaporation effect the weather system? Wouldn’t evaporating that much water change the weather?
I have seen those in person
So pot ash was a thing and then this guy came along and decided he’d try it and so he gets to be famous for it? Shenanigans.
when is next pindrop video coming?????
How many gamma rays from these fields?
I’m gonna use the segment of potash and it’s use in weapons for my National History Day project, and it’s due in 9 days. wish me luck because I know this will help!
He looks weird dressed like Geo. Washington.
I don’t like YouTube style.
18:27 "Sports People" are called Athletes my friend. 😄
So when do we get to find out about the abandoned city off the coast of Japan?
so interesting….thanks
It is not a good thing that we are over populating.
There’s some similar looking ponds in Southeast florida, just west of Miami, that I always wondered about and thought this video may be referencing.. but turns out those are just limestone quarries lol
4:29 indoor rain
made from ash
I remember my science teacher put potassium in a bucket of water as a class experiment and blew himself up he was too close, the only science class I ever learnt something 😁
Thankfully the Colorada River has an unlimited supply of water to pump into these potash mines.
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The House of Mysteries in Oregon
We native Americans demand a cut of all revenue made in the USA
Great video. It shows the interconnectivity and importance of another, largely unknown, industry to the rest of society.
Derek talking to people at Dead Horse Point overlook who hadn’t yet seen the placard that explains what the ponds are. 😆
Fascinating!
i know how to make gunpowder now 🙂
NOW I know why if you cover a huge stump with sacks of fertilizer and ignite it the stump will be blown out of the ground!!🔥
Before watching the video or reading any comments:
I think these are like bacteria/ microorganism farms. There’s lots of bacteria and algae that are vibrantly colored. Some of them can create medication, make fertilizer, or balance the contaminants in your fish pond.
So yeah my guess is some type of microorganism farm.
WOW, I’ve backpacked through Utah on the Hayduke route and saw these ponds from across the Colorado river. Mike Coronella who speaks @11:03 is the co- creator of the Hayduke trail.
I just subscribed to the University of Veritasium
Im wondering how these days of water shortage will impact this process.
so nice an explaination!! thank you
Love all the scientific detail but lets get down to the child like reactions from this man when he does experiments LOL such a great video!
Once again ,another holy grail video. I mean, I always loved your channel forreal, but the consistency of your content is just unmatched to me.
what was in the balloon
That was an awesome video, as usual! But… where’s the rest of the series? haha
The bucket of water landed
now I want to experiment with pot ash and create explosions.
Where’s Pindrop Episode 2?