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

50 Comments

  1. J N on January 16, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    Dr.Stone

  2. michael lavery on January 16, 2022 at 1:48 pm

    Does anyone know how to make car anti freeze/coolant from shampoo?
    I saw a programme when I was a kid, where some poor South American did it, but I can’t find how to do it anywhere.

  3. Troy Davey on January 16, 2022 at 1:49 pm

    So who drilled the shafts and caverns to enable the water to be pumped in and out if it’s so dangerous?
    And if the initial stage of evaporation absorbs alot of solar energy, can that energy be harnessed upon release?

  4. Ksnv on January 16, 2022 at 1:49 pm

    The budget was so we’ll spent, but the music sometimes felt so off to the channel, just a more subtle editing and this is perfect

  5. Christina R. on January 16, 2022 at 1:51 pm

    This is my favorite video you’ve ever made 👍
    And believe you me, I literally just watched all of this channels greatest hits in one sitting and I’m back to watch this video for a third time . Lol

  6. mlc rip on January 16, 2022 at 1:53 pm

    Why bucket shot up?

  7. rob on January 16, 2022 at 1:53 pm

    12:35 that amount of effort WOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWOOWWWWOWOWWOWOOWOW

  8. Patrick on January 16, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    Wow this was a good video

  9. Earth and Space Sciences X on January 16, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    This is a wonderful video. I have been requiring my students in both geology and environmental science classes to watch it ever since it was published. I look forward to more of these "pin drop" style videos being produced! Great work.

  10. KeyWinHomes on January 16, 2022 at 1:56 pm

    If people actually recycle the humanure, urine, then less mining will be required for Potash. Unlike industrial mining, the recycle of nutrient can be done on small scale to feed a family, villages, or even cities during intense urban farming during time to severe supplies disruption.

  11. James Dean Foley on January 16, 2022 at 1:58 pm

    Looks like Nasca lines.

  12. Sigbilicious on January 16, 2022 at 1:58 pm

    Getting an odd vibe from this video. Just doesn’t feel like veritasium.

  13. Raymond Billson on January 16, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    Wow…..

  14. U.S. Militia on January 16, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    All my uncle’s and several of my cousins, on mom’s side, were miners. They made great money but their health dwindled fast. I don’t think any of them lived past 63.

  15. Christina R. on January 16, 2022 at 2:01 pm

    P.s
    Why has there only been one of these “pin drop” videos?
    Has this been explained? Maybe it was just too much work for not enough profit ?

  16. Casey Herbert on January 16, 2022 at 2:02 pm

    I love this content, so fun to learn new things in depth!

  17. Guilherme on January 16, 2022 at 2:03 pm

    What is Veritassium background? This guy looks like he has 13 masters and 5 PhDs…

  18. Saad Moquim on January 16, 2022 at 2:07 pm

    Studying inorganic chemistry the fun way

  19. Hasnat Malik on January 16, 2022 at 2:08 pm

    impressed by the amazing presentation
    nice and easy 🙌

  20. Tyler Thorne on January 16, 2022 at 2:09 pm

    ~ 5:25 if something we do combusts and it was expected, can that be spontaneous?

  21. lahe coq on January 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm

    Ferb, i know what we are going to do today

  22. Cocogoatmilk on January 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm

    Any plans for the next pindrop episode? We love it!

  23. Chris Williamson on January 16, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    This video is just absolutely incredible, keep up the great work.

  24. Sam B on January 16, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    That mine cross section wasn’t airtight whatsoever, and the fire behaved very differently that how I imagine you were trying to demonstrate

  25. Breeze Smith on January 16, 2022 at 2:15 pm

    So, the Colorado River is drying up. What now?

  26. Keith Olson on January 16, 2022 at 2:17 pm

    One thing that *MUST* be mentioned is that using only chemical fertilizer isn’t enough; it is only three elements of a symphony of nutrition that we require to be healthy. It matters little if a harvest is bountiful if it is nutritionally empty.

  27. rob on January 16, 2022 at 2:17 pm

    Why didn’t our science teacher just play your videos in high school?

  28. John Calvert on January 16, 2022 at 2:17 pm

    17:32 Dead Horse Point, Moab, Utah

  29. Parthasarathi Acharya on January 16, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    you are Anti Naturalist : From your end views in most of videos I found.

    I had most of information some 30 years back living in poorest state of India, Orissa,
    in a town named Cuttack, which till now a semi urban area corporation for name sake only, just due to mostly 3 Scholarly person infield of science . All left for heavenly abode those spend whole life popularizing science among school children, but they were Naturalists. They are no.1 Vinod Kanoogo (not a even a high school pass out) a freedom fighter, an one man army,compiled 1st encyclopedia in Oriya language [Still the only one. a very bad thing for my language & Province],

    no.2 Dr. Gokulanada Mohapatra, Chemistry professor, Oriya Science fiction Writer, founder of "Vigyan Prachar Samiti" (‘Vigyan’ means Science) a society for propaganda of science; still only one in my province
    no.2 Dr.Devakanta Mishra professor in physics, Educationst and literary personality, of course member of the above mentioned science society and they published one Journal for popularizing Science "Vigyanalok" literally means ‘Light of Science’ . Still only one Science Journal in my language published till now as i remember
    [(((( again a Very Bad thing for my language and province ,
    WORSE the Journal has no much circulation
    WORSE than Worse: most of the young science & engineering Graduates i meet & had taught privately don’t Know their names including other International Acclaimed Scientists of my province not even names Like Homi Jehangir Bhabha forget about Dr.Meghnad Saha and other)))].
    All of them were Naturalists in my view.
    I am 60+

  30. 深海菜比 on January 16, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    这太棒了,我好想看下一期

  31. SeaJay Oceans on January 16, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    14:06 START. Thanks.

  32. Scion Mantap on January 16, 2022 at 2:22 pm

    Nearly one year and Pin Drop segment doesn’t continue

  33. Ty Ciccotelli on January 16, 2022 at 2:23 pm

    This series must continue!!!!

  34. Beck Benson on January 16, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    When he responds to the explosion in slo-mo he sounds like a dying whale🤣

  35. Michael Arnold on January 16, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    thumbs up if you assumed lithium

  36. Derek on January 16, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    "sports people." spoken like a true science communicator

  37. joko tri on January 16, 2022 at 2:27 pm

    After all this time, I just realized I have no idea what your name is. It’s Weird.
    Turns out you’re just a guy named Derek

  38. Kicking Horse on January 16, 2022 at 2:29 pm

    No till

  39. malemd on January 16, 2022 at 2:30 pm

    Great video. Does the water pumped underground have any effect on the stability of the earth’s crust?

  40. Michael Swift on January 16, 2022 at 2:30 pm

    I loved this video!

  41. Spencer Calvert on January 16, 2022 at 2:32 pm

    “Just drop a pin and iam off” no no no drop a pin and iam in. It just sounds better to me! Anyone else silently have to finish off what people say to make it sound better to U??? I may just b crazy 😜 like the certifiably kind.

  42. Decan Frost on January 16, 2022 at 2:33 pm

    fuel?

  43. Derek Lush on January 16, 2022 at 2:34 pm

    Damn "pin drop" didn’t really materialize did it

  44. Vaniłła on January 16, 2022 at 2:36 pm

    the dramatic music wasn’t really necessary but nice touch to the video

  45. Koala Stoves on January 16, 2022 at 2:37 pm

    And look at how we’ve destroyed and raped this planet. We should have stayed hunter gatherers

  46. Flavio Lordello on January 16, 2022 at 2:37 pm

    Aways relevant! Thanks a lot.

  47. James Pyacek on January 16, 2022 at 2:38 pm

    Yeah but fertilizer is also part of a huge water pollution problem. As is Big Ag. Best to figure out long-term solutions to overpopulation, and to grow more organically.

  48. 구독 안하면 프사 님 미래 아들 on January 16, 2022 at 2:38 pm

    So why are there no feminists complain about gender inequality in mining profession?

  49. OneBlueFroggy on January 16, 2022 at 2:41 pm

    Why no mention that it is a non-renewable resource ? That the copper sulfate is not good for the land, that there is so much potash waste that is a pollutant to air and water, not mentioned here ! Just the good stuff. It’s ok to harm the planet if it means we get to grow things easier and not do all the work ?
    🤔 🇨🇦 ✌️

  50. Samuel Midzi on January 16, 2022 at 2:41 pm

    the lil bucket stayed upright

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