Should This Lake Exist?

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2015
  • The Salton Sea is the largest body of water in California, home to the second most diverse group of birds in America and it exists by accident.
    Another great video on the Salton Sea: • The Accidental Sea
    I used archive from this video.
    Music by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com ‘Mirage’, ‘Hyperfun’, ‘Marty Gots a Plan’, ‘Past the Edge’

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @tevinpersinger
    @tevinpersinger 8 лет назад +12946

    He must have some self discipline not to smack the flies off his face

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  8 лет назад +4175

      I've lived in Australia a long time

    • @jonathan__g
      @jonathan__g 8 лет назад +291

      tevin persinger I thought the same thing too. I would be pretty much just whacking away at the flies the whole video if I was him.

    • @KyleWelsby
      @KyleWelsby 8 лет назад +248

      Veritasium the flies that bad in Australia? I had a bad enough time with them in India.

    • @ClutchGodGames
      @ClutchGodGames 8 лет назад +33

      Kyle Welsby he literally said he was in California like 8 times.

    • @MaccaD2191a
      @MaccaD2191a 8 лет назад +125

      The flies are way worse than that in Australia haha

  • @epicsnail14
    @epicsnail14 3 года назад +1618

    The old timey commercials and the ruined houses really give this place a Fallout vibe

    • @iver1343
      @iver1343 3 года назад +13

      or Russia vibe yeah looks the same

    • @TheBluePhoenix008
      @TheBluePhoenix008 3 года назад +22

      If they ever make a terrible movie, they know where to go.

    • @TheGamingPolitician
      @TheGamingPolitician 2 года назад +26

      Or sandy shores from GTA

    • @habitz8086
      @habitz8086 2 года назад +13

      @@TheGamingPolitician it is Sandy shores 😂

    • @SchwachsinnProduzent
      @SchwachsinnProduzent 2 года назад +10

      They should make a Fallout theme park there. Just paint a few old barrels yellow, hide them everywhere and give kids toy Geiger counters.

  • @youaredonefor4444
    @youaredonefor4444 2 года назад +588

    Physics wasn't enough so he started questioning a lake's existence.

  • @7evYT
    @7evYT 2 года назад +538

    I'm so blazed right now, but did the bubling mud segment feel like it went on for an eternity? And I loved it.

    • @PTSD_Guts
      @PTSD_Guts 2 года назад +25

      I was sitting here just now under those same circumstances, it absolutely did lmaoo

    • @7evYT
      @7evYT 2 года назад +12

      @@PTSD_Guts hahaha. Glad somebody else experienced that as well. 😂

    • @hunterwyeth
      @hunterwyeth 2 года назад +1

      Same

    • @hunterwyeth
      @hunterwyeth 2 года назад +15

      We’re all here getting stoned and refreshing recommended videos together in 2021

    • @TheDeadOfNight37
      @TheDeadOfNight37 2 года назад +4

      Same here it felt like 5 minutes I was really confused but I was entranced

  • @ColinTheShark
    @ColinTheShark 4 года назад +1304

    this turned from interesting and educational to depressing and sad in just over 7 minutes...

    • @anthonymiranda594
      @anthonymiranda594 4 года назад +32

      My girl on her period

    • @acar_8979
      @acar_8979 2 года назад +1

      @Anthony Miranda TRUEEE

    • @xx_insert_cool_username_he6876
      @xx_insert_cool_username_he6876 2 года назад +19

      "Should this lake exist?"
      Should i even exist?

    • @markhicks3069
      @markhicks3069 2 года назад +3

      Yes this lake should exist and it can be saved

    • @captainsquids2792
      @captainsquids2792 2 года назад +3

      This isn't sad if you watch the whole thing really
      Quite bittersweet sure but it's not purely negative

  • @annahilation
    @annahilation 5 лет назад +3085

    Every Story of the 50's: "everything was great, except until..."

  • @camronmiller4154
    @camronmiller4154 4 года назад +420

    My brain: okay you need to go to to sleep its 3am
    Also me: I dont need sleep, i NEED ANSWERS

    • @jaridkeen123
      @jaridkeen123 3 года назад +3

      I looked at the clock and its 3am... I hate Insomnia

    • @mthedirectioner
      @mthedirectioner 3 года назад +1

      Lmao Sheldon Cooper reference

    • @richardkapantow1
      @richardkapantow1 2 года назад

      @@jaridkeen123 why u do not upload anymore video?

  • @delvinciposterkid
    @delvinciposterkid 3 года назад +310

    "Nature will find a way, even if it does not involve us."

    • @muegaltomiganson
      @muegaltomiganson 3 года назад +7

      Not if we constantly bruise it!

    • @derpymule7977
      @derpymule7977 3 года назад +17

      @@muegaltomiganson I mean it definitely still will. Nature will kill all of humanity off before it succumbs to us.

    • @muegaltomiganson
      @muegaltomiganson 3 года назад +3

      @@derpymule7977
      *flashbacks black hole bomb*

    • @ceoofconfusion100
      @ceoofconfusion100 3 года назад +2

      @@muegaltomiganson wait when the hell did we make black hole bombs

    • @muegaltomiganson
      @muegaltomiganson 3 года назад +4

      @@ceoofconfusion100 since Kurzgesagt existed

  • @ColonizersBlow
    @ColonizersBlow 5 лет назад +3288

    It’s basically a huge fish tank that hasn’t been cleaned in ages...😬

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 лет назад +112

      Helena No it's more like a septic tank that hasn't been cleaned in ages!

    • @ColonizersBlow
      @ColonizersBlow 5 лет назад +57

      Jom Pop I went out there about a month ago... and it was nice. I mean, it's a strange place, but I like strange, so... Took some great abandoned building shots! 😊

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 лет назад +16

      Helena Any Topless photos???

    • @ColonizersBlow
      @ColonizersBlow 5 лет назад +18

      Jon MacDonald Shame on you! 😉

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 лет назад +8

      Helena 😀😀
      (🌻Y🌻)

  • @hereLiesThisTroper
    @hereLiesThisTroper 8 лет назад +835

    6:20 There's just a lack of caring...
    *fly lands on his forehead*
    Yup... No fucks were ever given.

    • @minhthanh1994
      @minhthanh1994 8 лет назад +24

      I respect him for the bravery of talking while a bunch of flies flying around. One almost go in his mouth

    • @chaoticfox6271
      @chaoticfox6271 7 лет назад

      XD

    • @Elias___
      @Elias___ 7 лет назад +17

      That fly really wanted its 13 seconds of fame.

    • @matthewwalloch6250
      @matthewwalloch6250 7 лет назад

      I

    • @cambrown5633
      @cambrown5633 7 лет назад +2

      You what?

  • @boasgar
    @boasgar 2 года назад +35

    fly:
    *attempts desperately to ruin the sentimental gravity of your culminating speech*
    you:
    *activates maximum-ponder-drive, generating prefontal heat THUS repelling the fly through pure thought*

  • @keiffitz689
    @keiffitz689 3 года назад +95

    “A lack of caring” as the fly is taste testing your face lol

  • @randomgtafan
    @randomgtafan 8 лет назад +523

    FYI: this is the lake in GTA V

    • @creato938
      @creato938 8 лет назад +93

      Walter Joseph Kovacs Yep, Alamo Sea from GTA V, even the abandoned resorts.

    • @MystaMysterio
      @MystaMysterio 8 лет назад +54

      Maybe that's why it seemed familiar

    • @opsin
      @opsin 8 лет назад +40

      Walter Joseph Kovacs Alamo Sea in GTA. Despite everyone leaving Salton there are little enclaves of people who want to get away from it all, just like Trevor.

    • @kattn01
      @kattn01 8 лет назад +1

      opsin Yeah, Salton City is there, for instance. Looks arid and abandoned, but people live there!

    • @23100Battlefield
      @23100Battlefield 8 лет назад +5

      Walter Joseph Kovacs exept in gta v there is an outflow river and it is at sea level but we get the idea

  • @draytonPW
    @draytonPW 5 лет назад +2870

    It is kind of hard to lay down a serious and profound monologue with flies crawling on your face.

    • @okioki1131
      @okioki1131 5 лет назад +75

      That's called being outdoors, you should try it some time.

    • @Aakash_Goswami1
      @Aakash_Goswami1 5 лет назад +39

      Some people go outside and work, I know it sounds crazy

    • @ryanmecillas9759
      @ryanmecillas9759 5 лет назад +25

      You ever been to a lake, buddy?

    • @Kwalified1
      @Kwalified1 5 лет назад +5

      Ghandi would disagree with you yo...

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 5 лет назад +2

      unless you're beelzebub

  • @ritvik989
    @ritvik989 3 года назад +65

    This has to be the saddest video of him. In the end, the camera pan over on the lake and silently video ends unlike any other video

  • @brandonallen2301
    @brandonallen2301 2 года назад +68

    I would legit be really interested in lobbying to turn this into an algal carbon sink. It's so static, and so large. You'd have to regulate the runoff but it could be huge for carbon capture.

  • @cinnaisstinky4965
    @cinnaisstinky4965 5 лет назад +2502

    2:51 that’s what my mother did when I was born

  • @ZanenTM
    @ZanenTM 8 лет назад +1871

    I could watch those mud bubbles for hours.

    • @michaelJackson100ish
      @michaelJackson100ish 8 лет назад +3

      +Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights same

    • @gijs5670
      @gijs5670 8 лет назад +1

      +Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights IKR?!

    • @BoneGangsta305
      @BoneGangsta305 8 лет назад

      +Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights i was in a trance

    • @jiysea
      @jiysea 8 лет назад +4

      it's like u wasted 1 hour of your life

    • @ZER0--
      @ZER0-- 8 лет назад +2

      +Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights Get a lava lamp, it's nearly as good.

  • @ohboy1113
    @ohboy1113 4 года назад +399

    “You can’t even see the other end of this lake”
    Hol up then, what I seein then?

    • @geo3106
      @geo3106 4 года назад +29

      that's not the complete other side.

    • @ZebraFacts
      @ZebraFacts 3 года назад +18

      You can't see the end of the lake, not the side...

    • @geo3106
      @geo3106 3 года назад +5

      @@ZebraFacts Dude, what I meant is that the lake is much wider in the other areas.

    • @ZebraFacts
      @ZebraFacts 3 года назад +5

      @@geo3106 Are you saying that some parts of the lake are wider? If so, I agree. I've never been there but on a flight from LA to Chicago, we flew over a huge lake. It was so big, I'm sure it was the Salton Sea.

    • @geo3106
      @geo3106 3 года назад +3

      @@ZebraFacts yes, thanks

  • @MateoQuixote
    @MateoQuixote 4 года назад +42

    Went there 3 days ago. Truly magical to explore some of these largely abandoned towns. Desert Shores, Bombay Beach. A must do if you're in SoCal

    • @heidiappe
      @heidiappe 2 года назад

      Agree, love exploring the area. Bombay Beach is the bomb.. Don't forget the Slabs!

    • @bloopbloop7061
      @bloopbloop7061 2 года назад +4

      I live their so here’s some tips don’t come out in the summer it can get up to 125 if you do find a nice place to dine and cool off. We have some of the nicest sunsets and sunrises with the sky turning a nice orange pink very beautiful when theirs a few clouds . It is a small community and we love visitors. Can be glad to say I’m a part of the community lived here my whole life of 16 years.

    • @jamesrav
      @jamesrav 2 года назад +1

      @@bloopbloop7061 I used to visit Calipatria on business (in the summer ...) and kept wanting to visit the Salton Sea. But my desire to get back home to 75° from the 110 was too strong. So one time I went there first, and it is a surreal place, almost dreamlike (it was hazy that day, heat hazy). Glad I went, but sad to know its eventual demise. The only savior is a biblical flood of rain, and that's not helpful otherwise. One of my favorite sci-fi 'B' movies is 'The Monster that Challenged the World' which took place at the (made up) Naval Facility on the Salton Sea.

    • @goldenyuri3556
      @goldenyuri3556 2 года назад +1

      @@bloopbloop7061 is the lake swimmable?

    • @bloopbloop7061
      @bloopbloop7061 2 года назад +3

      @@goldenyuri3556 depends on what you mean by swim able I would not go in their now but like 8 years ago we would jump into the keys near desert shores of my grandmas dock now their is no water in the keys and it’s super salty like really salty

  • @ThistleBlue
    @ThistleBlue 8 лет назад +583

    All those flies would drive me crazy...

    • @suddenshotty
      @suddenshotty 8 лет назад +3

      Conor Porteous you may want to avoid Australia in the summertime then... Us Australians grow a sensitivity to not notice them at all xD

    • @winsonli840
      @winsonli840 8 лет назад

      Stuff i do I haven't played Blacklight in a long while. Has there been anything new? Any updates or are they still letting pc die and Playstation grow? I wanted them to add that compound to pc so much.

    • @dschonsie
      @dschonsie 8 лет назад +3

      You wanted to catch them with your tongue, didn't you?

    • @ThistleBlue
      @ThistleBlue 8 лет назад

      Winson Li PC's getting a parity Patch soon. Then there's a full roadmap of content patches.

    • @ThistleBlue
      @ThistleBlue 8 лет назад

      ***** Sure, the PC version did die to the PS4 version, but it's getting a parity Patch that with make it equal the PS4 version.
      Anyway, I just liked the logo. I haven't played in years..

  • @ivanwilson8038
    @ivanwilson8038 8 лет назад +2185

    I wanted to slap those flies for you so bad

    • @zookatone
      @zookatone 8 лет назад +44

      Daycow417 one of the disadvantages of HD

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  8 лет назад +112

      zookatone or even 4k

    • @ivanwilson8038
      @ivanwilson8038 8 лет назад +22

      Veritasium haha you're in my thread. . . .makes me feel a little special. . . . . .Keep up the good work man

    • @Silybadzchik
      @Silybadzchik 8 лет назад

      IKR

    • @huzaifahbaharudin2048
      @huzaifahbaharudin2048 8 лет назад

      😂😂😂😂😂IKR!!

  • @xotroll9676
    @xotroll9676 2 года назад +57

    netlfix: are you still watching
    someones daughter: 1:22

  • @itsmehere1
    @itsmehere1 2 года назад +11

    This is definitely the inspiration for the Alamo Sea and Dandy Shores in gta 5.

    • @memelordozai8553
      @memelordozai8553 2 года назад +1

      Yes, it is. You can read about it in the GTA wiki

  • @spectral8591
    @spectral8591 5 лет назад +1419

    6:30 Boi dont scare me like that

    • @MsMRkv
      @MsMRkv 5 лет назад +4

      Thecatsmeow :3 xD

    • @edoardonicitra30
      @edoardonicitra30 5 лет назад +8

      That's only the reality... Nothing to scare about, accept that, or change your and others' mind...

    • @compulsivecommenter990
      @compulsivecommenter990 5 лет назад +1

      It doesn't matter if you're scared it will happen!

    • @spectral8591
      @spectral8591 5 лет назад +84

      ...you guys realize im talking about the fly jumpscare right

    • @hxman2333
      @hxman2333 5 лет назад +9

      @@spectral8591 clearly not

  • @omegagamerdoge
    @omegagamerdoge 5 лет назад +1962

    Why the mud volcano oddly satisfying

  • @randmayfield5695
    @randmayfield5695 2 года назад +10

    I remember going there as a kid back in the early 60's when it was thriving. The fishing was amazing.

  • @adrianjaeger2285
    @adrianjaeger2285 3 года назад +3

    I really love that lesson at the end. Love this channel and can't wait for the next video.

  • @eTheBlack
    @eTheBlack 8 лет назад +277

    Watchout Trevor might be there, you never know what he is up to.

    • @timetuner
      @timetuner 8 лет назад +77

      eTheBlack Usually meth

    • @LajosPataki1
      @LajosPataki1 8 лет назад +4

      The only thing they farm there is methamphetamine

    • @tucana21
      @tucana21 8 лет назад

      Hahahaha true to that...

    • @whopperlover1772
      @whopperlover1772 8 лет назад

      eTheBlack Oh man! I made the same comment and I came down here to see if anyone else thought the same thing! I didn't come down far enough XD

    • @Technoguyfication
      @Technoguyfication 8 лет назад

      eTheBlack *sigh*

  • @tracttrp4972
    @tracttrp4972 5 лет назад +749

    Sandy Shores really looks good with this graphics mod.

  • @michaelinglis8516
    @michaelinglis8516 2 года назад +11

    Wow that ending wasn't expected. It was like "The Birds" but with flys.

  • @Jeetjemina
    @Jeetjemina 2 года назад +4

    I really enjoyed the fly on 6:31 walking over my screen.

    • @DewSocks
      @DewSocks 2 года назад

      I think that's a spider?

    • @archevenault
      @archevenault 2 года назад +1

      @@DewSocks nah its a fly. plenty of dead fish means plenty of flies.

  • @cienciabit
    @cienciabit 7 лет назад +1618

    Nice place, but flies' paradise. Perhaps due to the amount of dead fish.

    • @zulthyr1852
      @zulthyr1852 6 лет назад +27

      death to flies! Goddamn ISIS terrorist fly!

    • @gavinstarks2761
      @gavinstarks2761 6 лет назад

      You can see them in the video

    • @dbgrfdg
      @dbgrfdg 6 лет назад +2

      we all wouldn't live without flys

    • @zulthyr1852
      @zulthyr1852 6 лет назад

      Prove it, Stalin!

    • @karlsapp7134
      @karlsapp7134 6 лет назад +1

      The flies eat algae and are the reason that birds go there.

  • @MattsAwesomeStuff
    @MattsAwesomeStuff 8 лет назад +478

    Trying to have serious conversation about moral obligation and consequences of our actions.... THE FLIES. THE FLIES! HEY ARE YOU TRYING TO SHARE YOUR FEELINGS? HOW ABOUT I LAND ON YOUR FACE! NO? HOW ABOUT YOUR CAMERA?

    • @carultch
      @carultch 8 лет назад +11

      MattsAwesomeStuff There is a capslock key next to the A on your keyboard. Push it once, make sure you type lowercase letters by default, and never push it again.

    • @MattsAwesomeStuff
      @MattsAwesomeStuff 8 лет назад +67

      carultch THERE IS A TINY BUTTON ABOVE YOUR BALLS. CUT IT OFF TO ENSURE YOUR CRAPPY SENSE OF HUMOR WILL NEVER BE PASSED ONTO THE NEXT GENERATION. Jeeze, it was a joke about panicking when an insect gets close to your face and how he didn't.

    • @scottydog636
      @scottydog636 8 лет назад +5

      HAHA HAHA! I LIKE THAT! NICE COMEBACK.

    • @thebay3080
      @thebay3080 8 лет назад +2

      HELP MEEEEEE! HELP MEEEEEEEE!

    • @mashroom_
      @mashroom_ 8 лет назад

      MattsAwesomeStuff thanks for the comment. It made me lol

  • @dogge929
    @dogge929 2 года назад +32

    Imagine falling in a mud volcano, but it's a 3 foot deep hole just big enough to get your hips though, so you get stuck on your elbows while your body gets scorching burns up to your hips and there's toxic gas pushing up around you, making your lungs burn. You cans get out and in your panic slowly slide down further into the mud

    • @hugebuffman3619
      @hugebuffman3619 2 года назад +8

      wow that sure seems uncomfortable, daniel!

    • @horusreloaded6387
      @horusreloaded6387 2 года назад +3

      Now imagine all those CO2 building up under the surface and suddenly releasing and killing every living being in a 16 miles radius.
      Which happened once in some other lake

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe 2 года назад +2

      @@horusreloaded6387 the thing is that CO2 is being vented unlike the other lake.

  • @VOLAIRE
    @VOLAIRE 2 года назад +5

    Happy to know I’m not the only one who was hypnotized for an eternity by those bubbles

  • @josh11735
    @josh11735 8 лет назад +437

    Lol 6:31 the bug's like "Look ma! I'm on RUclips!" xD
    But seriously, very interesting video. I never thought I'd be so fascinated in watching mud bubbles pop for over a minute straight :o

  • @Ashchu117
    @Ashchu117 7 лет назад +578

    I liked this video just because he put up with all those flies XD

  • @bobhanover4841
    @bobhanover4841 2 года назад

    Great Job! You broke that down well. I 've watched a ton of Salton Sea Videos.

  • @kylezo
    @kylezo 3 года назад +47

    It seems to me that the lesson has more to do with the careless destructiveness of agricultural runoff.

    • @dallaswood4117
      @dallaswood4117 2 года назад +1

      I mean that sped up the process but ultimately any body of water that doesn’t have an outlet is going to become so salty that it supports little to no life great salt lake Dead Sea etc

    • @keithwood6459
      @keithwood6459 2 года назад +1

      That, and the folly of poorly planned engineering projects that created it in the first place..

    • @austinbrown7183
      @austinbrown7183 2 года назад

      Careless destructiveness of Homo Sapiens and entropy.

    • @mannurse7421
      @mannurse7421 2 года назад

      What did it destroy? A patch of dry desert?

  • @NeoHoshi
    @NeoHoshi 8 лет назад +529

    Humans do have great power to shape the planet. Imagine what we could do if we all cared.

    • @jessepinkman3075
      @jessepinkman3075 8 лет назад +3

      just imagination...:(

    • @NeoHoshi
      @NeoHoshi 8 лет назад

      Bros Badass Sadly....

    • @DanM012324
      @DanM012324 8 лет назад +9

      +Amineo It would be best if we just left nature alone and only try to change things where humans live.

    • @TMB247
      @TMB247 8 лет назад +3

      +Amineo
      Get Government out of the way and a Capitalist will Care.

    • @TitaGoose
      @TitaGoose 8 лет назад +4

      +Amineo
      Start with yourself and then help others around you achieve consistency within their moral principles.
      Live THAT life. Don't wait for a majority to do something good.

  • @catchphase
    @catchphase 5 лет назад +226

    Those mud bubbles were so satisfying to watch.

  • @shree9418
    @shree9418 3 года назад +6

    I felt the silence and breaks after every line towards the end......

  • @xifer7367
    @xifer7367 3 года назад +21

    Little kid: looses his slippers in a lake
    He to his dad: *title*

  • @Juneisthebestmonth
    @Juneisthebestmonth 5 лет назад +355

    The Hoover Dam has killed any hope of maintaining this Mistake Lake, by preventing the floods that used to ruin the area. This video is nearly 4 years old and the situation has gotten much worse. Purposely - gotten much worse. It IS returning to the condition it was before 1905 - and with the Hoover Dam, it will guarantee that this hell-hole will dry up. It is now toxic, choked down with no oxygen, the remaining fish are gone, the birds have mostly left. The newly exposed land is being sold. It's a done deal.
    Soon to be a large salt flat - just as it was years ago.

    • @awildfilingcabinet6239
      @awildfilingcabinet6239 5 лет назад +62

      *large toxic salt flat. All the run-off, all the pesticides, fertilizer and salt is just going to sit there and accumulate, harming the nearby area

    • @Juneisthebestmonth
      @Juneisthebestmonth 5 лет назад +12

      @@awildfilingcabinet6239 The areas can be sampled, and any areas with high pesticide levels can be covered with gravel and sand. The area is surrounded by a huge desert with pervasive blowing particulates anyway. The newly exposed playa will be exposed over the next decade allowing controlled coverage

    • @june19v
      @june19v 5 лет назад +12

      @EveryDay Not sure what you are saying and who you are saying it to. The only way to reduce the effect of the decades-long pollution is to seal it up and prevent access. That is not a waste of time (unless you want to breath pesticides) nor resources

    • @june19v
      @june19v 5 лет назад +7

      @EveryDay Let me instruct you with facts: There IS ag runoff, want pictures? THAT and the extremely polluted New River are the only feeds into the Mistake Lake now. They are adding concentrated pollutants to the already highly polluted lake. Another fact: Fine particles blow across the newly exposed playa (and the desert surrounding) without mechanical contact from RVs. The wind whips up the top layer. Yes, asbestos is a concern.....but it is in very low levels. The pollutants and metals (naturally occurring selenium) are a direct concern. The area of concern (downwind) is too gigantic to make off limits with barbed wire - hell - we get resistance with a wall on our border! Young children and breathing impaired individuals should already be out of downwind areas. To remain is child abuse. People more for health reasons and weather reasons all the time. The state owes these people nothing. By the way, there are no indigenous fish or critters in that water.....they were all added in over the years. And it was more than salt killing off the life in the lake - the agricultural runoff fed the algae that overgrew and sucked all the oxygen out of the water. Then it cycles and dies off and decomposes - creating that horrible smell. It keeps repeating this cycle. That is why this lake is already termed dead, cannot be saved and must be dried up. We don't add water to a polluted lake.

    • @mattbentley8958
      @mattbentley8958 5 лет назад +5

      @@june19v, yea they have so much extra water in California the farmers water the fields to the point there is continuous runoff from them. That is why half the farmland is dead from lack of water. Have you driven the I5 recently? Millions of acres of dead farm land. The politicians need to protect the smelt and make sure all usable water ends up in the ocean so they can enforce drought laws.

  • @Limbomber
    @Limbomber 8 лет назад +426

    This video was sponsored by Ray-Ban and flies :D

    • @anthonyhagarty6323
      @anthonyhagarty6323 8 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @haandawg
      @haandawg 8 лет назад +2

      😂

    • @BUSeixas11
      @BUSeixas11 8 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @niory
      @niory 8 лет назад +3

      bomber1452 I came for this comment !

    • @drumrit
      @drumrit 8 лет назад +2

      sara meachel I just came too!!! Gonna wipe up now.

  • @smakkacowtherealone
    @smakkacowtherealone 4 года назад +10

    Flies: "We're gonna end the viewer's whole attention span."

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 4 года назад +2

    excellent production. very expressive and straight to the point. (also an impressive basket you got there, dude (@7:14-15. well blessed)

  • @Lubomir1
    @Lubomir1 6 лет назад +43

    Comment section:
    10% about the lake
    90% about the flies

  • @parkourmaster3609
    @parkourmaster3609 8 лет назад +615

    that fly just crawl onto the camera liek "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY MOM"

  • @murkorus7147
    @murkorus7147 4 года назад +65

    Lake: Is the new hotspot for tourists and a moneymaker and stuff
    Farmers: We're gonna end this man's whole career

  • @g.waits4gainz205
    @g.waits4gainz205 2 года назад

    dang, well done video is amazingly thought provoking

  • @patsie00
    @patsie00 8 лет назад +466

    trevor should be crashing a plane in there any minute now

  • @TheMatthewDMerrill
    @TheMatthewDMerrill 8 лет назад +153

    Eagerly waits for the mud to get on the camera. Also remind me of sand shores from GTA V.

    • @favelamarek2
      @favelamarek2 8 лет назад +39

      It is

    • @Fjolltzu
      @Fjolltzu 8 лет назад +34

      yup alamo sea is inspired on this

    • @namibjDerEchte
      @namibjDerEchte 8 лет назад +1

      +Matt Merrill Loooks a bit like fallout irl...without the RAD

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 8 лет назад +3

      Carbonated fizzy mud.
      Has anyone tried bottling that ?
      "It's packed with minerals!"

  • @th3rdeyeopen
    @th3rdeyeopen 4 года назад

    Incredible place to study terraforming! There are lessons to be learned in just the time lapse photos.

  • @arcus9066
    @arcus9066 3 года назад +5

    Veritasium: The San Andreas fault has magma close to the surface.
    Me: Naw. It's having a temper tantrum.

  • @mbisson5816
    @mbisson5816 4 года назад +31

    Been there. The fish bones were so high along the shore and the stench so bad, it was hard to see beauty in the lake. But hey, it's a short drive to some beautiful mountains near there, and it was in those mountains that I proposed to my wonderful wife of 19 years! The desert view below provides a gorgeous contrast to the mountain scenery. I love the Salton Sea area... from a distance.

  • @cr0ssley
    @cr0ssley 7 лет назад +407

    the mud volcanoes are very satisfying in slow motion :I

  • @blazingkatana97
    @blazingkatana97 8 месяцев назад

    In 7 minutes, he turned from a scientist to a philosopher.

  • @mthedirectioner
    @mthedirectioner 3 года назад +1

    Respect. That speech at the end... wow. You have my respect.

  • @Bouzsi
    @Bouzsi 5 лет назад +571

    2:00 also known, scientifically, as the "Taco Bell Effect"

  • @eratonysiad2582
    @eratonysiad2582 8 лет назад +108

    That is very deep...
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    Pun intended

    • @DJEmonTV
      @DJEmonTV 8 лет назад

      Lol

    • @samdeshler
      @samdeshler 8 лет назад +6

      Chris vd. Heijden ACTUALLY.... the deepest point is only about 16m (52ft) :)

    • @Sp1inter64
      @Sp1inter64 8 лет назад

      Uh ggggg8 Buffy uh

    • @mell0mar
      @mell0mar 8 лет назад

      HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE
      Just no

    • @Mayorewey12
      @Mayorewey12 8 лет назад

      +David Stumpf (sp1inter) the vampire slayer

  • @nikomastropaolo
    @nikomastropaolo 8 месяцев назад

    The interesting lesson for me in this story is how the decay and messiness due to lack of maintenance only occurs where humans intervened in the first place. This does not happen in nature when we stay away. Obviously we can’t leave all virgin soil untouched, where else would we go, but it is clear how desperately we need to apply more care.

  • @christophertolhurst4918
    @christophertolhurst4918 4 года назад

    I love you. Well done video. Smart video with a great story of truth about the Salton Sea. Thank you. Peace and God bless you.

  • @spankmytank5653
    @spankmytank5653 7 лет назад +345

    Omg I just realised something........... that's sandy shores in GTA 5

    • @abdallababikir4473
      @abdallababikir4473 6 лет назад +12

      i heard "san andreas"

    • @craigjohnson4929
      @craigjohnson4929 5 лет назад +10

      Well here Sandy shoresis called dessert shores in real life so he's in dessert shores

    • @luvspus69
      @luvspus69 5 лет назад +2

      My mind was blown too

    • @led_farmer
      @led_farmer 5 лет назад +8

      Go back to your mom's basements

    • @n.h6001
      @n.h6001 5 лет назад +5

      Yep and salvation mountain is salvation hill in GTA.

  • @TheShamansQuestion
    @TheShamansQuestion 5 лет назад +105

    *finishes inspirational speech*
    *perfectly pans to bird flying across the lake*

  • @mattmanmv13
    @mattmanmv13 3 года назад

    you and your videos ROCK!!!! Thank you.

  • @nickjunes
    @nickjunes 2 года назад +1

    I re-watch this every once and a while just for the extended mud bubble scene lol

  • @DJInclined
    @DJInclined 8 лет назад +124

    What kind of camera do you use?

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  8 лет назад +88

      DJ Inclined I'm now using a Panasonic GH4 with 12-35mm lens

    • @georgechar7319
      @georgechar7319 8 лет назад +6

      I think gh4 is capable of shooting in 4k, isn't it?

    • @trollface870
      @trollface870 8 лет назад +2

      Πιάνο Ακορντεόν yup

    • @cuethecritic
      @cuethecritic 8 лет назад +1

      are you using the mic on the camera or an external?

    • @pringelsthegamefreak
      @pringelsthegamefreak 8 лет назад +1

      Why do RUclips commenters always ask stupid questions? what next? "what shirt are you wearing?" like just enjoy the dn video

  • @SueDNim
    @SueDNim 7 лет назад +166

    "There are only a few people left there"?
    Why are they ANY people left there? Why are they still there? What do they do there? Who are these people?

    • @ethansheehan1002
      @ethansheehan1002 7 лет назад +47

      They work at the plants

    • @trev6511
      @trev6511 7 лет назад +28

      Farmers too.

    • @foxykero
      @foxykero 7 лет назад +6

      there are about 300 people there ( give or take) and less every year

    • @travisgranger8981
      @travisgranger8981 7 лет назад +9

      they go to work in Palm Springs. Also real estate is extremely cheap. you would have to be extremely reclusive to want to live out there.

    • @saamohod
      @saamohod 7 лет назад +16

      They earn a living catching flies.

  • @filipe3310
    @filipe3310 3 года назад

    Amazing video, and very intriguing history.

  • @MrInterestingthings
    @MrInterestingthings 2 года назад

    Amazing ,I start watching this guy's videos and just keep going ...

  • @isho5196
    @isho5196 8 лет назад +124

    Sandy chores gta 5 is based on this place

    • @stroopwafelarmy4637
      @stroopwafelarmy4637 8 лет назад +9

      *shores

    • @Krizefugl
      @Krizefugl 8 лет назад +16

      +StroopwafelArmy well maybe sandy doesnt like to take out the trash so chores is actually right

    • @InitializedLights
      @InitializedLights 8 лет назад +2

      +the swedish miner It is based of Bombay Beach

    • @spidey9504
      @spidey9504 8 лет назад

      I knew I saw this before

    • @mr.poobie
      @mr.poobie 7 лет назад +2

      it's not...but whatever

  • @mephostopheles3752
    @mephostopheles3752 7 лет назад +37

    The abandoned buildings remind me heavily of the scenery in Fallout 3, 4, and New Vegas.

    • @pyronac1
      @pyronac1 5 лет назад

      slab city is not far from here

    • @teufeldritch
      @teufeldritch 5 лет назад +1

      Sandy Shores in GTA V.

  • @pickles3471
    @pickles3471 4 года назад +11

    "This lake was an accident"
    Well thats one thing me and the lake have in common

  • @jeffreywickens3379
    @jeffreywickens3379 2 года назад +1

    I was there, 20 years ago, right on the shore line, and it really stunk and the water was coffee brown. And that's sad, because there IS something magical about that place, and that magic is the humidity and the tropical feeling, right by the beach. it's very hot, and bone dry, everywhere around the lake, but at the lake itself, it feels very tropical, even though it's not in the tropics.

  • @schlomomcgoldstein4379
    @schlomomcgoldstein4379 7 лет назад +164

    Mud volcanoes in slow motion, I liked that.

    • @superdave354
      @superdave354 5 лет назад

      Schlomo McGoldstein *glob* *glob* delicious

    • @superdave354
      @superdave354 5 лет назад

      Schlomo McGoldstein it has nice thicc volume & eccentricity

  • @MrMrsBrownsboys
    @MrMrsBrownsboys 8 лет назад +66

    Incoming GTA/ Trevor comments.

    • @MrMrsBrownsboys
      @MrMrsBrownsboys 8 лет назад

      Veritasium Did you like this post or did a bot? Either way I took pictures and sent them to friends.

    • @MrMrsBrownsboys
      @MrMrsBrownsboys 8 лет назад

      It is I know. But I had to make sure

    • @MrMrsBrownsboys
      @MrMrsBrownsboys 8 лет назад +4

      No it's actually the one used to inspire the Alamo sea in GTA V along with sandy shores.

    • @lolmandos
      @lolmandos 8 лет назад

      ***** The lake in F:NV is actually Lake Mead.

    • @gorrillawarfair
      @gorrillawarfair 8 лет назад

      Mandos Aldmer i don't know why people don't understand that... the lake in New Vegas is called lake mead! Also it's the only water in the game you come across that doesn't have radiation which sounds like the opposite of this lake.

  • @RigoVids
    @RigoVids 2 года назад +3

    “You can’t even see the other end of this lake” with the mountains in view

    • @RigoVids
      @RigoVids 2 года назад

      I know it’s a low blow but

  • @frankgiancola7
    @frankgiancola7 4 года назад

    If the lake is low in elevation lower than nearby Colorado river a pipe can be run from the river to the lake with a ram pump on the end sending some of the water into the lake and some of the water upwards to a greater height which then can be released to a spot some distance away through gravity. The spot can be somewhere where water is needed possibly for agriculture where without the water agriculture would not be possible. A ram pump does not use any electricity and maintenance is minimal. The cost to build is very inexpensive. Great video as usual.

    • @frankgiancola7
      @frankgiancola7 4 года назад

      A wind pump can be installed on the other end of the lake sending the water somewhere else. Another hose can be run from the river to the lake increasing flow acting like a siphon that never stops flowing. Some of the water in the lake can be run into a solar water distiller removing the salts out of the water and releasing the distilled water back into the lake. The wind pump and solar distiller have no moving parts so very little maintenance is needed and they use renewable energy keeping costs down.

  • @douglasfulmer5483
    @douglasfulmer5483 8 лет назад +137

    Fallout: Salton.

    • @omega4679
      @omega4679 8 лет назад +2

      Lol

    • @galibmahfuzullah6152
      @galibmahfuzullah6152 6 лет назад +1

      i want the game

    • @bit2shift
      @bit2shift 5 лет назад

      More like Alamo Sea and Sandy Shores from GTA 5.

    • @emeyeenaych
      @emeyeenaych 5 лет назад +2

      TAKE ME TO THE PLACE, I BELONG. WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MAMA, TAKE ME HOOOME, COUNTRY ROAD.

  • @murr9798
    @murr9798 8 лет назад +375

    I just wanna be touching the mud one of the little mud-volcanoes :3

    • @AwesomeDesertTrains
      @AwesomeDesertTrains 8 лет назад +49

      It's active high threat potential

    • @HCVE
      @HCVE 8 лет назад +3

      +AwesomeDesertTortoises No its not

    • @comptesecondaire8255
      @comptesecondaire8255 8 лет назад +42

      I think it's not really boiling, there are just carbon dioxide bubbles.
      But it's still hot :)

    • @ZO_id
      @ZO_id 7 лет назад +16

      +Naur Luin over 9000 degrees

    • @maxinecantspeak
      @maxinecantspeak 7 лет назад +5

      Fun fact, it actually gets up to about 10,800 F (give or take) around the center of the Earth.

  • @felixyusupov7299
    @felixyusupov7299 4 месяца назад

    One overlooked solution is pump storage between the Salton Sea and Pacific Ocean in California. Pump water out of the Salton Sea at night using geothermal energy and produce hydroelectric power during the day by adding Pacific ocean water to the Salton Sea. The surface area of the Salton sea is 343 square miles. There is a 225 feet of elevation difference between the Salton Sea and Pacific Ocean. They have already bored a hole in the mountain between the imperial valley and San Diego to transport fresh water. They could drill another one for this battery storage idea. Another advantage is you effectively reduce the high salinity of the Salton Sea while improving air quality of the imperial valley by covering the entire dry lake bed.

  • @mountaindew9921
    @mountaindew9921 2 года назад +1

    "these people had a lack of caring" *ignores bug on face*

  • @boxmeister3059
    @boxmeister3059 5 лет назад +84

    Pre-Salted Fish Get 'em here, fresh from the water, already preserved!

  • @NecrosVideos
    @NecrosVideos 8 лет назад +881

    Fly:OMGZ I'M ON DA INTERNETZ

  • @anoupsukale
    @anoupsukale 4 года назад +2

    The bird at the end flying off to new shores reminded me that we have no wings, and are stranded on this planet. Remember to care.

  • @dustinwelbourne8008
    @dustinwelbourne8008 Год назад

    Doing a coast-to-coast road trip before heading back to Aus, and I was just at the Salton Sea the other day. I got chatting with locals at Bombay Beach, that was an experience in itself, but what an interesting place and story it has.

  • @jeanbaptistevallee4500
    @jeanbaptistevallee4500 5 лет назад +41

    Those mud "volcano`s" are also underwater in a few places.
    One time I watched my brother pull three nice corvina from above a muddy water boil of a mud pot.
    It was weird.

  • @bentleystorlie8073
    @bentleystorlie8073 5 лет назад +26

    The slow motion mud bubbles were really awesome. Thank you for explaining where the air comes from.

  • @Macedonahue
    @Macedonahue 4 года назад +2

    6:30 the fly crawling across the screen is just unnerving.

  • @davidvanniekerk3813
    @davidvanniekerk3813 4 года назад

    Dankie/ Merci for this video. Same here in South Africa. I sometimes visit places that had a hay day but it is now dead. High Noon near Villiersdorp, near Cape Town is so. In the mid to late 1970's ppl in buses will visit this place.. To day it is part of farms. What was there is now all gone... Even the American Family who once owned the property has left. The old road boards is still there... Thanks.

  • @plasticface333
    @plasticface333 8 лет назад +53

    sounds like the sea from gta v

  • @novifart
    @novifart 7 лет назад +270

    "You can't see the other end" *sees mountains across the sea*

    • @NeonForceGetsuga
      @NeonForceGetsuga 7 лет назад +51

      Well where he was standing, he wasn't wrong, there was a part in the video whe you can't see anything over the horizon.

    • @VionkaB
      @VionkaB 6 лет назад +1

      Oh Snap! ! Nibiru! !!!
      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @chromeeagle7172
      @chromeeagle7172 6 лет назад

      That was in the past, the lake as of now has evaporated massively

    • @CadeAG
      @CadeAG 6 лет назад +17

      Look at 5:50 . I don’t see anything past the water

    • @wealthmindset2345
      @wealthmindset2345 6 лет назад +22

      you can’t see from end to end but you can see from side to side

  • @Xaiff
    @Xaiff 3 года назад

    "What we do matters"
    I think I'm going to ponder on that one. Sometimes I feel that I'm so insignificant that whatever I do would not change anything.

  • @Zeroneii3
    @Zeroneii3 2 года назад +4

    connect it back up with the Colorado River and control the flow so the salt lvl reduces

    • @BenJaminLongTime
      @BenJaminLongTime 2 года назад

      ok. we will just append the bill for pumping the lake from lower elevation to higher elevation to your house electric bill each month.

  • @tdubs4522
    @tdubs4522 8 лет назад +15

    *pauses for dramatic effect, fly lands on mouth

  • @pyrotechnik9022
    @pyrotechnik9022 7 лет назад +78

    Hey me and that lake are a lot alike we're both mistakes

    • @ll9704
      @ll9704 5 лет назад +1

      Moritz Beck
      that's just called being edgy

    • @Jim1971a
      @Jim1971a 5 лет назад

      Don’t say that.

    • @oisin3495
      @oisin3495 5 лет назад +2

      Pyro Technik are you covered in flies as well

  • @SuperNiCoNaTeR
    @SuperNiCoNaTeR 3 года назад

    God, I love you bro. Love your hard work man.

  • @padraigmadden6567
    @padraigmadden6567 3 года назад

    That sign off was one of the best I’ve seen