Why This French Lake Turns Pink Every Summer

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @kapegede
    @kapegede Год назад +548

    The saltiness is only topped out by Twitter. 🤣

    • @tonyhussey3610
      @tonyhussey3610 Год назад +6

      This comment needs more recognition 😂

    • @billabobyt
      @billabobyt Год назад +13

      Yes, he made that joke in the video lol

    • @XEinstein
      @XEinstein Год назад +1

      ​@@tonyhussey3610This comment needs some explaining for non native English speakers

    • @kenibarwick
      @kenibarwick Год назад +2

      @tim will need to change it to Threads soon enough

    • @railworksamerica
      @railworksamerica Год назад

      💀💀💀💀💀

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy Год назад +695

    Tim, I must thank you. As a French person constantly surrounded by French-bashing on the Internet, seeing how you, a British man, can be so passionate and positive about France, it does give me hope.
    Thank you, you are amazing.

    • @Petitmoi74
      @Petitmoi74 Год назад +88

      I understand how you feel, but bear in mind that often people are just repeating "jokes" with no intention of doing any harm.
      It's tiring but don't let it affect you, or make you angry, otherwise you'll really become the stereotype they have of the French in their heads.

    • @albevanhanoy
      @albevanhanoy Год назад +72

      ​@@Petitmoi74 Don't worry, I can tell a joke from an insult! Heck, I am the first one happily making jokes about my own country :P . But it's still nice of you to say, thank you.

    • @Slaaan
      @Slaaan Год назад +36

      Don't listen to the haters, you guys are awesome in your own way. Much love from Germany :)

    • @RogersRamblings
      @RogersRamblings Год назад +17

      I do understand. My forebears came to England following the Bastard William's contretemps with King Harold. If William had stayed at home I'd have grown up in a very pleasant Normandy commune instead of surrounded by rosbifs. 😉🤣

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  Год назад +159

      Je t'en prie ! Any country where you can have somewhere as stunning as this and it barely makes it into your top 100 tourist attractions, must be doing something right ;)

  • @Optidorf
    @Optidorf Год назад +225

    I didn't know Bonjourbacteria were responsible for the pink colour of salt lakes. That's why I love this channel: you're always learning something new, even when you don't expect it.

    • @rjc0234
      @rjc0234 Год назад +2

      The noise I made when he said that. I laughed out loud like an early 20th century car horn.

  • @TDOBrandano
    @TDOBrandano Год назад +221

    The soundtrack selection on this one is absolutely on point. Excellent execution as well, as always.

    • @keithphilbin3054
      @keithphilbin3054 Год назад +19

      Liked the Pink Floyd at the end 👍

    • @RaiderRich2001
      @RaiderRich2001 Год назад +24

      P!nk, "Pink" by Aerosmith, and Pink Floyd at the end.
      Also other commenters are saying "La Vie in Rose" was in there also, which I completely missed

    • @netmat04
      @netmat04 Год назад +30

      Also the QI theme for pedantry corner!

    • @anderslarsen6009
      @anderslarsen6009 Год назад +25

      And Chicane - Saltwater.

    • @TheOriginal_BigMac
      @TheOriginal_BigMac Год назад +2

      ​@@anderslarsen6009thank you , that one was bugging me

  • @alexweech451
    @alexweech451 Год назад +133

    Pedantry corner: at one point you showed a picture of the north arm of the Great Salt Lake as an example of a naturally occurring pink lake. The north arm is only pink because a railroad was built through the middle of the lake. The causeway cut-off the north arm from the major rivers, so it withered and became hypersaline. In recent years the state tried increasing the flow of water into the north arm, but then the salty water started flowing south and wrecking havoc on the ecosystem, so they hastily had to improve what they had just done to prevent that.

    • @szurketaltos2693
      @szurketaltos2693 Год назад +8

      And now the Salt lake is disappearing... Hopefully the drought ends soon, but if not then farmers will either have to stop using so much water or face all that salt getting into the air and their land.

    • @LoveStallion
      @LoveStallion Год назад +6

      ​@@szurketaltos2693And they farm alfalfa, of all things! Pick a better crop for the climate, Utah.

    • @laurencefraser
      @laurencefraser Год назад +9

      @@LoveStallion crops chosen for market value rather than suitablility to the growing environment is a problem in a lot of places, unfortunately.

    • @Zraknul
      @Zraknul Год назад +2

      @@laurencefraser Like the Soviet cotton and the Aral sea.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns Год назад +1

      @@Zraknul It is easy to point fingers as Sovie and Russia about these things, but they are happenings elsewhere as well. Greed is universal.

  • @POTThaesslich
    @POTThaesslich Год назад +45

    I laughed at the Twitter dig, but the "bonjour bacteria" joke made me spill my drink
    (Also, as always, well done on the music throughout for which I guess you reference the last word in "La vie en rose" as colour rather than plant)

    • @pmusman
      @pmusman Год назад +5

      'La vie en rose' was always about seeing life through rose-tinted glasses, otherwise it would be 'La vie en roses'. Or have I been wrong all my life?

  • @jenniferalbert910
    @jenniferalbert910 Год назад +35

    Me over and over watching this: OMG they are taking the musical cues to the next level!

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 Год назад +1

      La Vie en Rose... Wish we were there...

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 Год назад +5

      To add my grain of salt, Mancini's Pink Panther would have been quite suitable to go along the shrimps and flamingos.

  • @cameronwillis2567
    @cameronwillis2567 Год назад +50

    Tim.. the music in your videos is always on point but you really outdid yourself on this one! Pink, Chicane, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd.. brilliant!

    • @gormster
      @gormster Год назад

      Chicane! Thank you, that one was bugging me.

    • @nickvanruiven
      @nickvanruiven Год назад +1

      La vie en rose 😂

    • @MartijnPet
      @MartijnPet Год назад +1

      Came for this. Indeed what a great selection ;) even recognized them in 1,5x times speed

    • @WildRover1964
      @WildRover1964 Год назад

      Have I got new for you

    • @yanmorin5431
      @yanmorin5431 Год назад

      also the QI theme song

  • @benjaminb5889
    @benjaminb5889 Год назад +150

    hi Tim, thank you for the video. Pedantry corner: by the way, Aigues- mortes means "dead waters " in francoprovencal or occitan dialect (and you have the opposite sometimes in places like "Ayguesvives"). This city has a long and very interesting history.

    • @andershansson2245
      @andershansson2245 Год назад +1

      I was just about to look that up... ;)

    • @jaumesol3480
      @jaumesol3480 Год назад +7

      Also in catalan lol

    • @paupadros
      @paupadros Год назад +3

      @@jaumesol3480 Catalan evolved from Occitan that's why :)

    • @soly-dp-colo6388
      @soly-dp-colo6388 Год назад +2

      And the waters must be dead because they're too salty.

  • @paulclapham5791
    @paulclapham5791 Год назад +46

    I remember stopping by a pink lake in South Australia a few years ago. You won't be surprised to hear that there was no medieval fortification there.

    • @originaluddite
      @originaluddite Год назад

      Road tripping with some friends, years ago, from Victoria to South Australia and back, we completely by accident took in a pink lake, along with the famous Blue Lake, and a less well-known Green lake.

    • @MatterusOD
      @MatterusOD Год назад +1

      I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and, as a boy, holidayed often at my uncles farm down south on the Coorong (near Salt Creek).
      Pink lakes galore but many would dry up completely by the height of summer 40+C.🦘🦘🦘

    • @Wooargh
      @Wooargh Год назад

      australia would be better than here those signs are literally unreadable this place is obviously not AMERICAN friendly

    • @WyvernYT
      @WyvernYT Год назад

      It's not all that surprising. Australia has hardly ever been invaded by the Italians, right?

    • @Elitist20
      @Elitist20 10 месяцев назад

      @@Wooargh But you'd have to drive on the other side of the road.

  • @thirtysixnanoseconds1086
    @thirtysixnanoseconds1086 Год назад +30

    tim, I think your ability to speak French has greatly aided this channel - as you cover subjects other English speaking creators might not, on top of that, your one of the best at doing this kind of stuff around. cheers for the visa mate

  • @hawa7264
    @hawa7264 Год назад +14

    I really love the little piano jokes in Tim's videos.

  • @MrGreatplum
    @MrGreatplum Год назад +126

    Pink water - just in time for the barbie movie!
    Great video as ever, Tim. Especially loving the Pink Floyd at the end!
    As a connoisseur of unusual places, do you have anywhere in Luxembourg you could recommend? We are heading that way in August!

    • @Gatherersmusic
      @Gatherersmusic Год назад +9

      Not only that it was wish you were here in place of the usual "wish you were here" theme 😂 double punnage

    • @Christo012345
      @Christo012345 Год назад +4

      I actually paused Pink Floyd to watch this video :-D I was not disappointed.

    • @carmengomez3748
      @carmengomez3748 Год назад +2

      He also used "la vie en Rose" and "get the party started" by Pink as a background music 😂😂😂

    • @johanneswerner1140
      @johanneswerner1140 Год назад +2

      Yeah, he's one of the musical kids, isn't he?

    • @MrGreatplum
      @MrGreatplum Год назад

      @@johanneswerner1140 - very much so!

  • @atomdent
    @atomdent Год назад +6

    "Salty Towers" it's masterful bon mots like this that put this channel on the map! Thanks Tim!

  • @Supermunch2000
    @Supermunch2000 Год назад +12

    Hearing the QI theme was one of those warm-fuzzy-feeling moments that I love in your videos. It took me a little bit to realize it was the theme but I was already feeling cozy and with a need for a nice cuppa.

  • @OrlindeEarfalas
    @OrlindeEarfalas Год назад +17

    I had a good chuckle at the "bonjourbacteria" and the saltiness scale, your videos are always so well made both in information and humor, its a delight to discover new things about my own country through your channel! Loved the La Vie en Rose cover at the beginning as well ;)

  • @SFXDreamer
    @SFXDreamer Год назад +23

    Two songs by Pink, Pink by Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and Saltwater by Chicane...nicely done Tim ;-)

    • @katho8472
      @katho8472 Год назад +2

      You missed "La vie en rose" :) (twice!)

    • @SFXDreamer
      @SFXDreamer Год назад

      @@katho8472 Darn, now I have to watch it again ;-) Thx!

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 Год назад +1

      But no "Pink Thing" by XTC.....😢

    • @larrydart7124
      @larrydart7124 Год назад

      @@katho8472 Spotted 'La Vie En Rose' straight away but you beat me to it!

    • @katho8472
      @katho8472 Год назад

      @@larrydart7124 Both times? :)

  • @quillmaurer6563
    @quillmaurer6563 Год назад +5

    The Twitter joke at 3:41 was great - I always love these subtle bits of humor thrown into these.

  • @OndrooGaming
    @OndrooGaming Год назад +9

    Excellent music placement as always 👍

  • @thornil2231
    @thornil2231 Год назад +4

    You should mention that in old french, aigues-mortes means dead water. As in Dead Sea.

  • @hanswoast7
    @hanswoast7 Год назад +66

    Tim, if you want to reduce reflections to improve your image, you could use a linear polarization filter. These can be found in fancy photography lenses ... or just in old 3D glasses :) Try rotating them on reflected light and you get the gist of it^^

    • @mikeimho
      @mikeimho Год назад +12

      Or sunglasses, as demonstrated here: ruclips.net/video/A4pG19z4bPI/видео.html

    • @thehaprust6312
      @thehaprust6312 Год назад +14

      Depending on the type of camera used, a circular polarizing filter is better.

    • @AttilaAsztalos
      @AttilaAsztalos Год назад +2

      @@thehaprust6312 ...which is exactly the only kind you'll ever find in movie theater 3D glasses. Hella confusing if you're unaware and expect them to be linear ones.

    • @ztmsl
      @ztmsl Год назад +5

      Like he did @1:05

    • @rschroev
      @rschroev Год назад +4

      @@thehaprust6312 To be really precise, the thing that in photography is called a circular polarizing filter is actually a normal linearly polarizing filter plus a quarter-wave plate that turns the linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light. That circularizing quarter-wave plate is there because the phase detection autofocus systems used in reflex camera's doesn't work with polarized light. The linear filter, for reducing glare and reflections and for making the sky a deeper blue, is exactly the same as the one in, well, a linear polarizing filter. If you try to use one in reverse, you'll see it doesn't work, because then the light passes through the circularizer first so the linear polarizer has nothing to work with. Luckily the threading on the filter makes it very obvious which way to use it.

  • @thephaze3
    @thephaze3 Год назад +8

    Is that Chicane - Saltwater or it’s melody playing in the background at about ~2 minutes? Nice touch or hilarious coincidence. Bravo to the editor.

    • @thekingofming
      @thekingofming Год назад +2

      It is! As far as I know Tim plays all the music on his videos

  • @Ration999
    @Ration999 Год назад +14

    Climbing a local small hill, very on brand 5/5☆

  • @varana
    @varana Год назад +2

    I like that they went all in with the pinkness for their signs and info boards.

  • @thesteelrodent1796
    @thesteelrodent1796 Год назад +55

    I remember back when the Rhine was pink, and it definitely wasn't for any good reason, so I thought it was the same case for this lake. Never knew naturally pink lakes existed

  • @mojeminifilmy1973
    @mojeminifilmy1973 Год назад +17

    Hey Tim, I just want to say that the bonjourbacteria joke really cracked me up! And beacuse this video has in my opinion a really clickabait-y title, I think/hope it will go viral and thereby distributing the joke to lots of other people :D Btw, been in France recently and it is a fabulous country! Tom

  • @rhubarbjin
    @rhubarbjin Год назад +2

    I love how you slipped little riffs from "La Vie en Rose" throughout the video's background music.

  • @keithkannenberg7414
    @keithkannenberg7414 Год назад +20

    Flying into the San Francisco area in California one often passes over the salt ponds that abound in the southern end of the Bay. So I immediately knew that the pink was related to salt. I didn't realize that this could occur naturally, as opposed to industrial processes.

  • @BeerMatt96
    @BeerMatt96 Год назад +4

    Not just Pink Floyd, but Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" - musical shenangians beyond compare. So much pinkness! Chapeau, sir!

  • @Acceleronics
    @Acceleronics Год назад +14

    Interesting and well put together as always! Love the QI reference! And I wish I was there, too.

  • @frittus
    @frittus Год назад +15

    Great video! always a good day when a tim traveller video comes out also, you should visit belval in the south of luxembourg, it's a city 40 min form the capital, where they tured an ironwork into a city, so, there are still two blast-furnaces incorporated into the city. Would love to see a video on that.

  • @paulmaddison6193
    @paulmaddison6193 Год назад +3

    Chicane - Saltwater was a perfect yet unexpected choice.

  • @gafrers
    @gafrers Год назад +5

    Great
    Love the QI inspired music during the explanation

    • @meukbox
      @meukbox Год назад +1

      It took me long enough to figure out what that familiar piano song was... .

  • @rubenvanherwijnen3714
    @rubenvanherwijnen3714 Год назад +1

    Simply Amazing that you run Saltwater from Chicane in the Background. Simply Amazing Tim, sim-ply a-ma-zing.

  • @EliStettner
    @EliStettner Год назад +2

    This channel gives early Tom Scott (2012-2014) vibes. I’m all here for it. Keep up the great work @timtraveller. I’d love to buy some merchandise to support the channel, b/c I browse with adblocker.

    • @AndrewTBP
      @AndrewTBP Год назад

      I believe Tim has a Patreon page too.

  • @ek8710
    @ek8710 Год назад +1

    Appreciate the reedition of the Chicane dance track, oldie and a goldie

  • @allmetaliswelcome
    @allmetaliswelcome Год назад +5

    Wow, this is an interesting surprise! I used to go swimming in the Mediterranean very near to this place and have driven past the salt mining place many time

  • @elgoog-the-third
    @elgoog-the-third Год назад +1

    I love your videos. Not only do I get to learn (usually useless, but nice) trivia, they're also so upbeat, humorous, and just neat.

  • @DingeZZ
    @DingeZZ Год назад +7

    Besides the pink lakes and medieval castle, Aigues-Mortes has another unique feature: a railway crossing on a roundabout!

    • @miloPRcohen
      @miloPRcohen Год назад +3

      And there's a town next to it basically all made up of triangular-shaped buildings

    • @mrpetit2
      @mrpetit2 Год назад

      I found it on google maps! 👍

  • @bc5872
    @bc5872 Год назад +1

    These random videos of you are the best! Keep it up ❤

  • @SwinkMcloud
    @SwinkMcloud Год назад +1

    TWITTER at the top of the salty chart is sublime. And the piano version of Pink's get this party started is a banger.

  • @hazard7732
    @hazard7732 Год назад

    I love how every video has music that fits the theme for reasons that aren't obvious at first

  • @williamhall667
    @williamhall667 Год назад +5

    Went there as a child around 25 years ago. It's well worth a visit

  • @MatthiasStevens
    @MatthiasStevens Год назад +1

    Nice touch to play that elevator version of Chicane's Saltwater in the background! 😊

  • @jgodfrey546
    @jgodfrey546 Год назад +1

    Fascinating! Think I'm gonna have a glass of pink lemonade & watch again...

  • @MikeFrankovich
    @MikeFrankovich Год назад +3

    Pink Floyd was a nice touch.

  • @the_ratmeister
    @the_ratmeister Год назад +4

    Hey Tim, I've got a place suggestion for you. Should you ever find yourself in America, come to Boston and have a look at the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line. It operates using PCC streetcars that have been in continuous service (and largely unmodified, unlike the SEPTA ones) since 1945-46, and uniquely is not considered a heritage line but rather an important service for the Mattapan neighborhood. As far as I can tell, this makes these streetcars some of the oldest, if not the oldest, passenger rolling stock in regular revenue service.
    If you want a narrative for a video, you can talk about how while they are quite charming, the reluctance of the MBTA to upgrade the line reflects under-investment in transit in the city's poorest neighborhood.

  • @STBYRUD
    @STBYRUD Год назад +9

    Thank you for another brilliant video! And another hat tip to your wonderful musical cameos, they elevate the experience even further. Safe travels!

    • @STBYRUD
      @STBYRUD Год назад +7

      The sheer effort he's putting in "just" for the background music is incredible, now I want to listen to Chicane again!

    • @FutureCatNZ
      @FutureCatNZ Год назад +2

      Never thought I'd hear Aerosmith in a Tim Traveller video 😂

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Год назад

      ​@@ambrosenukand that's still topped by Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here at the end 😂

    • @triviabuff5682
      @triviabuff5682 Год назад

      I thought I heard Clannad's "Theme from Harry's Game"?

  • @PlanesTrainsEverything
    @PlanesTrainsEverything Год назад +1

    Wow, Two days ago I returned from a visit to Du Grau de Roi which featured on your map. I didn't see any pink lakes, but did see loads of evaporation ponds.

  • @escwilde222
    @escwilde222 Год назад +3

    No joke, I just literally came back from Aigues-Motres and when I was walking on the wall I wondered why the lake was pink. I'm from the Netherlands so it's not around the corner. Thanks for the fun explanation :)

  • @sanashi27
    @sanashi27 Год назад +3

    lol at 3:42 - I agree XD
    I;ve heard of pink lakes before but wasn;t interested enough to look up what's going on. The info in this video is pretty cool and your narration is fun so thank you for making this video!

  • @BodyMusicification
    @BodyMusicification Год назад +2

    Nice touch with the Pink Floyd piano music 👌

  • @alejandrowirthphoto
    @alejandrowirthphoto Год назад +6

    Thank you Tim, another way of making pink look pinkier is a polarizing filter!

  • @bernard832
    @bernard832 Год назад +5

    I live in the San Francisco Bay Area a few miles from some salt ponds. They were used by indigenous people for salt production for a long time until they were scaled up for industrial production during the California Gold Rush. The company that owned them sold the land back to the state in 2003 and there's a long term project to restore the natural wetlands in order to mitigate flood risk. They could be many different colors when viewed by air, but if you drive by them on the Dumbarton Bridge, they're usually just orange-brown.

    • @delurkor
      @delurkor Год назад

      Side note to the South Bay salt ponds; they used a narrow gauge railroad to harvest the salt ant move it to the processing area. The tracks where moved to the next position as the salt was collected

  • @almostthere3733
    @almostthere3733 Год назад +1

    @6:20 ... and what a view! :)

  • @mm-qd1ho
    @mm-qd1ho Год назад +6

    This is why I always wear a bike helmet when riding - you never know when you might have to move a caption with your face

  • @meuk6929
    @meuk6929 Год назад

    the soundtracks to these videos is top class and massively enjoyable!!!!

  • @pierremainstone-mitchell8290
    @pierremainstone-mitchell8290 Год назад

    As an Aussie Tim may I say thank you for mentioning our pink lakes!

  • @sarkybugger5009
    @sarkybugger5009 Год назад

    "Don't Google that." Almost had me spitting my tea.
    Also: "Wish you were here" outtro. Nice touch.

  • @johnfahey7215
    @johnfahey7215 Год назад +1

    Thanks for all the interesting content, but my favorite remains seeing you toot the horn on the little train!👍👍😀

  • @michaeldodd280
    @michaeldodd280 Год назад

    Loved the music joke at the end. From your usual "Wish you were here...?" to an altogether different "Wish you were here".

  • @JHaven-lg7lj
    @JHaven-lg7lj Год назад

    That’s one heck of a fort, and the little toy-looking tram is one heck of a contrast

  • @nomike31
    @nomike31 Год назад

    The music is on point as always! I love it!🥰

  • @FlatDerrick
    @FlatDerrick Год назад +6

    Tim, the audio on this is superb from selection to production/performance and mix. Would love to see a behind the scenes vid (particularly what your recently acquired drum vst is, Addictive?). One for your fellow musos, you know you want to!

  • @0causton0
    @0causton0 Год назад

    Tim, your music in the background is just TOO GOOD - I had to pause and rewind a few times as I kept noticing the music too much to listen to the words!!

  • @ScottEvil
    @ScottEvil Год назад +1

    Your background music in this one really spiced up the video.
    It had me laughing until I was pink in the face.

  • @Tim091
    @Tim091 Год назад

    Epic production of Wish You Were Here!

  • @mistformsquirrel
    @mistformsquirrel Год назад +9

    Okay... somehow I went all this time without knowing about pink lakes being a thing. That's... super awesome. I love our weird planet < ._.>

  • @ViktorKucharski
    @ViktorKucharski Год назад +1

    Always enjoy your topical background music selection. This time in particular, did not see the rendition of Saltwater coming. Though it seems obvious in hindsight.

  • @thegiq
    @thegiq Год назад +1

    That was a sneaky plug of Chicane's Saltwater tune. Nice job!
    EDIT: And even Aerosmith is there!

  • @hainanbob6144
    @hainanbob6144 Год назад

    A new video from Tim always makes me smile. Thank you Tim.

  • @nelsondesilva3916
    @nelsondesilva3916 Год назад +1

    Brilliant! Absolutely love your work. Got a laugh, learnt some history and science to boot!

  • @jasonbieber6431
    @jasonbieber6431 Год назад +6

    You missed your chance to play the Pink Panther theme!

    • @R2k2
      @R2k2 Год назад +1

      My thoughts exactly!

    • @albevanhanoy
      @albevanhanoy Год назад

      He played Pink Floyd instead, that works too!

  • @MRTransportVideos
    @MRTransportVideos Год назад

    I love the background music for your Pedantry Corner.... very nice, monsieur.

  • @rontanser9369
    @rontanser9369 Год назад +1

    Wow, thank you Tim Those lakes looked absolutely stunning It looked as though it was also a very hot day and you went

  • @ReflectionTool637
    @ReflectionTool637 Год назад +1

    Found Tim about a year ago and eventually got through his back catalog a few weeks ago. Now, just like my favorite band, Tool, I have to just wait until something new comes out. Tool makes me wait over a decade, Tim on the other hand puts out videos more frequently, thankfully !!!

  • @erikfondelius
    @erikfondelius Год назад

    That background music at 2:44.. Brilliant 🤣

  • @Zachruff
    @Zachruff Год назад

    The new intro remix depending on the country is super cool

  • @NicolasDominique
    @NicolasDominique Год назад +1

    I really appreciate hearing Chicane's Saltwater when you talk about salt lake.

  • @ahh4542
    @ahh4542 Год назад

    6:33 That homage to La vie en Rose is why I love this channel so much

  • @depeche_schtroumpf
    @depeche_schtroumpf Год назад +4

    A little extra trivia: Aigues Mortes litteraly translates to dead waters (for stagnant waters)

  • @rin_etoware_2989
    @rin_etoware_2989 Год назад +5

    you think the reason this medieval fortress town survived the many wars that come along is because the besiegers would see the waters turn pink and think, "god has cursed our expedition"

  • @marsdeat
    @marsdeat Год назад

    Thanks, now I have 'le lac en rose' in my head

  • @gallifrog6144
    @gallifrog6144 Год назад +1

    That's fascinating, love these videos they always show me something amazing and brilliant!

  • @patricecarriere
    @patricecarriere Год назад

    Bonjour du Canada Tim ! Thanks for this video. BTW, I did not miss the fact that in your outro you were playing Pink Floyd in a video about a Pink Lake. Yes, I wish I was there too! 🙂

  • @IstasPumaNevada
    @IstasPumaNevada Год назад

    Excellent choices of songs on this video. :D

  • @RonenFinegold
    @RonenFinegold Год назад

    Your soundtracks are a work of genius!

  • @AnnabelSmyth
    @AnnabelSmyth Год назад +1

    I do like Aigues-Mortes; been there twice now. And thank you for your videos - I have taken inspiration from one or two in my own travels!

  • @3liter833
    @3liter833 Год назад +1

    Tim uploading = A good day.

  • @teecefamilykent
    @teecefamilykent Год назад +1

    Brilliant video sir!

  • @VascovanZeller
    @VascovanZeller Год назад

    Musical choices were on point

  • @gerrib1633
    @gerrib1633 Год назад +13

    I work within 10 minutes walk of one of the smaller Australian ones. It only turns pink a couple of times throughout summer as the weather in Victoria is unpredictable.

    • @klhaldane
      @klhaldane Год назад

      You're from Pink Lake?

    • @floopyboo
      @floopyboo Год назад

      @@klhaldane which one. No joke, I've lived near 3 different places called that in south-eastern Australia. :)

    • @klhaldane
      @klhaldane Год назад

      @@floopyboo My default is the one by Dimboola.

    • @thegamingteen44mc5
      @thegamingteen44mc5 Год назад

      Ahh yes, driven past that one a few times, at least we are lucky to catch it as pink every time

    • @gerrib1633
      @gerrib1633 Год назад

      @@floopyboo Port Melbourne. Half tucked under the Westgate bridge

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 Год назад +1

    I love the "Salty towers" reference!

  • @ThomasBensler
    @ThomasBensler Год назад

    love your habit of giving some public transport hints in the end of your videos!

  • @martinc7873
    @martinc7873 Год назад +4

    this video is how i learned flamingos are native to europe. or like, made me think "why is tim acting like flamingos are native to europe. are they actually--" and then i wikipedia'd it. Great jokes as always, and quite informative.

  • @emmanuelc.8694
    @emmanuelc.8694 Год назад

    Oh! A bit of pink flyod in the very end of the video, nice! Very subtle. Chapeau!

  • @automotivetales
    @automotivetales Год назад

    Love this video (as with all of your videos Tim!). This is a fascinating subject matter too! 👏👏👏

  • @stefansahlin9476
    @stefansahlin9476 Год назад

    I just love your movies. Thanks for sharing :)

  • @q13studio82
    @q13studio82 Год назад

    Dude, your videos are simply delightful.

  • @gg_vard
    @gg_vard Год назад

    I'm always amazed by your content and the places you visit