A geyser that shoots sparkling mineral water
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2022
- In Soda Springs, Idaho, there's a geyser that fires carbonated water into the air, on the hour, every hour. I paid a visit. ■ Thanks to all the folks from Soda Springs who helped with this video!
Edited by Michelle Martin / mrsmmartin
Camera by Mason Scharf, Terry Gilbert, and Gregg Haney, each of whom happened to be in the right place at the right time for a different eruption: thank you all for stepping in, it looks much better than a tripod shot would!
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It's a lot easier to try and get the timing right for something like this, when it's all automated. I still got it wrong the first time.
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😂😂😂 we still appreciate the effort!
@@R.MaxumOff weird
That historian looks exactly what you'd expect for a local historian to look like. Love it!
Like a guy who tells other people about alien conspiracy theories while wearing a “Aliens are watching” shirt?
I was thinking that too! Reminds me of the expert from 'sour toe cocktail'. I do love the characters Tom finds on his Western North America road trips!
He looks like the human version of Fillmore from Cars.
@@RetroDraws1 he just looks like a normal old guy
_Especially_ a local historian of a place called Soda Springs
I'm from Soda Springs! This is so crazy! Bill was one of my cross country coaches. He hands out mints to everyone. He's a great guy
Must have been crazy having a wizard as your coach.
@Sir Eebral mints
mintz
I spent a few years working in soda springs for a few times a month. It made me nostalgic seeing this video.
so i gues not much carbonated water is sold in shops to locals there? 😀
Wake me up when they find the Mt Dew geyser.
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fun fact: if you add Hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and a little bit of baking soda to Mountain dew you can make a glow stick
@@wren_. fun fact: if you add certain chemicals to a plastic tube you can make a glow stick
@@wren_. fun fact: if you add certain chemicals to water you can make a glow stick
@@vincenth.8709 For Mountain Dew specifically it’s baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish soap.
This is one of my favorite types of Tom Scott videos: Tom goes to see a thing that is shockingly simple and delightfully wholesome.
It's an amazing place, but it's not, like, a mindboggling place, it's just a neat place.
Tom Scott: “that’s really nice…. not too fizzy…. I would happily buy that in a bottle.“
Nestlé has entered the chat.
Many a true word spoken in jest.
Also they would give you 10 dollars a year to suck it dry, Nestle lovely company.
Coca Cola "Am I a joke to you"
Joking aside Coca Cola's brand Dasani here in the UK was a commercial failure and Tom Scott has a whole video dedicated to the Dasani scandal if you're interested.
nestle: so what are the child labour laws in that state?
@@Vulpix298 bold of you to asume they care about laws
When I was a kid and hiking one summer in the High Sierras in California, I came across what looked like a newly-created natural spring burbling out of the ground. I filled up my little metal hiking cup and it nearly frosted up, the water was so cold. It wasn't carbonated, but it was the best water I ever tasted in my life.
What I find fascinating is that spring water like that is potable.
"Then, about 2 hours later, I had my own geyser ... if you know what I mean..."
@@DugrozReports love it. 🤣👍
@@lsswappedcessna Spring water is potable because it has passed through underground sandstone and limestone deposits, which act as a natural water filter. Also, because it is coming from underground where most bacteria can't grow, the water is remarkably sterile.
As a sparkling water connoisseur, I think it's important to point out that "soda water" specifically has a neutralizing agent to counter the carbonic acid, such as sodium bicarbonate. That's the major distinction between seltzer and soda water. So depending on the pH, it might just be seltzer water.
informative, thanks!
I never imagined that a "sparkling water connoisseur" would be a thing
what do you think about Borsec?
So perhaps they should rename the town to Seltzer Springs 😂
I think that is why the title says "Sparkling mineral water" which is 100% true
Never knew that soda water could be a thing that could occur naturally though it still does make sense
Perrier water is naturally carbonated but they have to remove the gas, clean the radon and replace it
People hundreds of years ago also knew about it and thought it had healing properties
@@andrina118 I didn't think they were required to do that.
@@Bonedagi I guess it will cure some mineral deficiencies
It happens alot in Armenia
never ever thought about swimming in soda but it does sound amazingly fun. nice and cool.
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This is where the term spa comes from. It's a reference to the Belgian town of Spa that also has natural fizzy water.
I wonder if it's easier since there would be extra buoyancy from the CO2. Like swimming in the Dead Sea
I'd be worried for CO2 build up above the water.
The soda company perrir or however you spell it actually started as a spa
4:51 “That’s really nice.”
The moment that makes it all worthwhile.
My family has hailed from soda springs for multiple generations. Moving back and forth from Utah since they emigrated in the 1860s. It's cool to see Tom's take on something so ingrained in my childhood.
Here in Slovakia we have our own cold water geyser. It's not on electronic timer so you need to wait approximately from 32 to 36 hours between eruptions. Such a pity that there's no Wikipedia article on it in English.
You can be the hero to translate pages to english
Looks like you may be doing something for your country. 😉 Also, that's a looong wait for an eruption.
You know what? Maybe I will. Thanks!
@@backslash777 Thank you dude. You're contributing to preservation of human knowledge
Also: Luhačovice, not so much geysers but natural carbonated water galore.
Just for your information: in Poland there's a mountain town called Szczawnica, which comes from the word "szczawa" (old Polish word for carbonated water). And, unsurprisingly, there are rich sources of naturally carbonated water in the vicinity, although not geysers.
Please may i ask for a guide on how to pronouce those words? Thank you from a curious internet stranger :)
@@Ravenesque There are two pronunciations on Forvo.
@@Ravenesque Szczawa like sh-cha-va , Szczawnica is spelled like shchavnitza
that word reminds me of Czkawka, a very nice app for deleting duplicated photos
Muszynianka s my favourite 😀😎👍🍹
"I'd happily buy that in a bottle"
Don't say that too loud or Nestle will hear you.
Naturally carbonated mineral water has a long history before the invention of artificial carbonation both for bathing and drinking. 18th century chemist Joseph Priestley developed carbonated water and saw it as a way to artificially recreate natural mineral water which was believed to be good for the health.
I mean, anything natural will have a longer history than something manmade.
which now know its "not" (the "" is because of the whose semantics about healthy )
My dad grew up in Soda Springs, and we drove through many times between Utah and Wyoming to visit. It's a great place to see, and you smell it a long ways away!
What does it smell like?
There's a kind of rotten egg smell that comes from the sulfer deposits nearby. It's more noticeable in the summer, but the springs are an awesome thing to see!
@@johngarrett434 Ah that smells delightful :laughing
@@thetimebeing4288 it smells like rotten eggs as they said but there is a small creek that the geyser water goes into and if you get to close to that the smells are so overwhelming that you temporarily can’t smell anything
@The Soviet Muffin I can definitely confirm that. As a kid I really wanted to get sprayed by the geyser. My parents tried to keep me from doing so, but I managed to sneak past them and right up near the geyser as it went off. I got soaked, and while it was summer and I dried off quickly, the smell remained. Unfortunately for my parents (and myself as I soon realized) was we still had two hours of driving before we got to our destination. Let's just say the windows were down the whole time!
Fun childhood memories now 😅
San Pellegrino used to come out sparkling too.
They tap the gas off seperately and re-add it to the water now, for consistency reasons.
Badoit, a French brand, also used to (or still does ? Not sure) come from a natural source like this. If you want to, you can go there with a bottle and they'll fill it for you, but only once a week to not tap it too much.
@@TheLK641 There are many towns in Central and Eastern France with very mineral and carbonated waters from volcanic systems like Perrier and La Salvetat
Same for Perrier, and a few other big waters. Smaller producers still use natural carbonation, but it just doesn't scale well with the sort of demand Perrier and San Pellegrino have.
Peckham Springs is the only honest mineral water left.
@@Drew-Dastardly There are still plenty of naturally carbonated mineral water sources throughout the world, especially around (former) volcanic areas. the Central and Eastern France regions are full of towns with each its own namebrand sometimes carbonated mineral water with different concentrations, giving them each their own unique taste and health benefits.
I love that you go to these out-of-the-way places that many of us would never think to consider. Thanks, Tom.
Tom Scott is a great example that anything that needs to be said can be said in five minutes. It's greatly appreciated! Thank you!👍
There's plenty of videos on YT that can't get the point across in 30 minutes. 🤔
Things I don't care about BUT happily watch when Tom talks about them.
This is it. THE Soda Fountain
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings?
Only one option, though. Way less than most of them.
One thing that is amazing with all Tom's videos is how fast they go: so easy to watch, so well done they end before You know it!
This is why I love Tom's videos. he finds or hears about cool stuff, then shares them with us.
in romania there is a town called buzias that has the exact same thing, there are also small fountains from where you can drink, they all orange just like in the vid, lately it lost its carbonation (still carbonated but just light) but a few years ago it was wery carbonated, there was also a pool with mineral water built since 1929 but for a few years now it sits in ruins.
In Germany there are several natural carbonated water springs, I tried it once directly from a spring, it has a slightly metallic taste, but hey it is carbonated :)
That metal taste is probably the minerals your body needs so it's good for you
@@jasonhaven7170 the dose makes the poison. If the mineral load is so high that you can clearly taste it, you shouldn't use that as your only source of drinking water. Even commercial mineral water can cause kidney stones if consumed in excess. It's fine to drink in moderation but you need to primarily drink some other water with fewer dissolved minerals.
@@tissuepaper9962 It's healthy in small does. 250ml a week should provide you with a lot of good minerals
Though dose makes the poison, might want to test it before you suggest how much to drink regularly.
@@jasonhaven7170 one Spring had high amounts of iron, the water tasted like blood, I could not swallow a sip.
Love the incredible places you find in the EU, and enjoying all the places you are sharing in the US (Cheers from 'right next door' in Kalispell, Montana)
5:00 Tom: "I would happily buy that in a bottle"
Nestlé: * heavily breathes *
Bill's "local historian" outfit is impeccable
WOW!!! Two Idaho videos in a row. As an Idaho native this is so cool to see from your point of view. I really hope you did one on craters of the moon. Fingers crossed.
Same! I’ve lived in Idaho my whole life and I always freak out when people talk about our state. Idaho is a hidden gem.
Yup this one of the best channels out there. love your work tom.
something about that ramp and the little bubbling well is adorable
Nice to see Tom exploring Idaho! So much cool history around here.
So true. It's one of America's gems that not many people know about
@@itsyaboi1214 it is the gem state
"I'd happily buy that in a bottle!" As long as it wasn't from Peckham, eh Tom?
"Happy buy that in a bottle"
Unintentionally the most thought provoking thing in the whole video
It makes me happy knowing this exists.
4:15 - I fully expect a Tom Scott video on German Geysers within the next few years now.
Something amazing that it’s free to see the geyser and free to taste the water. Such a good thing!
This is in that category for me of "extremely pleasant Tom Scott videos" there's something just very fundamentally 'nice' about this video and it feels almost comfy to watch
Gotta love how perfect the "Soda Springs" advertising is.
In the Belgian town of Spa there is one of the water sources that is natural sparkling.
(yes that is where the word "spa" comes from)
Nah it comes from francorchamps matey you got it all wrong;)
And yes, the same Spa where the eponymous racing circuit is located.
@@dannyboy_vtc8980 The word spa does derive from the Belgian town of Spa indeed, and that is also where the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is located.
@@TigruArdavi i know dude i was just joking with him, couldn't you tell that much?
Once again Tom finds a little know gem hidden away in the world and explores it for all of us.
I've actually been there and seen it, didn't know the geyser itself was carbonated too though
@@beowolf9480 That's the beauty of what Tom does he ferrets out tidbits of fascinating information and shares it with us all.
@@Michael_Lederman it really is
Never in a million years would my father think his hometown interesting enough to deserve a Tom Scott video. It is crazy to think that nearly 200k people now know about Soda Springs
Right?! All my aunts and uncles took all us grandkids out there on a big loop around their old stomping grounds one time and made sure to bring a pitcher and some lemon-lime koolaid to mix with the spring water like they did as kids.
I love your videos so much. Thank you Tom Scott!
I thought since it was naturally carbonated it would really fizzy because the only water that I have tasted that is naturally carbonated is called Güitig its in Ecuador and that water is really fizzy. That is also why I like it more than regular carbonated waters because it is way more fizzy then them and even sodas. They do bottle and sell the water incase anyone was wondering. There is also a pool full of the carbonated spring water that I have never been in but have heard that it tickles to swim in, also the spring water is not warm.
Yay! Soda Springs! Part of my old stomping ground growing up. It's cool to see it featured by the internationally famous Tom Scott. :)
What a shame, that we've lost so many of these soda springs because they were deemed an "inconvenience." Nothing is sacred. Glad some are still around today.
i love this guy, he's just pleased with anything.
5:01 _"Nestlé would like to know your location"_
Today, Tom Scott reports to us from the pipe that shoots concentrated sin out of Hell.
The Eifel region in far western Germany also has carbonated spring water. You can buy it bottled in the United States under the brand Gerolsteiner.
Tom: "I would happily buy that in a bottle"
Companies in Soda Springs, Idaho: "Write that down! Write that down!
I was so much expecting the water to be disgusting, tom's reaction to drinking it was so precious
It's just regular mineral water
@Retroxyl it also has minerals dissolved in it, as was mentioned in the video
@@drdca8263 so does most mineral/spring water
@@drdca8263 Most bottled water also has minerals added to it.
@@drdca8263 What do you think mineral water is?
You're quality and dedication to research never ceases to amaze me great video!!
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Ah yes, “you are quality and dedication”
Not to beat a dead horse, but my OCD flares up when I see this, so I apologize in advance... You're = "you are", while your signifies possession, as in "it's yours". I'm sure you know this, but if I don't say something, I'll have to open and close my door for a couple of hours until it closes just right, haha...
00:01 POV: You are using the timed beta feature
bruh lmao
Me who is using the timed sigma feature:🗿
Tom, you have one of the greatest jobs. Thank You for showing us so many interesting things. You videos are so good, it’s easy to imagine I’m there. Thank You!!
As someone who loves swimming and also loves fizzy pop, I think you've just found my ideal holiday destination!
Oh my god an actual reason to visit Idaho
XD
what, you don't like potatoes?!
As someone from the states I love seeing you travel and expose things that I never knew about!
Tom? .... Mr.Scott? Realize i've been here for about 10 years now and your videos always impress... thank you.
Loving the Idaho videos! It’s great to see my home state getting love!
Reminds me of the geyser in Geneva that was to be a water pump but was extremely tall a spray and then left there or something like that, not carbonated but very tall.
Went there recently, was originally overpressure from a dam up the river, but they decided to bring it to the lake as a tourist attraction
The ultimate natural SodaStream. And of course, Okuyasu's gonna want to try it.
Tom, your videos are gems. Thank you.
Watching your videos always cheers me up.
The German within me is sparkling with excitement
I've travelled every which way across the US and honestly, never heard of this geyser or Soda Springs Idaho ! It took Tom Scott to travel 4,834 mi (7,780 km) from London, UK to educate me ! Love this young man's videos. Thanks, I'm now smarter than yesterday.
It’s great to see more people talk about, my grandma lives a short walk from it and so all my childhood I’ve visited it, I was actually there the day before this video was released.
I visited this 3 days ago. I'm shocked, I can now claim that I have stood in the same place as Tom Scott
There are similar ones in the Eifel volcano region in germany, for example in Andernach the world highest cold water Geysire
Thank you for pointing this out! I just wanted to start typing about Andernach.
And isn't Andernach also on some kind of schedule - but a natural one? 🤔
If I remember it well, about once per hour.
And fun factor, you can visit it for free. But you have to pay for the boat. And I guess most people go by boat.
After a week of worrying about politics and business, i enjoy Tom's light-hearted and positive videos on random quirks of our world.
I almost can’t watch this video because Tom being in Idaho makes me too happy
Glad Tom drank the water in this video as it wouldn't have been complete without that. However, it would've been funny to have seen him get wet and then only "find out" that there was that spot.
We have a bunch of mineral springs in Slovakia, most of which I believe are carbonated. There's even some water parks which use such water in separate pools
In Karlovy Vary, there's a museum/shop of stuff that gets sprayed with mineral water for looong time. It's a spa city and the tour there including the water sources is nice.
I love that you can taste it. Cheers on this one.
Tom Scott is a person i can listen to for hours explaining stuff i really do not take an interest in and i would still be well entertained.
I’m usually not so interested in these things, to be honest, but when Tom’s the one talking about it, I stop everything I’m doing just to watch it.
The world is full of such amazing, interesting and downright cool places that many of us wouldn't know about without you. Thank you, Tom
Really nice to have you visiting us in the States, Tom! 😊👍
When Tom drank the water it looked like he was about to throw up, then he just smiled and went 'thats really nice'
Idaho native here. Soda springs is one of the many awesome things about idaho, and it'd be so cool to see you check out craters of the moon!!
i love it when tom visits idaho, where i live. thats so cool!
One of my favorite places to visit! I live about 2 hours away from Soda Springs. Glad you got to come to the gem state!
Whenever Tom Scott visits an unusal place - everything is as usual! :-D
In the US, “The world’s only captive geyser” and “The only captive geyser in the US” mean the same thing
As an American.... you are so right! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"World famous in america" as we say in Great Britain (and probably elsewhere)
I love seeing you visiting these interesting sites my home state!
Wow. I was born in that town and to see you make a video about it is amazing!
Huh... in Poland, affordable bottled sparkling water by default is expected to come from naturally carbonated mineral springs. There are many such springs here with massive bottling plants nearby. You can even expect slightly different flavor, depending on water brand. Of course cheap stuff made from carbonated tap water also exist but it isn't really popular.
I grew up within 100km radius of 5-6 spa/healing towns with mineral springs, so I find it kinda amusing for it to be such a novelty 🙂
In a lot of places in Europe they don't just bottle the water but the springs are also pumping stations for the local drinking water supply. So yes, in Belgium they use Spa to flush their toilet.
Muszynianka is the best one imo :)
".... a few places in the world where there's underground water and carbon dioxide held at pressure." Hmm, hopefully there's no risk of an incident like what happened at Lake Nyos in Cameroon. Granted, that's not exactly the same thing, but the idea that a massive bubble of CO2 can emerge from the earth and suffocate nearly two thousand people with no warning is kind of terrifying.
I wonder if the gyser helps to offgas the deposit, which is the kind of system they set up in that area after the disaster, apparently. At least in Idaho there are likely many homes with CO2 detectors, so people would wake up.
I think the problem with Lake Nyos is that the water is unstable and has the ability to release all its gas at once, creating a bubble that pushes out the O2. The ground acts kind of like a taught balloon nozzle, slowly releasing the gas and allowing it to dilute.
Just a reminder that at Lake Nyos the people didn't suffocate (ie lack of oxygen), they died of CO2 poisoning. Something that causes humans to lose consciousness almost instantly and suffer respiratory arrest in less than a minute.
If you work in an environment where there is potential for CO2 build up, you're told not to bend down to check on someone who's unconscious on the floor, else you might join them
@@alittlebitofkatie cool, thanks for the clarification. High levels of CO2 are no joke. There was an awful incident in a mine in BC years ago that exemplifies the scenario you describe- one guy went missing, the guy they sent to check on him died just after dialing 911, and then the two paramedics died as well.
The Cameroon incident became deadly because of the topography. The land was shaped like a bowl and the CO2 had no way to disperse it just settled in the land bowl, accumualted and suffocated everyone.
Tom Scott: Master of road trip ideas
this might be one of my favorite tom scott videos
The timer that they use to turn the geyser on is the same timer we use to open and close our chicken coop doors :)
I'm surprised someone hasn't opened a bar selling drinks mixed with the water.
Preferably mixed with barley, yeast and a dash of fresh hops?
Impressed by how Tom finds such interesting places and stories 👏
wow, Tom Scott drove through my hometown and I didn't even know it. Holy hell
I dont know how you do it tom but the timing of you saying "on an electronic timer" and the geyser turning off were almost millisecond accurate. Another fine piece of journalism
Exactly why is nobody talking about it
My knowledge on framerates forces me to point out that, with 30fps (, which this video runs on), it is only possible to get up to 33.33...ms accuracy.
@@fisch37 well 33.33 milliseconds is still measured in milliseconds
Thanks for hanging out here in Idaho! I've lived here all my life (Boise area) but knew none of this!
I love the "well what did you expect, but also pleasantly surprised" moments. :)
The top g, would approve.