A World Within Our World: Hang Sơn Đoòng | Weird Places
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Hang Sơn Đoòng in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park is the largest known cave in the world, big enough to have its own jungles, weather, and... pearls?
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@EthanHarry Du I just want you to touch me.
Whoever called one of the jungle caves "Watched out for Dinosaurs" should get a raise
piplupcola YES
Hahhahahahhaha so true. Also, it's "watch out for dinosaurs" not "watched out for dinosaurs"
I prefere the garden of edam
Note the m
(edam is a type of cheese)
Why though. Is there something I'm not getting?
@@timpeter987 Idk, maybe they got hungry when they found it.
I was lucky enough to be one of the first non-professional visitors to make it to the end of Sơn Đoòng... there’s a Vietnamese-run company there, Oxalis, that has entered into an exclusive agreement with the government to run eco-sensitive tours into the cave, and thereby avoid the completely invasive commercial exploitation that has happened to other more accessible caves in the system, and I was on the first ever tour in 2013. It’s truly the most incredible natural structure I’ve ever encountered. One interesting point from the video, though... the largest cave pearls I saw were all in areas with relatively low ceilings and at relatively high altitude in the cave. The drop theory is interesting, and I didn’t see the very largest pearls, but I’d tend to think it was mainly the water and very, very slow deposition and evaporation of the captured pools in those parts of the cave.
The weather down there is also incredibly fascinating. Never thought I’d encounter fog under ground.
You know SciShow did their homework when they use Vietnamese accent marks in the title of the video correctly.
They have a really solid track record of doing their research and correcting the rare errors too, wish we had more of that in the world
0:28 Yes. Even though the pronunciation is still incorrect, but.., it’s close and recognizable.
Too bad they didn't spend the extra time to research how to pronounce them correctly.
CrimsonStigmata Different languages can pose very difficult pronunciations. They tried their best, and it was still recognizable.
She just nailed it! 👌
Can we have a petition to add this in Minecraft’s cave update?
Once the petition to have a cave update happens
slam zamillion Prepare for reddittards to hate on you
Sus Bucket I’m not a redditor but I don’t like that comment
Mr. Clockman Liar liar pants on fire
slam zamillion Imagine thinking ark is better.
I have played ark and it offers a similar experience for casual minecraft players.
Though for lvl 100 mafia boss minecraft players, it is a whole different game that is without a doubt superior to Ark.
Redstone, ability to shape the world dynamically, command blocks, etc.
Micro-ecosystems like this are really interesting!
Dang, your channels almost doubled this month
Micro? Lmao
I know, it's like a hidden paradise away from the rest of the world
More like mezo than micro in this case.
“dolines, dolines’ dolinnnnes. you form just because you can”
Your beauty is beyond compare,
From water falling through the aaaiiiirrrr!!!
I'm telling on you to Dolly Parton!!! 😠 You're gonna be in SO much trouble!
i'm so mad that you beat me to this joke.
Now sing the Eldritch Doline version.
I am also mad you beat me to this, and madder still that I posted before looking
"Weather is just air doing stuff"
That part was funny, especially the way that she said it.
Wow, it's a direct quote from the video.
...
Yup.
@@fomalhaut_the_great actually I rewatched the video and its not a direct quote. Semantic, I know. But she does word it differently
@@fomalhaut_the_great 1:30 "All caves with air in them have weather systems, because that basically is what weather is just air doing stuff"
But I decided in my comment to tidy up her explanation because lets face it, she wasnt very succinct lol
Cheers to Olivia for a commendable effort to pronounce Vietnamese names XD Btw, "hang" literally just means cave, so Sơn Đoòng Cave is ok
How do you even pronounce Đoòng? This doesn't sound like a Vietnamese word or name, but as I understand, it's the name of the area?
@@Don2006 it's pronounced pretty much like "gong" in English with a falling tone, and you're correct, it's not a Vietnamese word. It's from one of the indigenous languages of the area, specifically the Bru language
@@wikwalker7771 how do you pronounce the Ð in Vietnamese and other languages written alike?
@@everettduncan7543 the Đ in vietnamese is the D you normally use in English
There's a really good book called, Blind Decent: The quest to discover the deepest place on earth.
It's about 2 separate parties trying to find the deepest cave on opposite sides of the planet.
Pioneers having to create gear that made it possible etc... It's a great book, give it a go if you're into that type of thing. I'm not into caving, it was lent to me but I thought it was great. Really harrowing in places, the only thing comparable to deep caving in terms of isolation and being so far away from help, is being on the ISS.
Sounds great...I find spelunking fascinating.
Isn't there some extremely deep cave (or maybe it was a mine) where the air is so hot and humid, the water condenses inside human lungs and people have to limit their exposure?
AndyGneiss Yeas, there is the Naica Mineral in Mexico
@@Peanutdenver If you give it a go, get back to me and tell me what you think, I'll be interested to hear your thoughts. I thought it was a brilliant book, I ended up buying a copy for myself.
It's mind boggling how deep some caves go. Caving isn't for me, I wouldn't say I'm claustrophobic but the 2 things that get me is deep caves, with the never ending dangers they posses and going in a submarine, where you're little more than a bubble the ocean wants to crush... I wouldn't say they are irrational fears to call it a phobia.
But I think this slight fear I have of caves only added to the excitement of the book.
Like I said it's really harrowing in places as well, I won't go into detail but not everybody makes it...
@@AndyGneiss Indeed, there's a long list of dangers they can face, that does sound particularly unpleasant though.
There can be deadly gasses trapped in pockets, sometimes flammable, exotic bacteria that can cause severe illness, large stretches of water where diving is necessary through tiny cracks risking damaging breathing apparatus, and visibility can be zero underwater when sediment is disturbed further risking equipment. There isn't a single photon of natural light down there, so if their torches fail they're in big trouble. It's so dark they sometimes find themselves hallucinating, it's the minds way of coping with such absolute dark, there's also a name they give that I can't recall but the darkness and isolation sometimes makes people loose their mind a bit. Cliff faces sometimes with waterfalls that they need to climb down and eventually, back up... I could go on, the dangers are endless, it makes for great reading though.
As a Vietnamese I appreciate the fact that you pronounced "Hang Sơn Đoòng" nearly perfectly so much that it kinda made my day
“Hang” in Vietnamese means cave... so the name of the cave is Sơn Đoòng. It is pretty amazing. I hope the government doesn’t destroy the cave just like many other sites...
Lol
I think it is likely for Government to maintain it since Vietnam relies heavily on tourism
Wow, baseball sized cave pearls!
Can you imagine the size of those cave oysters?
@Voltaic Fire Pearl Earrings!
extra T H I C C oysters
Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble size pearls. Hahahaha!
Had I the time and money, I'd get a baseball, coat it in a few hundred layers of calcite and plant it there, to see if it was found in my lifetime. Yes, yes I *am* that much of a b*stard.
Let’s play baseball with those
Wow. Sơn Đoòng was the topic of our group presentation last semester. I am so happy that Scishow did a video about this. As a Vietnamese, I humbly thank you for the work you guys have done ❤️
As a beginner educational content creator, your content is so inspiring! Thank you
Oh awesome, thank you!
From Vietnam 🇻🇳 with love ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I came too late! =((
Best definition of weather ever; “just air...doing stuff”. Love it!
SciShow videos are always louder than the others btw
3:07
Forbidden dippin dots
Arrrr, me hearty! That topography be karst, I tell ye!
I knew that some of the words used by geologists when describing karst have Slovenian origin, but it so weird actually hearing it, especially on such a popular channel (doline literally means valleys in Slovene).
Those cave pearls look a lot like the blueberries found by The Rovers on Mars. You think they were formed in the same or similar way?
IDK but good question.
Great video, Olivia! "Watch out for Dinosaurs" haha I NEED to check that out
Chào mn!
Hey there, fellow vnmese in the comments
Hiii =)))
zin chao, buddy!
sorry if i spelled it wrong, i don't actually know anything in Vietnamese except hello, bye, and sorry lol
*Xin chào
amazing! karst topography is fascinating
Love seeing you Olivia
Amazing as always x
Why I get 'Made In Abyss" vibe from this?
WHAT?! I lived there for three whole months and I DIDN'T even know these were RIGHT THERE :O
High momentum, bigger cave pearls. Got it, new life motto.
Suddenly sci show has the best part of everything I could ever want.
We did this excursion in February. There is no exaggerating how amazing this gem of a location is. Oxalis is the only company that can guide you through. They are amazing! If you’re in a position to do this physically and financially put it on you list. You will not be disappointed!
Ah, I have a title for my PhD Thesis statement: air doing stuff.
I want a "weather = just air doing stuff" t-shirt from SciShow
Phong Nha Ke Bang is maybe the most beautiful place on earth. The people and food are amazing too. When I was there my first time it was so amazing I just stayed for about 3 months. Regular people aren't allowed in Hang Son Doong, but you can easily go in Paradise as long as you don't mind the climb!
Fantastic episode, very interesting
Fascinating video! 😊
Thank God Sci Show Exist
I have never heard the words "cave pearls" repeated so many times in the span of a few minutes.
Cave pearls, ocean pearls, what next? Space pearls?
You've done a really good job!
Fun fact: doline (dolina - singular) means valleys in Croatian
same for polish: dolina - valley
@@9999rav It's common for most Slavic languages, I guess
It is common for Slavic languages, but it was Slovenian Carst experts who helped Chinese in explorations. Being another Slavic nation, we also use the same term.
I've been to Phong Kha, it's a beautiful part of the world, but I wish so badly I could afford to explore this cave, it's amazing
"Weather - just air doing stuff." I love it!
"Hundreds of meters high".
What's terminal velocity for a water droplet?
Glad I'm not the only one wondering about that?
well it's a fluid moving within a fluid.... the droplet would change shape with increased drag... cohesion within the droplet would fragment it into smaller droplets... which would slow them down due to a higher drag to weight ratio... so i guess in the end it would be vaporated, with a "terminal" velocity of 0?
which is obviously not the maximum velocity... which is hard to calculate without knowing the optimal droplet shape and im gonna shut up now
Raindrops tend to split when reaching 4mm in diameter. The terminal velocity of the biggest ones is said to be around 10m/s
I had this same thought. I figured it out at about 8 meters per second. So... The second explanation doesn't pass the bs test. Any cave with a ceiling higher than 7ish meters would have the same size cave pearls.
It’s not rain, it’s dripping from the ceiling, maybe that makes bigger drops too?
"Watch out for dinosaurs". That's how you name stuff.
"Doline, doline, doline, do-line..." - Dolly Parton
I've wanted to visit this place ever since I heard about it as a kid almost 20 years ago.
God, I forgot about this cave, thanks for reminding me of how much I want to visit.
Added to my places to visit list.
Vietnam is beautiful. Many natural wonders there.
My favorite cave is Tap sum bong. Lots of real cool plants in there.😂😂😂
World within our world? Worldception. Put your faith in what you most believe in. Two worlds, one family
This particular cave has lived in my imagination ever since national geographic published a feature on it about 5ish years ago. Lovely to hear more about it
You have my unreserved praise! All vietnamese names are written with complete diacritics and tone marks!
those jungle names are amazing!
That cave is pretty cool. Would love to see it one day
I've visited my family in vietnam several times and tbey never took me to a place this cool.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't high air pressure correspond with lower temps?
Ventilation of chipmonk, groundhog and other underground systems is well understood. Studies of these should be examined to see how applicable the systems are to these caves.
Great presentation! Thanks!
Is this where Wilma Flintstone gets her pearls?
Mattteus - That’s kind of what I said a few minutes ago as well before I saw your comment. Hahahaha!
You know SciShow is legit when they used the accent marks in the tittle and try as hard as they can to get the pronunciation right.
Greeting from Vietnam.
Didn't think it was possible to fall in love with caves...
You know it's summer when Olivia breaks out the earth-tones.
The Garden of Edam, where trees grow large, red wax coated spheres of cheese.
Guarded by The Emmentaler
@@mursuhillo242 Tread Caerphilly, there's wild Mascarpones that'll attack if they think you're up to no Gouda.
Doline
Doline
Doline-Doooliiiiine
Luv that Dolly Parton song!
Amazing!
first time ive ever been one of the first to watch,,,, love the vids tho
I've been to that national park! And to a couple of the caves, my favourite place i've ever been
Like the part about cave pearls. Don't think too many people realize that caves could produce a pearl. I think they're cooler than oyster pearls.
"Caves! The Caverns of Helm's Deep! Happy was he chance that drove me there! It makes me weep to leave them!"
That looks like the Genesis cave from the Wrath of Khan
I've always wanted to go to this cave to see the semi contained environments.
Brilliant video! (No pun intended)
haha thanks!
Fabulous!
Her pronunciation of Vietnamese names made me laugh. Then I plugged "Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng" into google translate and the TTS made me laugh too. But hey, I didn't realize it was named "Sơn Đoòng" and not "Sơn Động" so, I learned something new today.
Like that movie "X men day of future past" 😂😂😂 it's ok trying hard. But pretend that you know something you don't in front of the pro is really hilarious
🎶 Dolines, dolines, dolines, doliiiiines
Please grow big so jungles can expand 🎶
Son Doong cave-Vietnam's largest cave on planet earth! It's large enough to house an entire New York City block, complete with 40 story skyscrapers. It's said, less people have seen the inside of Son Doong Cave in Vietnam than have stood on the summit of Mount Everest. Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province in Vietnam, has so many butterflies and caves that people have dubbed Vietnam, the land of butterflies or the land of caves.
Its a bit funny when she speaks some Vietnamese words like Phong Nha Ke Bang or hang son doong. But overall a very interesting video! I hope this will also bring awareness to people to help protect and preserve these natural wonders that are dying because of thoughtless human activities! Thank you!
For some reason this conjures up memories of Gears of War 1: Into the Outer Hollow. 😃👍 Good times.🤔
4:54 I guess I'll die if I drop from high ceilings
I've never been this early, I should be sleeping tho... it's 2 a.m where I'm from ☹️☹️
Ooh its 12 am at my place :/
Oh wow it’s 5pm for me!
dont go on the railway tracks at night
@@Q_QQ_Q why tho
Toothache keeping you up? It is to me. Can't sleep
Garden of Edam?! I don't get it. Is it just a whimsical nane or am I missing something obvious? Enjoyed the video. I'm terrified of caves, I could perhaps enter that first big cavern but no further.
2:25 "On top of that, those dolines..." Hah -- pun intended? :)
Nice I love that caves like this dont just exist in skyrim
"Thats basically what weather is, just... air... doing stuff"
To protect them from humans, the dodo birds were spirited away in secret to a cave much like this, deep beneath the waves of the congo
I discover an entire world within myself when i see you, Olivia
Vietnamese person after hearing the annunciation of the cave: LMFAO #facepalm
For foreigners Vietnamese is really hard! ☺️
Pronunciation not annunciation.
I have only one word on my mind right now: Zork.
I had no idea that there were jungles in caves anywhere in the world
Cave pearls!!⚾️⚾️⚾️
Am I the only one who learned about this cave from the caving community? I think it was either a presentation at a grotto meeting or an NSS publication where I learned about this.
Her voice sound at the end of every sentence
Sai Sundeep yes
Seeing as you get seasonal rivers and flows in the cave, is it not possible and likely that the cave pearls started life as normal, from water droplets from the ceiling, then when the river forms and flows, more calcite get deposited on the already large pearls but also moves them, much like the process pebbles are created on beaches, keeping the pears rounded while not allowing the pearls to stick to the ground?
It's like it's own terrarium.
0:28 : you don't need to say the word "Hang" in there cuz it's mean "cave" in English so you just need to say "Son Doong cave"
on my way!
Really cool caves would love to visit. Great video scishow, Olivia is smart and beautiful..
I read about this on the ACT
Rad!
When your kid ask you:
Mom! Why you did those bad things?
This makes me think of the Ice Age Movie