Swimming between two continents, debunked

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  • Silfra, in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland, is where the Eurasian and North American continental plates are dividing. It's a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents. Well, sort of. As ever, it's a bit more complicated than that.
    Þingvellir geology:
    www.thingvellir.is/en/history...
    notendur.hi.is/oi/geology_of_...
    Þingvellir history: www.thingvellir.is/en/history...
    An interoduction to divergent plate boundaries: geology.com/nsta/divergent-pl...
    Articles mentioned:
    www.smithsonianmag.com/travel...
    www.bbc.com/travel/story/20140...
    www.businessinsider.com/scuba...
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +9058

    I think this is the first time I've failed to film a piece to camera on-location! I did try, but it turns out it's really difficult to wear a microphone and a dry suit at the same time.

  • @lucyalmond9774
    @lucyalmond9774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16660

    Shout out to the guy happily skipping across the bridge, hope he's doing well

    • @inthiccwetrust5779
      @inthiccwetrust5779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

      @Voltaic Fire one day we'll all get there buddy and this point in time will be one sour little step in our merry skip across the bridge

    • @CrippleX89
      @CrippleX89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      @@inthiccwetrust5779 Could be a nice meme! Anyone who's there and witnesses someone skipping across the bridge *knows* that that person has seen this video.

    • @Marcus-gh8bh
      @Marcus-gh8bh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      CrippleX89 we gotta make this a thing now.

    • @BoredInNW6
      @BoredInNW6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      Dude's in Iceland, he's already winning

    • @COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE
      @COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Hopefully he's we'll!

  • @DackxJaniels
    @DackxJaniels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7962

    1:46 The guy crossing the bridge has the jauntiest run I've ever seen!

    • @AndrewNajash
      @AndrewNajash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +638

      Hahah, it looks like he’s working with different gravity than everyone else

    • @standby7563
      @standby7563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      His arms are just swinging back and forth to a point a don’t understand

    • @unnamed2723
      @unnamed2723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      i literally did the same when i was there. I don‘t know why, but if you‘re there, you‘ll think about it, too.

    • @bruv7521
      @bruv7521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Meirl

    • @bassam_salim
      @bassam_salim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@unnamed2723 I walk like that when I am walking down hill and trying to slow down, maybe the bridge is a bit down hill

  • @wilfshort
    @wilfshort 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3663

    0:56 "...or holding up this bridge in a photo", as two tourists in the background proceed to do just that.

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      I'd like to think they know who Tom is and wanted to do something silly in the background.

    • @mac6
      @mac6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That’s the joke....

    • @EjvindGEMDark
      @EjvindGEMDark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@mac6 Tom scripts these, so I don't know if it was deliberate.

    • @mac6
      @mac6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But the joke wouldn’t have made sense if their weren’t 2 people in the background holding up a bridge

    • @mykeh3155
      @mykeh3155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@mac6 Is it really a joke though if it's true? Holding up bridges is an extremely common type of tourism picture, people love taking silly pictures because it creates fun memories.

  • @110110010
    @110110010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5587

    that's a very long-winded way to say that the Earth has stretch marks

    • @jenifertalvor4091
      @jenifertalvor4091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      it comes with being the largest of the 4 rocky planets in the inner solar system

    • @Tustin2121
      @Tustin2121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      And we’re taking pictures in and building bridges across the stretch marks.

    • @RamiSlicer
      @RamiSlicer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      wait...
      STARCH MASKS

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Now you are just making Earth feel self conscious 😭😭😭

    • @jamiecasimir5040
      @jamiecasimir5040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Rami Slicer preganté

  • @nashsok
    @nashsok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9964

    Basically, take a piece of bread and start pulling it apart - Before it fully separates look at the cracks and try and determine whether a bit of bread belongs to the piece you're pulling on from the left or the piece you're pulling on from the right.
    Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to shove bread into my face!

    • @anatypicallyhumanperson7200
      @anatypicallyhumanperson7200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +405

      Now I want bread

    • @nashsok
      @nashsok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

      @@anatypicallyhumanperson7200 Don't let your dreams be dreams!

    • @seraphic22
      @seraphic22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +897

      I did your experiment and I managed to determine that both pieces of bread belong in my mouth. This is science I can really get behind!!

    • @Waldzkrieger
      @Waldzkrieger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +655

      directions unclear, accidentally ate the entire North American Continental Plate.

    • @jenifertalvor4091
      @jenifertalvor4091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +391

      guess theres a reason they insist on calling it the crust

  • @danielclausmeyer
    @danielclausmeyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2544

    “I’m swimming in a literal river of mineral water”
    Nestlé enters the chat

    • @lewisirwin5363
      @lewisirwin5363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Pure Imagination intensifies

    • @anieldayyanelday1771
      @anieldayyanelday1771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Nestle: " Iwonder how we can make Iceland pay for the lake"

    • @Minuz1
      @Minuz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      This nation fought the UK 3 times over cod. Rio tinto is about to move out because we are raising their electric bill.
      Nestlé who?

    • @Mentocthemindtaker
      @Mentocthemindtaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Minuz1 I wish every country had metaphorical balls as big as Iceland. Then the world would be a much nicer, happier place for everyone!

    • @Kimmie6772
      @Kimmie6772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Minuz1 they won with the cod war too. British decided it wasn't worth it.

  • @prayagpatel2168
    @prayagpatel2168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1760

    Tom really missed a “In the real world, there’s a lot of grey area” joke while pointing the camera at the sand

    • @Liamjlm
      @Liamjlm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      When the imposter is sus! 😳

    • @boxcarz
      @boxcarz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Liamjlm amogus

    • @Liamjlm
      @Liamjlm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@boxcarz mouse.

    • @emilytalerman3567
      @emilytalerman3567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was just thinking that!

    • @caut5618
      @caut5618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahhahahaha

  • @Snaily
    @Snaily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6906

    Would love to see a mini-series called something like Our Messy World that deals with things like this

  • @Bussiness_account
    @Bussiness_account 3 ปีที่แล้ว +914

    Tom Scott is like your personal universal tour guide

    • @BrawnyFanta
      @BrawnyFanta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He's like TH-cams Attenborough

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oh, the places you'll never go but you'll be interested in anyway.

    • @fierydragon1249
      @fierydragon1249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Haha. Perfect way to describe it

    • @KenkuCry
      @KenkuCry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know the use of universal here was not how I initially read it, but I'm just imagining
      'I'm here on Kepler-186f, a planet which is supposedly habitable'

    • @Qubecumber
      @Qubecumber 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KenkuCry hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy vibes

  • @Dr_Rocks
    @Dr_Rocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    As a geology PhD student who studies mid-ocean ridge plate boundaries I enjoyed this. It's always cool when someone takes time to learn about stuff you're really into.

    • @sephgeodynamics9246
      @sephgeodynamics9246 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well although it's not the contact between two continents, like you say it's a MOR, a bit more complex as it is a tripple point, but still...

    • @Jhfisibejoso8pkabrvo2is8
      @Jhfisibejoso8pkabrvo2is8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How's your studies going? Or did you graduate already?

  • @myleslos9658
    @myleslos9658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1373

    the skipping between the bridges at 1:48 is too happy to be living in 2020, what is his secret?
    edit: possibly a time traveller

    • @caramelldansen2204
      @caramelldansen2204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      or just Scandinavian
      those buggers are always happy! :P

    • @myleslos9658
      @myleslos9658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@caramelldansen2204 damn those scandinavian buggers, them and their perfect lives.

    • @Bob3519
      @Bob3519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hopefully from the future.

    • @elleboman8465
      @elleboman8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@caramelldansen2204 Not true, I'm Swedish and I'm positively riddled with depression :^/

    • @Nadia1989
      @Nadia1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Covid test negative, maybe

  • @BL3446
    @BL3446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I love how multiple videos (landmark misconceptions, linguistics, historical misnomers...) of yours are "And there isn't a concrete answer, and that's okay." and how you focus on how our perceptions and past experiences are still real regardless of what the technicality says.
    Technicalities are super important because they give a new perspective, but they are given a bad rep because they are often thought as putting down and negating other perspectives and experiences, when really, they can be enriching them.

  • @spywalkz1
    @spywalkz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    Toms voice is so satisfying that I could listen to it all day

    • @Crunchy_Punch
      @Crunchy_Punch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've been watching a few videos in bed before sleep every night since March. I'm not say Tom has a boring voice though. His videos put me at ease.

  • @adaymadaday7283
    @adaymadaday7283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    1:46 my guy on the bridge walking in cursive

  • @MaxArceus
    @MaxArceus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    I now have the image of like, pulling a croissant into two halves, with the middle flaking and tearing etc.

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That does seem like a good analogy.

    • @seyeruoynepotsuj
      @seyeruoynepotsuj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I did my PhD in plate tectonics and I never thought of how good this analogy is. And that's wild because the ONLY analogies geologists use are food analogies!!

    • @MazHem
      @MazHem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@seyeruoynepotsuj it's all the plates, you gotta put food on them

    • @franzfanz
      @franzfanz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or like two slices of pizza. Where the rock is more plastic it's like the mozzarella, it stretches and you can't see the crack but where there's a slice of pepperoni across the gap you can see it, like at Silfra.
      Edit: I want pizza now.

    • @Kimmie6772
      @Kimmie6772 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seyeruoynepotsuj don't forget the earth is ravioli.

  • @seyeruoynepotsuj
    @seyeruoynepotsuj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I did my doctoral thesis on this same topic!!!
    I mapped a portion of a transcurrent plate boundary on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in Indonesia (transcurrent rather than Iceland's divergent boundary) and a huge part of the conclusion was that there's no clear divide as to where the boundary is. It's hundreds of miles wide filled with slivers and mish mash of both sides dragged into one another. I love that you include things like this on your channel.

  • @ReneSchickbauer
    @ReneSchickbauer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    To quote Futurama: "Technically correct is the best kind of correct"

    • @TheMightyZwom
      @TheMightyZwom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now I got the bureaucrat song stuck in my head... /watch?v=r4oPXHWrqVI

    • @ReneSchickbauer
      @ReneSchickbauer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheMightyZwom Me too. Sorry :-P

  • @shanechurilla
    @shanechurilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    2:18
    Imagine spending your life’s savings on a trip to the tectonic line and hearing someone walk by you saying that :)

  • @vangelicest4183
    @vangelicest4183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    This guy is getting younger and younger I swear.

    • @MagicznaPanda
      @MagicznaPanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      It's probably the fact that Tom wears sunscreen and drinks from the skulls of his enemies

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      And wears the same red shirt every day.

    • @excho
      @excho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      His hairline isn't, though :/
      Edit: Not trying to make fun of it, just genuinely sad for him.

    • @chshrkt
      @chshrkt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There is a painting in an attic somewhere... ;)

    • @oblivioustothejoke7261
      @oblivioustothejoke7261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats impossible.

  • @calvincoolidgesimp4380
    @calvincoolidgesimp4380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    Thought my dude was about to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar

    • @cgi2002
      @cgi2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      While I think it would be interesting, that's one of the busiest shipping channels in the world, getting permission would be a right pain.

    • @Wick9876
      @Wick9876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The Bosporus or Hellespont might be easier.

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its not plural. There's just one strait.

    • @asliyase
      @asliyase 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wick9876 was about to comment the same thing hehe.

    • @albertbatfinder5240
      @albertbatfinder5240 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was contemplating whether it was strait or straits on my last swim across the Dardanelle.

  • @laterbot
    @laterbot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    Tom Scott back in the day "here's an incredible thing!"
    Tom Scott now "Incredible things don't exist, here's a cruel lie"

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Hm, more so "Incredible things are often complicated, but they're still incredible; here's a clarification."
      Gotta say, had never heard of this place, and now it's on my bucket list.

    • @ShroudedWolf51
      @ShroudedWolf51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Incredible things exist, this just isn't one of them. Not every assumption you make or marketing claim you hear is true.

    • @ratedpending
      @ratedpending 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ShroudedWolf51 it's a joke guy

    • @bigbig173
      @bigbig173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ratedpending
      How to invalidate your opinion WR ANY%

  • @DontScareTheFish
    @DontScareTheFish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The Silfra dive is one of those "You should do this, but once you've done one or two dives in a day you can tick it off the bucket list and never do it again". The profile is VERY saw tooth (which is generally a bad thing for divers). The only good thing about that saw tooth profile is that it's generally quite shallow (in diving terms).
    If you're every going to dive silfra think of it as a drift dive and don't kick yourself forward, only to the sides or back. The current will carry you forward, kicking forward will only shorten your dive.

  • @sparx151
    @sparx151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Tbh Tom this added the magic back to Silfra. I went diving there last year but had already heard it wasn't really between two plates. Still enjoyed it sure, but I had understood it as it was marketing and we were really just close to the edge of one plate.
    Being in the stretch between is way cooler than I thought. So thanks

    • @promontorium
      @promontorium ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it's fair to think of the entire area as the gap between the two continents, and that its formation is literally the continents splitting apart. It's just more than a few meters wides.

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    0:10 *_"You're tearing me apart _**_-Lisa-_**_ Earth"_*

    • @iriscandy6377
      @iriscandy6377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      WHY LISA WHY

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@iriscandy6377 "Oh hi, Mark."

  • @AyushKumar-qj6yb
    @AyushKumar-qj6yb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Tom's doing enough travelling for the rest of us this year

  • @danearl8328
    @danearl8328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Many times people have asked, "what's this, down below?"

    • @jana31415
      @jana31415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I asked when I was in iceland

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    0:53 There goes the sponsorship from the Icelandic tourist board.

  • @brainkells
    @brainkells 3 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    Tom:holding up this bridge in a photo,,,,,,,
    The people in the background: 🤷‍♀️
    0:58

    • @KadruH
      @KadruH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The guy at 1:45 🏃‍♂️

  • @eiiiot.s
    @eiiiot.s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Video: 1minute ago
    Toms comment: 2 weeks ago
    Me: *visible confusion*

    • @qtheplatypus
      @qtheplatypus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      EcreeperKiller the owner of a video can comment on it before it goes public.

    • @eiiiot.s
      @eiiiot.s 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

  • @JamesInBed
    @JamesInBed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've had a really stressful day and this is exactly the content I need to make me feel better. Thank you again Tom, love your videos!

  • @iriscandy6377
    @iriscandy6377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Swimming in the Atlantic Ocean surely counts as swimming between 2 continents... Surely...

  • @TheGerwin30games
    @TheGerwin30games 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I have been here as well and swum, the cold on the face isn't as bad as it might seem but its absolutely gorgeous and amazing to do! if you ever visit Iceland I highly recommend doing this!

  • @berttorpson2592
    @berttorpson2592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    People walking by: “Oh hey that’s Tom Scott”
    Tom: “These stupid idiots”

  • @Catticus
    @Catticus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Tom: talks underwater
    Me: perfectly normal for Tom

    • @giasharie274
      @giasharie274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If he’s holding the camera in front of him, _of course he’s gotta talk_

    • @giasharie274
      @giasharie274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mariam Shehab More like 1:20 *_unintelligible wet microphone noises_*

  • @geraldmerkowitz4360
    @geraldmerkowitz4360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    1:46 how is it possible that there is always something to see in the background of his videos?

    • @biiianciii888
      @biiianciii888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Paid actors Tom puts in there for little easter eggs

  • @valurg6524
    @valurg6524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The obligatory "Hey, thats my country" for me

  • @BrilliantDesignOnline
    @BrilliantDesignOnline 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The river south of Glacier National Park in NW Montana has float trips. I brought my wetsuit and snorkeling equipment, and since I knew the guide, I 'accidentally' fell overboard and swam next to the 8 person raft. Initially my hands were painful the water was so cold (3-4*C) I had to keep them out of the water, but later I was able to be completely under. The water was exactly as clear as you show, and at some points very deep and looked incredibly like at 1:06, with the AMAZING clarity of the water. There was a strong current since the river was moving fast, and at points the river was over 30 feet deep and at others less than 2 feet deep, which was a challenge when you are moving at about 10 mph and have little time to dodge the rocks that appear coming at you at high speed :-)
    Love your vids, thank you.

  • @oldguydoesstuff120
    @oldguydoesstuff120 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your "Amazing Places" videos are ... ummm ... amazing! Thank you for this one.

  • @risingpsycho
    @risingpsycho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom, I can’t handle all of these informational videos. I can’t keep all the fun facts in my head with these epic videos

  • @HiddenWindshield
    @HiddenWindshield 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So, if the Earth was a cupcake, Silfra would be one of the little crumbs that fall off when you pull it apart.
    Great. Now I want a cupcake.

  • @MarkBingley
    @MarkBingley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I swam there myself in Jan 2020, and it was indeed an incredible experience. If you find yourself in Iceland, i highly recommend doing it. And yes, you can drink the water whilst you are swimming in it!

  • @bonyek1089
    @bonyek1089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:46 that guy walking on the bridge in the background has probably the best energy of anyone ever

  • @kathrinehmunk
    @kathrinehmunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait this was a new video? I was on a watching spree and thought hey another video I haven't watched but it was new! Great job ❤

  • @maryjones104
    @maryjones104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I actually went to the bridge between continents! It was so cool to see the exact spot on video, aha - our whole school trip lined up, held hands, and stretched one side to the other! I still have the photo :D

  • @jackfrancis1475
    @jackfrancis1475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great as always, thanks Tom

  • @pieceofcake2008
    @pieceofcake2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant content as always Tom.

  • @nolanwright385
    @nolanwright385 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey just wanted to say I’m a huge fan...keep up the good work

  • @cherryanx3261
    @cherryanx3261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've literally dived in Silfra, and had no idea that this was a thing lmao - I had the great experince and no dreams crushed with this video, so all good :P

  • @justsomeonewithanezukopfp8224
    @justsomeonewithanezukopfp8224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    A ravine underwater
    It'll be hard to go to the stronghold

    • @TornaitSuperBird
      @TornaitSuperBird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      At least you won't have to worry about Endermen

    • @blancogohan
      @blancogohan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the seed Tom used in the video was the same as ph1lzas

    • @kets4443
      @kets4443 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      nezuko kamado hi

  • @ViewsPlus
    @ViewsPlus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like your video details, great . I'm enjoyed and following your channel on ♥

  • @senecautech4704
    @senecautech4704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are always so awesome

  • @metropod
    @metropod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "The real world does not fit into the neat little boxes that we'd like it to..." That is my existence in a nutshell.

    • @nathanoafc0132
      @nathanoafc0132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "And designing more boxes does nothing but kick the bucket down the road"

    • @Minuz1
      @Minuz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The real world fits inside your nutshell? :D

  • @SuLokify
    @SuLokify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Tom - not a qualified diver? A PADI open water certification isn't expensive or difficult to get, a few hours of classes, a written test, and a couple dives with an instructor and you're all set.
    The equipment is the expensive part, however you can (and probably should) simply rent gear from tours or local dive shops.
    It's definitely worth doing, even if you only ever go on a few dives.

    • @d1rcwill
      @d1rcwill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It would even make an interesting little documentary

    • @BeanMann
      @BeanMann ปีที่แล้ว

      I recently got my Padi Advanced Open Water. While standart Open Water may be simple to get, it takes time(about 4 dives in 2 days for me) and tom is presumably quite buisy and travels a lot. (Not to mention the time he is prob spending doing research for new topics)
      Sure maybe it could provide new oppertunities for videos, not everyone is super down to put on a BCD and heavy tanks cause it seems imposing at the start.

  • @JOEYDIAZ9
    @JOEYDIAZ9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just been watching some of of your old stuff. How your not a TV presenter is beyond me. Better than most of them anyway

  • @321tryagain
    @321tryagain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thoroughly enjoy your videos

  • @Trolligarch
    @Trolligarch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Tom: *visits area famous for a peculiar thing*
    Tom: *proceeds to debunk peculiar thing*

    • @Liamjlm
      @Liamjlm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When the imposter is sus! 😳

    • @kets4443
      @kets4443 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Liamjlm When the impersonator is suspicious!

  • @ariefsyahrultiro
    @ariefsyahrultiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "The real world is far more messy than we often think"
    Yes, i know.

  • @biiianciii888
    @biiianciii888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just noticed you hit 3 Mil Congrats Tom you deserve it🎉🎉🎉

  • @Southh
    @Southh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats on 3 million! Definitely deserved! :D

  • @VoIcanoman
    @VoIcanoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    THANK-YOU. As a trained geologist (see username), I've been frustrated by people misinterpreting the significance of places like Silfra for years. Having been to Þingvellir (didn't swim there though, not sure that was even something on offer back in 2005 when I was there), and places like it, where continents were either tearing themselves apart or colliding (places including the East African Rift Valley, and subduction zones created by the Nazca plate and the South American plate, the Cocos plate and the North American plate, the Cocos plate and the Caribbean plate, the Pacific plate and the North American plate, and the African plate and the Eurasian plate*), I know just how chaotic the boundary zones can be. It makes for VERY interesting geology. Faulting and folding, erupting volcanoes (my raison d'être) and earthquakes (I felt a moment magnitude 5.6 in Guatemala a few years back)...I always enjoy my time spent in these geological paradises.
    *In the case of the subduction zones, the actual zone where one plate becomes another is obviously underwater. But in many cases, you can actually find areas where fragments of the subducting plate have been broken off and uplifted, to be included in the above-ground landscape. Moreover, much of the land that is Western North America (to take one common example...there are others) was once small microplates that accreted onto the North American continent many millions of years ago, so there are ancient convergent boundaries that remain above ground in this region, to this day.

  • @potatopotato5354
    @potatopotato5354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The last bit of this video made me extremely thirsty

    • @Erik_Scott
      @Erik_Scott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the forbidden drink

    • @TheSkypetube
      @TheSkypetube 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Erik_Scott Nothing is stopping you from drinking mineral water

    • @merlith4650
      @merlith4650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheSkypetube not the best idea though

    • @TheSkypetube
      @TheSkypetube 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@merlith4650 It's filtered

  • @ambertapping7919
    @ambertapping7919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy the fact that your videos are increasingly like 'the world is full of nuance and I could tell you cool stuff just for views but it's really not that simple'.

  • @ohg4338
    @ohg4338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats on 3,000,000 subs!

  • @luismerchan9140
    @luismerchan9140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:45 mad lad on bridge

  • @TailsIsDisappointed
    @TailsIsDisappointed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This is a prime example of "Just keep swimming" taken literally.

  • @chunkylefunga
    @chunkylefunga 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow a youtube recommendation that I actually want to watch and on upload day no less!

  • @TheK3vin
    @TheK3vin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much for existing, Tom.

  • @stuffandnonsense8528
    @stuffandnonsense8528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I suppose, though, that with hindsight one might be able to say that one particular crack was a single line at which the two plates separated. What I mean is, one should be able to find a point (several points) where the rock on one side will end up comfortably part of Eurasia and the other comfortably part of America. If the rock on my right will end up drifting east for ten thousand years and the one on my left will drift west for ten thousand years then there’s an appreciable sense in which I am indeed standing at their point of departure.

  • @RigzDigz
    @RigzDigz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fresh Tom Scott! Yay!

  • @myleslos9658
    @myleslos9658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did not realise it was a monday until you uploaded

  • @miloc.4670
    @miloc.4670 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    informative and wonderful as always!

  • @Pharry_
    @Pharry_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tom Scott is the kid at the sleepover who says “it’s tomorrow” after midnight

  • @talkingpuppy4963
    @talkingpuppy4963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I was litterally just watching another Tom Scott video

  • @eaglesfannnn
    @eaglesfannnn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang Tom, you're up to 3M subs, that's crazy! I'm not going to pretend that I'm an OG subscriber or anything, but when I found this channel it only had just over a quarter million subs, and I was genuinely surprised that it didn't have more. You deserve all the growth, your vids are always stellar and interesting!

  • @anintriguedtophatcomments4382
    @anintriguedtophatcomments4382 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on 3 mil subs!

  • @konzetsu6068
    @konzetsu6068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember hiking up to an inactive volcano (and going down into it) where we had to cross a narrow enough spot where you could stand with a foot on either plate, neat photo spot, only caveat was that you did not really see the bottom of the crack (admittedly you’d get stuck before falling too far).

  • @JanneRanta
    @JanneRanta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Imagine that this bridge..." and the guy on the bridge is right on queue.

    • @Markle2k
      @Markle2k 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you not notice the tourists beyond the bridge posing for a photo while pretending to hold up said bridge. There was a lot going on in that scene.

  • @Michal_Kosakowski
    @Michal_Kosakowski 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always, Tom. Have you tried those little anti fogging inserts for your GoPro? They only cost a few quid, work like magic, and if they get soggy from moisture, you just put them on the radiator for a while, and they're good to go again.

  • @sireffortlessgarbage7922
    @sireffortlessgarbage7922 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:46 Guy runnin like he’s the main character, and he’s going to his next quest.

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was just talking about how the Appalachian Mountains go from Scotland to Alabama thanks to the continents moving.

  • @ipaintontheskies
    @ipaintontheskies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    When I saw the word “debunked” in the title I thought it was a collab with captain disillusion 😕

    • @ruthenian.wisdom
      @ruthenian.wisdom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Reality is often disappointing

    • @nate_storm
      @nate_storm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they’ve already done a collab. -haven’t you seen the chinese invisibility cloak video?-

    • @ipaintontheskies
      @ipaintontheskies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NateStorm12 oh how i wish it was real

    • @mikeuk1927
      @mikeuk1927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ipaintontheskies Oh, it was. There is an unlisted video where Tom instructs captain D on how to speak like him.

    • @ipaintontheskies
      @ipaintontheskies 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mike Uk 😂😂😂

  • @Studio23Media
    @Studio23Media 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That gap and the water is simultaneously the prettiest and the scariest thing I've ever seen.

  • @theinconsistentpark9060
    @theinconsistentpark9060 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos give me hope. What more can you ask for?

  • @TheAviationChannel
    @TheAviationChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:46
    *I've found a happy hippy*

  • @happyundertaker6255
    @happyundertaker6255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When you stand under the bridge between the continents, and the sun shines in your face, isn’t the American plate on the other side than the one you’re pointing to?

  • @YellowPinkie
    @YellowPinkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does the gap get bigger at these locations? If it does, then surely one side is on the American Plate and the other on the Eurasian Plate... Love all that you do Tom.

  • @bricks9084
    @bricks9084 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always love watching his videos

  • @MidnightBloomDev
    @MidnightBloomDev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Tom you can't fool us. We know you are wearing red t-shirt

  • @mynameislg8549
    @mynameislg8549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’d love to visit Iceland... it looks stunning! And I want to learn Icelandic too.

    • @hrannarorarson732
      @hrannarorarson732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MynameisLG dont learn icelandic
      From an icelander

    • @mynameislg8549
      @mynameislg8549 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cantfind Name I’ve heard it’s difficult!... but I speak Norwegian and like old Norse and the sagas, and I like a challenge... :D

  • @charliespinoza1966
    @charliespinoza1966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom, 3 million! Congratulations 🎈

  • @safetyinnumbers9587
    @safetyinnumbers9587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish for all of us to be so carefree and cheerful as the guy at 1:46

  • @Ihyabond009
    @Ihyabond009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Me: today is a great day
    Tom: *hands an AK-47* I'm sorry, I'm about to debunk you right there

  • @YukonK9
    @YukonK9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I mean I guess if you swim in the Suez Canal or the Panama canal, you can say "swimming between 2 continents"

    • @RusNad
      @RusNad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Zero 01 tectonically sure, the fault is in the gulf of aqaba but Sinai is considered to be in Asia geographically by most.

  • @KevinEdwardsPlus
    @KevinEdwardsPlus 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love this video. It inspired me to get the extra scuba certification to dive the site and it was an incredible experience that I otherwise may have missed.

  • @Gruncival
    @Gruncival 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video by James May's living phylactery

  • @tomasingihrolfsson9749
    @tomasingihrolfsson9749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think you mixed up the North American and Eurasian plates at 1:49; the North American plate is to the left and the Eurasian one is to the right.

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was just that time of the year when the Sun is in the North.

  • @dylanmcpeake7006
    @dylanmcpeake7006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tom Scott, public enemy #1 of Icelandic tourism

  • @aryasaktiflister_aw
    @aryasaktiflister_aw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great theme, great explanation, great sign off, as expected from Thomas Scott

  • @blacklightstarcraft
    @blacklightstarcraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is very awe-inspiring for me. thank you