but he is also highly inaccurate. fukushima wasnt more severe than this. fukushima had exellent breach containment protocols. after fukushima, there was only one death due to high radiation exposure. it was an inspector that was meant to inspect the radiation levels around the plant. 573 people did die indirectly due to evacuations. the estimates for chernobyl was 4000 people (died due to direct and high exposure to radiation), up to an estimate of 30,000, if they counted people with low levels of radiation exposure getting thyroid cancers. fukushima was hardly to be called a deadly nuclear disaster. the freaking evacuations caused 573x more deaths. see what i did there? i overdramatized the issue. put into contrast, the thousands of people that could die each year due to polluted air from brown coal ashes, the thousands of birds that die due to wind turbines (you think a bird expects to be suddenly bitch slapped by a huge propellor mid air?) or massive floodings and evacuations of wildlife and people needed to create hydro power plants? nuclear energy has still proven thus far to be far more safer than any other form of energy. because we know of its dangers, we handle it with extra care. and becuase of that extra care, deaths are low.
Being from Montana, I've seen both the Berkley pit and the many thermal lakes of Yellowstone. I remember one story where a man was walking his dog near one of the thermal hot spots and the dog jumped in. The man then jumped in to save the animal. EDIT: Misremebered the story from 1981, the dog did not survive. Bith the man and the dog died and the dogs body was never recovered. Yellowstone is beautiful, but there are definitely a decent number of horror stories that could be told. Great content as always!!!
I heard a story about this group of kids that some went through the woods of yellow stone and the other ones went to a field and there were run offs of hot springs and they tried jumping over 2 of them almost made it over and got their lower half’s in the springs that got 3rd degree burns and the last one got submerged completely and was in much longer
I don't mean to come off as a Douche or anything but thats simply not possible I mean yes fur can protect dogs from the heat and the cold in some cases but if this is water we are talking about they would have died most definitely due to the water going into their coat more than likely
In August of 2001, I went on a road trip and ended up at Yellowstone. I was right there on the walkways that encircled the prismatic spring. A warning about Colin Scotts fate was posted along the path. When in Yellowstone, if you see a sign that says "Stay on the path" you better heed the warning. It's a beautiful place to see, but it's no place to let kids loose running amok, either. (And I saw a few kids just wandering around while mom was busy with her friggin selfies.) The wind is also gusty up there. If you wear a hat, tie it down, or leave it in the RV! There must have been a dozen hats just floating around in the various pools or the shallow wet areas. If you lose your hat, scarf, phone, map, whatever.. ITS GONE! At one point I was away from other people, admiring the scenery and 2 kids come running up being obnoxiously loud. They stopped near me and began bragging and betting about how they could out-do one another by running through the wet area just off the raised path. About 12 feet away from the path was a cowboy hat sitting trapped in the scalding hot mud. I pointed it out to them. "Hey. Do you see that cowboy hat over there? The cowboy was still under it. He thought he could just walk through the mud, too. He sank right down and he just melted away! His hat and maybe some hair is all that's left of him. So you better just forget about it, and go back to your parents. Because if you fall off, you'll be sucked down by the mud and that'll be the end of your silly little bets." They both looked at me with horror and went back to their parents, walking carefully down the middle of the walkway. People who refuse to watch and keep their kids under control, should not go to places like this. Kids and dogs.. Why the heck would you bring a dog out there?! Fact: you dog couldn't care less about the park, and was probably suffering in the smell with his 100X stronger sense of smell.. Another little fact about the areas around the geothermal parts of the park.. It stinks. That sulfur smell is very strong. Especially when down wind of the active, bubbling parts. Admire the beauty. Enjoy the experience. Gain new knowledge and memories. Use your brain. Stay on the walkways! Keep your loose items secure! Keep control and guidance over your kids! Leave the friggin dog in the RV!
I’m amazed at how few knew about any of these lakes, including myself. These are things that everyone should know, especially those who live within a hundred miles of any of them. Thanks for the heads up !
Just sickened by the carelessness and lack of disclosure to the poor Russian citizens living near those disasters! All these lakes intrigue me but would be afraid of the exposure. But have seen Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. It is magnificent and stunning! Nature's work of art!
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It was scary to hear about these toxic lakes, but now I know which ones they are. (And knowing is only half the battle.)
I didn't know anything about this horrific story, and I thank you for this report because it is a powerful lesson about the dangers of weapons, science manipulated by Political and Economical interests, the horrors derivated by secrecy, especially at didactic level.
(6:47) I think it's very thoughtful the way Be Amazed lists measurements onscreen for things like temperature in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. I'm sure that the people of the United States, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Liberia, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands appreciate it, too.
I appreciate your effort to raise our awareness level on these topics; specially radiation. Illiteracy, greediness, and wanting to have some destructive power to control others, are at the root of those lethal nuclear bases and contamination. Some individuals do not care for the safety of people or the planet. If some delusional powerful person decides it's over, we are doomed. This is why we as human beings have to really be alert as to who we choose as our leaders or watch those in powerful or economical positions. 🤔
Awesome as always! It'd be nice if you told us in the next video about waters that can actually have health benefits, maybe even giving us some holiday targets 🤗
There are no waters that give you health benefits. Stop believing in some spiritual shit. Its water, just water maybe with some salt in it. If you want some so bad get a pool, dump a lot of salt in it and BOOM. You got yourself a spiritual health benefit lake
@@youraveragechannel9825 Baden Baden has radon rich salt water pools, and Bad Uden's whole city is on mineral spring source good for skin and hair. Skin is one of the body's filters too. The German mineral swimming pools are normal outdoor pools with that mineral water and you can drink beer along with German soft pretzels poolside at 10:00 in the morning..it is definitely a health spa for retirees.
The knowledge you have on so many things is amazing, and talking about posioned water I live in a small town named Mount Morgan and we have a mine behind our town and we call it the posioned mine due to back in the old days (sorry I don't remember when) our town had a gold rush and when they were done they left the way it was so like big vehicles everywhere and after so many years water built up in the mine and the oil, gas and other Chemicals were released into the water.
My 10 year old sent me this video tonight saying I NEEDED to see this. This was incredibly well done. He was most definitely on a search to understand some things he is hearing in the news regarding Russia. I am inspired by his passion for knowledge. I would beg that our savy youtubers take it easy on my novice question. Are references available on the facts/research presented? I want him to be a critical consumer of information. While everything is presented with incredible professionalism, so is a lot of trash on TH-cam. If he is old enough to go on this journey for knowledge, he is old enough for me to start teaching him how to validate what he is consuming. Thanks I’m advance for the direction of where to find more information.
I can't begin to feel the amount of distrust and hatred the Soviet people must of felt against their government for keeping this secret for so long and it is unimaginable how much devastation this will continue to cause future generations. Thanks for another awesome and informative video.
@@BitWise501 actually they did back when it was the USSR. Because there were so many different heritages besides Russians like Armenians, Georgians, Ukrainians, ect, they went as Soviets not Russians like they would now
Thank you, sir for bringing this to my attention, but is 'thank you' the right sentiment to express? I mean, I never knew about this, so I'm grateful for the knowledge shared, but what happened absolutely sucks, and the story of those poor people needs to be better known. I am truly appalled at how leaders respond to disasters. The most authoritative people accept no responsibility in the war and simply let the situation get even worse. That is simply wrong.
Like how someone leaves a class meeting after an awkward moment in an online class. How do you convince that person back to class? The same way the people below the leaders who knew these things could not convince the leaders to tell the people
Thank you, well said. It is important for the government to take responsibility for its mistakes, not sweep them under the rug and pretend they didn't happen. Acknowledge it, apologize, make amends and take action to ensure public health and safety moving forward. It's called reconciliation and we learn it in preschool.
I’ve heard this story before. It does get lots of attention but not as much as cherynobl. It’s been classified as a level 6 disaster, although even when Chernobyl was classified as level 7, I think this is more fatal.
It reminds me of a certain ex President who when asked about the Government response to Covid said " I take no responsibility " , and then later tried to steal an election that he lost to stay in power.
He literally can teach me a whole story of ONE lake in 14 minute and my teacher can't even make me understand how to do ÷ in math after 1 hour teaching 😤 I'm impressed by him 😍
WHEN THE EUROPEAN CAME TO THE AMERICAS THEY WERE AMAZED AT THE ABUNDANCE OF WILD LIFE. EVEN SO THEY HAD TO BE RESCUED. SEE THEY TRIED TO FARM RAISE PIGS. CAUGHT LOBSTERS TO FEED PIGS. PIGS RAN OFF. USED FARMING THAT HARMED LAND.
Shows exactly how inept and ignorant the Soviets were on handling anything related to nuclear fusion. I’m actually surprised anyone is still alive in Russia.
Had the opportunity to visit the Boiling Lake in Dominica. Most visitors to the Island don’t go to the lake due to the long hike to get there . It is best to have a local guide hike with you to the lake. You can smell sulphur before you get to it and it is covered by a vapor cloud. We had no desire to go in it and didn’t stay long.
You can start by reading the Koran. I've read it but it was an English translation and, no doubt, many Muslims would tell me it was a bad translation. But I'm wondering how any translation could equate man's creation to be from (in separate suras) clay, mud, earth, loam, spit, a sperm, a clot of blood or water.
@@QueenBoadiceathe Koran is false and lies, the Bible is Truth. Man was formed from the dust of the earth. Dust to dust. He fell away from God's glory by his rebellion and Jesus made the way back to the Father through His sacrificial death for our sins.
If you find this 1st story interesting then you should look into the creation and purpose of the city of Oak Ridge in East Tennessee. But I will say it's a lot less deadly to live here.
I know some mates that went swimming in the blue lagoon in the uk and it was scary because there wasn’t enough warning about the burns you could get or that it was contaminated despite what’s been said now ❤️
My brother lived in Dominica for a little while. I wanted to see the boiling lake there when I visited him but I never got the chance bc he had to be evacuated from the island after hurricane Maria hit.
You missed Lake Kivu in the DRC. Yeah, dipping your foot in it might not be very dangerous. But if we're talking lakes with the most dangerous potential, it should probably be at the top of your list. Any sudden, large disruption like what happened in 1986 at lake Nyos, and you're looking at probably a 2 million plus body count.
I wish to bring up a point. The use of the term "heavy metal" relates to nuclear metals, not metals like copper or iron. By the way the term was used, we might as well call all metals "heavy". As a redsmith/blacksmith I needed to share this distinction.
Nope. Heavy metal as a term has been around since before we knew of nuclear materials. And yes, most metals (over 80%) are classified as heavy, but that doesn't mean that they aren't classified as such, scientifically. He has it correct in the video, you could use some help with your research skills.
@@Babybez1704 Like I said, I have been around metals and machinery all my life. To use the term loosely as they do, then all metal is heavy. Only nuclear metals are heavy hence that term is being used improperly. If you toss my answer aside then, well, ok... but using that term around my contemporaries will only get a sneer.
@@williamkirk1156 lmao thanks for the mansplain 👍 you assume I don't know what I'm talking about, but yet you make huge generalizations that show you don't know what you're talking about. Maybe in *your* field you only refer to nuclear as heavy, but in *my* field we don't. And even using the broad term for heavy metals (which is literally the definition), no, not *all* metal is heavy. Maybe stop making dumb generalizations and you can actually make a correct point.
@@Babybez1704 Why do you choose to introduce gender resentments to a technical discussion? After spewing "mainsplaining", will you now proceed to lecture your father and grandfather about the evils of "the patriarchy"? I believe both you and William Kirk are correct, within different contexts that each have their own jargon. A quick look at the Wikipedia entry for "heavy metals" is enough to confirm the varied ways the term is used.
My favourite lake was easily the salt lake in Tanzania simply because I will be going there on a school trip, with some of my friends, in under a months time. We’re not specifically going to the lake but I believe we’ll visit the surrounding area. It’s a secondary school trip so they won’t put us in to much danger, right?
Yes, I assume you will be kept safe. It depends on how competent your school is, but it’s probably fine. There will be a danger zone that you cannot enter, they will forbid you from touching the water, etc. it will likely be a very safe trip and an enjoyable time
My dad retired from Hanford in Richland, WA. He’s still living but has had different kinds of cancer 5 X’s. I grew up 30 miles from Hanford. Richland, Kennewick and Pasco (the Tri-Cities) all sit on the Columbia River. Below Hanford even the fish are now getting cancer and the water is polluted.
I've been to Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park twice. Beautiful place. It even has a boardwalk around a portion of it. Just don't walk it when the weather gives the boardwalk a thin coating of ice.
Have they ever concerned using heat resistant drones to measure the center of the lake? Better yet sending in a robot with a camera to confirm the hypothesis as to why the lake never dries up.
Believe it or not this incident and Chernobyl have saved many many many more people than it killed. 99% of nuclear medicine and X-ray knowledge came from people dying in USSR after the radiation disasters they had. They forced those sick into hospitals where they studied them until they died. Their sacrifice created the cancer treatments we know today…. So we owe them our thanks! Btw this isn’t Russia, back then Russia was a state of the USSR.
Thank you very much for teaching us these things and also for doing it in a way that makes it interesting to watch. I look forward to new be Amazed videos every day
Derbyshire is pronounced Dar-Bee-Sher. What's ironic about the blue lagoon though is it's in Buxton. A town famous for the bottled water that bears it's name.
@@ellenbrooks8061 at least those in the North of England. You tend to only say Shire when using the word on its own but Sher when it's the county itself. County's south of London are sometimes called something Shire but it's down to the regional accent. For example Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire are Sher while Worcestershire and Gloucestershire is Shire.
We had similar cities in the states! I love that this video goes into it. I knew a lady who was born in one of the these cities in the U.S.! I’m not going to say more because privacy. This is cool!
It's too difficult for fixing a lake that filled with so much radiation bud. It's better to fill this entire area with soil as to stop the contamination. Though I don't think the Russian government would implement this. It's better off left abandoned and putting warning signs.
I'm from Dominica and have visited the boiling lake. I wasn't aware that I needed a gas mask. 😅 there was also a time a guy fell in the lake. Luckily he survived he does have burns but I've never seen it as he's always covered up
My little brother waches this every day and night he can't keep his eyes off it. And i don't blame him not one bit.This is one of the best videos ever i love it. I'v prob hit the like button on every one of your videos.
Oak Ridge, TN, here in the US was sort of the US's City-40 only we didn't create a toxic lake. We did create enough toxic waste there, though, especially in radioactive materials. Oak Ridge was just as locked-down as City-40 in Russia, too. Guards at the gates, citizens had to have passes to go anywhere but Oak Ridge, and silence was mandatory. You could not tell ANYONE what you did, not even your spouse, while you worked there. My late mother-in-law was the English teacher at the high school during WWII there. We found her citizen ID and other papers from that time but she refused to talk about it, the injunction on keeping silent ran so deep. At least if you refused to work there, you weren't put in a gulag but it also wasn't a wise idea to say "no", either, especially if you were an upper echelon scientist. The history of Oak Ridge is very interesting. Oh, and it isn't the "Handford" nuclear facility, it is "Hanford". I've been there and stood nose to nose with the deactivated Reactor-B where they created and enriched the plutonium for one of the bombs we dropped on Japan. The fuel cells are long gone and stored elsewhere onsite but they still don't let you get too close. It's a really cool place to visit but be prepared for the government to do a background check on you first (at least that was the procedure the last time I went).
Oh my goodness that is shocking 😮 my heart breaks for all the poor inocent people that it affected 😢Viktor Bryukhanov had a lot to answer for, the destruction and devastation he caused....
@@bonniea.1941 you think they treat the safety of nuclear energy as a joke? There are thousands of engineers who pour their life’s work into making nuclear energy safer. Nuclear energy is by far the safest and cleanest forms of power despite these disasters. The Soviet Union didn’t have many safety codes. Hell even Chernobyl violated several of even the Soviet ones.
@@therealspeedwagon1451 No, I totally agree that nuclear energy is actually the right way to go (with a BIG dose of solar, maybe?) But my comment was more to point out that radioactive accidents did not only happen in the Soviet Union. Apparently I was defending the Soviet Union? I gotta stop posting after my marijuana tincture.
“All it took was a gust of wind to make another radioactive incident” Oh shit what the hell “But it didn’t get a gust of wind...” Whew that was close “It got a whole windstorm” AYO WTF
Answering the last question, i actually remember riding in a bus not far away from lake Karachay. Although the lake was already barricaded and i couldnt see it because of the trees, i did see a sign near it. I dont exactly remember what it said, but it said something like "КАРАЧАЙ" which is the name of the lake. In Russia, there are signs like this everywhere to show where are you or how far you are from something.
ohh i visited the yellowstone rainbow one before when i was a kid and i remember asking my mom i could go play with the water since it's so pretty🤯she freaked out and pulled me away
@@therealspeedwagon1451 you do realize that with the science and bombs we have today, a world war would singlehandedly destroy earth and everything in it? Additionally, America has killed millions of innocent people in Japan, so are you sure that putting Americans lives over theirs is a good idea? Essentially, you’re putting the lives of millions of American soldiers over the lives of everyone on the planet… you see how nonsensical that is?
@@avamccune5533 not that. Think about at the time. Think about the decision they had to make. Nobody else had a nuclear weapon at the time and they would have never thought what they would eventually become. So put yourself into the shoes of the time. Think about making the decision between a couple hundred thousand Japanese civilians incinerated or the lives of millions of American soldiers, not to mention millions of Japanese soldiers and civilians from the possible war crimes from both sides. If that did happen I predict communism would’ve been a much bigger threat from the scars the American public would have from Operation Downfall that America would’ve just return to isolationism as it’s always been
@@therealspeedwagon1451 it doesn’t matter what they thought or didn’t think would happen, understanding how nuclear bombs work has lead to enough power to end the world. This in turn means that within the context of today’s society, it was putting the advances in splitting atoms above the lives of innocent people. Putting myself in ‘their’ shoes at the time would still mean that we wouldn’t detonate a bomb that releases harmful radiation that can slowly and painfully kill someone. This isn’t about how the advancement of science puts us ahead of everyone else, this is about how nuclear bombs have the potential to destroy everything and therefore shouldn’t be done.
@@avamccune5533 then if they weren’t invented we would have had multiple world wars by now. The threat of wiping everything out in under an hour really puts a damper on global wars.
It makes me so angry how these people were so selfish caring only about the weapons that there actions killed hundreds of thousands and permanently destroying much land and act like it never happens it just makes so angry at these kinds of people thank you the video it was great
17:00 why would you try to discourage people further from swimming in a lagoon, when there are signs clearly warning that it is life threatening. If you chose to go in anyway, I'd be willing to assume they wouldn't be much of an asset to society.
I mean your not wrong, but also what about all the trash and the dead animals you would think thay would see them and just be like "umm, yeah I'm going to go now"
Interesting video and all. I like the guy who hosts these videos now, but I was just wondering, what happened to that other guy that used to do these and the Darwin Awards videos? Just curious.
Those girls wading through that lake deserve a Darwin Award... How long untill they earn it fully is the question, but they are definitely on nomination 😆
This narrator's voice is perfect.
You guys at Be Amazed are doing a great job.
I'm amazed.
Agreed!
These videos are so interesting and useful
but he is also highly inaccurate. fukushima wasnt more severe than this. fukushima had exellent breach containment protocols. after fukushima, there was only one death due to high radiation exposure. it was an inspector that was meant to inspect the radiation levels around the plant. 573 people did die indirectly due to evacuations. the estimates for chernobyl was 4000 people (died due to direct and high exposure to radiation), up to an estimate of 30,000, if they counted people with low levels of radiation exposure getting thyroid cancers. fukushima was hardly to be called a deadly nuclear disaster. the freaking evacuations caused 573x more deaths. see what i did there? i overdramatized the issue.
put into contrast, the thousands of people that could die each year due to polluted air from brown coal ashes, the thousands of birds that die due to wind turbines (you think a bird expects to be suddenly bitch slapped by a huge propellor mid air?) or massive floodings and evacuations of wildlife and people needed to create hydro power plants?
nuclear energy has still proven thus far to be far more safer than any other form of energy. because we know of its dangers, we handle it with extra care. and becuase of that extra care, deaths are low.
@@sollitdude1 uh
@@katieforkitties8394 I echo your sentiment good sir (or ma’am)
Being from Montana, I've seen both the Berkley pit and the many thermal lakes of Yellowstone. I remember one story where a man was walking his dog near one of the thermal hot spots and the dog jumped in. The man then jumped in to save the animal. EDIT: Misremebered the story from 1981, the dog did not survive. Bith the man and the dog died and the dogs body was never recovered. Yellowstone is beautiful, but there are definitely a decent number of horror stories that could be told. Great content as always!!!
Ah, a fellow Montanan 😁
I heard a story about this group of kids that some went through the woods of yellow stone and the other ones went to a field and there were run offs of hot springs and they tried jumping over 2 of them almost made it over and got their lower half’s in the springs that got 3rd degree burns and the last one got submerged completely and was in much longer
I thought they both died? That's what I had seen on a video covering that incident
@@UnchainedMelodie92 no 2 of them made it I think and the girl died this was years back not anything recent
I don't mean to come off as a Douche or anything but thats simply not possible I mean yes fur can protect dogs from the heat and the cold in some cases but if this is water we are talking about they would have died most definitely due to the water going into their coat more than likely
In August of 2001, I went on a road trip and ended up at Yellowstone. I was right there on the walkways that encircled the prismatic spring. A warning about Colin Scotts fate was posted along the path. When in Yellowstone, if you see a sign that says "Stay on the path" you better heed the warning. It's a beautiful place to see, but it's no place to let kids loose running amok, either. (And I saw a few kids just wandering around while mom was busy with her friggin selfies.) The wind is also gusty up there. If you wear a hat, tie it down, or leave it in the RV! There must have been a dozen hats just floating around in the various pools or the shallow wet areas. If you lose your hat, scarf, phone, map, whatever.. ITS GONE! At one point I was away from other people, admiring the scenery and 2 kids come running up being obnoxiously loud. They stopped near me and began bragging and betting about how they could out-do one another by running through the wet area just off the raised path. About 12 feet away from the path was a cowboy hat sitting trapped in the scalding hot mud. I pointed it out to them. "Hey. Do you see that cowboy hat over there? The cowboy was still under it. He thought he could just walk through the mud, too. He sank right down and he just melted away! His hat and maybe some hair is all that's left of him. So you better just forget about it, and go back to your parents. Because if you fall off, you'll be sucked down by the mud and that'll be the end of your silly little bets." They both looked at me with horror and went back to their parents, walking carefully down the middle of the walkway. People who refuse to watch and keep their kids under control, should not go to places like this. Kids and dogs.. Why the heck would you bring a dog out there?! Fact: you dog couldn't care less about the park, and was probably suffering in the smell with his 100X stronger sense of smell.. Another little fact about the areas around the geothermal parts of the park.. It stinks. That sulfur smell is very strong. Especially when down wind of the active, bubbling parts.
Admire the beauty.
Enjoy the experience.
Gain new knowledge and memories.
Use your brain.
Stay on the walkways!
Keep your loose items secure!
Keep control and guidance over your kids!
Leave the friggin dog in the RV!
I. Have. No. Words
I'm just watching this video with my mouth constantly dropping in shock
I’m amazed at how few knew about any of these lakes, including myself.
These are things that everyone should know, especially those who live within a hundred miles of any of them.
Thanks for the heads up !
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THAT WHY HE’S NAME IS BE AMAZED
@@emmaholden2264 bro shut up bro
@@emmaholden2264 you begin dum XD
Bro shut up bro. ha I would've said it better.
Just sickened by the carelessness and lack of disclosure to the poor Russian citizens living near those disasters!
All these lakes intrigue me but would be afraid of the exposure.
But have seen Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. It is magnificent and stunning! Nature's work of art!
Have you heard of the Love Canal disaster in the US? That’s what I thought of when I saw the Russian lake disaster.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It was scary to hear about these toxic lakes, but now I know which ones they are. (And knowing is only half the battle.)
G. I. JOOOOE!
crystalinee damn thats a hot name :) lmao sorry
@@rektsoul1595 dawg.
@@zelius3104 sometime you hear a hot name you gotta let em know.. i aint see no harm homeslice
What battle?
i love how even talking about dangerous things he still somehow makes us laugh
gotta keep it balanced, right?
@Adi The Gamer I don't think he cares about you trying to be a cool kid
@Adi The Gamer "no one cares"-🤓
@Adi The Gamer boy if u don't care just delete ur comment if u don't care shut up don't comment just shut up and live ur life
@oak log respect
Imagine this happening to you. Imagine being one of those poor citizens. It breaks my heart that they had to suffer and die because of this
I didn't know anything about this horrific story, and I thank you for this report because it is a powerful lesson about the dangers of weapons, science manipulated by Political and Economical interests, the horrors derivated by secrecy, especially at didactic level.
Well said. I 👏🏻 applaud you.😊
(6:47) I think it's very thoughtful the way Be Amazed lists measurements onscreen for things like temperature in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. I'm sure that the people of the United States, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Liberia, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands appreciate it, too.
This is the first time I've seen someone mention Micronesia , so
Thank you 😁
You could've just said "usa and the rest of the world"
These lakes really need to have "No Swimming" signs posted around them.
IKR
They need to be walled off
They need to build a sarcophagus around some of them like the sarcophagus at Chernobyl
No
Natural selection…
I appreciate your effort to raise our awareness level on these topics; specially radiation. Illiteracy, greediness, and wanting to have some destructive power to control others, are at the root of those lethal nuclear bases and contamination. Some individuals do not care for the safety of people or the planet. If some delusional powerful person decides it's over, we are doomed. This is why we as human beings have to really be alert as to who we choose as our leaders or watch those in powerful or economical positions. 🤔
Greed is human nature. What we need (what we have now) is a country who role is literally that as a "police" force. (NATO)
@Gilda, I completely Agree with your statement and I’m found to find something I agree with in the TH-cam comments section
Enjoy every day. Each could be your last..
Biden is about to help start wwlll I pray not but his mental downfall is happening at a dangerous time.
Oink oink I’m a capitalist pig
I love this thank you! I lovee your channel!!!
I love watching these videos so much.
same
me too
Awesome as always! It'd be nice if you told us in the next video about waters that can actually have health benefits, maybe even giving us some holiday targets 🤗
but don't you know communist are anti-global warming said by the head of the united nations
There are no waters that give you health benefits. Stop believing in some spiritual shit. Its water, just water maybe with some salt in it. If you want some so bad get a pool, dump a lot of salt in it and BOOM. You got yourself a spiritual health benefit lake
Your holiday target should be staying at home dude.
@@youraveragechannel9825 Baden Baden has radon rich salt water pools, and Bad Uden's whole city is on mineral spring source good for skin and hair. Skin is one of the body's filters too. The German mineral swimming pools are normal outdoor pools with that mineral water and you can drink beer along with German soft pretzels poolside at 10:00 in the morning..it is definitely a health spa for retirees.
😂😂😂 - No thanks - I reather stay at home and only go to the Zürich lake at the weekends - 😁🤗 🇨🇭 - 😘👋
The knowledge you have on so many things is amazing, and talking about posioned water I live in a small town named Mount Morgan and we have a mine behind our town and we call it the posioned mine due to back in the old days (sorry I don't remember when) our town had a gold rush and when they were done they left the way it was so like big vehicles everywhere and after so many years water built up in the mine and the oil, gas and other Chemicals were released into the water.
Were at????
@@montanahammond7218 are you talking about my town if so It's Mount Morgan Australia QLD
@@kaihens8071 yes thank you
Odds are he has a team of researchers who research and write up the information for the videos.
My 10 year old sent me this video tonight saying I NEEDED to see this. This was incredibly well done. He was most definitely on a search to understand some things he is hearing in the news regarding Russia. I am inspired by his passion for knowledge. I would beg that our savy youtubers take it easy on my novice question. Are references available on the facts/research presented? I want him to be a critical consumer of information. While everything is presented with incredible professionalism, so is a lot of trash on TH-cam. If he is old enough to go on this journey for knowledge, he is old enough for me to start teaching him how to validate what he is consuming. Thanks I’m advance for the direction of where to find more information.
I can't begin to feel the amount of distrust and hatred the Soviet people must of felt against their government for keeping this secret for so long and it is unimaginable how much devastation this will continue to cause future generations. Thanks for another awesome and informative video.
America is no different. I used to live here in the Tri-Cities, Wa, state in the '90s and still, thay have done nothing to fix it.
Soviet republics citizens didn't call themselfs as soviets.
@@2008MrsKim I would have to agree. Many places need to be fixed but our governments let us down.
@@BitWise501 actually they did back when it was the USSR. Because there were so many different heritages besides Russians like Armenians, Georgians, Ukrainians, ect, they went as Soviets not Russians like they would now
@@Corrie-Lee None seriously called themselfs as soviet, apart of government.
Thank you, sir for bringing this to my attention, but is 'thank you' the right sentiment to express? I mean, I never knew about this, so I'm grateful for the knowledge shared, but what happened absolutely sucks, and the story of those poor people needs to be better known. I am truly appalled at how leaders respond to disasters. The most authoritative people accept no responsibility in the war and simply let the situation get even worse. That is simply wrong.
Like how someone leaves a class meeting after an awkward moment in an online class. How do you convince that person back to class? The same way the people below the leaders who knew these things could not convince the leaders to tell the people
Thank you, well said. It is important for the government to take responsibility for its mistakes, not sweep them under the rug and pretend they didn't happen. Acknowledge it, apologize, make amends and take action to ensure public health and safety moving forward. It's called reconciliation and we learn it in preschool.
I’ve heard this story before. It does get lots of attention but not as much as cherynobl. It’s been classified as a level 6 disaster, although even when Chernobyl was classified as level 7, I think this is more fatal.
It reminds me of a certain ex President who when asked about the Government response to Covid said " I take no responsibility " , and then later tried to steal an election that he lost to stay in power.
Political leaders in a nutshell.
He literally can teach me a whole story of ONE lake in 14 minute and my teacher can't even make me understand how to do ÷ in math after 1 hour teaching 😤 I'm impressed by him 😍
it’s reverse multiplication l_l
@@Mag-DoubleJ Its still hard😭
Wait until they teach you long division
@@raymondhernandez5021 division is pretty much very easy to do
@@billcipher118 Facts
this guy is just so interesting
i love the effort he puts into his videos
I agree and I enjoy his creativity as well.
Other than the natural lakes, we humans can really screw things up...right ?
Yup we do screw things up...
We screw things up but not this much. Only stupid humans can NOT say "why the frick are we putting radiation in our source of water"
Yes.
WHEN THE EUROPEAN CAME TO THE AMERICAS THEY WERE AMAZED AT THE ABUNDANCE OF WILD LIFE.
EVEN SO THEY HAD TO BE RESCUED.
SEE THEY TRIED TO FARM RAISE PIGS.
CAUGHT LOBSTERS TO FEED PIGS. PIGS RAN OFF. USED FARMING THAT HARMED LAND.
We screw up almost everything...
Shows exactly how inept and ignorant the Soviets were on handling anything related to nuclear fusion. I’m actually surprised anyone is still alive in Russia.
Learn about US history too while you hate on the Russians. 🐑
Communism should never had existed
@@Farhan-sp4mf A favorite Russian technique: "Other countries do bad things too, therefore we aren't any worse"
@@80s_Boombox_Collector lol what u say about deep CIA programs ? Maybe u endorsed that too
@@Farhan-sp4mf Better than what the KGB did
Had the opportunity to visit the Boiling Lake in Dominica. Most visitors to the Island don’t go to the lake due to the long hike to get there . It is best to have a local guide hike with you to the lake. You can smell sulphur before you get to it and it is covered by a vapor cloud. We had no desire to go in it and didn’t stay long.
Truely terrifying to think that there are places on this planet that will completely dissolve you
You can start by reading the Koran. I've read it but it was an English translation and, no doubt, many Muslims would tell me it was a bad translation. But I'm wondering how any translation could equate man's creation to be from (in separate suras) clay, mud, earth, loam, spit, a sperm, a clot of blood or water.
@@QueenBoadiceathis comment was about them thinking how terrifying that lake would be
@@QueenBoadiceathe Koran is false and lies, the Bible is Truth. Man was formed from the dust of the earth. Dust to dust. He fell away from God's glory by his rebellion and Jesus made the way back to the Father through His sacrificial death for our sins.
Koran is lies
Your voice is soo calming even when explaining disasters. I could never-
It’s surprising and impressing to me on how much you know about this terrible disaster these videos are super fun to learn abt new things.
Agreed.
After watching a video on a cell dying, the thought of radiation breaking down your cells is horrible.
If you watched the HBO series of chernobyl, it was explained and shown very clearly... You dont want that, trust me.
If the lake still existed, I would have asked my brother to dip his toe in the lake
If you find this 1st story interesting then you should look into the creation and purpose of the city of Oak Ridge in East Tennessee. But I will say it's a lot less deadly to live here.
Love your videos keep up the good work
I know some mates that went swimming in the blue lagoon in the uk and it was scary because there wasn’t enough warning about the burns you could get or that it was contaminated despite what’s been said now ❤️
Enough warnings? What does that mean? We’re there some kind of warning and they just ignored it or there were none or not clear? Which one is it?😊
Don't lethal radiation
Go inside
My brother lived in Dominica for a little while. I wanted to see the boiling lake there when I visited him but I never got the chance bc he had to be evacuated from the island after hurricane Maria hit.
The fact that the disaster happened at exactly 4:20 pm is amazing.
facts yo
I was thinking the same thing
Yeah I was literally thinking that
Why? What did I miss?
@@danroberts9050 the bite of 69
Grand Prismatic Lake in Yellowstone was beautiful! Well worth the trip, but be sure to follow the warning signs and stay on the walkways!
You missed Lake Kivu in the DRC. Yeah, dipping your foot in it might not be very dangerous. But if we're talking lakes with the most dangerous potential, it should probably be at the top of your list. Any sudden, large disruption like what happened in 1986 at lake Nyos, and you're looking at probably a 2 million plus body count.
I wish to bring up a point. The use of the term "heavy metal" relates to nuclear metals, not metals like copper or iron. By the way the term was used, we might as well call all metals "heavy". As a redsmith/blacksmith I needed to share this distinction.
Nope. Heavy metal as a term has been around since before we knew of nuclear materials. And yes, most metals (over 80%) are classified as heavy, but that doesn't mean that they aren't classified as such, scientifically. He has it correct in the video, you could use some help with your research skills.
@@Babybez1704 Like I said, I have been around metals and machinery all my life. To use the term loosely as they do, then all metal is heavy. Only nuclear metals are heavy hence that term is being used improperly. If you toss my answer aside then, well, ok... but using that term around my contemporaries will only get a sneer.
@@williamkirk1156 lmao thanks for the mansplain 👍 you assume I don't know what I'm talking about, but yet you make huge generalizations that show you don't know what you're talking about. Maybe in *your* field you only refer to nuclear as heavy, but in *my* field we don't. And even using the broad term for heavy metals (which is literally the definition), no, not *all* metal is heavy. Maybe stop making dumb generalizations and you can actually make a correct point.
@@Babybez1704 Why do you choose to introduce gender resentments to a technical discussion? After spewing "mainsplaining", will you now proceed to lecture your father and grandfather about the evils of "the patriarchy"? I believe both you and William Kirk are correct, within different contexts that each have their own jargon. A quick look at the Wikipedia entry for "heavy metals" is enough to confirm the varied ways the term is used.
@@williamkirk1156 Heavy metals include things like mercury and arsenic and lead. This term has been used in the life sciences field for many decades
My favourite lake was easily the salt lake in Tanzania simply because I will be going there on a school trip, with some of my friends, in under a months time. We’re not specifically going to the lake but I believe we’ll visit the surrounding area.
It’s a secondary school trip so they won’t put us in to much danger, right?
They’ll probably make safety precautions and keep you away from the water if it’s dangerous
Yes, I assume you will be kept safe. It depends on how competent your school is, but it’s probably fine. There will be a danger zone that you cannot enter, they will forbid you from touching the water, etc. it will likely be a very safe trip and an enjoyable time
How was your trip? Did you survive? Are you from Tanzania?
This man deserves a award for being so smart 🤚😭
You too, because of this channel
My dad retired from Hanford in Richland, WA.
He’s still living but has had different kinds of cancer 5 X’s.
I grew up 30 miles from Hanford.
Richland, Kennewick and Pasco (the Tri-Cities) all sit on the Columbia River.
Below Hanford even the fish are now getting cancer and the water is polluted.
I've been to Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park twice. Beautiful place. It even has a boardwalk around a portion of it. Just don't walk it when the weather gives the boardwalk a thin coating of ice.
They should tell us about the other bad nuclear reactor disasters
Have they ever concerned using heat resistant drones to measure the center of the lake? Better yet sending in a robot with a camera to confirm the hypothesis as to why the lake never dries up.
Believe it or not this incident and Chernobyl have saved many many many more people than it killed. 99% of nuclear medicine and X-ray knowledge came from people dying in USSR after the radiation disasters they had. They forced those sick into hospitals where they studied them until they died. Their sacrifice created the cancer treatments we know today…. So we owe them our thanks! Btw this isn’t Russia, back then Russia was a state of the USSR.
This is such a great entertaining and educational video. Thanks for teaching us new things :D
Agreed😊
I’m definitely going to visit that lake and go for a swim.
Tell me your experience when your done
@@_choffeee will do
Have fun
Be sure to record your experience for us too see!😉👌🏾
Why swim when u can make great statue figures? Got one of nemo
Thank you very much for teaching us these things and also for doing it in a way that makes it interesting to watch. I look forward to new be Amazed videos every day
Liked your video because I am scared of the pose and the one in the UK especially because I live in the UK
I love this amazing content. I mean like this guy writes a whole essay for one short video. Keep up the work, much love.
Derbyshire is pronounced Dar-Bee-Sher.
What's ironic about the blue lagoon though is it's in Buxton. A town famous for the bottled water that bears it's name.
Peckham springs comes to mind here haha
I've been saying it wrong for years-- Are most places ending with "shire" pronounced "Sher" too??
@@ellenbrooks8061 at least those in the North of England. You tend to only say Shire when using the word on its own but Sher when it's the county itself. County's south of London are sometimes called something Shire but it's down to the regional accent. For example Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire are Sher while Worcestershire and Gloucestershire is Shire.
@@KestralKuthule that's absolutely fascinating, thank you so much for your reply! 💛
I used to date someone from Derbyshire, so I definitely noticed that. XD
I never knew. I've heard about the radioactive lake. I am so happy to now know the story. Thank you!!
You are so smart I love your TH-cam channel it is my favorite and the best one ever
Hope you like this comment
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Dude !!! You are saving lives , rock on !!!! ✌🏾
Hes not saving lives but he is teaching people
His vids always be pushin' 🅿
Yes
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Absolutely fantastic, I love all these amazing things you teach us about 😊
We had similar cities in the states! I love that this video goes into it. I knew a lady who was born in one of the these cities in the U.S.! I’m not going to say more because privacy. This is cool!
WOW!
People have done some messed up stuff to the environment!
Thankfully, we can also work on fixing those mistakes!
It's too difficult for fixing a lake that filled with so much radiation bud.
It's better to fill this entire area with soil as to stop the contamination.
Though I don't think the Russian government would implement this.
It's better off left abandoned and putting warning signs.
@@rogueascendant6611 Well that would fix it a little at least.
Well, 'fixing' stuff contaminated with radiation will still leave us with radioactive waste for hundred thousands - to millions of years...
I'm from Dominica and have visited the boiling lake. I wasn't aware that I needed a gas mask. 😅 there was also a time a guy fell in the lake. Luckily he survived he does have burns but I've never seen it as he's always covered up
"why was your leg amputated grandpa?"
I saved people in the war
Reality: ignored the sign
My little brother waches this every day and night he can't keep his eyes off it.
And i don't blame him not one bit.This is one of the best videos ever i love it.
I'v prob hit the like button on every one of your videos.
You should do a story on the plutonium pollution in Boulder Colorado and it's lakes and ponds.
Great work!
I love how be amazed doesn't clickbait
Oak Ridge, TN, here in the US was sort of the US's City-40 only we didn't create a toxic lake. We did create enough toxic waste there, though, especially in radioactive materials. Oak Ridge was just as locked-down as City-40 in Russia, too. Guards at the gates, citizens had to have passes to go anywhere but Oak Ridge, and silence was mandatory. You could not tell ANYONE what you did, not even your spouse, while you worked there. My late mother-in-law was the English teacher at the high school during WWII there. We found her citizen ID and other papers from that time but she refused to talk about it, the injunction on keeping silent ran so deep. At least if you refused to work there, you weren't put in a gulag but it also wasn't a wise idea to say "no", either, especially if you were an upper echelon scientist. The history of Oak Ridge is very interesting.
Oh, and it isn't the "Handford" nuclear facility, it is "Hanford". I've been there and stood nose to nose with the deactivated Reactor-B where they created and enriched the plutonium for one of the bombs we dropped on Japan. The fuel cells are long gone and stored elsewhere onsite but they still don't let you get too close. It's a really cool place to visit but be prepared for the government to do a background check on you first (at least that was the procedure the last time I went).
Always love what BE AMAZED do
I cant believe a time so horrible In History existed 🤦🏾♀️
"About the same as 83 football fields" thank you that helped me understand its size
I love these videos. Funny and educational. The perfect combination. If only school could learn it…
You're so close to 10 million subscribers... keep up with the creepy ''radiated'' stories and you might reach your goal 🤔?
They didn’t think things through, did they?
Him: "You wouldn't survive dipping a toe-"
Me: *Dips my whole foot*
Also you: *dies*
Be amazed, never disappoints us
2:13 my guy has six fingers
No, it’s just the cup handle under the fingers looking like a finger :3
This guy should be a teacher because I would love to learn this type of stuff in school
YES
Oh my goodness that is shocking 😮 my heart breaks for all the poor inocent people that it affected 😢Viktor Bryukhanov had a lot to answer for, the destruction and devastation he caused....
I laughed a Little when U Said "only idoits can swim in this Lake" lol
The Soviets don't have a good track record with nuclear energy
or caring for their people
Humans don’t have a good track record with nuclear energy. 😞
Why you think they are so strong today, they boosted with rads
@@bonniea.1941 you think they treat the safety of nuclear energy as a joke? There are thousands of engineers who pour their life’s work into making nuclear energy safer. Nuclear energy is by far the safest and cleanest forms of power despite these disasters. The Soviet Union didn’t have many safety codes. Hell even Chernobyl violated several of even the Soviet ones.
@@therealspeedwagon1451 No, I totally agree that nuclear energy is actually the right way to go (with a BIG dose of solar, maybe?) But my comment was more to point out that radioactive accidents did not only happen in the Soviet Union. Apparently I was defending the Soviet Union? I gotta stop posting after my marijuana tincture.
I literally got a ad of a group of people going into the lake, and my dumbass thought it was the video 👋🤣
oop lol
Sword
“All it took was a gust of wind to make another radioactive incident”
Oh shit what the hell
“But it didn’t get a gust of wind...”
Whew that was close
“It got a whole windstorm”
AYO WTF
Answering the last question, i actually remember riding in a bus not far away from lake Karachay. Although the lake was already barricaded and i couldnt see it because of the trees, i did see a sign near it. I dont exactly remember what it said, but it said something like "КАРАЧАЙ" which is the name of the lake. In Russia, there are signs like this everywhere to show where are you or how far you are from something.
ohh i visited the yellowstone rainbow one before when i was a kid and i remember asking my mom i could go play with the water since it's so pretty🤯she freaked out and pulled me away
I’m Russian and that’s the first time I’ve heard about it !!! Holy cow 😮
holy molly for sure
Talking about top secret.
You know, I'm starting to think that building nuclear weapons wasn't humanity's greatest idea...
Would you rather have risked the lives of millions of American soldiers in Japan?
@@therealspeedwagon1451 you do realize that with the science and bombs we have today, a world war would singlehandedly destroy earth and everything in it? Additionally, America has killed millions of innocent people in Japan, so are you sure that putting Americans lives over theirs is a good idea?
Essentially, you’re putting the lives of millions of American soldiers over the lives of everyone on the planet… you see how nonsensical that is?
@@avamccune5533 not that. Think about at the time. Think about the decision they had to make. Nobody else had a nuclear weapon at the time and they would have never thought what they would eventually become. So put yourself into the shoes of the time. Think about making the decision between a couple hundred thousand Japanese civilians incinerated or the lives of millions of American soldiers, not to mention millions of Japanese soldiers and civilians from the possible war crimes from both sides. If that did happen I predict communism would’ve been a much bigger threat from the scars the American public would have from Operation Downfall that America would’ve just return to isolationism as it’s always been
@@therealspeedwagon1451 it doesn’t matter what they thought or didn’t think would happen, understanding how nuclear bombs work has lead to enough power to end the world. This in turn means that within the context of today’s society, it was putting the advances in splitting atoms above the lives of innocent people.
Putting myself in ‘their’ shoes at the time would still mean that we wouldn’t detonate a bomb that releases harmful radiation that can slowly and painfully kill someone. This isn’t about how the advancement of science puts us ahead of everyone else, this is about how nuclear bombs have the potential to destroy everything and therefore shouldn’t be done.
@@avamccune5533 then if they weren’t invented we would have had multiple world wars by now. The threat of wiping everything out in under an hour really puts a damper on global wars.
This is why Water is one of the most DANGEROUS things on earth
It’s also good
Nice video it’s a masterpiece
Hi
@@mkmkmkmkkmkmkkmm hello
Ah yes🌈
It made me laugh when he called the Chernobyl disaster a meltdown instead of an explosion
It... was a meltdown?
Yeah Russians just need to leave nuclear power alone 😂
I wish the turquoise lake weren’t dangerous they would be so cool to swim in
Still better buying gamer girls “Bath water”.
P.S. ( I’m saying this because of the idiocy of bath water idea )
Now it's farts in a jar, lol.
It makes me so angry how these people were so selfish caring only about the weapons that there actions killed hundreds of thousands and permanently destroying much land and act like it never happens it just makes so angry at these kinds of people thank you the video it was great
Stay angry. No one cares
17:00 why would you try to discourage people further from swimming in a lagoon, when there are signs clearly warning that it is life threatening.
If you chose to go in anyway, I'd be willing to assume they wouldn't be much of an asset to society.
You know the old school "Skull and Crossbones" sign would of helped
I mean your not wrong, but also what about all the trash and the dead animals you would think thay would see them and just be like "umm, yeah I'm going to go now"
I love how u don’t leave one detail out on theses lakes and the point is u still make us laugh, even though it’s dangerous
Interesting video and all. I like the guy who hosts these videos now, but I was just wondering, what happened to that other guy that used to do these and the Darwin Awards videos?
Just curious.
He did the last few ones before this :) I think this one just fills in for him.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 Oh, alright. Good to know.
Each powerful country like Russia must be held accountability for deadly pollution whether on their country and world ...
There’s a God over Heaven and Earth that will.
4:20 yeah sure i was the barrel
Where is the lace again and I'm scared of what you are saying.
Russia's care for its own people didn't change a bit since then
Those girls wading through that lake deserve a Darwin Award... How long untill they earn it fully is the question, but they are definitely on nomination 😆
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