World's Only Moving Mud Puddle

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    A mud puddle started moving across the California desert, and no one knows why. Dianna visited the mud spring to find out how a puddle became declared a natural disaster.
    Special thanks to our Sally Ride level patrons: Carlos Patricio, David Cichowski, Eddie Sabbah, Fabrice Eap, Jeremy Glowacki Margaux Lopez, Matt Kaminski, Patrick Olson, reddragonlr, Tommy Joseph, Vincent Argiro, Vikram Bhat, wc993219.
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    0:00 - Where is it?
    1:07 - What does it look like?
    2:19 - Where it began
    2:44 - What is it?
    4:03 - Why all the rock sunk
    4:38 - What happened to the wall?
    5:05 - Why you'd suffocate
    5:49 - A mysterious push from the other side
    7:24 - What can we do?
    8:37 - Relief well disaster
    9:12 - Why is it moving?
    10:29 - Sneak peek of new video
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    Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern
    Editor: Levi Butner
    Production Assistant: Hope Butner
    Thanks to Caltrans and Shannon & Wilson
    Sources:
    www.thedesertreview.com/news/...
    earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
    www.scec.org/publication/8562
    www.desertusa.com/desert-cali...
    dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/d...
    Salton sea:
    www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/d...
    Earthquake swarms:
    darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/b...
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  • @physicsgirl
    @physicsgirl  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4169

    Is it alive?! Y'all, of course a mud spring is not sentient. But the big question I had was, why is this mud spring MOVING? And now that we've seen Earth's moving pimple, where should we go next??

    • @AntonyScerri
      @AntonyScerri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      its sedmient :)

    • @mike--0
      @mike--0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yassss Phyisics Girl! So excited for you to go independent!

    • @setlec
      @setlec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Keep it alive! I doin't live in north america, so keep this channel alive please! Best regards

    • @francisbacon4363
      @francisbacon4363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Drill a hole on the other side of the road at an angle so that it reaches the source of kyle and then kyle will skip the road as kyle will eject on the other hole, track kyle's trajectory and this will be an easy fix

    • @019nawakinaryapalupi9
      @019nawakinaryapalupi9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe some greenies can help. With their strong roots. Lol I don't know :)

  • @abebuckingham8198
    @abebuckingham8198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6732

    California, where the cost of living is so high even the mud has to move.

    • @phtogrphic
      @phtogrphic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +421

      I thought this said “California, where everyone is so high even the mud moves

    • @breadfanta4607
      @breadfanta4607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      @@phtogrphic
      Even better

    • @experimenter19
      @experimenter19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      🤣

    • @bromomento5913
      @bromomento5913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I come to see a moving mud
      And i found gold

    • @thatwolffe3802
      @thatwolffe3802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Is it heading to texas too?

  • @SeanHodgins
    @SeanHodgins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8471

    I would love to see a timelapse of it moving.

    • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
      @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +359

      Yeah really wish drone cameras could stay airborn for years at a time (nuclear powered). That would be some epic footage. 20 feet a year isn't much, so maybe do 15 years at 1 frame per day = interesting 3 min video of it moving 100 yards.

    • @Epoch11
      @Epoch11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I was thinking the same thing and could not agree more

    • @gsmontag
      @gsmontag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      I bet you could cobble something together with satellite photos...

    • @heroclix0rz
      @heroclix0rz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Wonder if google earth timelapse has it.
      Edit: Eh, looks like it's not high resolution enough :/

    • @BloodAsp
      @BloodAsp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      @@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 Maybe not a drone, but how about a giant pole drivin into the earth, why go complex when you can keep it simple. ;P Also, I approve of your name, but counter your suggestion by suggesting the lbry platform!

  • @salvadorcuevas-macias830
    @salvadorcuevas-macias830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I am a native of the Imperial Valley and have seen this or these mud springs since I was a child. Depending on the year that we went out to see them, it either looked like an active spring or a grouping of a myriad of 'mud-spitting stalagmites' that looked like 'little active mud volcanoes'

    • @eamanpayup4250
      @eamanpayup4250 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am a native aswell and i havent seen any but my parents and grandparents have told me about them

  • @skinwalkerskating9068
    @skinwalkerskating9068 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Wishing you a good recovery sweetheart. It's heartbreaking to see what you are going through. Keep on fighting, the world needs you

  • @brandonkim8423
    @brandonkim8423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1502

    I love how obviously upset the geologist is that she missed the event. She truly loved what she does. Respect.

    • @ghoulfangs
      @ghoulfangs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I'm not some kind of nerd for this stuff but I'd be upset if I had missed it too, seems like an epic moment in life

    • @kitdubhran2968
      @kitdubhran2968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That’s a real scientist for you. “I missed the new thing this rare thing did! Dang it!”

    • @tekenaojoka9873
      @tekenaojoka9873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Earn $300 - $80,000 daily.
      Ask how?

    • @nathilism
      @nathilism 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tekenaojoka9873 No.

    • @CC-Rider
      @CC-Rider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sure the bill she is charging State of California, helps alleviate her dismay

  • @wuddadid
    @wuddadid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    We used to play in mud puddles as children. Then we grew up and moved on. We abandoned them. The mud puddle is tired waiting for us to come back. It will come to swallow us all. It will not rest until we are all finally together in it again. There is no escape.

    • @hopegold883
      @hopegold883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I want to thank you for taking the time to comment this. Very satisfying read.

    • @daveseddon5227
      @daveseddon5227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That sounds about right!
      And people worry about zombies - they have no idea what's really gonna get them!

    • @hebl47
      @hebl47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Will I be safe if I move to another continent?

    • @user-hv6wb5gk8p
      @user-hv6wb5gk8p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We need to appease the gods of the mud pit by bringing them sacrifices. I can offer old sweatpants, a facemask and a microwave; the most important items of the last 15 months.

    • @harsh3624
      @harsh3624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hebl47
      No one is safe.
      The mud puddle will call out its brethren the sea mud to form a even bigger puddle and will be able to transverse continents. You are not even safe if you are underwater.

  • @sergiv5613
    @sergiv5613 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    There was a story i heard about recently, where a lake had a massive pocket of CO2 under it. One day, the gas vented out super fast, and within a few hours, a thick layer of CO2 flooded into the area and across a few towns. I believe like 1700 people and 3500 livestock were all killed in a few surrounding towns. This happened in Cameroon, it was called Lake Nyos i believe.

    • @BobSmith-ke4jg
      @BobSmith-ke4jg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ironic part is that people reoccupied that area almost immediately and there's even more people living there now.😂😂😂

    • @RailRide
      @RailRide 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The gas was dissolved in the water at the bottom of the lake. A landslide stirred up the lower layers as if opening a bottle of seltzer. The CO2 saturated water rose high enough for the reduced water pressure to allow it to erupt out of the lake and, being heavier than air, hugged the ground as it expanded outwards beyond the lake, suffocating anything in its path. Same thing happened with Lake Monoun not very far away a few years earlier.
      A more complete story can be found, among other places, on Smithsonian's online magazine _"Defusing Africa’s Killer Lakes"_ being the title. I'd link it, but TH-cam often deletes comments with off-site links, so you'll have to google the title.

    • @energydriver46
      @energydriver46 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@RailRidethank you brother, this is what I like. Proper information on the story.

  • @myphone7568
    @myphone7568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    As a geology nerd, thank you! This is awesome...I love the idea of mixing things up. It's always fun to think about challenges from different perspectives.

  • @DirtFlyer
    @DirtFlyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +895

    As a geological engineer, I would sit through a two-hour long documentary on this. Definitely the most interesting mud puddle I have ever seen.

    • @natelightfoot
      @natelightfoot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's a lung

    • @N-Lee
      @N-Lee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I see the water gushing up. But where is it going? Is it recirculating back down?

    • @kyledailey
      @kyledailey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@N-Lee *_Also, why so 'SMALL'?_*
      Underground, it could be a mile or hundreds of miles wide and/or deep!
      *I don't know, I could be wrong?*

    • @nagamanu4426
      @nagamanu4426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@N-Lee 76 has a

    • @leveljoe
      @leveljoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      below the puddle is a normal water table
      water erodes
      the water often times will hollow out a chamber with a ceiling, floor and walls
      moving water erodes faster
      CO2 is an acid when combined with water (H2CO3)
      undissolved CO2 moving through water creates water currents
      acidic moving water will dissolve rock in the path of least resistance
      fractured rock is the path of least resistance
      the gas is working like a saw to cut through rock
      once the CO2 can rise straight up, it will quit cutting/ dissolving the rock and the puddle will quit moving
      they have the right idea, vent the gas closer to the point or origin on the other side if the infrastructure
      but...
      the ground is now unstable under all if it...

  • @BootyRealDreamMurMurs
    @BootyRealDreamMurMurs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1134

    This is some real SCP stuff right here that broke out of containment.

    • @kelseychow5415
      @kelseychow5415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ikr! It would be so cool if SCP or alike is real

    • @BootyRealDreamMurMurs
      @BootyRealDreamMurMurs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@kelseychow5415 no it wouldnt be cool, it would be straight disastrous, because most scp stuff are incredible dangerous and destructive. Tho sure there are some good SCPs but the ratio is like 1 to 1 million, 1 being the good and the million being the bad.

    • @atlcscp
      @atlcscp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@BootyRealDreamMurMurs a lot of scps are actually pretty cool/harmless/useful and lovely :D like 131, 073, 507, 4051, 1867, 408, 500 etc etc and the mud puddle can definitely fit in a file without any change :] like scp 1678 or other anomalous locations/structures its mostly harmless unless u jump right in, tho since its moving it'll be harder to contain

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Object class: Euclid
      Special containment procedures: Ongoing. There is currently no known way of containing the object. Foundation agents first attempted to fill in the the object with large stones only for these stones to vanish entirely. In a second attempt agents, under the guise of engineering maintenance crews attempted to contain the SCP by building a wall extending the length of a five story building into the earth. The SCP appeared contained at first but quickly passed through the wall without a hint of effort. In a third attempt drilling crews were brought on site to dig a relief hole and see if it was possible to redirect the SCP. This attempt ended in failure when the heavy drilling mud, supposedly too heavy to push back against, was spat out of the drilling hole as effortlessly as a geyser of water. There have been attempts by foundation personnel to see inside of the object using Class-D personnel fitted with diving equipment. No survivors have returned.
      (well that's my attempt anyway. I've never written an SCP before I just watch The Volgun a lot. So let me know what you think, I'm sure it's not very good tho)

    • @gubenuben2
      @gubenuben2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@glenngriffon8032 awesome

  • @krisneal7725
    @krisneal7725 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I watched this when u 1st put it on, very fascinating. Have you had an update on what it's doing now ?

  • @farahmelissabharambeyguibo2982
    @farahmelissabharambeyguibo2982 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I lived in this place and mom told me a story about agricultural field workers disappeared in these. There was a big vapor bubble on the edge of the crop field. It was still covered with land and the skeletons where found once it dries and turned to a crater .

  • @PracticalEngineeringChannel
    @PracticalEngineeringChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3436

    Love this. You got some great shots! I remember reading about this in Civil Engineering magazine last year. Such a crazy problem for a geotechnical engineer. I just kept thinking how lucky we are that it's not in the middle of a city.

    • @Sivah_Akash
      @Sivah_Akash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Is it possible that such a pocket is hundreds of meters below ground level that it is missed when the preliminary foundation tests are made?

    • @isoid
      @isoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Woah didn't expect to see you here!

    • @WarrenGarabrandt
      @WarrenGarabrandt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Could you imagine something like this opening up in downtown Dallas? What a nightmare.

    • @UnexpectedBooks
      @UnexpectedBooks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Sivah_Akash That’s a good question. I wonder if we need a new kind of foundation test for this kind of risk.

    • @babylonfive
      @babylonfive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wondered if you would be here... glad you are.

  • @XEOnyx
    @XEOnyx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    girl drove so far to see a mud puddle
    that is dedication

    • @Colonel_Overkill
      @Colonel_Overkill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      it was rather amusing how salty the other girl was about missing the puddle jumping the wall as well.

    • @questionable1556
      @questionable1556 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Colonel_Overkill ? Wdym

    • @itzz_iz_i
      @itzz_iz_i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      8 yo me with my new boots;

    • @canespugnaces2126
      @canespugnaces2126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@questionable1556 I believe they mean how the female engineer was upset/irritated that she missed when the puddle went to the other side of the wall/barrier that the railroad erected.

    • @mrsugar7528
      @mrsugar7528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most sneakiest moving mud puddle in the world

  • @dekisui
    @dekisui 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your channel is awesome, I found this video via your short about it and its been so enlightening, as are the other subjects you're covering, such as the permafrost tunnel I'm watching currently :)

  • @johnjunge6989
    @johnjunge6989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Been taking a geology course for the last almost two years, I thought the Yellowstone hot spot was wild, but this is crazy! I was thinking a fault line, when you brought it up. Keep up the good work!

  • @fardmonke6976
    @fardmonke6976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    Imagine being a dominant species and losing to a mud puddle

    • @hochigaming14yearsago90
      @hochigaming14yearsago90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We lost to

    • @soda_can732
      @soda_can732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Well we humans have already failed a war against emus so....

    • @pinksnake8001
      @pinksnake8001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      To tons of gas, water and earth ? Not really surprising.
      ( yeah I know it was a joke :p )

    • @CromemcoZ2
      @CromemcoZ2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think of it more as losing to the planet. It's better for my ego. :)

    • @fardmonke6976
      @fardmonke6976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@CromemcoZ2 as if our planet is only using .01% of its power

  • @hoptanglishalive4156
    @hoptanglishalive4156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +593

    Student of the school that got cut off: "I'm sorry, teacher. A moving mud puddle ate my homework."

    • @SyukriLajin
      @SyukriLajin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      "I'm sorry, teacher. A moving mud puddle ate my parents"

    • @tallynnyntyg6008
      @tallynnyntyg6008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@SyukriLajin "Not my problem. You need to make sure you get to class on time."

    • @degenerativeburgergoblin157
      @degenerativeburgergoblin157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "It's quite alright, a moving mud puddle ate the school...aannnd now it's heading for my apartment."

  • @jopainting1668
    @jopainting1668 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love this channel! I hope you're doing well.. I have been struggling with post viral symptoms since March 2020.. it's been a life changing struggle. Just do what you can when you can and surround yourself with good supportive people ❤

  • @VanGoWanderlust
    @VanGoWanderlust ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen. It was so amazing I sought out your Twitter only to discover of your long covid!!! I am heartbroken for you! I wish you better health soon!!

  • @buzzfightbeer8023
    @buzzfightbeer8023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    Kyle here. I can confirm, Kyle The Mud Puddle is one of ours. We gave him his Kyle welcome kit containing Monster and Mountain Dew. He proceeded to shotgun both and now he can't stop moving.
    Sorry about that!

    • @abcdeisthekeygaming277
      @abcdeisthekeygaming277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Thanks for pointing out a Kyle, Kyle! We forgive you. Just try to do better next time when getting a new Kyle

    • @mastertrey4683
      @mastertrey4683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Dammit kyle

    • @plurallydial
      @plurallydial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Kyle just wants to visit the school :(

    • @fairwitness7473
      @fairwitness7473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *Disappointed Mom voice, followed by a slow head shake*
      Oooh Kyle...

    • @buzzfightbeer8023
      @buzzfightbeer8023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Vishnu PM ironically, my brother's name is Josh...

  • @SonOfMeme
    @SonOfMeme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    Somewhere, Tom Scott is angrily shaking his fist to the sky

    • @TheWeardale1
      @TheWeardale1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the women in this video are far easier on the eyes..

    • @benrivenbark
      @benrivenbark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Tom Scott watches PhysicsGirl videos in an incognito tab.

    • @goopypegasus-7740
      @goopypegasus-7740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@TheWeardale1 ookayy...

    • @TheWeardale1
      @TheWeardale1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@goopypegasus-7740 #triggered lmao

    • @goopypegasus-7740
      @goopypegasus-7740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@TheWeardale1 ookayy...

  • @camerica7400
    @camerica7400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am glad that TH-cam is pushing Diana’s old videos!
    Wishing you a full recovery.

  • @augustsnowfall5189
    @augustsnowfall5189 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed this video! Looking forward to seeing your follow up at some point in time.

  • @Grenthor_The_Mighty
    @Grenthor_The_Mighty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    as a fellow kyle, ill just say they wont be able to stop him. just toss in a few cans of monster energy and let him tire himself out.

    • @captainaryan26
      @captainaryan26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ill is not wrong

    • @gateauxq4604
      @gateauxq4604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol the plot twist is that Kyle is actually a hyperactive 10 year old

    • @Toastmaster_5000
      @Toastmaster_5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There was recently a Josh fight. Maybe all the Kyles should get together and do a tug-o-war over the mobile mud pit.

    • @mvmlego1212
      @mvmlego1212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think that I missed the reference that Diana was making.

    • @kyle3625
      @kyle3625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Toastmaster_5000 a fight to the death, i like it

  • @kevinjoseph5021
    @kevinjoseph5021 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish this was longer. I love the content. Thank you!

  • @annahackman2539
    @annahackman2539 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why didn't they install a tunnel under the train tracks so the mud spring could move past without much damage to the tracks?

  • @CSGhostAnimation
    @CSGhostAnimation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1647

    Free water
    Nestlè: This looks like a job for me

    • @brianbrewster6532
      @brianbrewster6532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Excellent did on that shameless water-stealing company, Nestle!

    • @jprakash7245
      @jprakash7245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Coca-Cola

    • @Dents6679
      @Dents6679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love your content Ghost!

    • @BradiKal61
      @BradiKal61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They will only pay $5 a year for.the water rights

    • @PhiloSafarMusic
      @PhiloSafarMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it feels so empty without me

  • @alexwalker8422
    @alexwalker8422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    A sink hole isn't a predictable occurrence, at least this one alerts you to its presence before it hits it's target.

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s not a sink hole. Those are created by underground erosion.

    • @galaxyTMOW
      @galaxyTMOW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kellydalstok8900 that's not what he said though ???

    • @StardustLegacyFighter
      @StardustLegacyFighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kellydalstok8900 That's correct, but the OP never implied that it was a sinkhole.

    • @geothermalvents5079
      @geothermalvents5079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@StardustLegacyFighter but they did?

    • @mayrokratt6195
      @mayrokratt6195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no, my sister said it is a glory hole, her favorite

  • @catchfry9639
    @catchfry9639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just wandered onto you video on this amazing phenomenon. You sure do have the talent to make things very interesting!

  • @navypinkdesign
    @navypinkdesign 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THIS IS THE MOST FASCINATING, ONE-OF-A-KIND STORY IVE HEARD ALL YEAR

  • @RealEngineering
    @RealEngineering 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1207

    This was great Dianna. Loved the new content form

    • @tarungoklani5191
      @tarungoklani5191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hey man! What do you think? Why didn't they drilled a hole directly above the source to release the pressure? Then the spring might have jumped across the road.

    • @joyride6062
      @joyride6062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro I really hope she sees this chipsaGang

    • @RealEngineering
      @RealEngineering 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@tarungoklani5191 What am I, a hole expert?

    • @SurajThapar
      @SurajThapar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed, the content seems even higher quality!

    • @devinh.7632
      @devinh.7632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@RealEngineering never change, you wonderful man

  • @birbith
    @birbith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    Everybody gangsta till the mud starts breaking metal sheets

  • @davidbrimble5759
    @davidbrimble5759 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, very unique channel. Love it. I'm a retired Canadian. Stumbled across your videos recently.
    Love your videos
    Please do not stop your renditions. So so fascinating.
    Thanks Dave

  • @ktang001
    @ktang001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so interesting! Great job, Physics Girl!

  • @alexiboris6937
    @alexiboris6937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Don’t worry guys the mud pile is just going for a jog. It’s good for a mud puddle to get exercise once in a decade

  • @Opuskrokus
    @Opuskrokus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    I feel I am at a safe distance from that mud hole of death right now. I won't go any closer. I'm in Sweden.

    • @Shadow__133
      @Shadow__133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Arent you surrounded by volcanos and more deadly stuff? Or is it exclusive to Iceland?

    • @swedneck
      @swedneck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Shadow__133 It's exclusive to iceland, i don't know of *any* volcanic activity in the scandinavian peninsula and the worst earthquakes we've had would probably make anyone near a fault line die from laughter.
      The only severe danger nature poses here is probably ticks giving you lyme disease, or slipping on an icy street and cracking your skull.

    • @Kobay350
      @Kobay350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You have no choice. The mud puddle chooses who it gets closer to.

    • @theshuman100
      @theshuman100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      give it a couple decades. it'll get to you eventually

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theshuman100 😅

  • @13zounds
    @13zounds 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just liked, subscribed, and shared. I like your style! I look forward to more of your contact. All the best! you got this.

  • @fredcourtney03
    @fredcourtney03 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your channel. It’s very educational and entertaining without being cheesy, and I don’t feel dumbed down to (a fairly difficult task) in the explanations.

  • @tonalcrayon1290
    @tonalcrayon1290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Here we have SCP-[REDACTED], also known as the sentient bubbly boi

    • @redactedredactd5554
      @redactedredactd5554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SCP-354's wet dream

    • @inkytanku8935
      @inkytanku8935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He likes getting headpats

    • @ultimateendebrin3328
      @ultimateendebrin3328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is truly like one of the scp team.

    • @DJSayori
      @DJSayori 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol, I also just thought SCP when I heard about this xD

    • @jrbudoybudoy
      @jrbudoybudoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SCP - 6235?

  • @dio52
    @dio52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I took geology in college to fill a requirement because I didn't have advanced enough math to do physics. Turned into one of those rare things that transforms the way you view the world. This kind of science is absolutely fascinating, so don't stop making videos like this just because it's not hard physics.

    • @Gamerock82
      @Gamerock82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To be fair, rocks are pretty hard... like physically. :D

    • @DrDeuteron
      @DrDeuteron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Gamerock82 Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs has entered the chat.

    • @Gamerock82
      @Gamerock82 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DrDeuteron Indeed.

  • @thegatestoavalon
    @thegatestoavalon ปีที่แล้ว

    That is absolutely remarkable. Thank you for showing this.

  • @TheStabbyMedic
    @TheStabbyMedic ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of!! I also think your happiness and joy speaking about science makes others happy too! So so cool. Keep on making these awesome videos!!

  • @javianiki5886
    @javianiki5886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    Me googling "half the size of a football field" again... Oh right, 403.84 bananas, I just keep forgetting.
    Amazing storytelling, ty for the video haven't seen one in my feed for months and loved it!

    • @finnishboo4192
      @finnishboo4192 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

    • @semillakan6
      @semillakan6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Americans will use anything to avoid the Metric system

    • @pieterveenders9793
      @pieterveenders9793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You're a bit off in your measurements mate. Half a handegg field equals 4 school shootings divided by 7 oil barrels.

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@semillakan6 true, unless we’re talking bullets

    • @justsomeanimefan3466
      @justsomeanimefan3466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vincentfreddoyle7555 yeah for some reason bullets are measured in metric

  • @jimmysnow
    @jimmysnow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +814

    Why did it take this long for this channel to be suggested to me??

    • @user-ir2xx7od3z
      @user-ir2xx7od3z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @bober-mz2ys
      @bober-mz2ys 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @acecat5575
      @acecat5575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Come on Jimmy... (dad joke incoming... take cover) Have you been living under a rock?... JK... :D

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr? Me tooo!

    • @splattim3180
      @splattim3180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...high suspicion that this is a generally used spam comment

  • @JustJulia-qt9nh
    @JustJulia-qt9nh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! ❤ Get well soon Dianna. The world needs you!

  • @christophervanmeier1648
    @christophervanmeier1648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved you show, and love the new content. As a teacher and a single father of a daughter, you are an inspiration! Keep it going!

  • @nickjohnson410
    @nickjohnson410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    "Dad, can I go to the Puddle of Mud concert this weekend?"
    "No son, we have Puddle of Mud at home."

    • @Shep-1701
      @Shep-1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      shut up

    • @tanquinticfamily4923
      @tanquinticfamily4923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don’t worry nick dudes just having a bad day

    • @rjai4890
      @rjai4890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Holden Mcgroine lmaooo found the race baiter.

    • @jamarcwv11
      @jamarcwv11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rjai4890 Yepp, imagine being THAT guy. Holden is a lame.

  • @ownerfate
    @ownerfate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    If someone tried to hop in that mud puddle... They would probably end up on a Mr. Ballin episode of "3 places people can't go to, but did anyway"

  • @5uryansh
    @5uryansh ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of the most unique thing I ever watched. Thanks for this.

  • @AvaGrail
    @AvaGrail 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so amazing !! thank you for your work!

  • @stephhhie17
    @stephhhie17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    "Why did it start moving now?"
    *Have you **_seen_** California real estate prices lately? Ba-dum-tsss*

    • @crystalmckinney3151
      @crystalmckinney3151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣👍🙌

    • @brendabolling3424
      @brendabolling3424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because, mud, dirt, wind , water and fire all are 1st Density consciousness! It’s alive with energy! Please read the “ The Law of One”! According to our creator , we all started out 98 billion years ago in our universe as consciousness! Our humanity on our planet are 3rd density consciousness moving this month into 4Th density consciousness! This occurs every 75,000 years ! We are blessed to experience this ascension for our present humanity on our planet! We are being assisted by the intense energy solar flares that are presently bombarding our planet! If you need more info, download this info from “ the RA OF ONE”!

    • @jusanothabigdik2198
      @jusanothabigdik2198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol, spot on thats the reason

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brendabolling3424 cool story bro. I'll add it to my Harry Potter books.

  • @Noobart03
    @Noobart03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    10:22 'You can't stop mudder nature'

  • @scothunter3221
    @scothunter3221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s Sunday afternoon. I should be working on an expansion to my off grid solar system. Instead I find myself binge watching Physics Girl. Your videos are so incredibly interesting and fascinating. Keep them up :-)

  • @josephramirbacea4243
    @josephramirbacea4243 ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate much the effort for what you do. All the best..

  • @AlanCanon2222
    @AlanCanon2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    “This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in - an interesting hole I find myself in - fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.” -- Douglas Adams

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a slim mold

    • @gateauxq4604
      @gateauxq4604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God that man was a genius. RIP

    • @88marome
      @88marome 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then the puddle took control of its own existence!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    That is the most amazing thing I've heard of since the famous undersea, unexplained, mass sponge migration.

    • @Seraph_G
      @Seraph_G 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Where you there, did you witness it?

    • @robbirose7032
      @robbirose7032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Seraph_G do they have to be somewhere to have heard about it?

    • @Temp0raryName
      @Temp0raryName 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Seraph_G It is a Ghostbusters quote.

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Tell him about the giant Twinky.

    • @Seraph_G
      @Seraph_G 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robbirose7032 Yes, so was mine, lol.

  • @joits
    @joits 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is crazy! I've been to the Niland area so many times visiting Bombay Beach and Salvation mountain but only found out about this just now.

  • @danielstuart3270
    @danielstuart3270 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so cool and interesting. Thanks for this!

  • @RobertShippey
    @RobertShippey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I can confidently say this is the most interesting video about mud I’ve ever seen.

    • @995cool
      @995cool 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      close second

    • @adamkendall997
      @adamkendall997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idk, I seen a mud wrestling video that definitely captured my attention.

    • @stefanostermaier8641
      @stefanostermaier8641 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch this video "th-cam.com/video/3q-qfNlEP4A/w-d-xo.html" for the most terrifying video about mud.

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a slim mold or microbes are driving it

  • @arcamemnon9193
    @arcamemnon9193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    I remember hearing on the news that due to the draining of the underground aquifers during the last big multi-year drought central California sank something like 16 feet or so on average all along the central valley. The cluster quakes may have been related to massive collapses occurring deep underground in the now empty spaces where water once stood. Perhaps this event is tied to that somehow, they pulled a lot of water out of the ground, just the missing weight alone of the removed water may have caused the gasses to start to escape at an accelerated rate.

    • @espinoza1987
      @espinoza1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What!? I live in the Central Valley & never heard this😳

    • @arcamemnon9193
      @arcamemnon9193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@espinoza1987 We've been sinking for decades due to the draining of the aquifers. I tried to post a link to a story the other day but TH-cam deleted my reply. Do a search for it and you'll find plenty of stories going back many decades. The multi-year drought was an exceptional few years, but long term the central valley has sunk probably 50-100 feet or possibly more since mass-scale industrial farming began sucking out the underground water.

    • @vivianloney8826
      @vivianloney8826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The sinking in central California is not because of massive, violent collapses underground because the aquifer doesn't occupy empty space. An aquifer is, and this isn't a technical term, like waterlogged rock. We can extract water from it because water contained in a rock is at higher pressure, so when we fracture that rock digging a well the water rushes to the lower pressure air in the well. The well is like a straw sucking water from rock. So when the water table lowers, you don't have collapse but something called subsidence. The loss of water causes sediment underground to slowly settle with gravity. When this sediment was below the water table, water filled the tiny pores between sediment and the increase is pore pressure meant those sediments could resist some of the compression pressure from overlying rock. Like how wet sand makes for building great sandcastles but dry sand wont hold it's shape and slump with gravity. The most important takeaway, however, is that because the water table slowly lowers over time, the compression and sinking of sediment happens slowly over time. There is no sudden massive failure. And because this is happening slowly, it does not cause earthquakes. Earthquakes do require a sudden "failure". The earthquakes in California are all caused by large scale tectonic activity. This region of the United States is very tectonically active due to the plate boundary creating faulting. But the subsidence causing sinking- this kind of compression just mechanically cannot produce earthquake sized seismic waves.

    • @vivianloney8826
      @vivianloney8826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And gases here in the Salton Sea are only escaping when the bedrock above them that they cannot travel through is cracked by earthquakes.

    • @delegate104
      @delegate104 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@vivianloney8826that was very good explain, I'm a high school drop out work construction all my life and I understood everything you said. Wish I had teachers like back in high school.

  • @user-of2wf6pd9w
    @user-of2wf6pd9w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You do awesome work.. keep it going

  • @antoineduplessy6009
    @antoineduplessy6009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are fine,your awesome at making those videos and the information that we get will keep us coming back for more.Thank you 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️😁😁😁

  • @shookings
    @shookings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Diana: this is terrifying!
    Other girl: aw, I missed the terrifying part!

    • @theojam2
      @theojam2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But the most terrifying part is coming a school is nearby so can you imagine a sink hole below the buildings?

    • @tefoca
      @tefoca 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that the terrifying part is the most exciting thing a geologist can witness apart from a volcano or an earthquake

    • @pmsavenger
      @pmsavenger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a geologist myself, I find her reaction very relatable!

    • @pmsavenger
      @pmsavenger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tefoca Volcano. Totally the top of my career to do list. Earthquakes are super common, although a over 5 would be amazing. My boyfriends hometown was hit by one of those last year and I was massively jealous that I wasn't there. ...What do you mean, inappropriate? Lies.

    • @tefoca
      @tefoca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pmsavenger I'm a social scientist and I would love to watch a postapocalyptical society. Scientists don't judge other scientists academic kinks.

  • @jimtamim1708
    @jimtamim1708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    This is the kind of place where you can find Tom Scott

    • @amojak
      @amojak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      this is basically a tom scott video :)

    • @Incurafy
      @Incurafy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I came here from his lego beach video sooooooo. :P

  • @whitehorsept
    @whitehorsept 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Get well soon, I look forward to see your excitement and passion in interesting videos like this. But no worries about videos, just focused on getting better!

  • @keithsteel1455
    @keithsteel1455 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry I just found your channel. You and your team are doing a great job!

  • @TheTomJon
    @TheTomJon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Congrats on going independent! Legit this is scary but in 5 years you're gonna look back and see this as the biggest turning point for the better this channel has ever made! Wishing you the best of luck!

  • @ncjay08
    @ncjay08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1550

    People: "We can stop climate change."
    Planet: "You can't even stop a mud puddle."

    • @matthewpaul5328
      @matthewpaul5328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Especially if the Planet is Emitting CO2 out of the ground....

    • @stevenjones22
      @stevenjones22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@matthewpaul5328 Gotta watch those greenhouse gas emissions. lol

    • @alexisfibonacci
      @alexisfibonacci 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@matthewpaul5328 I thought there are plans for carbon capture?

    • @kenpanderz672
      @kenpanderz672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ya cant stop mother nature, but you *can* stop spewing metric tons of greenhouse gasses out of factories.

    • @fergochan
      @fergochan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, one of those things is caused by us. If you can cause something you can probably also stop it.

  • @bunnycat4012
    @bunnycat4012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It would be amazing if you did updates on this. This is so interesting. Thank you :)

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Important Update: In the last year it's moved 15 feet and is basically where it was. People stunned! Geologists baffled! Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

  • @g.a.4978
    @g.a.4978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    mother nature really do be taking inspiration from the SCP universe

    • @ansuz5903
      @ansuz5903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hopefully it doesn't discover SCP-2718

    • @mifzalaqil5569
      @mifzalaqil5569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think that is an SCP

    • @Uno-li3jp
      @Uno-li3jp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What I was gonna say

    • @ansuz5903
      @ansuz5903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @The Guy Under Your Bed If it can't be contained its usually a Keter. It's class is based on it's ability to be contained.

    • @johndickson377
      @johndickson377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im glad others thought this

  • @MarkHenstridge
    @MarkHenstridge 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Physics girl, I clicked the link on an episode of Brave Wilderness " Shocked by an Electric Eel " and landed here...now a new subscriber....Ps, I love Physics because of Professor Julius Sumner Miller and his TV show shown here in Australia in the late 60s

  • @crist1980
    @crist1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is insane. I grew up in Brawley and had never heard of this. Lil scary but super cool.

  • @Vexation4632
    @Vexation4632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Engineers: we can make the earth do what we want.
    Earth: hold my beer.

    • @rewto5131
      @rewto5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hold my beer, because you can't hold my mud

    • @tekenaojoka9873
      @tekenaojoka9873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Earn $300 - $80,000 daily.
      Ask how?

    • @TheLoopy989
      @TheLoopy989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well done sir. Haha!

    • @tekenaojoka9873
      @tekenaojoka9873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheLoopy989 +::1::2::0::8::5::1::0::2::2::1::9::

    • @MrRoyHarden
      @MrRoyHarden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was very fortunate that Union Pacific's wall, even though it didn't work, accidentally got the mud puddle to skip under the track.

  • @zomega4075
    @zomega4075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Gaia: "The earthquakes aren't working"
    Satan: "Lemme try something"

    • @totallyaccuratebotansimula9493
      @totallyaccuratebotansimula9493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How to stop a mud puddle.
      How to stop an earthquake.

    • @theicyphoenixrecords5980
      @theicyphoenixrecords5980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      as a stellaris player myself i assure you i rarely ever saw gaia type world with earthquakes

    • @Gatinbr
      @Gatinbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theicyphoenixrecords5980 yeah, i thought about stellaris too. but i think they are talking about the Greek godess/titan "Gaia".

    • @ToniLixSim
      @ToniLixSim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@totallyaccuratebotansimula9493 right now HAARP can hit places with worm frequency, like burning everything,, but they have not come on that day when they will find a way how to hit with frozen frequency :D
      only frozen can stop that :P, i dont know why they try to do something when that thing is coming from down, they can just make road far away from there and let that stop one day itself

    • @jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103
      @jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂🤣😂🤣

  • @danielboone4796
    @danielboone4796 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome report, thank you for producing great content!

  • @sthornton1972
    @sthornton1972 ปีที่แล้ว

    I grew up going to ocotillo wells riding dirt bikes. We would go to the bubblies muds is what we called it.
    This is crazy 😜 that it’s huge. It was 45 years ago I first saw the mud pots.
    Really cool 😎 thanks for the video.

  • @Danie504
    @Danie504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Just wanted to throw my support for you leaving PBS and going solo!!!! You’re killing it girl

  • @Ohyehah
    @Ohyehah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Incredibly fascinating. It's the sort of thing that you immediately think "Oh ok so they're probably preserving it in order to study it further", but end up with thinking "I should probably write a will, just in case anything random happens all of a sudden"

  • @salvatorerusso6727
    @salvatorerusso6727 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found you and I love your content

  • @peterrussell830
    @peterrussell830 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really interesting, this Dianna, keep it going.

  • @notaword1136
    @notaword1136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Welp, now I know there is a wandering puddle of mud, and I don't think I'll ever be the same again

    • @sjokkoladehjerte
      @sjokkoladehjerte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have we tried to walk it, give it treats and telling it 'issa good boy' yet?

    • @sandyadams9446
      @sandyadams9446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg. I really lost it out loud. TeeHee.😗😉

    • @normanmadden
      @normanmadden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't know they were still touring.

  • @Knuffeldraak
    @Knuffeldraak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    My theory is that both theories (earthquakes and it going straight up) are true. Maybe that the earthquakes caused this path to suddenly change, and now the Geyser is slowly correcting itself by taking the new shortest path.

    • @aitanacruz9882
      @aitanacruz9882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I know nothing about physics or geography (I just got this recommended to me), but I guess it makes sense that there would be more than one cause for this. Allegedly, this phenomenon has never been seen before (or at least, not in a very long time), so for something like this to happen a lot of different things must have coincidentally fallen into place.

    • @sbbillusionist
      @sbbillusionist 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then we will have to ask another qn- Is it going back to the place it was before the quake or somewhere else?

    • @UltimateDurzan
      @UltimateDurzan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sbbillusionist And can we charge it taxes if that's the case? :P

    • @sbbillusionist
      @sbbillusionist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UltimateDurzan FBI? You there?

  • @paulohenrique_bitencourt
    @paulohenrique_bitencourt ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching you looking health and smiling.. I hope we can see you back like this soon!

  • @GlenHunt
    @GlenHunt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Here I am from California and a geologist and I totally didn't think about earthquake swarms. I feel ashamed. But, I am EXCITED to see this next chapter in your journey!!!

    • @AGDinCA
      @AGDinCA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am so intrigued by my native California's geology, from seismic events, to volcanic activity, to mineral deposits (there be gold in them thar hills!), etc. As a geologist, what is your main focus, or scope of work?

    • @dutchik5107
      @dutchik5107 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't feel bad.
      Those geologists have been brainstorming over this specefic thing for a few years now.

  • @AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy
    @AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    Real life is often much stranger than anything we can imagine

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A girl going on a road trip to examine a mud puddle. Yep; I wouldn't have predicted that.

    • @AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy
      @AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@geraldfrost4710 you didn't watch the video, did you?

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy Watched the whole thing. Diana is amazing. The mobile mud puddle was kinda cool too.

    • @dilo9277
      @dilo9277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy what would you call the water dirt mixture?

  • @rbhhaner6151
    @rbhhaner6151 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello from arizona. This is a very unusual topic I found very currious. I hope you do a part 2 follow up to show what's going on with this pool.

  • @sydieonshaw2707
    @sydieonshaw2707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your awesome physics girl … I love geophysical phenomenas, astrophysics, applied sciences,& engineering…etc….

  • @wolfsbane123
    @wolfsbane123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I am super excited for your future away from PBS! I always notice that a creator's content gets so much more enjoyable whenever they are in full control of their content. Nobody to tell you what to cover or how to cover it. Just 100 percent Physics Girl.

  • @AntonWongVideo
    @AntonWongVideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    If you scale it up, you could turn this story into a blockbuster disaster movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a slim mold or microbes are driving it

    • @wullxz
      @wullxz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      but...but...they already said that the big Rock sank!

    • @YashasRedd
      @YashasRedd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Starring*

    • @PhillipAmthor
      @PhillipAmthor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just throw the rock in the hole

    • @jv-lk7bc
      @jv-lk7bc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      mudsharknado?

  • @SarahGreen523
    @SarahGreen523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well this is a fascinating channel! It's a keeper!

  • @thelizabeth909
    @thelizabeth909 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your show and am so happy I found it. You are too cute but mostly smart. Ability to deep dive into a subject and explain it, not to wordy, actually helpful.
    Your host at the tunnel said that the things waking up are
    Mostly
    harmless. I wonder what the harmful ones are?

  • @jrtiger76.
    @jrtiger76. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    "That time I got reincarnated as a Mud Puddle"

    • @Beregorn88
      @Beregorn88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I read about the hot spring, but the mud puddle is new to me...

    • @lillimoon3471
      @lillimoon3471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I freaking ADORE that time I got reincarnated as a slime!!

    • @LilithRaine29
      @LilithRaine29 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @godbeerus2202
      @godbeerus2202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Creativity at its level😂😂👍

    • @neverknew07
      @neverknew07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Top tier comment !

  • @dontspamkoth
    @dontspamkoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This video was far more interesting than I thought a mud puddle would be.

  • @sonnydayz2118
    @sonnydayz2118 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing this. I'm very interested in tectonics and volcanoes. 😍

  • @brucewestern6027
    @brucewestern6027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how it's in Salton Sea of all places that place has been plagued since day one

  • @MyLittleMagneton
    @MyLittleMagneton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    build a new temporary road and rail track behind Kyle, and let him continue on his path.

    • @NilZed1
      @NilZed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      that seems like the most obvious solution. build a by pass, let Kyle do his thing, fix the transport after.

    • @SkyReaperOne
      @SkyReaperOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@NilZed1 Or assist it in reaching its goal faster. Though that would imply understanding how and why it's doing this in the first place. I'm surprised that we don't have the tools to determine this tbh

    • @passerby4507
      @passerby4507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's far more expensive than what they've been doing.

    • @dragonhearthx8369
      @dragonhearthx8369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@passerby4507 agreed. There is alot of ground work that needs to be done in order to put a road and train track in.

    • @tonyp.1463
      @tonyp.1463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And this ladies and gentlemen, is why california is in depth

  • @Jwlar
    @Jwlar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Reminds of a lake in Africa that produced CO2 and one day spilled over, sending an invisible cloud of death to a nearby village.

    • @jguenther3049
      @jguenther3049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lake Nyos. The underlying volcanic seep released CO2 into the lake over many years, with the CO2 at the bottom as a solution under great pressure. Then something happened that upset the equilibrium--a rock dropped into the lake, or a small landslide, or something else. In the upset area, the CO2 at the bottom of the lake came out of solution, lowering the density, causing it to erupt in a chain reaction. The entire lake turned over, and several years' accumulation of CO2 (as much as 1.6 million TONS) was released in minutes, flooding the entire region with the gas at 60 mph, killing everything up to 13 miles from the lake. Fatalities: 1746 people. Volcanism releases CO2.

    • @misterwhy8297
      @misterwhy8297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jguenther3049 wasn’t there one survivor who woke up before it and decided to sleep in a tree cuz he felt like it

    • @jguenther3049
      @jguenther3049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@misterwhy8297 Correct, Anjali. There was at least one survivor. I wonder what sensory input aroused his primordial desire to sleep in a tree? It was a very sad thing to wake up to.

  • @explorerryan
    @explorerryan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope your feeling better, we love your channel ❤️