Sand Is Full of Life and Death
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James, our master of microscopes, gets samples of sand from beaches all over the world to help in his quest to learn more about interstitial ciliates-the single-celled organisms that live in the watery pockets that exist between grains of sand on the beach. But today, we’re going to shift our focus and let those grains be the focus of our show. More specifically, we’re going to talk about sand.
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"On this planet, wherever you look, the biology is geological, and the geology is biological." As a geologist, I firmly approve of this statement. Geology and biology are very intricately interwoven. The extend of it dictates much of our lives. Thank you for featuring something seemingly so mundane as sand! It is a very interesting topic indeed.
this is one of hanks best quotes hands down 🙌
There are hundreds of minerals and mineral formations that are shaped by the processes directly or indirectly of biology. For example biological processes produce almost all the oxygen and minerals that requires that higher concentration of oxygen would not exist without the life to produce it.
Now I'm looking up, wondering what else might echo this statement in the rest of the Universe.
Life, including humans, is growing from Earth, rocks. Out of it.
@@veikokk if earthlife spores can travel on ejecta, and if earthlife spores can waft up out of our gravity well on natural electrostatic force & blow away in the solar wind, then isn't it way more likely that earthlife landed here from elsewhere and found this rock a suitable environment for growth & evolution? Get your head out of the sand.
I love how miniscule grains of quartz sand become opal-like gems under the microscope's eye. I'm a sucker for iridescent colours, so this video had me enthralled from beginning to end!
Same here. It's a beautiful kaleidoscope
Iridescent, holo, multichrome... i love all of them.
3 things to know about sand:
1: It's course
2: It's rough
3: It gets everywhere
I hate sand. Also, I was looking for this comment
😂
the microcosmic force is strong with this one
Its also irritating
Thanks for making sure the comment section didn't disappoint.
oh my goodness! was not expecting you to talk about the pink sands of Bermuda but I'm so glad you did! I grew up in Bermuda, it's such a beautiful island and I highly suggest to anyone who can to visit! lots of love to the entirety of the Microcosmos crew :)
i took a two-semester-long geology course in undergrad and my professor's focus was on forams. theyre absolutely fascinating. She always contended that, if you took a colose enough look at a sand sample and the forams inside it, you could identify where in the world it came from, sometimes down to the exact beach. idk if thats actually true, but it's fun to think about.
I appreciate that you've taken the guesswork out of getting into microscopy by offering your own microscope. It's also right around the same price as your standard introductory models, so it seems like you're mostly just doing it as a way to get more people into this fascinating hobby that helps connect us to the life of this incredible planet.
The quartz iridescent look is really beautiful when seen at this scale. To us it would be like finding a gemstone the size of your house. Gives a whole new meaning to beachfront property.
Beautiful, as always! I love this: Biology is geological and Geology is Biological.
Wasn't that an outstanding quote?
The microcosm, responsible for the macrocosm, is always astonishing.
I was observing sand once with my microscope. The quartz pieces were so transparent I was able to focus on a tardigrade behind it😀
Before returning from our holiday in Cuba I collected some sand from the white beach of our hotel to take home as a souvenir. But when looking at this sand under our Northern European sun it turned out to beige, not white as it appeared under the tropical sun.
It might be that, at high latitudes, the sun is more yellowish than in Cuba, which is fairly close to the equator. I remember things seemed brighter when we were in Tahiti year ago..
This series is perfect! The atmosphere, information, narration, visuals, and music by andrew huang; I love it so much!
True , everything is organic. Also the voice of the english narrator fits perfectly.
Every video you post just makes me love this channel more.
Also, just in this episode alone, every single frame could make a FANTASTIC (and very difficult!) jigsaw puzzle, hehe
Informative, interesting, and pleasantly differentiated from the subject of other vids. Way to go, guys.
Que exquisito final el pensarlo a profundidad, le da una un gran significado a la vida en este planeta, y a todo lo que eso significa.
Deliriously beautiful visuals, writing, music and narration.
This channel is platform perfection materialized.
I loved this episode as I’m majoring in Geology !! Definetly you could go on a rabbit hole with the microscopy of rocks !
This is beauty, like fine crystal shards. For all the the talks about exploring space, I'm mostly fascinated by the tiny world underneath our feet.
The numerous microscopic worlds truly are universes unto themselves.
By far the most entertaining video on sand I've ever seen
Check out Deep look's take on sand, I'm sure you'll like it!
@@rfdebeaumont Thank you for this tip. They're awesome!
Never disappointed by the music they use for this channel
It should be mentioned that the microscope used for the foramifers was a stereo-overlight-microscope. The microscope used most of the time is no doubt a high-end polarisation-microscope, but YOU can make polarisation for your own ordinary microscope!
You need is a pair of lenses from polarisation-sunglasses, though -But if you got that you are good to go!
Use one of the filters from the filter-tray, measure out a disk of a lens, and place that new filter in the filtertray.
Now you need to make a smaller disk for the eye-piece. A cap of a ocular is simply excellent for this, but any 'cap' that fits on you ocular, and DO NOT SCRATCH the glass!!! -Can be used.
Drill a hole in the cap, and then glue the sunglass lens-disk on the cap.
To use your new polarisation microscope, you need to look into the ocular and turn the polarisation-cap around, until you get a almost black backdrop. Now the light is polarised!
Any crystalline transparent object will scatter the light in all colors, just as you saw in the video
The beauty of our universe goes from the breathtakingly gorgeous infernos of the universe, to the beautiful, fragile Blue Marble, to the most majestic mountains, to the most delicate of flowers, to the tiniest of life forms, to the bits of Blue Marble mountains - and dead life forms - that end up as home for the next cycle of life forms. You guys capture the small end of those as beautifully as the SciShow Space group captures fhe largest, and the rest of SciShow capture all of the in-between. I love you all! ❤️❤️
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I’ve been to a black sand beach in Hawaii. So beautiful. ❤
Nice, I love sand! Would love to see more videos on the different types that exist, especially olivine vs silica, and greensand in different conditions: moist vs dry, newly made vs used. Just a bit of foundry geekery, I'd be happy to send you some samples to view (;
Btw, did you change microphones or post-processing of the audio recordings? The narration sounds so compressed and harsh compared to before!
now that you mention it yea this vid is louder sounding and not as calm
I agree, too. 👍🏼
Oh, and I believe GeoGirl did a few videos on just what you're talking about, and possibly Professor Dave, too.
The gleaming rainbow sheen of quartz looks like the backdrop of a Captain Kirk fever dream in Star Trek TOS
I'm surprised he didn't mention that it's internal stresses in the grains themselves that polarized light can highlight and is, well, beautiful. A billion tiny rainbows that are a snapshot of pressure and and forces inside cooling magma deep inside the earth.
Doing a great job on these videos, love the colors poppin' through the grains of sand.
Make some video about diatomite. It looks awesome, it is bio-created sand, it kills insects who touches it, it is used in many ways in tech and construction
Honestly I would love to collect some samples, I spend a fair bit of time exploring caves, mountains, and coastlines, and I would love to know more about the microscopic world in these unique locations. Going to have to save a bit and get one of those microscopes. It's kinda expensive trying to be a multidisciplinary hobby scientist 😆
TH-cam’s zoom feature was made for this channel! So awesome!
Wait, TH-cam’s what???!? Zoom feature?? I’m on mobile so maybe I haven’t gotten it yet
@@juliagreen423 it should work just like zooming in on a photo, spread two fingers to zoom in / pinch two fingers to zoom out
I forgot that new feature existed
Please do more videos that aren't shorts! Love these so much!
3:15 those slides look like a magical universe
I am in South Jersey... I am agonizingly familiar with sand. And yes, it does get everywhere....
Systems within systems within systems. Interweaving Fractals more complex then the grandest of art. Chaos trying to be chaos yet trapped within the pattern to never be let go. This is nature. The unseen yet omnipresent force that has shaped the world and worlds around us.
-by me.
It would be great to see a video about the microorganisms that exist around Ferrite and Magnetite.
Fascinating! I knew most of this but the additional information and the way the video is presented is marvelous. I'm so glad I discovered this channel!
Thanks! I was just wondering about grey drab sands while admiring the prismatic chips and bits, and you described the brown sand. And an Important Reminder! to all your Fans: don’t forget that TH-cam’s latest feature is Perfect for videos like these: Zoom in and Magnify!
This Channel is BEYOND Amazing!!
Thanks. Now I understand better how sands color comes from. Very educational channel. Thanks guys :)
Interesting! Now, everytime I go to the beach and my foot on the sand, my train of thought would be...life, death and poop. Quite amazing really.
Such a cool channel. TH-cam should have put this in my algorithm ages ago considering i am a science nerd on youtube
Such wonderful things you show friend.
Have you heard the song?
The sweet lamentations of the mold.
Have you cultivated its love within your very being?
When the mycelium severs you must make the right choice.
To follow their words to salvation.
"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere." - Bristleworm Skywalker
Plz more sand videos!! And dirt!
That is so beautiful!
So happy you guys are back!!! 🌷✨🥳
Can you do an episode on mature aquarium saltwater reef sands from several different tanks?
Well darn... that microscope set is really cool... It was always my favorite part of biology class.
As for the video, it never occurred to me (though it obviously makes sense) that sponge bones (I know now they're called spicules, but saying that now seems a bit hoity toity) and shell fragments were part of sand's makeup. I mean, small fragments of various minerals and rocks, pieces of glass, plastic, and metal, and even the occasional bone dust, yeah. But it's easy to forget that sponges actually have rigid structures.
Ayyy I am praying for you to restock your shirts, I have at least 5 shirts I wanna order for Christmas but all sizes are still OOS! Everyone wants that white-background Hydra shirt, the art on it is gorgeous.
I love it when my science is wrapped in poetry.
An uncannily fascinating episode!
Gracias por el audio en Español!
Great video! Wish you had more examples of sands from different places, like Japan!
Was so happy to see a new episode
I've missed your voice. It's so relaxing.
Thank you guys for awesomeness 🥰
Micro-critters are cute in an almost cartoonish way, like a friendly bat or goofy chihuahua, or one of those terrifying #@%&ing owl-bird monsters, yeah they're all kind of strange but somehow you just cant help but smile and want to give them a hug🦊💜🔬
This was AWESOME
We are watching sand, magnified with sand, recorded by sand, encoded and decoded by sand, sent through and being displayed through sand.
Interesting and fitting take!
Well information. Good show.
4:16😂Lol! “Thousands of years “???
Fun video thank you for making it
Bristleworm: "I'm ready for my close-up now, Mr Weiss"
Brilliant work!🙏🏽🚩
I just spotted the chromatic aberration on the logo... I love it.
I love sand. It's coarse, rough, and it's everywhere.
Clicked video so fast, BIG FAN OF SAND
Why can't all my shows come with awesome voice over! :P Nice Job!
It's course and rough and it gets everywhere.
Reality is mind-blowing! Can't wait for the chemistry lessons
Geologically, sand is both a term for a type of sediment and a term for grain size. Sand is any particle between 62.5 microns and 2mm. Finer than that is silt or clay, coarser is gravel, pebbles, cobbles, boulders
Thank you for that :)
Happy to see other geologists here!
Okay, so how big does a rock have to be to be considered a boulder? To me, it’s any loose rock too big for a normal human to lift.
@@evilsharkey8954 Anything >256mm is considered a boulder
1:50 THAT'S IN YOUR EAR RIGHT NOW ! ... REMEMBER... THOSE PRETTY COLOURS ARE SAND
Oh geez, I never thought about the tiny living things that could be in the sand I put in my pockets, lol.
I was looking at Star Wars memes and get a notification of this? Is this a sign?
65 million years ago, there was a dinosaur poop that fell. In one form or another, that poop is with us today.
Been listening to Journey to the microcosmos like a podcast because Hank’s voice is so comforting to me… I’m a dumbass. I will watch more closely now 😂
I love that bristle worm so much
This is just great content!
wow first video I see of this chanel and I like it
Wooooo super excited ❤
i love the tardigrade merch 🥺
This is a very relevant topic to me
I wish I could support this channel financially but as a student the most I can currently do is leave a comment!!
Jo.... now you guys have to do a microcosmos of where this sand starts from.
Polarized Light Microscopy of rocks HERE WE GOOO!!!!! X3
I support this! A Journey to the Microcosmos of Thin Sections would be all kinds of awesome!
Your writing is so good.
Crazy how I just found out hank narrates a lot of this channel
This video reminded me of looking at thin sections of rocks with a microscope at university. Maybe you can get a hold of some thin sections of rocks in the future.
Glad you didn’t say millions and millions of years. You have earned my subscribe
That would be soooooo awesome, what would it look like even? A liquid? A coffee cup full of 2 billion tardigrades?
🎶‘Sand… Saaaand… SAAAAAND!!’🎶
Love the video as always! Something feels off about the audio though. Hank doesn't feel as full and detailed as usual. and overall just feels a little dull
I found the craziest-looking fly the other day - I put it under my microscope and oh my goodness was I surprised! Is there any way I can forward it to you? The markings on its chest plate look ALIEN! LITERALLY! It almost looks like a robotic fly!!! I can email it to you if you care to see it for yourself? More than one fly is called a "Business" - like a swarm of bees.
i really like the sweater design
Eugh, sand. I hate sand. It gets in my giant eyeball.
¡Fascinante!
Another interesting, surprising video. Thanks.
What’s after sand? Google tells me quartz is a silicon-oxygen compound. Do the waves eventually break that down, releasing oxygen into water and air and silicon somewhere too?
Quartz’s chemical structure won’t be “broken” into its individual elements because of waves, no.
Awesome as aways but I was impressed with the dubbing. It sounded as a real person speaking 😱
wow, it's an AI dub. i thought it was just a guy with a bad microphone so i changed it to english. i'm going to rewatch in portuguese now
What would happen if a person introduced a colony of tardigrades to the microbiome in their gut?
Definitely saw a face at 7:36 transition, I though it was a prank but it's just sand!
I think this might be the first time I see sand on a microscope