Such great vids the school system can revolutionize the education system if they change just a two things. Hiring the right teacher that is passionated about other learning like this guy and what you teach. It's no secret school are teaching so many useless topics that wont help you grow in life leaving other topics that are far more important like financial and what not and let me tell you, old ways dont open new doors... Education needs to change as time goes by.
@@mranonymous3554 Seeing so many people brainwashed to the point of being literal monosyllabic morons is not a 'subjective analysis'. Every one wants to be a hipster. It is so cool to say 'so cool'. There are many other words in our diverse language, but it always 'cool', 'cool', 'cool' You know what is cool? A freaking dead penguin. Try some other words for a change, it doesn't hurt.
Fascinating video. Potash is also mined at the Bonneville Salt Flats outside of Wendover, Utah, which is like this place one of the stranger landscapes you'll ever see on Earth. Looking forward to more! -John
Same company as the Moab plant. They bought it while I was with the company. Obviously different process though because of no underground mining. Same amine separation process. I liked the management at the Wendover site better though!
@@Steelrat1994 Agree. The over the top producing (music, footage, script...)makes everything so exaggerated and over acted... Everything used to be much simpler, and that’s not bad at all.
Thanks TH-cam! I used to be the plant engineer at this potash plant from 2004-2007. It's still owned by Intrepid Potash Inc. out of Denver. Pretty accurate in all accounts technically. The solution mining method was at first just flooding the original room and pillar underground mine. In 2005 they drilled a set of interconnected horizontal boreholes through the potash bearing strata using the same tech used for horizontal oil and gas drilling. A small point of clarification, but the majority of the evap ponds are actually sodium chloride and the KCL is separated in the plant a few miles east via an amine bubbling process. The remaining sodium saturated water is actually recycled back down the pump shafts. KCL is preferentially soluble in water and this keeps the sodium byproduct from building up. All the feed lines are kept as saturated as possible to minimize corrosion, which as you might imagine can be a big problem.
How much danger is there of the pumped liquid leaking out into the nearby river? I know fracking has dangers of introducing contaminants into the water supply, but that is often due to the fragile nature of the rock where the natural gas is present. Does the potash have a similar structure and therefore similar dangers?
@@PrinceKaladin - The underground solution mining is not done under pressure like hydraulic fracturing (I also spent 18 years as a petrophysicist in the oil and gas industry) so no leakage from underground to the surface water. The ponds are lined with a synthetic rubber liner and they don't scrape it clean when the harvest the evaporated product with converted road scrapers. There is a rock hard layer of salt on the bottom. That said, there is no 400 acre ponds that do not leak, and there is some from the ponds. The water flows across some less permeable rock layers under the ponds and comes out near the river. There are a series of sumps and pumps to catch and recirculate the leakage. Honestly there is not much in the way of harmful contaminants in the water. Mostly just salts and some of the CuSO4, but in very trace quantities. I used to do mass spec analysis on occasion. But it's not great to salinate the Colorado either, so yea they do the best they can but it's not perfect.
Just shows such a contrast on how most of these TH-cam science videos have little to zero new created content and little interest in informing. Many TH-cam channels are mostly parasitical, they just copy stuff to get short views.
@@keatonspersonalemail9689 force of explosion was evenly distributed through the water so the bucket didnt spin much, plus the water kept the bucket heavy when it hit so it didnt go much of anywhere
I work in oil refining in a sulfur recovery unit. I recently took a class. We learned how sulfur is essential to life, and it's just a coincidence that sulfur production from refining has increased at the same rate that the population demand for sulfur. I think this could also be an interesting subject for a video.
I'm a 35 years old scientist, and this is the first time I learnt that the name "potassium" came from "pot ash". One of those trivia facts which you don't really learn in education.
I know!! LOVED it!!! And I can't believe how he remained relatively mild in his amusement the whole time. Every time I've done an explosion demo, I jump like 5 feet in the air and yell "OH SH**!!!!"
WHY did it jump tho ?? You would expect that water rapidly blowing up should push bucket down, but instead bucket just flies after water, like rocket flying backwards, weird.
When you mentioned that mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, it reminded me of another dangerous job. Saturation diving! I'd love to see an episode of that!
If Veritasium was a school there would not be a single person that hated science or maths. The way he explains with so much hard work i never wish to leave his videos unwatched.
@@TheHunter2 except the actual part of learning people hate is the repetition needed to understand a subject completely. Veritasium is a great teacher because he isn't forcing you to do the homework it takes to keep knowledge in ya brain.
@@Spencerjones_music3 its super sad. I had this one math teacher who knew exactly what to say and i got straight A's. Then i got another math teacher who was always goofing around and i got C's and D's. One person can make such a big difference explaining the same stuff. Cause even the same type of math gave me different grades just because of the teacher.
I am a 64 yr. man from Rochester, NY and I want to thank you for all that you have taught me. You're never to old to learn new things. I have spent my life composing music and I really think watching your show has made me better at it. I am happy to support your show. Your energy really drives the show. See ya!
Thank you for this! I'm still in my 20s and already feel like I'm too old to learn music (I never had the access/connection/proper introduction). My own brain is making me doubt myself, even when I'm aware of how wrong the thought is.
I saw these ponds on my flight from Denver to Bakersfield Ca and have wondered what they were ever since. They are so stark and noticeable in the terra cotta-colored landscape. I've shown them to several people with google maps because I think there so cool and unusual THANK YOU!
@@zaidrahman1398 I've been subed to Veritasium for more then a decade. Derick is a great youtuber, but this video just reeks of that same vapid corporate energy that plagues shows on TV, and that destroyed the Discovery and History channels
@@zaidrahman1398 It's not about the quality, the style of filming and commentating made the video drag a bit imo. It's the same reason I hate most documentaries.
Frankly, The off beat music and fast pace (or rather dramatic) effect doesn't go hand in hand with the Veritasium channel.. the more subtle tone is way better
Yeah, dislike from me. Not beacuse I'm hating, I mean it as a genuine feedback - I'm hoping Derek and the team sees something needs to be changed. It was so fast and chaotic my head wants to explode, every graphic constantly moving, shaking, also Washington and Davy are nightmare fuel with those mouths lol. Also too dramatic, quick cuts, the music, everything feels just crammed in. But here's to hoping next one will be better!
So, I think this is due to the TH-cam originals, but the editing and pacing of this one are in contrast with the cozy and polite Veritasium-style. I can feel a "The History Channel" vibe here, it's just odd.
@@farifairis7388 I know, but TH-cam has to be different from TV. I chose it for this reason. You have to be hooked by content, not from the fancy style. Feels like you miss the message, here. Even though the content is great as always
liked it, but I would've like the show a lot more if it didn't have all that way too loud, hyper-active music and sound effects. Also, those incredibly shaky graphics and camera angles are really hard to look at. I personally prefer the much slower pace of the usual videos, rather than this more traditional TV-like pacing. They don't need to keep their audience's attention on such a tight leash, we're all here because we like his usual videos, which are generally calmer, slower paced, and less saturated (like geez it's like the colors are screaming at me in this video). A documentary-style series would've been much more in-line with that rather than... whatever this is
Awesome presentation! Btw, I wish Derek did one presentation for each element in periodic table. It will be very insightful and educational to know the discovery, uses and properties of each element.
My science teacher in high school once dropped a piece of potassium in a glass container of water, and caused the same explosion seen in this video. He had dropped a piece way bigger than intended. I still remember the terror we felt till this day, 40 years later.
Yeah, my science teacher wanted to show us how we could create hydrogen gas and then to show that it was hydrogen gas by the whooping sound it makes when burning. Except by mistake he used way higher molarities than intended and thus there was glass and acid everywhere in the room when the whoop instead turned into an explosion. He was shocked. We were shocked.
@@andrewcannon587 Both are Group 1 elements, potassium being one period lower has greater atomic radius, and lower ionization energy which means it's easier for K to lose the lone outer electron than Na. Gain or lose electrons = "reaction". Potassium therefore more reactive than sodium.
Thank you Derek. As a chemist, I sort of knew about these things theoretically but you made it so real. That potassium explosion was wild. I've seen sodium hit water before but nothing like that. I once had to solve a mystery when sticks of white phosphorus (stored under water) were confused with sticks of sodium (stored under oil) and there were sudden delayed explosions as water penetrated under the oil. I heard that the DuPont Chemical company got its start during the Revolutionary war by skimming potash off of crystals from drying urine soaked soil to make gunpowder. I thought you were going there with your patent. And KCl as a fertilizer will carry along the chlorine which is a no-no on fields so how is it modified before application? Copper mines in Arizona also have beautiful blue pools of copper sulfate. Thanks for explaining the confusion in terminology between different meanings of potash. How about soda ash? I thought it's always sodium carbonate. Wonderful video!
Standard industrial process is to react KCl with NaNO3 for KNO3 and NaCl. Sodium nitrate is also mineable (chilean potash) as a naturally occurring mineral. There are some other modern routes, but this was before the Haber-Bosch process so it precludes readily available ammonia.
I wonder how they get the copper sulfate out of it once they add it in. Copper does kill algae, in fact it kills everything alive and never decompose (copper would be copper forever), so it is not something you want to spread into the environment if not necessary.
An addition: You "glibly" repeated a common nostrum about hunter-gatherers working all day long to scrape a bit of food from the environment. In their book, "The Dawn of Humanity" David Graeber and David Wengrow go back to anthropological sources to explore the truth behind the myths of the evolution of agriculture. They find that hunter-gatherers actually spent only half their time finding (abundant) food and were rather critical of agriculture which was sometimes tried and sometimes then abandoned for long periods. Think about the food basket which was Northern California for one obvious example but Tigris/Euphrates was another.
This is super interesting to me since I work for Nutrien Agriculture, the largest producer of potash in the world. They are based in Saskatchewan, and formed by a mergre of Potash Corp and Agrium. Thanks for the great video!
At the risk of repeating a lot of other comments, I subscribed to a different set of production values. I love the simple, conversational science that I've become accustomed to, and this new format is not something that I'm entirely comfortable with.
@@tysonion01 don't get me wrong, I get that. But that market is already mega saturated and you have 'dumb' the content down more and more to get traction in that space. This direction will totally 100% get more views and grow the channel. It just won't get the same level of information out or discussions started.
This video has such videography. The script is also very well written, in such a way that it generates curiosity to know more and more. It felt like I was watching a show on BBC or Discovery and it brings back so many memories, felt super nostalgic. Kudos to the writer, director, videographer, producer and everyone else involved in making this video, absolutely loved it!
@@manicmartyr69 I mean, I get people are salty with the BBC for whatever political reasons they don't like but they have been at the forefront of broadcasting technology since forever. A lot of core tech that's used throughout the entire industry comes from the BBC's RnD departments from colour science to audio specs (I say this having worked as a colourist for the better part of a decade). Plus they do make some super pretty stuff. David Attenborough's shows have been the high bar for documentary film making since forever and always put a focus on pushing technology and film making forward. They might make some ropey looking scifi every now and then (looking at you Dr Who) but shows like Peaky Blinders show they can make some good looking TV when they want to. Can't say I dig Discovery's style much though. Only so many cheesy "the truth is out there" documentaries I can stomach :D
I'm extremely happy YT has finally recognized a creator and educator dedicated and able as Veritasium, but their approach is still off IMHO. I remember the Vsauce series and to me that was far worse, but the overproduction with constantly different music, sound effects, low quality animations strip the clean and curated look of high quality TH-cam and instead feels like ripping off the Discovery Channel. We're getting better but i still feel like this isn't what it's needed. You don'0t have to dress up science and mesmerize us with distracting explosions sound effects, the content is already interesting, let it shine in itself!
I agree. Veritasium on his own is great. This seemed very clickbaity, forced and unnatural. Maybe YTO had some guidance on what kind of content guaranteed retention in young audiences?
There is lots of potash mining in Saskatchewan (my home province) and it was really cool to learn about the history. I had NO IDEA of the origin with burned hardwoods. I have only ever known it as a mined substance.
I The pace is faster, but both are equally enjoyable. I'd love to see an extended version of this with the footage they got, perhaps as a slower paced, more in depth explanation of potassium. I don't think either is more "objective". They're both meant to engage and inspire people around science using a subjects innate curiosities.
I don't care if it's faster paced, but with 10 more minutes we could have a 60% more in depth explanation, I may be wrong, or maybe overheard something, but we only got only a brief explanation about everything. He wasted some minutes on buildup and animation before we got into things.
This is kind of ridiculous. Everything is over the top. Just let Derreck do his usual thing. It works. Why did TH-cam have to change everything about the style just to release it as an original?
@Adrian M No, this was actually really good. Just because money and big companies are involved shouldn't change your opinion. This is Veritasium, just with better animation, better shots, better music, better quality. Do you really want to go back to old shitty youtube style videos, with garbage sound and 480p quality ? The only reason you are hating on this is because the youtube logo is on it.
I'm also wondering if part of the budget didn't come from mining companies. He explains how water is used to mine the potash safely, but no mention on how much water is used, how it impacts other uses of the river, etc. I've seen enough complains about the use of water in mining to suspect there's something left out here. And before someone jumps at me: no, I'm no concluding anything. I'm suspecting important information is left out, and without it it's impossible to form a complete picture.
@@frechjo I mean yes it does use water but who is to say it’s fresh water? And even if it does use a lot of water this process seems to be the safest and least impactful. And I still believe the environmental impact is outweighed by the food and other stuff it provides.
The style of the vid isn’t Dereks fault, it’s TH-cam’s. He mentioned in an earlier comment he fought hard against this editing style and will try and stand his ground for the next episode.
The fact is that he still gave in. He could have asked for money via Patreon like other creators, but instead he signed up and sold his personality and channel. I know it may sound brutal but it honestly is an act of distrust towards his viewers, and a statement he is choosing to pleas the algorithm over pleasing the viewer.
Especially the explosion sound effects are really annoying me. I just want to hear what the actual explosion sounds like, why the hell add another effect on top of it
@@BigDaddyWes not at all. I am sure you can spend a pile of cash on a product that feels closer to other things he makes. This isn't what I subbed for and it feels manufactured and actually feels cheap not money wise but content wise.
@@sirhenk5910 sorry to burst you bubble but there is no such thing as slow motion explosion sounds. High speed camera's don't record high speed audio. So everything you have ever watched with sound in slow motion has been edited. So any vid of the slowmoguys is also edited to hell.
I hope this video is just part of a new series to attract more casual viewers and not the only direction Veritasium is going to take from now on. As a physicist, I really enjoy in-depth videos about complex concepts like relativity. These were to be the signature of Veritasium and made the channel complementary to channels like Smarter Every Day.
I want to know if there was any external funding for this glorification of a severely devastating mining practice which is destroying a lot of southern america with the US strong-arming major salt processing over there
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Amazing video! The quality is way up. The shots, the interviews and on-screen guests, the script that builds tension and invites other voices… well done sir.
I think we should cut Derek some slack. He is clearly excited to be doing something he's always wanted to do, which is filmaking with a high budget. I think over time their editing style should find a good balance between "look how much this cost" and "we don't need to use all the takes".
Gotta agree with others: love the content, hate the editing style. I like your explanations, without being bombarded with constant sound and quick cuts. It's distracting and exhausting.
If you played Minecraft you would know, that an explosion in water (either by potassium or creepers or others) does'nt destroy anything! Please educate yourself!
"Potassium, along with nitrogen and phosphorus, help crops grow far larger, and makes them drought resistant." Wait, so electrolytes really are what plants crave?
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Many others have commented on the format, I don’t have very strong feelings on that, but please rethink the shaky graphics are very hard to look at and actually see what is going on.
The constant changing of the titles makes me think that's the general consensus. Maybe the new format, the editing style and camera shake aren't pulling in as many views.
@@toasttghost some of the sections are shaky, an example being 3:07 and a lot of the paper labels do the same shaking as they show up throughout the video
Good to see in the comments that I'm not he only one who liked the old Veritasium style more - come on, Derek, you must be rich enough already, please stick to your original style (it got you 8 Million subscribers).
@@kingborgiv4524 the “slow-paced school/college professor interested in the topic and knows what he’s going to talk about” vibes... just imagine the best professor/teacher in your school who starts teaching, one day, with over-enthusiasm...
I guess it was meant to appeal to an audience used to motion to grab their attention. I utterly loved it because all the little details kept me engaged - without resorting to fake-excited shouting, fake-surprised eyebrows and arm flails. It was the perfect amount of audio-visual-motion engagement for me. 👍✨
Might be that I'm just an oldie, but I prefer the less moderate kind of commentary and relaxed style. Even tho you can see that the production cost is high, the TV documentary style just isn't the for me I guess.
I kind of liked the style but the "how does pot-ash relate to blank" parts with the sticker felt like it would get repetitive with future episodes and wasn't that well written
Yeah, agree. I find it a little tasteless and generic - i.e. throwing bells and whistles at a perfectly fine show just seems to cheapen it and lose some of the individuality.
I'm going to watch this at least 2 more times, to cement all of the ways it can be made and which version creates which composition of Potash and then how each can be used!!! AWESOME video!!! Definitely knowledge worth knowing for sure!!!
My second cousin is a farmer, I’m a suburbanite, I hear him talk about spreading pot ash on fields over the years but I just assumed it was wood ash with other stuff mixed in, one day I looked it up and found it was a mineral and not ash. I came to this video after watching the video on Himalayan salt, great video, very informative.
i was into railroads in the 1970s and sent away to the Santa Fe for any materials they could send me. The brochure i got had a whole writeup on potash which was a very significant part of their traffix mix (like grain,lumber,coal,etc). Never did know what it was until this vid.
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem. Hjj
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem. Hjj
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem. Hjj
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem. Hjj
@@MadMadCommando TH-cam is always trying to be more like TV for some reason. These shows always have good content because of the people making them, but really annoying and cliche style and presentation which makes it feel like I'm watching some dumbed down version for wide TV audiences.
Two things: One, a great novel I read once, I think it was called Destiny's Road? Was about a human colony on an alien world, that had been there so long the colonists forgot they were colonists. The downside, there was no natural potassium on this planet. The pseudo-government were the only entity that knew how to grow potassium-rich plants in the alien soil, guarded very heavily. The plants were harvested and 'speckles' were sold in shakers, like salt and pepper, that people would buy from traveling merchants to put on their food. There was even a saying, "speckle-shy", as people who couldn't afford enough speckles would often end up with developmental disabilities... Also, we learned from Borat that Kazahkstan is the world's number one exporter of potassium, right?" :P
*As a Harvard Neuroscientist, here's a biological perspective on potassium.* The wonders and achievements of the 100 billion neurons in each of our brains would not be possible without the exquisitely regulated voltage and concentration gradients of several ions inside and outside of neurons, including potassium. Not only are potassium gradients and their conduction across transmembrane ion channels critical to the dynamics of electrical impulses (action potentials) of neurons, they also establish more complex neural network properties that generate oscillatory rhythmic patterns of activity (known as central pattern generators) to orchestrate our heart beat, respiration, locomotion, and state-dependent gating of different modalities of information processing to and from specific circuits across the brain. Videos coming soon. 🧠⚡
@@ufo2go He is a real professor, you can look up his name on LinkedIn. But I have been subscribed for almost a year and we still havent gotten any videos...
“mining is one of the most dangerous professions” yeah no crap. one creeper decides to blow up behind one of the miners and the whole thing lights on fire
While the video is amazing, I found the constant cuts around the explosions, and the broad, awe-filled, Discovery Channel-esque intro and tone of writing to be a bit distracting
TH-cam original = lots of tense sound effects for literally no reason. "What I'm looking for should be right over this ridg- SHHHHHHHHHWOOOP BANG SHAAAAAAA WAHWAHWAHWAH"
Exactly, it's so annoying. I hate productions like that. I didn't continue watching it because of that. I'm certainly intrested in the subject and learning new things. But this is made like an Hollywood Action movie which doesn't fit at all.
Excellent video, thank you Veritasium! It does raise some questions, however, specifically "can we do a better job of harvesting the potash without wasting so much water to evaporation?" Water is a precious commodity out west; it seems wasteful to throw away so much when reclamation is so simple. Ultimately, once you have the brine solution, your goal is then to separate the potash from the water. If your focus is on the potash, it's easy to see the water as expendable, but that leads to waste. Instead, if you consider the water as having value, then the problem becomes one humans have been dealing with for millennia, how to turn salt water into salt + fresh water. The easiest way to accomplish this would be to cover the evaporation ponds so that you can collect the evaporated, fresh water. This reclaimed water could then be put back into the system, reducing the amount of water taken from the river, or, sold off to the local public water supply.
My wifes family is from Moab. She graduated HS there and we lived there in the mid 70's. The Potash industry there employed alot of locals but it was just one of many mining type jobs in that area. Uranium was also big business in the Moab area. If you weren't mining the minerals you were trucking them and if you weren't trucking them you were processing the minerals in some mill or shipping them out on railcars to points unknown. But even I didn't fully know the history of Potash. This was very interesting and informative. I had no idea the overall impact and importance of that Potash. Thank you. I'm a new subscriber ✅ .
There are a few minerals sometimes isolated by open air distillation. Lithium production can involve similar ponds, with an even more elaborate pallet.
@@seth1422 Good point. That's a was we used to get a lot of our salt. Look for coastal towns ending 'pans' the lagoons where seawater was let in and closed off to evaporate.
I've seen way more of these at 17:51, still dont understand what they are lol like i understand it's something agricultural but dont understand the formation.
This is the kind of stuff I want to study in school, only if they present it like Veritasium it would appeal to many students, this guy makes learning a fun process!
Interesting to see that Veritasium decided that the current title is better than "Why are there huge colorful pools in the Utah desert?" 🤔 Seeing that it was the title originally
When I clicked on the video it was the same title you said, after watching the video it was: ‘K. The most explosive salt’. And now it is: ‘How These Desert Ponds Changed The World’ EDIT: The title has changed once again, now it is : ‘These Ponds Help Support Half The People On Earth’
True that. I watched because Veritasium, and because Derek managed to keep the presentation bearable. But I want science and technology, not watered down general audience content. We are a long shot from the Veritasium video on quantum spin. Let's hope he grabs the money and comes back to his standard, which was already excellent. Vsauce was more in line with this kind of editing: it was a phylosophy channel that used science and technology to bring reasoning forward. Veritasium is a science communication channel by the words of its own maker, so it needs to be in depth
TV was the original TH-cam. The first channels weren't much different than the first TH-cam channels. Just some dorks filming themselves doing stuff and broadcasting it.
I hated it too! What's great about youtube videos is they feel casual. They tend to have the sensibility of a podcast. It's jarring to see it overproduced like cable crap. The content is fantastic - super interesting video. But so frustrating to have the rock music blasting, and camera panning from a 1000 angles, like they're terrified we'll get distracted at any moment. Sometimes more money isn't better.
I'm really glad for Derek to have this level of production and his own show, must be a dream come true, but it doesn't feel the same anymore. I do agree with most comments around here, the need to get to those 20 minutes felt sluggish and unnatural, had to be 14 min at most, as usual. The over production might be a bad thing after all. Good content, great anchor, poorly edited.
I feel like youtube had too much influence in the production. This feels like a TV show which tries to keep your attention for as long as possible instead of wanting to teach you something
He's just trying to improve his production quality. I think it feels a bit jarring because we aren't used to this level of production on TH-cam videos, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.
So glad I found this video! I noticed these huge pools of - something - on Google Earth once, in the middle of a desert in China, and wondered what on Earth they could be. I mean, they were out in the middle of absolutely nowhere, with no cities, towns or habitation sites for what must have been hundreds of miles around, and they had to be enormous to show up at the altitude I was viewing from. Now I know what they are. Cheers!
Derek, I'm going to be honest with you. I really like your video's, I've watched them all. I've seen you grow in your style. I've seen you getting more professional. This video is an other step into the more professional television world. And I just want to say one thing. No matter what you do, or what subject you choose, you are a special person with a unique video making style and it would be hugely sad if that style would get lost when you collaborate with big compagnies. Also in this video I see you and your authenticity, but of all the video's you have produced I personally liked the video's the most where you are really your own enthusiastic self in stead of just an other tv presenter making a program on some interesting phenomenon. I hope you read this and I hope you will stay your truly fantastic curious authentic self. Much love!
Constructive criticism (from a lowly English teacher to junior high students in Japan): Derek has over 8 million subscribers, and this video has nearly 2 million views. Considering these statistics, the likelihood of your comment getting read, let alone replied to by Derek, becomes smaller with each passing day. My suggestion is to keep your message short and to the point. Address your concern first, then sprinkle in some praise. What you wrote seems heartfelt, and flatters Derek (which is nice!), but your main point -- your dissatisfaction (which many of us also have) with the (over)production of this video -- gets buried in what you wrote. (This is meant to helpful, not hurtful!)
*As a Harvard Neuroscientist, the potassium in your body is just as formidable as that contained within mined and manufactured potash salts.* The wonders and achievements of the 100 billion neurons in each of our brains would not be possible without the exquisitely regulated voltage and concentration gradients of several ions inside and outside of neurons, including potassium. Not only are potassium gradients and their conduction across transmembrane ion channels critical to the dynamics of electrical impulses (action potentials) of neurons, they also establish more complex neural network properties that generate oscillatory rhythmic patterns of activity (known as central pattern generators) to orchestrate our heart beat, respiration, locomotion, and state-dependent gating of different modalities of information processing to and from specific circuits across the brain. Videos coming soon. 🧠⚡
@eversome Sounds like you got stuck in a gridlock matrix watching Kelsey Grammer fall of stage over and over again. As for me, I just read some awesome science.
Oh cool, a brain scientist that I can finally field my question to. So what's your take on emergent order from chaos, in terms of human consciousness? Is the brain complex enough in it's many layered circuitry to house consciousness? I've seen information on gut microbes having something to do with bodily health (especially mental as well), so it seems like there might be a "many units working as one" thing going on. Perhaps the neurological tissue all throughout the body may have something to do with consciousness. Is there a general consensus taken by your field about this?
These are the videos I pay my internet bills for, very informative and entertaining, also value the hardwork put in...
What a compliment
These type of people are why I keep living
Yep, not for ur channel lol
Damn I pay my internet for memes lol
Such great vids the school system can revolutionize the education system if they change just a two things. Hiring the right teacher that is passionated about other learning like this guy and what you teach. It's no secret school are teaching so many useless topics that wont help you grow in life leaving other topics that are far more important like financial and what not and let me tell you, old ways dont open new doors... Education needs to change as time goes by.
I love how that bucket jumped all the way out of camera shot and then landed back on the table, that was so cool
That whole sequence had some pretty great accidental comedic timing.
I searched up raining indoor potassium for this and I couldn’t find this video but I found the channel and found the video on the channel.
Learn some other adjectives. Nothing cool about an explosion.
@@kenbellchambers4577 thanks for sharing your subjective opinion buddy
@@mranonymous3554 Seeing so many people brainwashed to the point of being literal monosyllabic morons is not a 'subjective analysis'. Every one wants to be a hipster. It is so cool to say 'so cool'. There are many other words in our diverse language, but it always 'cool', 'cool', 'cool' You know what is cool? A freaking dead penguin. Try some other words for a change, it doesn't hurt.
Fascinating video. Potash is also mined at the Bonneville Salt Flats outside of Wendover, Utah, which is like this place one of the stranger landscapes you'll ever see on Earth. Looking forward to more! -John
I know this is random, but yeah. This is why America has so much ammunition.
No one asked, JOHN!
Same company as the Moab plant. They bought it while I was with the company. Obviously different process though because of no underground mining. Same amine separation process. I liked the management at the Wendover site better though!
I live in Utah but I’ve never seen these
Not to be confused with Wendover Productions
being a chemist, I may be biased, but I suspect this is one of the most important lessons Ve has produced to date. Thank you, Derek.
the production value of this is insane...
Yeah really, wow... Giving me some strong Mythbusters(?) vibes.
Yoo i used to watch ur videos
Yeah, and it makes it feel dead. Like it's some corporate mayonnaise.
I far prefer his usual style, not overloaded with 'cool' TV crap.
@@Steelrat1994 Agree. The over the top producing (music, footage, script...)makes everything so exaggerated and over acted...
Everything used to be much simpler, and that’s not bad at all.
it is insane indeed...
So proud of you, this is such a GREAT SHOW!
Don't talk to me! I am famous! Don't dislike my good good GOOD videos! Don't talk to me, dear dario
I won’t buy TH-cam original
Like it
Curious.. a "show".. when i thinked this channel was all about science.
Totally agree, I like better the previous cozy style
Thanks TH-cam! I used to be the plant engineer at this potash plant from 2004-2007. It's still owned by Intrepid Potash Inc. out of Denver. Pretty accurate in all accounts technically. The solution mining method was at first just flooding the original room and pillar underground mine. In 2005 they drilled a set of interconnected horizontal boreholes through the potash bearing strata using the same tech used for horizontal oil and gas drilling. A small point of clarification, but the majority of the evap ponds are actually sodium chloride and the KCL is separated in the plant a few miles east via an amine bubbling process. The remaining sodium saturated water is actually recycled back down the pump shafts. KCL is preferentially soluble in water and this keeps the sodium byproduct from building up. All the feed lines are kept as saturated as possible to minimize corrosion, which as you might imagine can be a big problem.
How much danger is there of the pumped liquid leaking out into the nearby river? I know fracking has dangers of introducing contaminants into the water supply, but that is often due to the fragile nature of the rock where the natural gas is present. Does the potash have a similar structure and therefore similar dangers?
you mean thank veritasium
@@PrinceKaladin - The underground solution mining is not done under pressure like hydraulic fracturing (I also spent 18 years as a petrophysicist in the oil and gas industry) so no leakage from underground to the surface water. The ponds are lined with a synthetic rubber liner and they don't scrape it clean when the harvest the evaporated product with converted road scrapers. There is a rock hard layer of salt on the bottom. That said, there is no 400 acre ponds that do not leak, and there is some from the ponds. The water flows across some less permeable rock layers under the ponds and comes out near the river. There are a series of sumps and pumps to catch and recirculate the leakage. Honestly there is not much in the way of harmful contaminants in the water. Mostly just salts and some of the CuSO4, but in very trace quantities. I used to do mass spec analysis on occasion. But it's not great to salinate the Colorado either, so yea they do the best they can but it's not perfect.
Must be pretty weird seeing a place you're familiar with in a series about mysterious locales.
Is the copper sulfate in the formation or added? That wasn't clear to me. Thanks for expanding on the chemistry.
The amount of work you put in your videos is outstanding. You take your time explaining the details with great animations and experiments!
The amount of work put in this video is blowing my mind!!
True
Blowing my mine! 😂
@@DrManhattan84 He had a chance and missed it. 🤣🤣
Ha!..So vast
Just shows such a contrast on how most of these TH-cam science videos have little to zero new created content and little interest in informing. Many TH-cam channels are mostly parasitical, they just copy stuff to get short views.
I was more amazed by how strong that bucket is
looks like it got pulled up with strings or sum. very sus that it landed back upright
@@keatonspersonalemail9689 force of explosion was evenly distributed through the water so the bucket didnt spin much, plus the water kept the bucket heavy when it hit so it didnt go much of anywhere
@@keatonspersonalemail9689 why would they fake an explosion
@@pootzeketzi1233 cuz I’m high asf
@@keatonspersonalemail9689 hahaha
This is like 90's Discovery Channel, before it all went to reality show crap.
And shark week
2000's also had some good shows tho😣
This reminds me of Nat Geo
What if we have a reality TV show between a married couple of Potassium, Hydrogen, and their whiney kid, Oxygen?
@@runed0s86 Those would be some explosive episodes that's for sure 😂
I work in oil refining in a sulfur recovery unit. I recently took a class. We learned how sulfur is essential to life, and it's just a coincidence that sulfur production from refining has increased at the same rate that the population demand for sulfur. I think this could also be an interesting subject for a video.
I'm a 35 years old scientist, and this is the first time I learnt that the name "potassium" came from "pot ash". One of those trivia facts which you don't really learn in education.
But what gender is the potassium and how is it oppressed?
Maybe at your school. I learned this in 6th grade.
@@walperstyle are you trying to be funny
Looked at your acc, seems like ur just a lying creep that subs tonevery woman he can find
Kazakhstan has the best potassium
There’s too much Discovery Channel in my Veritasium.
? Mythbusters style I might say...
Maybe let it dry out in evaporation ponds and scrape the Veritasium off the top?
Ye, remove that TV mayonnaise from my youtube.
@@stanbinary Mythbusters was a bit more toned down and just about rode the line of bad and cheesy, but enjoyable.
I couldn't have said it better.
No one talking about how freaking epic was the bucket jump.
Good thing it was plastic!
I didnt notice that my jaw was dropped for about 3 minutes after that just trying to process what i had just seen
I know!! LOVED it!!! And I can't believe how he remained relatively mild in his amusement the whole time. Every time I've done an explosion demo, I jump like 5 feet in the air and yell "OH SH**!!!!"
You are
WHY did it jump tho ?? You would expect that water rapidly blowing up should push bucket down, but instead bucket just flies after water, like rocket flying backwards, weird.
When you mentioned that mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, it reminded me of another dangerous job. Saturation diving! I'd love to see an episode of that!
I think he should be given the budget of the TH-cam show but they don’t force him to use their commercialized editing and video structure.
But the props were nice.
I hate the whole low frame rate vibrating stuff aesthetic that this has
Agreed
That would be amazing. Same budget, but fire the graphics guys and spend it on science instead.
It was way too shaky. It's like the viewers are expected to have ADHD.
If Veritasium was a school there would not be a single person that hated science or maths. The way he explains with so much hard work i never wish to leave his videos unwatched.
So true. Leaders in education should take notice on how it should be done
@@TheHunter2 except the actual part of learning people hate is the repetition needed to understand a subject completely. Veritasium is a great teacher because he isn't forcing you to do the homework it takes to keep knowledge in ya brain.
Exactly schools are failing kids big time
@@Spencerjones_music3 its super sad.
I had this one math teacher who knew exactly what to say and i got straight A's.
Then i got another math teacher who was always goofing around and i got C's and D's.
One person can make such a big difference explaining the same stuff.
Cause even the same type of math gave me different grades just because of the teacher.
@@napoleonbonerfarte6739 I don't know... Watched it once; remember it all.
I am a 64 yr. man from Rochester, NY and I want to thank you for all that you have taught me. You're never to old to learn new things. I have spent my life composing music and I really think watching your show has made me better at it. I am happy to support your show. Your energy really drives the show. See ya!
I'm 65, we're not old. 60 is the new 50
didn't you know?
@@elcruzer6706 Really, you don't HAVE to comment.
He aint 64
Thank you for this! I'm still in my 20s and already feel like I'm too old to learn music (I never had the access/connection/proper introduction). My own brain is making me doubt myself, even when I'm aware of how wrong the thought is.
@@darksuprise1564 he actually is!
I saw these ponds on my flight from Denver to Bakersfield Ca and have wondered what they were ever since. They are so stark and noticeable in the terra cotta-colored landscape. I've shown them to several people with google maps because I think there so cool and unusual THANK YOU!
My meth addicted brother thought he could smoke it
Dear TH-cam: I love you because you're not TV. Don't try to become TV.
yeah I was like, if I wanted National Geographic I'd watch National Geographic
Why you are not happy with high quality content ?
@@zaidrahman1398 I've been subed to Veritasium for more then a decade. Derick is a great youtuber, but this video just reeks of that same vapid corporate energy that plagues shows on TV, and that destroyed the Discovery and History channels
@@zaidrahman1398 It's not about the quality, the style of filming and commentating made the video drag a bit imo. It's the same reason I hate most documentaries.
@@MadMadCommando the production values were unnecessarily high. It didn't improve the content at all.
Frankly, The off beat music and fast pace (or rather dramatic) effect doesn't go hand in hand with the Veritasium channel.. the more subtle tone is way better
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it feels exactly like an american discovery channel show
Yes
It's because it's a youtube original, so it's all TV show -ish
Yeah, dislike from me. Not beacuse I'm hating, I mean it as a genuine feedback - I'm hoping Derek and the team sees something needs to be changed. It was so fast and chaotic my head wants to explode, every graphic constantly moving, shaking, also Washington and Davy are nightmare fuel with those mouths lol. Also too dramatic, quick cuts, the music, everything feels just crammed in. But here's to hoping next one will be better!
So, I think this is due to the TH-cam originals, but the editing and pacing of this one are in contrast with the cozy and polite Veritasium-style. I can feel a "The History Channel" vibe here, it's just odd.
Yes, because this for TH-cam Original which means technically IT IS a TV show/series format
@Abhinavv Arora In this case it doesn't work. I sincerely appreciated Mindfield, because it wasn't in this TV-esque style.
@@farifairis7388 I know, but TH-cam has to be different from TV. I chose it for this reason. You have to be hooked by content, not from the fancy style. Feels like you miss the message, here. Even though the content is great as always
i don't like it at all
liked it, but I would've like the show a lot more if it didn't have all that way too loud, hyper-active music and sound effects. Also, those incredibly shaky graphics and camera angles are really hard to look at.
I personally prefer the much slower pace of the usual videos, rather than this more traditional TV-like pacing. They don't need to keep their audience's attention on such a tight leash, we're all here because we like his usual videos, which are generally calmer, slower paced, and less saturated (like geez it's like the colors are screaming at me in this video). A documentary-style series would've been much more in-line with that rather than... whatever this is
Awesome presentation!
Btw, I wish Derek did one presentation for each element in periodic table. It will be very insightful and educational to know the discovery, uses and properties of each element.
The channel Periodic Videos has an old series like this, check it out!
i'll second that! I would definitely watch.
damn this is a great idea! :D lets hope he makes it happen!
Read the disappearing spoon by Sam Kean. It is exactly that
It is not a good thing, that we re over populating.
My science teacher in high school once dropped a piece of potassium in a glass container of water, and caused the same explosion seen in this video. He had dropped a piece way bigger than intended. I still remember the terror we felt till this day, 40 years later.
Yeah, my science teacher wanted to show us how we could create hydrogen gas and then to show that it was hydrogen gas by the whooping sound it makes when burning. Except by mistake he used way higher molarities than intended and thus there was glass and acid everywhere in the room when the whoop instead turned into an explosion. He was shocked. We were shocked.
@@hen-rex Yeah, that was our case also. 😀
i would thought sodium would be more explosive, i see potassium is just as reactive as Na.
@@andrewcannon587 Both are Group 1 elements, potassium being one period lower has greater atomic radius, and lower ionization energy which means it's easier for K to lose the lone outer electron than Na. Gain or lose electrons = "reaction". Potassium therefore more reactive than sodium.
Our science teacher did the same thing and a small piece shot up and lodged into the drop ceiling tile and the fire dept had to be called.
Thank you Derek. As a chemist, I sort of knew about these things theoretically but you made it so real. That potassium explosion was wild. I've seen sodium hit water before but nothing like that. I once had to solve a mystery when sticks of white phosphorus (stored under water) were confused with sticks of sodium (stored under oil) and there were sudden delayed explosions as water penetrated under the oil. I heard that the DuPont Chemical company got its start during the Revolutionary war by skimming potash off of crystals from drying urine soaked soil to make gunpowder. I thought you were going there with your patent. And KCl as a fertilizer will carry along the chlorine which is a no-no on fields so how is it modified before application? Copper mines in Arizona also have beautiful blue pools of copper sulfate. Thanks for explaining the confusion in terminology between different meanings of potash. How about soda ash? I thought it's always sodium carbonate. Wonderful video!
Standard industrial process is to react KCl with NaNO3 for KNO3 and NaCl. Sodium nitrate is also mineable (chilean potash) as a naturally occurring mineral. There are some other modern routes, but this was before the Haber-Bosch process so it precludes readily available ammonia.
I wonder how they get the copper sulfate out of it once they add it in. Copper does kill algae, in fact it kills everything alive and never decompose (copper would be copper forever), so it is not something you want to spread into the environment if not necessary.
An addition: You "glibly" repeated a common nostrum about hunter-gatherers working all day long to scrape a bit of food from the environment. In their book, "The Dawn of Humanity" David Graeber and David Wengrow go back to anthropological sources to explore the truth behind the myths of the evolution of agriculture. They find that hunter-gatherers actually spent only half their time finding (abundant) food and were rather critical of agriculture which was sometimes tried and sometimes then abandoned for long periods. Think about the food basket which was Northern California for one obvious example but Tigris/Euphrates was another.
“I’ve seen this demo before, but never with such a huge explosion”
Mark Rober: “is that a challenge?”
Mark Rober: w o r l d s b i g g e s t p o t a s s i u m e x p l o s i o n
"Please do not try this inside at home kids...."
Rober? You mean styropyro?
@@well_as_an_expert_id_say
Styropyro would get a kilo of potassium and light with a laser
@@well_as_an_expert_id_say marks also a great scientist,
This is super interesting to me since I work for Nutrien Agriculture, the largest producer of potash in the world. They are based in Saskatchewan, and formed by a mergre of Potash Corp and Agrium. Thanks for the great video!
At the risk of repeating a lot of other comments, I subscribed to a different set of production values. I love the simple, conversational science that I've become accustomed to, and this new format is not something that I'm entirely comfortable with.
Same here.
@@WeatherManToBe YEASSS bring me my old Derek back! This is not him! They replaced him for a clone! TH-cam UNORIGINALS
I don't mind it. I think the intention is to have a try reaching a larger audience with a slightly more structured approach.
@@tysonion01 don't get me wrong, I get that. But that market is already mega saturated and you have 'dumb' the content down more and more to get traction in that space.
This direction will totally 100% get more views and grow the channel. It just won't get the same level of information out or discussions started.
This looks like a show that would run on the Discovery channel back in the day when it was actually good. Wow, Derek this is a new level of quality!
I agree, smb
This episode is like a nat geo documentary
... But without the dry narrator.
Nah, much more History Channel
Yeah, I found it disturbing as well. Not the usual Veritasium video I signed up for
@@panda4247 I have a headache
@@ammosophobia same
This video has such videography. The script is also very well written, in such a way that it generates curiosity to know more and more. It felt like I was watching a show on BBC or Discovery and it brings back so many memories, felt super nostalgic. Kudos to the writer, director, videographer, producer and everyone else involved in making this video, absolutely loved it!
bbc
To compare this to Discovery channel and BBC today is an insult to this video.
The difference between this video and most other Veritasium videos is ART DEPARTMENT! Models are always dope.
@@manicmartyr69 I mean, I get people are salty with the BBC for whatever political reasons they don't like but they have been at the forefront of broadcasting technology since forever. A lot of core tech that's used throughout the entire industry comes from the BBC's RnD departments from colour science to audio specs (I say this having worked as a colourist for the better part of a decade). Plus they do make some super pretty stuff. David Attenborough's shows have been the high bar for documentary film making since forever and always put a focus on pushing technology and film making forward. They might make some ropey looking scifi every now and then (looking at you Dr Who) but shows like Peaky Blinders show they can make some good looking TV when they want to. Can't say I dig Discovery's style much though. Only so many cheesy "the truth is out there" documentaries I can stomach :D
Absolutely, but what's with the weird caricature of Humphry Davy, you'd think he'd deserve some respect.
I'm extremely happy YT has finally recognized a creator and educator dedicated and able as Veritasium, but their approach is still off IMHO.
I remember the Vsauce series and to me that was far worse, but the overproduction with constantly different music, sound effects, low quality animations strip the clean and curated look of high quality TH-cam and instead feels like ripping off the Discovery Channel. We're getting better but i still feel like this isn't what it's needed. You don'0t have to dress up science and mesmerize us with distracting explosions sound effects, the content is already interesting, let it shine in itself!
you
@@NewsChannel-y4g wat
i mean
i don’t mind the high quality
i don’t think it is taking away from the content
THIS IS AN OPINION
@@AverageJoe610 for me “dumbing down” here is more noticeable than quality :|
Seems I’m getting old))
I agree. Veritasium on his own is great. This seemed very clickbaity, forced and unnatural. Maybe YTO had some guidance on what kind of content guaranteed retention in young audiences?
I prefer Veritasium suspended in the middle of giant illusion attached to celing spinning and talking
yes hahaha, i want him to have a higher budget but this style of documentary video is meh compared to his usual style
Please don't lose the personal touch and turn into an overproduced version of TV.
It would be shame
I love Ve but the editing made me cringe and the pace was so slow for the complexity of the subject. I felt like this video was aimed at children.
@@user-fs7eq8lq4w I hope that this is sarcastic like some kind of parody
@@ericcartman1929 ikr lmfao
@@user-fs7eq8lq4w Worse, it was aimed at boomers.
There is lots of potash mining in Saskatchewan (my home province) and it was really cool to learn about the history. I had NO IDEA of the origin with burned hardwoods. I have only ever known it as a mined substance.
The editing is so over-the-top. I've got to say, I prefer the more usual and calm editing.
Lolol okay so that's one
Finding this channel was one of the best things I've done for myself in a while. Thanks for all of the informative content.
So TH-cam Originals did an episode with Veritasium.
Can we have a Veritasium version please
This guy deserves his own TV documentary series.
He has one. Uranium, Chasing the dragons tail.....google it/
Although I appreciate the effort that went in this, I like the usual slower paced and more objective Veritasium video MUCH more..
more objective?
Feel this video was a bit overdeveloped if that makes sense
@@broughtonmark8 i gotcha. Fair enough
I The pace is faster, but both are equally enjoyable. I'd love to see an extended version of this with the footage they got, perhaps as a slower paced, more in depth explanation of potassium.
I don't think either is more "objective". They're both meant to engage and inspire people around science using a subjects innate curiosities.
I don't care if it's faster paced, but with 10 more minutes we could have a 60% more in depth explanation, I may be wrong, or maybe overheard something, but we only got only a brief explanation about everything. He wasted some minutes on buildup and animation before we got into things.
I think were all blown away by the fact that the bucket stayed upright after the explosion.
YESSSS
Yes of course I am
Not as blown away as that bucket
As well as intact!
Most intriguing part!
This is kind of ridiculous. Everything is over the top. Just let Derreck do his usual thing. It works. Why did TH-cam have to change everything about the style just to release it as an original?
money
It’s awful. Too much nonsense and not enough information.
@Adrian M No, this was actually really good. Just because money and big companies are involved shouldn't change your opinion. This is Veritasium, just with better animation, better shots, better music, better quality. Do you really want to go back to old shitty youtube style videos, with garbage sound and 480p quality ?
The only reason you are hating on this is because the youtube logo is on it.
I'm also wondering if part of the budget didn't come from mining companies.
He explains how water is used to mine the potash safely, but no mention on how much water is used, how it impacts other uses of the river, etc. I've seen enough complains about the use of water in mining to suspect there's something left out here.
And before someone jumps at me: no, I'm no concluding anything. I'm suspecting important information is left out, and without it it's impossible to form a complete picture.
@@frechjo I mean yes it does use water but who is to say it’s fresh water? And even if it does use a lot of water this process seems to be the safest and least impactful. And I still believe the environmental impact is outweighed by the food and other stuff it provides.
"So you trust me to fly this thing?"
"Hahaha, no."
The style of the vid isn’t Dereks fault, it’s TH-cam’s. He mentioned in an earlier comment he fought hard against this editing style and will try and stand his ground for the next episode.
Where is this comment btw ?
i'm not following - how can youtube force creators to edit their videos a certain way?
@@Tomas-rl5dx This series is produced by Google, who own TH-cam
The fact is that he still gave in. He could have asked for money via Patreon like other creators, but instead he signed up and sold his personality and channel. I know it may sound brutal but it honestly is an act of distrust towards his viewers, and a statement he is choosing to pleas the algorithm over pleasing the viewer.
@@foorack Greed but he is lying puppet anyway so its good that ge got himself fked.
"it's so reactive that it'll react with anything"
So basically, twitter is a potassium
I am wheezing hard
trueeee
i fully advocate for submerging all of twitter in a vat of oil, so it doesnt even get to react with the moisture in the air
Amen
Hahahaha. Similar.
I never really realized how annoying "TV Style" editing like this was until I stopped watching TV.
Especially the explosion sound effects are really annoying me. I just want to hear what the actual explosion sounds like, why the hell add another effect on top of it
So what you're saying is you prefer a smaller production budget?
@@BigDaddyWes not at all. I am sure you can spend a pile of cash on a product that feels closer to other things he makes. This isn't what I subbed for and it feels manufactured and actually feels cheap not money wise but content wise.
yeah, if could be edited without that 'TV' attitude and result in a much better video.
@@sirhenk5910 sorry to burst you bubble but there is no such thing as slow motion explosion sounds. High speed camera's don't record high speed audio. So everything you have ever watched with sound in slow motion has been edited. So any vid of the slowmoguys is also edited to hell.
I learned more in the first 4 minutes of this video than I ever did in Mr Hermann's science class.
I hope this video is just part of a new series to attract more casual viewers and not the only direction Veritasium is going to take from now on. As a physicist, I really enjoy in-depth videos about complex concepts like relativity. These were to be the signature of Veritasium and made the channel complementary to channels like Smarter Every Day.
Kévin Cognée I too like to learn and dislike infotainment thats watered down to the lowest common denominator.
I want to know if there was any external funding for this glorification of a severely devastating mining practice which is destroying a lot of southern america with the US strong-arming major salt processing over there
yea i hate this shitty editing. it's like watching an american tv show.
Keep it difficult, please. Old UK duffer here, with you from the start :)
"TH-cam Originals"
Me: Hmm, I wonder if that means...
Music in this video: Yep!
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Isood
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Isood
@@davidpadilla1354 just stop, goddamnit.
@@davidpadilla1354 take your meds
@@davidpadilla1354 You're gossiping about Obama.
Love this. Fascinating content.
Editing was a bit over-the-top though. Much prefer the typical "tell it like it is" style.
Nicely said.
Amazing video! The quality is way up. The shots, the interviews and on-screen guests, the script that builds tension and invites other voices… well done sir.
The editor of this video: "I paid for the whole software and I'll use the whole software"
I think we should cut Derek some slack. He is clearly excited to be doing something he's always wanted to do, which is filmaking with a high budget. I think over time their editing style should find a good balance between "look how much this cost" and "we don't need to use all the takes".
Gotta agree with others: love the content, hate the editing style. I like your explanations, without being bombarded with constant sound and quick cuts. It's distracting and exhausting.
A great educator, storyteller. I haven’t seen a science geek with such a brilliant story telling skill.
We owe you so much. ❤️
good video quality man!!!
4:15 - What amazes me is that the bucket jumped so high, and survived that explosion!
And landed upright
If you played Minecraft you would know, that an explosion in water (either by potassium or creepers or others) does'nt destroy anything!
Please educate yourself!
“Explosions in water don’t damage anything”
Submarines:🙄
@@angeloc1340 lmao
@@angeloc1340 r/woooosh
"Potassium, along with nitrogen and phosphorus, help crops grow far larger, and makes them drought resistant."
Wait, so electrolytes really are what plants crave?
Indeed.
But you also need to sprinkle enough toilet water on them, or they'll just dry out.
Brawndo's got electrolytes
Water? Like, out the toilet?
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Oow
@@davidpadilla1354 Hail Satan
Many others have commented on the format, I don’t have very strong feelings on that, but please rethink the shaky graphics are very hard to look at and actually see what is going on.
The constant changing of the titles makes me think that's the general consensus. Maybe the new format, the editing style and camera shake aren't pulling in as many views.
The graphics aren't hard to see and the camerawork is very minimally shaky wtf are you talking about?
@@toasttghost some of the sections are shaky, an example being 3:07 and a lot of the paper labels do the same shaking as they show up throughout the video
I watched the video in 2x speed and it makes this video look way better and you cant even notice the shake
Same
Nice homage to the Connections format 👏. My favorite classic science + history show.
feels a little bit like i'm watching a commercial disguised as a documentary
welcome to entertainment
Word
Accurate
Yeah... this dude clearly in the pocket of big pot ash...
@@Heywoodthepeckerwood big potash 10/10 lol
"That's a nice drone, man. So you trust me to fly this thing?"
"Umm... no"
Lets the professional fly the drone. In other news - great Discovery Channel style content, not too bad. Checked all the boxes for "content"
15:51 Mark he was really working that right camera joystick like a pro
@Jayden Tan SO THAT'S WHY MY OLD TEACHER PRONOUNCED IT AS "POTASHIUM"
This is like an over-the-top parody of Tom Scott.
He even talked about "Amazing Places"
and over-the-budget too!
Tom Scott seems like a cheap version of Vsauce
@@aiden3229 wrong
so an american version of tom scott
I like the nod to James Burke's 'Connections' series. Keep up the good work!
Good to see in the comments that I'm not he only one who liked the old Veritasium style more - come on, Derek, you must be rich enough already, please stick to your original style (it got you 8 Million subscribers).
what is original style?
@@kingborgiv4524 the “slow-paced school/college professor interested in the topic and knows what he’s going to talk about” vibes... just imagine the best professor/teacher in your school who starts teaching, one day, with over-enthusiasm...
The editing quality of this video is really distracting. The topic was awesome thought.
extremely so, to the point i paused it and decide to just do my own research.
Incredibly overproduced. Way too much.
For me it was the big toothy smiles they put on the cut-outs of Davy and Washington.
I guess it was meant to appeal to an audience used to motion to grab their attention.
I utterly loved it because all the little details kept me engaged - without resorting to fake-excited shouting, fake-surprised eyebrows and arm flails. It was the perfect amount of audio-visual-motion engagement for me. 👍✨
Might be that I'm just an oldie, but I prefer the less moderate kind of commentary and relaxed style. Even tho you can see that the production cost is high, the TV documentary style just isn't the for me I guess.
I totally agree mate.
I kind of liked the style but the "how does pot-ash relate to blank" parts with the sticker felt like it would get repetitive with future episodes and wasn't that well written
I am with you on this one.
Yeah, agree. I find it a little tasteless and generic - i.e. throwing bells and whistles at a perfectly fine show just seems to cheapen it and lose some of the individuality.
I get you, I liked the production though, great music as well.
I'm going to watch this at least 2 more times, to cement all of the ways it can be made and which version creates which composition of Potash and then how each can be used!!! AWESOME video!!! Definitely knowledge worth knowing for sure!!!
My second cousin is a farmer, I’m a suburbanite, I hear him talk about spreading pot ash on fields over the years but I just assumed it was wood ash with other stuff mixed in, one day I looked it up and found it was a mineral and not ash.
I came to this video after watching the video on Himalayan salt, great video, very informative.
i was into railroads in the 1970s and sent away to the Santa Fe for any materials they could send me. The brochure i got had a whole writeup on potash which was a very significant part of their traffix mix (like grain,lumber,coal,etc). Never did know what it was until this vid.
so you can spread potassium chloride on plants? I always thought that would be poisonous to plants because of the chlorine in it.
@@simonphoenix3789 no, you spread it on the soil and work it in. It’s nutrients for the plant once in the soil.
Veritasium was special for how real and human it felt :(
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Hjj
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Hjj
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Hjj
Praise God. Jesus, who reigns, my Husband and Son of God, comes soon. USA(Babylon) will be invaded by Russia to the east and China to the west and will lose. NYC will be destroyed. Repent and focus on Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Rapture is soon and the kingdom of God is near, so be holy. Obama is the antichrist and will use the rfid chip as mark of the beast with the False Prophet named Francis from Catholicism. There will be three days of darkness so please prepare as that will be when Jesus shall visit people. There will be fallen angels and giants and zombies and cyborgs and dinosaurs and persecution and many millions of deaths and disease like boils and tsunami to USA California and New Jersey and Florida and famine and fireball. Nuclear bombs shall strike. Canada and Europe and South America and asia shall also be affected with judgements. Time is short and Jesus is coming to collect a people without spot or blemish. Waters will turn to poison, The tribulation will be bad so enter rapture to escape. EMP coming to USA.All lives matter not just black lives. If you suffer from depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, mood swings, anorexia, suicide thoughts, loneliness, or have a disease, seek Jesus. Jesus can cure any disease. Husbands are head of the wives, husbands love wives and wives obey husband. Aliens are demons dont trust them. Osas is not always true. There will be a locust army that will wage war on humanity. Believe in faith to receive in prayer or you will not receive, those who exalt themselves shall be humbled but those who humble themselves shall be exalted first shall be last but last shall be first, seek Jesus and pray without ceasing, Keep 10 commandments even Sabbath, bless and not curse, repent of all sin, do unto others what you would want them to do unto you, harp music with praises to Jesus is biblical, read bible daily, cleanliness, no yoga or yoga pants, dont get COVID vaccine, love God, love others, avoid homosexuality, high heels, strife, sinful incest, guiding people into prostitution or lusting over nudity not married to you, Jehovah's Witness, witchcraft, sinful media like tv shows, unholy anime like death note and avatar last airbender and naruto and one piece and bleach, love of money, sex outside of biblical marriage, adultery, masturbation, porno/hentai, anal and oral sex and hand jobs, plastic surgery, football and idolizing football, merchants of the faith, addiction to facebook, sleeveless shirts and sinful shorts, sinful earrings and piercings, drunkenness, pride, smoking, gossip, lying,lacking faith, materialism, fictional books, dolls like dolls from Disney, no disney shows or movies, sinful movies like marvel, joking around, not loving God, unforgiveness, rap/music that doesn't glorify Jesus or God, cursing even parents, hate, suicide, videos games, trusting in self or humans over trusting in God and His Word, having any idol than Jesus, bikini and inappropriate clothing, sex with animals, arrogance, rebellion, Santa Claus, catholicism, 7th day adventist, lukewarmness, martial arts, freemasonry, energy drinks, skirts/dresses above the knee, tattoos, dying hair, star wars and the figures and movies and games, idolising sports and muscles and fitness and humans, abortion, islam, atheism, secularism, smoking cigarettes or marijuana or e cig, supporting or being a furry, orgies, swallowing semen, seeking the praises of men over God, burning government property sinfully, idolizing kpop stars or celebrities, hating God, dora the explora, cheating on your spouse with another person, bad thoughts like sexual thoughts and murdering thoughts, condoms, black goo, being rich in this life, loving this life, seeking popularity/ having favoritism/partiality,sex or lusting after animals or even children, racism, jehovah witness, mormonism, transgender, lies of evolution and big bang, flat earth, gambling, cheating or not paying on taxes when biblical required, mistreating orphans, bribes and taking bribes, leading at interest sinfully, murmuring, heresies, merciless, wrath, defamation, owing and being in debt, no affection, prosperity gospel, necromancy and mediums and astrology, hair extensions, God hates divorce, drinking human or animal blood, twilight book series, not helping the poor and needy and widows, not giving tithe (10% of income) and offerings, not being thankful to Jesus, not listening to parents, Halloween, 5g, avoid following other religion other than following Jesus Son of God. I am an unprofitable servant and least of everything by infinity. Best blessings to everyone every second forever by infinity God willing. Shalom aleichem.
Hjj
@@davidpadilla1354 what in the actual hell is this?
Dear TH-cam: I don't need an explosion every 2 min to keep me interested in science.
...But you do need to complain about TH-cam twice a video apparently. Also, this is just a channel on TH-cam... not the entire thing. 🙄
@@megamanx466 It's a sponsored TH-cam Original. This is what the TH-cam execs think the people want
@@MadMadCommando TH-cam is always trying to be more like TV for some reason. These shows always have good content because of the people making them, but really annoying and cliche style and presentation which makes it feel like I'm watching some dumbed down version for wide TV audiences.
@@MadMadCommando Well I and a number of other viewers like it, but many don't. Seems like he should do both formats. Both are fine to me anyway. 😅
@@ronanmcintyre It's only "dumbed down" if you're intelligent enough not to learn anything from it. The info is key; the format is arbitrary.
Two things: One, a great novel I read once, I think it was called Destiny's Road? Was about a human colony on an alien world, that had been there so long the colonists forgot they were colonists. The downside, there was no natural potassium on this planet. The pseudo-government were the only entity that knew how to grow potassium-rich plants in the alien soil, guarded very heavily. The plants were harvested and 'speckles' were sold in shakers, like salt and pepper, that people would buy from traveling merchants to put on their food. There was even a saying, "speckle-shy", as people who couldn't afford enough speckles would often end up with developmental disabilities...
Also, we learned from Borat that Kazahkstan is the world's number one exporter of potassium, right?" :P
I like how they're just interviewing people in the middle of the desert lol
Yea
Yea
Google money brought them out there and back.
That's Dead Horse Point State Park. Near Moab. Yes, next to Canyonlands NP.
Yes, it's in the middle of a desert.
At least that guy got an interview. How about the guy making glass? They probably spent hours with him and he only got 5 seconds of screen time.
Editors: So, how much shaking do you want?
TH-cam: *Y E S*
So annoying
Oh, and more explosions, please.
This feels like the American remake of to Tom Scott's BBC.
Haha, and not in the good way. It's a shame, because the normal Veritasium videos are great.
Isn't he Australian, from Canadian family?
Copycat
More like Australian, but yeah his American accent is pretty good.
He’s Australian
Outstanding video, Derek, as always. Fun to learn, interesting topic, and expertly narrated. Well done.
whoever did the soundtrack and foley got a little carried away...
yeah it was a bit intrusive but the video is great otherwise
agreed
Agreed. I would have liked to hear what the actual explosions sounded like.
0:20
The music is so much compressed I get a head ache, and had to stop watching.
Audio engineer: Which dials and buttons should I use?
Producer: Y E S .
*As a Harvard Neuroscientist, here's a biological perspective on potassium.* The wonders and achievements of the 100 billion neurons in each of our brains would not be possible without the exquisitely regulated voltage and concentration gradients of several ions inside and outside of neurons, including potassium. Not only are potassium gradients and their conduction across transmembrane ion channels critical to the dynamics of electrical impulses (action potentials) of neurons, they also establish more complex neural network properties that generate oscillatory rhythmic patterns of activity (known as central pattern generators) to orchestrate our heart beat, respiration, locomotion, and state-dependent gating of different modalities of information processing to and from specific circuits across the brain. Videos coming soon. 🧠⚡
Eagerly waiting for the videos , after reading this.
I’ve been seeing comments from you for months and months, every single one saying that there are videos coming soon... where are they? 😂
13 thousand subscribers and no bloody videos. Some sort of science experiment I figure. Subscribed anyway. 📋
Ok boomer
@@ufo2go He is a real professor, you can look up his name on LinkedIn. But I have been subscribed for almost a year and we still havent gotten any videos...
“mining is one of the most dangerous professions”
yeah no crap. one creeper decides to blow up behind one of the miners and the whole thing lights on fire
M i n i n g A w a y
Minecraft Reference.
I D o n t K n o w W h a t To M i n e
B u t I l l M i n e I t A n y w a y
M i n e d i a m o n d s
Awesome video, thank you a lot for what you do!
I’m sensing a conflicting point of view here.
Derek thought it was an educational video about an odd subject.
TH-cam thought it was a murder mystery.
Exactly
While the video is amazing, I found the constant cuts around the explosions, and the broad, awe-filled, Discovery Channel-esque intro and tone of writing to be a bit distracting
I think we can all agree that potash is far more riveting content than murder trials.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I can agree. I was on the edge of my seat.
@@Yorb. living life on the edge
TH-cam original = lots of tense sound effects for literally no reason.
"What I'm looking for should be right over this ridg- SHHHHHHHHHWOOOP BANG SHAAAAAAA WAHWAHWAHWAH"
lol
Exactly, it's so annoying. I hate productions like that. I didn't continue watching it because of that. I'm certainly intrested in the subject and learning new things. But this is made like an Hollywood Action movie which doesn't fit at all.
Accurate
@@brunhildegerdruth643 I agree, it was very distracting
Amen
This is the uncanny valley of production value.
Haha! Very true.
Well said!
couldnt have said it better
Excellent video, thank you Veritasium! It does raise some questions, however, specifically "can we do a better job of harvesting the potash without wasting so much water to evaporation?" Water is a precious commodity out west; it seems wasteful to throw away so much when reclamation is so simple. Ultimately, once you have the brine solution, your goal is then to separate the potash from the water. If your focus is on the potash, it's easy to see the water as expendable, but that leads to waste. Instead, if you consider the water as having value, then the problem becomes one humans have been dealing with for millennia, how to turn salt water into salt + fresh water. The easiest way to accomplish this would be to cover the evaporation ponds so that you can collect the evaporated, fresh water. This reclaimed water could then be put back into the system, reducing the amount of water taken from the river, or, sold off to the local public water supply.
"I'm surrounded by rocks, and landforms, and... this scrub." [looks at my reflection]
"I don't want no scrub, a scrub is a guy that can get no love from me..."
*closes helmet* KEEP FIRING, SCRUBS!
@@Nemozoli no pigeon either
My wifes family is from Moab. She graduated HS there and we lived there in the mid 70's.
The Potash industry there employed alot of locals but it was just one of many mining type jobs in that area. Uranium was also big business in the Moab area. If you weren't mining the minerals you were trucking them and if you weren't trucking them you were processing the minerals in some mill or shipping them out on railcars to points unknown. But even I didn't fully know the history of Potash.
This was very interesting and informative. I had no idea the overall impact and importance of that Potash. Thank you. I'm a new subscriber ✅
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your wife is a cod killstreak brother
I remember seeing those ponds from aerials before, thanks for educating us!
Same
Google can often show up shadows cast. It helps you deduce the topography.
There are a few minerals sometimes isolated by open air distillation. Lithium production can involve similar ponds, with an even more elaborate pallet.
@@seth1422 Good point. That's a was we used to get a lot of our salt.
Look for coastal towns ending 'pans' the lagoons where seawater was let in and closed off to evaporate.
I've seen way more of these at 17:51, still dont understand what they are lol like i understand it's something agricultural but dont understand the formation.
This is the kind of stuff I want to study in school, only if they present it like Veritasium it would appeal to many students, this guy makes learning a fun process!
Absolutely fascinating. The juddery cutout animations are incredibly annoying, though. Please don't keep them for future episodes.
I agree with Reed Bowman. I second his motion.
Can you give me a timestamp?
@@aar6538 0:00 to 19:24 :D
Interesting to see that Veritasium decided that the current title is better than "Why are there huge colorful pools in the Utah desert?" 🤔
Seeing that it was the title originally
Yeah I got so confused
Yup. I thought the other one was better
Can he A/B test us?
He often changes the title to something less clickbait-y after a day.
When I clicked on the video it was the same title you said, after watching the video it was: ‘K. The most explosive salt’. And now it is: ‘How These Desert Ponds Changed The World’
EDIT: The title has changed once again, now it is : ‘These Ponds Help Support Half The People On Earth’
I hate how they're trying to turn TH-cam into TV
True that.
I watched because Veritasium, and because Derek managed to keep the presentation bearable.
But I want science and technology, not watered down general audience content. We are a long shot from the Veritasium video on quantum spin.
Let's hope he grabs the money and comes back to his standard, which was already excellent.
Vsauce was more in line with this kind of editing: it was a phylosophy channel that used science and technology to bring reasoning forward.
Veritasium is a science communication channel by the words of its own maker, so it needs to be in depth
That’s why they’re called channels
TV was the original TH-cam. The first channels weren't much different than the first TH-cam channels. Just some dorks filming themselves doing stuff and broadcasting it.
I hated it too! What's great about youtube videos is they feel casual. They tend to have the sensibility of a podcast. It's jarring to see it overproduced like cable crap. The content is fantastic - super interesting video. But so frustrating to have the rock music blasting, and camera panning from a 1000 angles, like they're terrified we'll get distracted at any moment. Sometimes more money isn't better.
Though if Derek reads this: I loved the content of the video! Brilliant as always!
Once again ,another holy grail video. I mean, I always loved your channel forreal, but the consistency of your content is just unmatched to me.
“So I can fly your drone?”
“No, you can control the camera on the drone.”
Lol 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
What type of drone was that?
@@2inchANDY dji inspire 2 i think
Nicest way of saying "HELL NAH!"
I'm really glad for Derek to have this level of production and his own show, must be a dream come true, but it doesn't feel the same anymore. I do agree with most comments around here, the need to get to those 20 minutes felt sluggish and unnatural, had to be 14 min at most, as usual.
The over production might be a bad thing after all.
Good content, great anchor, poorly edited.
I feel like youtube had too much influence in the production. This feels like a TV show which tries to keep your attention for as long as possible instead of wanting to teach you something
Don’t get all “corporate” on us. We love this channel just the way it was/is! 👍
He'd be sponsored if he was. He is just stating an undeniable truth.
he doesnt even make money on this
He's just trying to improve his production quality. I think it feels a bit jarring because we aren't used to this level of production on TH-cam videos, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.
So glad I found this video! I noticed these huge pools of - something - on Google Earth once, in the middle of a desert in China, and wondered what on Earth they could be. I mean, they were out in the middle of absolutely nowhere, with no cities, towns or habitation sites for what must have been hundreds of miles around, and they had to be enormous to show up at the altitude I was viewing from. Now I know what they are. Cheers!
The shaking of the animations hurts my head
Derek, I'm going to be honest with you. I really like your video's, I've watched them all. I've seen you grow in your style. I've seen you getting more professional. This video is an other step into the more professional television world. And I just want to say one thing. No matter what you do, or what subject you choose, you are a special person with a unique video making style and it would be hugely sad if that style would get lost when you collaborate with big compagnies. Also in this video I see you and your authenticity, but of all the video's you have produced I personally liked the video's the most where you are really your own enthusiastic self in stead of just an other tv presenter making a program on some interesting phenomenon.
I hope you read this and I hope you will stay your truly fantastic curious authentic self.
Much love!
Constructive criticism (from a lowly English teacher to junior high students in Japan): Derek has over 8 million subscribers, and this video has nearly 2 million views. Considering these statistics, the likelihood of your comment getting read, let alone replied to by Derek, becomes smaller with each passing day. My suggestion is to keep your message short and to the point. Address your concern first, then sprinkle in some praise. What you wrote seems heartfelt, and flatters Derek (which is nice!), but your main point -- your dissatisfaction (which many of us also have) with the (over)production of this video -- gets buried in what you wrote. (This is meant to helpful, not hurtful!)
*As a Harvard Neuroscientist, the potassium in your body is just as formidable as that contained within mined and manufactured potash salts.* The wonders and achievements of the 100 billion neurons in each of our brains would not be possible without the exquisitely regulated voltage and concentration gradients of several ions inside and outside of neurons, including potassium. Not only are potassium gradients and their conduction across transmembrane ion channels critical to the dynamics of electrical impulses (action potentials) of neurons, they also establish more complex neural network properties that generate oscillatory rhythmic patterns of activity (known as central pattern generators) to orchestrate our heart beat, respiration, locomotion, and state-dependent gating of different modalities of information processing to and from specific circuits across the brain. Videos coming soon. 🧠⚡
I'm stoked for those videos. Subbed.
So you're saying we should harvest people? On it boss! 😁
@eversome Sounds like you got stuck in a gridlock matrix watching Kelsey Grammer fall of stage over and over again. As for me, I just read some awesome science.
Oh cool, a brain scientist that I can finally field my question to.
So what's your take on emergent order from chaos, in terms of human consciousness? Is the brain complex enough in it's many layered circuitry to house consciousness? I've seen information on gut microbes having something to do with bodily health (especially mental as well), so it seems like there might be a "many units working as one" thing going on. Perhaps the neurological tissue all throughout the body may have something to do with consciousness. Is there a general consensus taken by your field about this?
As a Harvard Neuroscientist, you should know how to construct sentences a little better than that first one..
FANTASTIC documentary! Truly one of the best I’ve seen.