The 'Finger of Death' that Freezes Everything it Touches | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth

Under the ice freeze of Antarctica, the water normally remains around minus two degrees. This might sound cold, but compared to the icy surface, it's a balmy and stable climate. However, danger from above can sometimes make its way down to the ocean floor…
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Taken from 'Earth's Great Seasons' (2016)
Every year, spectacular seasons transform our planet. These beautiful stand alone films explore the unique opportunities and challenges posed by each season. Spring brings new life, but it's also a dash to wake up and get ahead of everyone else. Summer is a time of long days and glorious abundance. But the living isn't always easy when the temperatures rise. Autumn brings the world's most spectacular transformations. It's also the last chance to breed, to grow up, to stock up before the cold returns. And during winter - the most magical, dramatic season of all - animals find inventive ways to survive.
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[@kongogaming]

That is the most sinister looking piece of ice I have ever seen.

[@yepyep340]

you have not seen my ex-wife. just like it

[@kidkique]

🔥​@@yepyep340

[@TheSmokedIrises]

the eerie music definitely helps with the sinister...

[@junglejuicejuno]

as a pokemon fan, thats the second most sinister piece of ice ive seen

[@jogglehead]

It's the most fakest piece of ice I've seen.

[@temporaladvisor3958]

This looked like a scene from a sci-fi/horror film. High praise for the people who filmed this awesome, and slightly horrific, video.

[@DRT813]

Yes, looks like from The Day After Tomorrow!

[@CosmicTeapot]

@@DRT813 I feel bad now for laughing so hard at the idiocy of the characters having to quickly run away from cold before it catches them... when it turns out it's not so far from reality after all!

[@ThatGuy7433]

It's CGI...

[@CosmicTeapot]

@@ThatGuy7433 No. There's added sound design and the footage is accelerated, but there is no CGI. Confidently incorrect people always make me smile.

[@ThatGuy7433]

@@CosmicTeapot This is CGI....I'm not gonna argue on this. Believe whatever it is you want to believe.

[@Sergiocrivelin]

Whoever filmed this deserves a raise.

[@ethzero]

I'm sure they came to the surface eventually.

[@mr.joshua204]

They died

[@itskittyme]

it's just CGI dude

[@Niyvee]

@@itskittyme its not. Its a time lapse

[@jimmycline4778]

1:57 This doesn’t even look real!

[@Sleezy.Design]

What's almost as fascinating and mindblowing as the earth we're living on is the way these beautiful scenes were captured. I can't wrap my head around how you go about filming something like this. Not just this segment, but the entirety of the "Planet Earth" movies. Nonstop high quality visuals with amazing storytelling, often filmed under extreme temperatures and/or dangerous circumstances. Massive props to the crews that are responsible for capturing these amazing images!

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

I'm just mind blown by the scenery at 3:46 ... Like just pause this image and look at it, it looks like a whole other planet! You have the light piercing the sky and the frozen clouds, a weather effect like the whirlwinds of ice, different animals on the ground going about the cycle of their life, ground rocks and mounds, even a frozen river! It is breathtakingly amazing!

[@Sleezy.Design]

@xxCrimsonSpiritxx you're so right, this really looks like an alien landscape. The crazy thing is that we don't know *anything* about at least 80% of the bottom of the ocean yet! That means that there are probably even more mindblowing landscapes and creatures down there that we can't even imagine. I really hope that I live long enough to see this amazing camera crew get down there and capture some images of places that we haven't discovered yet

[@HeatherValentineMsFoodie]

YES!!! 💝💝💝 💯 even if the ending makes me cry 😢😢😢😢😢

[@livingproof9622]

3:39 I’m amazed at whoever came up with how to film all this. Kudos.

[@Hypnostedon]

That was me. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@Peckish_Farm_Animal]

Yeah, me too, thank you very much we both worked so hard on this

[@AM-rt8ky]

they're both lying. I filmed it. It was very cold brrr but I had my supermodel girlfriend warming me up at night in the tent. I remember exactly what she said when I showed her the footage " your di*k is huge , as big as the gear stick of the Bugatti you own" . I was a bit sad that she didn't care about my footage .

[@Saltcracker007]

It was a collaboration

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

Good CGI work, they even made it look real.

[@erichodge567]

This is why I love these BBC nature shows. I've lived 66 years and never heard about "brinicles" until this very day. Amazing...

[@VoidHalo]

I'm a science nut of 40 years, though not AS much interest in meteorology and climatology, but I'm not wholly unfamiliar with it. I've heard OF brinicles maybe 10-15 years ago, but after that long I forgot what they were if I ever knew in the first place. It's not exactly something that comes up often that it can remind you what it is. Apparently only once a decade.

[@dragonf1recdn]

@@Only1Nono casually plug an irrelevant hashtag why don't you

[@Ace-990]

Bot ​@@Only1Nono

[@nedread6700]

We grew up on them, delicious

[@seingesetzewiglich]

So much About "everything melting" and "earth heating"

[@Pulsonar]

The way that ice tornado came in sending the animals scrambling for their lives was superbly captured. Shows the same world of fear and survival like our own even if it’s on a much slower timescale to ours.

[@yifanruan192]

idt they were aware of it coming. that part i sped up so it looks like theyre scrambling

[@Skullguy-w7b]

😶

[@CuracaoChic]

It's not a tornado. Its a brinicle - like an underwater icicle. I guess maybe more like Zeus sending down an ice bolt but it takes 5-6hours to reach the ground.... lol

[@hanak9849]

i meann, the starfish are scrambling for their lives in slow-mo🤔🤔. the ice is slow-mo too. hmmm🤔🤔

[@johnwang9914]

More like a salt water stalagmite than a tornado. It's all about the eutectic.

[@abelincoln3261]

3:58 minutes of pure magic. Well done, thanks BBC .

[@Dimaz42]

_"Finger of Death" refers to a phenomenon called a brinicle, which is an underwater icicle that forms when supercooled saline water is expelled from sea ice. As the denser, extremely cold brine sinks, it freezes the seawater around it, creating a tube-like structure that extends downwards. Anything the brinicle touches, such as sea life on the seafloor, can freeze in its path._ _The speed at which a brinicle forms can vary, depending on factors like temperature, salinity, and water depth. Typically, a brinicle can form at a rate of a few centimeters to about 10 centimeters (4 inches) per minute. However, the exact speed may fluctuate depending on the local conditions in Antarctica where they occur._

[@ChiakiClaire-qu6xi]

I've been looking for this. Thank you ❤

[@JungleJoeVN]

Thank you Wikipedia.

[@Dimaz42]

@@JungleJoeVN *ChatGPT 😅

[@AHeuvelman-su8ji]

Bent u dom of wat? Wat u zegt is een waarneming maar geen verklaring. Eigenlijk zegt u, dat het is zoals het is. Erg dom, wilt u ons zand in de ogen strooien.?

[@SSi-nq3rt]

thanks allot. Was really wondering.

[@koopakarmichael5856]

This deserves some type of film award. Truly amazing footage.

[@howdareyou41]

no way this isn't seriously enhanced with cgi

[@hugoteupel8382]

@@howdareyou41why would BBC Earth enhance that with cgi

[@AlbertGuilmont]

@@hugoteupel8382 AI + dumb viewers = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@McYeroc]

Not one single bit after the seal looked real.​@@hugoteupel8382

[@TheJolleyTravellers]

Agreed ❤

[@waynetemplar2183]

Those starfish scuttling over the freezing cold brinicle remind me of my wife when she leaves the warmth of the duvet in a winter's night to go to the toilet

[@sergiom9958]

Run Patrick! Run!

[@70rodal]

LMAOOOOO LMAOOOOO LMAOOOOO 😂😂😂

[@girlbuu9403]

Brinicle: Patrick: He's just standing there! MENACINGLY!

[@70rodal]

@@girlbuu9403 LMAOOOOO LMAOOOOO LMAOOOOO

[@Cleeon]

Patrick is one of starfish which run after he positioned himself at safe spot already but then go back to the brinicle finger of ice after it, he just want to say " Hello, I change my mind, I think become frozen here is cool 😎" 🤣😂😭

[@SirPano85]

Patrick is an already frozen starfish that somehow unfrozen but with brain damage.

[@ryanbw]

The motions of that one starfish trying to pull his frozen "leg" out of the ice look so human at this speed!!

[@ellyketchum3290]

I need to know which one you mean. There is so many :0

[@jase123111]

I saw that The poor little.guy. The film makers should have helped him and his buddies 😢

[@chrisnorrbom2413]

​@ellyketchum3290 the starfish at 3:24 towards the middle left

[@johnjohnnie7319]

@@chrisnorrbom2413 Looks like me getting out of bed lol

[@ReginaRegenbogn]

Helping/ influencing nature is a big no for film makers. They are there to document, not touch. In addition, the images were most certainly taken by a remote camera. No diver wants to spend hours in freezing water. So helping the starfish was not even possible, even if they wanted to.

[@christiandulaney1638]

This is shockingly good footage. Absolutely breathtaking! You can almost feel the cold and desolation.

[@tystin_gaming]

Yes CGI can look quite breathtaking

[@Go2hell-fulgybitch]

​@@tystin_gamingnot everything is cgi GOBSHITE its actually real footage if you bothered to research it and get away from video games dumbass 🙄

[@AudreyLudlow]

How can you not tell it is CGI? It looks so janky!

[@Go2hell-fulgybitch]

@@AudreyLudlow are you dumb just asking so your expecting it to look perfect andvyouve never heard of time-lapse before

[@tystin_gaming]

Instinctively creatures will avoid things bad for it. So to see so many starfish just somehow love the ice cold freeze and move towards it should be proof enough.

[@krayte5120]

3:38 Patrick thats the Frostmourne...

[@darudesandstorm999]

Underrated comment

[@minisculex3]

The frostmourne Patrick

[@vwildlife]

BBC Earth nailed it again! The perfect mix of background sound and the narrator's voice makes this a truly captivating watch

[@culsud]

its as good as a well made movie

[@alexsnell8177]

When I die I want to hear this entrance music and the narrators voice!

[@liamgross7217]

Respect to the production team. BBC documentaries set the standard.

[@JungleJoeVN]

They just want to advertise Click-Up.

[@CFox.7]

1: dont talk over the Weddell Seal when it was calling 2: actually tell us the time lapse period of the ice finger catching the starfish

[@Spicy_Pita]

I love how everything looks underwater. So beautiful.

[@Machi--_--Komacine]

Ikr? it's so relaxing to watch

[@tangojuli209]

Who knew starfish and sea urchins and sea worms could survive in those temps all! Catching that timelapse of the Icy Finger of Doom was AMAZING!

[@hunterhq295]

Am surprised the cameraman can go underwater so cold

[@Cleeon]

I have same question,who recording this, a cameraman or some robot? ​@@hunterhq295

[@moos5221]

I was surprised and confused to see an octopus down there, I always thought they only live in the warmest waters.

[@jogglenoggle9579]

@@moos5221 life uhhhh... finds a way

[@moos5221]

@@jogglenoggle9579 hm, why are there no cats down there in that case?

[@yandhayudhian2820]

0:25 at first, i thought it was the crew yelling

[@IdanHuSlaa]

😅

[@OZTutoh]

Alan!

[@julieagarcia6259]

That made me so sad!😢 I have watched nature documentaries since the early 60s. I have never seen this phenomenon. The advancement in filming and the courage of the scientists and photographers to record these events are truly magnificent. There is always more to learn about our world.

[@uncannyposthuman]

Love your comment, I agree! For these people to reveal and share the mysteries of Nature with the world is something so special and important. It really stirs up a sense of the awesomeness and wonder of our planet, and makes you feel more appreciation for the Earth as our home.

[@DomzyDX]

I feel like this was CGI. The ice didn't seem to consistently clip right with the ground.

[@julieagarcia6259]

@@DomzyDX I don’t think so. Wouldn’t they be called out? They do accelerate the film speed to show the various processes.

[@User_92020]

😂

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

@@julieagarcia6259 it seems so fake! I'm pretty sure they have to CGI it because we can't get there.

[@wvmountaineer80]

That's insane i felt bad for those poor creatures that was a creepy ice finger

[@cris79667]

the obvious has been stated. thank you

[@wvmountaineer80]

@@cris79667 your welcome

[@MajSolo]

and they do not have eyes, which direction should I go? Bummer this it crap!

[@user-hc3tc9wh3r]

@cris79667 Bad day?

[@Shrivedh]

Kudos to Robin Cox and his team at BBC Earth for this remarkable footage. Appreciate the timelapse as I have work in the morning and didn't have 12 hours to wait for the brinicle to reach the bed.

[@mentalizatelo]

Just WOW.... Earth is such an amazing place. Amazing footage, incredible job for the BBC.

[@stevebennett9839]

That is terrifying and beautiful all at the same time.

[@walkingwith_dinosaurs]

Just as life in general is

[@Nichaansama]

Sums up LIFE

[@subhamdaslovesraptor99]

@@walkingwith_dinosaurs Yes. True.

[@Freedom_Aint_Comfort]

Yes satan is devouring people but only Jesus can save us from his terror.

[@mattbradley408]

@@Freedom_Aint_ComfortThis isn’t how you lead people to Christ, it will only push them away from annoyance🙏God bless

[@guttagutta420]

The seal came up and said “HEY”…😂

[@BaihaqiNuqman]

( Build the helicopter ) 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Chris47368]

"HEY! WOO!" I knew i was not the only one who thought the seal sounded human! 😂

[@G4nymedes]

Hey, what that icy stare?

[@kvslikeme]

@@BaihaqiNuqman FR

[@classicrkr2480]

0:35 “So she resorts to using her teeth.” There isn’t enough Sensodyne on Earth that could get me to do that.

[@LarsVallin]

Best comment!

[@vidwatcher365]

She’s probably got much better teeth than humans due to her virtually no carb diet. Chewing gristle and bone also keeps carnivore’s teeth clean, if you look at wild big cats, wolves, hyenas etc their teeth are gleaming

[@vidwatcher365]

She’s probably got much healthier teeth than humans due to her virtually no carb diet. Chewing gristle and bone also keeps carnivore’s teeth clean, if you look at wild big cats, wolves, hyenas etc their teeth are gleaming. Plus she’s evolved to do it

[@andreasaa2000]

@@vidwatcher365 🤓

[@musicaccount3340]

@@vidwatcher365 plus, she doesn't live long enough for tooth decay to become a problem

[@Nandakumarweb]

The eerie music, the camera works... this is much better than hollywood movies

[@gaiaakatheearth5604]

Nature is metal.

[@yvetteandjorgenlarsen9753]

Well, Real life is so much more interesting Than some made up movie.

[@ImTheRipper]

That is so sad and beautiful at the same time. Nature is a poet.

[@finnthedog5321]

It's like a fairy tale movie with an ice witch dipping her finger to use her curse.

[@johnanhmmiii]

Yeah you're so right on that, I can feel that there could be a lore about this thing

[@Badficwriter]

@@johnanhmmiii It looked like something out of Wrath of the Lich KIng from World of Warcraft.

[@samuellanghus1455]

@@johnanhmmiii Jadis from Lion, Witch and Wardrobe turning all she despises to stone with just a touch of her wand comes to mind.

[@winterbear8633]

I'm using the Finger of Death in a D&D adventure for sure

[@rahilraza1344]

This has to be the most beautiful and sinister looking thing ever out there

[@serrielu8025]

I would like to see a video of a real one.

[@Ventira_Aqanin]

@@serrielu8025 This is a video of a real one what do you meaaaaaan, its timelapsed otherwise we'd be watching the video for months.

[@lenny9989]

@@Ventira_Aqanin Not months, probably just a few hours.

[@TheN9nth]

@@serrielu8025 lol dumbass

[@enekaitzteixeira7010]

No.

[@balkan_thoughts-zt7pr]

Everyone says congrats to whoever filmed this, but the sound effects are top notch!

[@olartio2185]

Yea yea but what about the actor sea urchins and starfish that sacrificed themselves for this film

[@N0DN4RB7]

When the finger of death touched all those starfish and they all wilhelm screamed, I felt that.

[@marknorthrup4897]

Just beautiful! Thank you for taking me to a place that is unimaginable and foreboding and inaccessible. I have lived long enough to see amazing things and I am extremely thankful.

[@xCosmicMuffinManx]

That's is so insane how an ice river can form underwater like that. It doesn't even look like it took place underwater. Like it was a freezing cold wave washing over land. Super interesting to see never knew about this

[@takla3210]

There are also underwater lakes, believe it or not.

[@fireradfieritis8953]

​​@@takla3210 Brine pools, yeah. Denser than the water around them, they sink to the lowest point they can find. They're so salty that anything nearby risks sodium poisoning. It would seem Goo Lagoon was more factual than first expected.

[@warr5250]

@@takla3210yeah the goo lagoon

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

You're right, the glaciers look like clouds. It's like a horrifying, solid tornado of contact death emerged from the heavens.

[@naturaviva2024]

So scary, thanks to the brave cameramen for bringing this amazing footage.

[@ernestogastelum9123]

probably a robot

[@bionx9098]

@@ernestogastelum9123 Cameraman is a robot tho

[@melikmourali2072]

​@@ernestogastelum9123 Not probably, it is a robot. 2°C water is deadly to any human

[@oliverer3]

Ice diving is certainly a thing, while dangerous it's perfectly possible with the right gear. With that said this is definitely an ROV or similar.

[@tencentpistol1]

@melikmourali2072 its actually --2°C which is 8.8°F colder

[@douglaspinsak1246]

The water is unbelievably clear; that might be 300ft visibility.

[@idontknowyetwhoiam]

Wow yes the visibility is insane

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

Not that much, the world record is held at I think around 140ft in Crater Lake.

[@douglaspinsak1246]

@@jacobbaumgardner3406 Cozumel is known to get around 200ft, and this water looks clearer than Cozumel. Matter of fact, I googled “clearest water in the world” and “the Weddell sea” is what came up (the sea being shown in this video). The max vis here must be somewhere in the 200-300ft range.

[@TheCommanderNZ]

Blue Lake in New Zealand holds the record for the clearest water.

[@MochiElk]

Could also be color grading

[@DADchs13]

The fact that all that life can survive for millions of years under the harsh conditions above the ice tells me there is a huge possibility there’s life in Europa’s oceans under the icy surface. The Water underneath is warmer and there are volcanic vents spewing ingredients for life

[@Rew123]

Only if God started life there

[@blueprairiedog]

I hope we find out in my lifetime.

[@freepalestine-dm2zq]

​@@Rew123 which God

[@Morpheus-pt3wq]

@@Rew123 i bet his family lives there. After all, christian god came from space...

[@PiYodTong]

​@@freepalestine-dm2zq lol got 'em

[@bumfluffski]

I'll admit that I laughed at the seal noises... Sounded like an old lady scoffing at how cold it was :'D

[@zzz7408]

Was really hoping someone noticed it too. Not surprised it was a fellow saffa

[@bishopp14]

Okay so I'm not crazy. I thought I was hearing things😂

[@The_Devil_Himself]

"Yaaay! Wooh!"

[@Badficwriter]

My favorite animal noises are hens waking up and walking out into a fresh fallen snow yard. Their clucking is busy at first, then hesitant, then gets this worrying quality, and then all the hens go back inside their hutch. 😄

[@Puckpenn]

I already saw a short clip of the seal where people were laughing at how funny it was

[@urkraft1337]

This is one of the greatest footages that ive ever seen. Absolutely stunning!

[@shubhamverma8448]

Hats off to BBC Earth for these spectular video❤

[@cocoataku]

Another example of the camera man being an indestructible force of nature

[@hussainibnkawthar9398]

I like the comedic introduction of the seal And the perfectly timed moan, annoyed at the amount of ice. As if it was her neighbour

[@annagettings4675]

So true! 😂

[@Gchang54]

That moan sounded like a human doing a seal impression😂

[@FSHerrante]

02:20 This is why you came.

[@TheTechAdmin]

I love the work the Foley lab did on the sound of things freezing; satisfying.

[@jamesfoley2759]

Gotta love Foleys

[@antoniopizarro7670]

Only the kiss of true love can save them.

[@sweetcupatea5304]

😂😂

[@upperj]

😭😭😭😭

[@solleehasnolife4780]

I know what I must do.

[@ouch9402]

This is it.

[@imageez]

Them? Well pucker up, this will be a long day!

[@OrenTubing]

Love how all the creatures feel nice and comfy in a -2 degrees freezing ocean. No human can survive this. Except Russians maybe

[@GreggyAck]

I find it more baffling that people can happily live in hot, tropical places with 100% humidity.

[@hako9393]

Its incredible how different species have evolved to tolerate such different environments. The seal comfortably chilling in freezing temperatures, while lions and other savanna animals live in super hot conditions and do fine. If they switched places, seal would die of heatstroke and lions would freeze to death pretty fast I think.

[@howdareyou41]

it's all relative my man

[@stoneeh]

@@GreggyAck I find it more baffling that someone could type "fill" to express the word "feel".

[@jamesmcluvlee]

@@stoneeh lol roastin

[@SulariGoonetilleke]

1:28 what a beautiful capture!

[@JasonB808]

Perfect display of how sea can have different temperatures and densities. For the creatures that live below, the cold but much warmer temperature of their under water world is to them, like our atmosphere to us. The ice barnacle is like a catastrophic weather event similar to a tornado. To us it’s very slow but the creatures that live there also move very slowly. It’s fascinating to learn stuff you never knew about.

[@reverseflashes]

The cameraman deserves credit. They also deserve a raise and an award for this incredible shot. 🤩

[@jqmasamune]

This is the water I need at 3:68 AM.

[@c.galindo9639]

Nature’s aquatic life is a marvelous yet mysterious wonder to behold. It goes to show there is always much to discover in Earth’s creatures’ habitats

[@JanetStarChild]

No kidding; that brinicle legit looks like a frozen hand pointing downward. 2:49 ...a long claw growing from the fingertip!

[@califomia]

In their Bible, Satan lives above.

[@JanetStarChild]

@@califomia No different than the actual story, since Yahweh is clearly the Devil.

[@cart4092]

@@JanetStarChildthen what’s the actual devil supposed to be

[@JanetStarChild]

@@cart4092 You mean Yahweh or a different character? Certainly, it's not Lucifer; he's the unsung hero of the story; the noble underdog, turned tragic scapegoat (spoiler alert; the villain wins).

[@VampireSquirrel]

Sora does great at sticking to the prompt!

[@OscarGonzalez-vg3cp]

Increible, like since fiction. Nature has everything . Unlimited power. Freezing cold...fires like inferno . Beautiful. Thanks, this channel is an excellent video and the description . Love it.

[@aplaceinthestars3207]

What a wild phenomenon. I remember reading a lot about salinity and it's effects on the oceans for a class, but it doesn't really register as dramatically as this scenario demonstrates. Truly fascinating!

[@heritagefarms-englishcream2451]

Everything in BBC earth To the music to the sound to the video, you’re so satisfying and beautiful🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@EggKoffee]

0:25 "heyyy!"

[@kellydalstok8900]

It’s so annoying when people film you without asking your permission first. I’d be indignant too.

[@Happiness379]

😂🤣

[@Happiness379]

@@kellydalstok8900lol

[@ZandolyAnomalie]

« Wooo »

[@shainedupuis2649]

That's what I heard too😂😂😂

[@KyddWrapz]

Just watched the "eye of the storm" freeze from Day After Tomorrow in real-life. Poor little creatures 😢

[@rash718]

That was my movie! Dude froze as soon as he stepped out of that helicopter!!🥶

[@rachelc1110]

Just watched it yesterday too, I was like hmm this video kind of explains it.

[@Pranjalchoudhary100]

An old classic ❤️

[@dr.rahulkewalkumar2440]

& you eat those creatures...be vegan

[@blucat4]

@@rash718 He didn't step out did he? Just got frozen in his seat.

[@Rubgs1]

1:13 that shoot is amazing

[@pimespo]

Those sound effects are so crunchy. They even have an old wooden door that opens slowly at the end. 😂

[@ABSD30062]

crazy😂 .how they add doop open to video

[@hanak9849]

thanks for ruining the video 😀😀

[@ayeshawafa3176]

Fascinating!! 🥺 1:18

[@Mellomoons]

Yeah that looked cool af.

[@Freedom_Aint_Comfort]

@@Mellomoons lol

[@tullo5564]

ayeshaBewafa 😮

[@jager477]

Spooky

[@stevhandingwall2028]

Like a dream I had indeed

[@29langston]

I’ve lived in Australia for 15 years and truly miss good quality tv programs like this.

[@fatalshore5068]

You know we do have tv/internet in Australia right?

[@deeznutz8320]

Lol​@@fatalshore5068

[@guillermofuenteshernandez6969]

I am absolutely impressed of this nature formation that I had no idea existed. Thank you for these images I will never forget .

[@semicool103]

the starfish are like yooo let me check out this death ice by going directly on top of it i love nature

[@chrisolson2846]

Fr

[@nyar5863]

I have this eery, ongoing feeling the narrator is only half a sentence away from threatening and taunting Sherlock Holmes...

[@IsabelleHAwesomegirl]

Yes that is curious 🤔🤔

[@mindyshively4947]

Fantastic comment

[@trinasyoutube]

I don’t recall ever hearing about “the finger of death”. If I have then it’s one of those things I had forgotten over the years. Starfish are so pretty when they’re underwater.

[@chaotixthefox]

This is in fact an old video being posted again. Recognized the thumbnail immediately. I think the 12 year old posting is the oldest on KZbin that references the "Finger of Death" moniker.

[@lawrencefrost9063]

It's a ability of a hero called Lion in Dota 2. It's also my secret move with my girl friend.

[@SudeennnSam]

@@lawrencefrost9063weeb

[@andyl4565]

That was amazing cinematography. I had no idea these existed.

[@silentblackhole]

The BBC has done an amazing job with creating all these brilliant documentaries! Imagine how many years and how long it would have taken to get footage all over the world like this.

[@OnlyJalenPhd]

3:16 Thank you for adding another scene to my already terrifying dreams.

[@damienthomas8541]

This reminds me of Octonauts where they went thru the topic of brinicles in one episode. Man, I miss my childhood

[@Purrfect_Werecat]

idk about octonauts but i remember these being sort of a thing in subnautica below zero, i think they are cooler irl though

[@debracisneroshhp2827]

That underwater world is just unbelievable! 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌😺

[@smithjack3497]

보고 또 봐도 신비롭다.

[@Kaitri]

Still no idea how they film all of this. Beautiful and amazing

[@VampireSquirrel]

Ai generated

[@SudeennnSam]

@@VampireSquirrelso confident, and yet so wrong

[@Derjodou]

They go in the water with a camera and film. Just that simple

[@belabear]

Well, the most possible answer will be a underwater drone. You can search it.

[@VampireSquirrel]

@@belabear 2:50-3:20 the main part of the video, you can see what is supposed to be solid ice bending and flexing like muscles, the texture of the ice just fades in rather than crystalizing and growing, meanwhile the"hand" continues to flex

[@daniughoc]

Andrew scott + nature documentary = 😍

[@annagettings4675]

Thank you! I knew I know that voice but it kept just eluding me!

[@AngelicaLumbo]

One of the most fascinating video. It's amazing how they captured this

[@aaronryder4008]

fun fact, this is called brinicle because it's basically concentrated salt water brine

[@KelahCash]

Thank you for this ☺️

[@americaanimal]

All of this greatness is thanks to the cameraman's hard work. He deserves to be honored! ❤❤❤❤

[@bear.2164]

Look closely, it’s cgi.

[@pharasite3011]

@@bear.2164 It's a timelapse, it looks really cgi but it's a real footage.

[@flinchfu]

I thought the thumb was an AI-generated tornado image. This is actually pretty cool.

[@xiaomipocox3pro701]

Me also

[@sola8443]

What...? How...? BBC isn't some clickbait channel that resort to AI for thumbnails since they're well-funded enough to have access to high quality footage 😮😂

[@EthanPravia]

​@@sola8443So it affects sea creatures but not Camara creatures. Very smart of you. 😂😂😂

[@sola8443]

@@EthanPravia LOL wut? Dude you cookin' somethin'?

[@15stars]

​@@xiaomipocox3pro7012:54 to 2:54

[@ElVejigante]

I didnt know these were real. My first time seeing something like this was in Subnautica Below Zero. Nature is always wonderful and terrifying.

[@miner6361]

Scott is great but miss my old wise attenborough..

[@adesoladada]

Attenborough the old Attenborough the wise Attenborough the great

[@curiousnomadic]

If you are looking for the secrets to the universe, Attenborough has them.

[@vwildlife]

Definitely! David Attenborough does an amazing job of narrating wildlife videos with such passion.Old BUT Great🥰

[@Jeremy-f3s]

He's 98 he's done a thousand of these things I think you've got enough to go on. He can't live forever.

[@281crane]

Sir David Attenborough is the Gandalf, Dumbledore, Yoda of our time!

[@vibe2277]

0:56 torpedo alert

[@nikisaunders2634]

😂😂😂

[@speeve1366]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@Earth2Pollo]

😂😂😂

[@kingsleymarkk]

Darn! The music, the videography, the voice pacing of the narrator... It felt like a Star Wars movie but of real death. They died in glass coffins - their misfortune a spectacle for passerby animals.

[@15kLanoSano]

It was the seal popping up yelling hey for me 🤣😂🗣👀

[@Ross-ds6jl]

3:47 scene looks like green land and sky above , doesn't look like the ocean at all.. it looks like a piece of some classic painting

[@summernerd2461]

thats because its cgi

[@greenwave819]

@3:27 look at that dude wearing sunglasses underwater!!!

[@Peach_Lobot0my]

HELP HOW DID YOU NOTICE THAT??

[@spookyspook_sonic4387]

@@Peach_Lobot0myRIGHT

[@spookyspook_sonic4387]

LMAOOOO

[@ricardozk]

Where?

[@Peach_Lobot0my]

@@ricardozk The sea urchin some sea weed looks like sunglasses

[@PersonalVx]

This is like another planet

[@MorningThief_]

"Ice to see you"

[@anb7408]

That blurry "vapor" that's pouring out of that brinicle is highly concentrated, super cooled salt brine that was squeezed out of the sea ice above and has a lower freezing temp, allowing it to stay a liquid. It's much colder than the water around it, which instantly freezes said surrounding water, forming a tube. And that ice tube makes the brine even colder, and turns it into a fast jet action! Only filmed for the first time in 2011. Mesmerizing to watch!

[@blingbling2841]

This is the kind of repost that I'd watch again and again and never complain. ❄️

[@idontknowyetwhoiam]

Nature is insane

[@LISA.WANG.]

I remember this from a episode of Octonauts, I had no idea they got it that accurate- this is bizarre 😮

[@npme77]

0:26 Seal saying "Hey! Hooo!"

[@jaystonn]

That can’t be the original sound 😂😂😂

[@npme77]

@@jaystonn 🤣😅

[@mindyshively4947]

Rewatched just to catch this

[@travishancock2302]

I absolutely love below the ocean floors and all the lifeforms down there..’

[@C41N4]

Moriarty? 🤔 Now we need Sherlock to come and talk about all those “penguings” 😂

[@notasherflynn]

Did you miss me? (though apparently it's Bill Weasley/Hux, not Moriarty, but does sound like him)

[@Der.Soldat]

@@notasherflynnit says in the description it is Andrew Scott!

[@notasherflynn]

@@Der.Soldat Flip you're right! I don't know how I didn't notice that and furthermore how I got Domhnall Gleeson. I think I searched the wrong docco lol. Gosh so it IS Moriarty after all!

[@armychic15]

Incredible, unbelievable filming!! This absolutely deserves an award!

[@BraidsByPuffQueenKayla]

Nature is such an amazing thing 😮😮😮😮

[@stevenvitali7404]

The real world is

[@erltonjames]

"Winter is coming." - Ned Starkfish

[@NoahBenjamiin]

The Day After Tomorrow, New York scene😮 2:56

[@JASPURGEON]

Subnautica 2 is looking pretty realistic. Can't wait for its release.

[@yodatwinkie]

Look how clear that water is 🎉

[@explorer.samrat]

Wowwwww....those colourful Starfishes look like some tasty sweets...😍❤️

[@actoberreidart]

Ugh.

[@Boofatcha]

​@@actoberreidart Ogh.

[@dippyboy8222]

“It’s a wonderland of the strange n beautiful” 🫶🏻🙌🏻