CIGARETTE IN SOIL - 1 YEAR Time Lapse [8K]

[@yahyasalim8011]

Props to the camera man for standing still for a whole year

[@StAndrew65]

Lol

[@pudletwoshoes5880]

He he he

[@rosyidsyahruromadhonalimin8008]

​@@Look_What_You_Didno they didn't, they were standing still for a year, you're just jealous of the camera man's power

[@AZLorie-kl5ow]

😂

[@imahappycamper2022]

If you're that gullible, you might be interested in buying a few FREE raffle tickets that I'm selling. First prize is an all expenses paid trip to Never Never land or Tir Na Nog

[@Agags-m6n]

I used to smoke a pack a day, but I quit 5 years ago after a mushroom session. It was the best decision I ever made. My health has improved dramatically and I feel like I can breathe again. Don't let cigarettes control your life, quit while you still can.

[@JagoSma-s3u]

Only people who have taken mushrooms can only understand the powers lol and they grow everywhere September until first frost here in wales.

[@kristahutchinson6519]

I Just tried shrooms for the first time last night, I've done acid and dippers, but shrooms was great, had me happy and let me almost create my reality in and unatural way if you know what I mean.

[@Dj-dtw]

After my trip yesterday, I did understand why mushrooms are praised... you can have some beautiful experiences on them..

[@RrDis-q6o]

Hello! It appears I have interests, I want to get some.. where do you get from?

[@Dj-dtw]

medicgael

[@Emile-philia]

I know we're supposed to be here for the cigs but holy smokes how many billions of lifetimes lived and perished in that container.

[@BackyardCanadianAntkeeper]

You really had to say holy smokes

[@Emile-philia]

@@BackyardCanadianAntkeeper Yup.

[@willygecko]

​@@BackyardCanadianAntkeeperthey are holy smokes watch how they become one with the soil from which they came.

[@PetruBolocan]

I made a ecosystem in a jar and its been 10 months and it looks amazing. I love watching these time-lapse of them growing.

[@ivoryowl]

If the Universe was a sentient being, it would probably think the same of us.

[@im_no_mad_official]

I see all those little mites in the soil. How amazing, Nature is beautiful.

[@Lesseplesse]

How did mites get in?

[@munkyenima]

​@@Lesseplesse Soil is a living microbiome.

[@Lesseplesse]

@munkyenima how come I don't see mites moving in the dirt in my yard?

[@VinzCassel]

@@Lesseplesse shitty dead soil maybe?

[@agelessstranger964]

@@Lesseplesse Put some in a jar and timelapse it with a camera or an old phone for a while.

[@peng5037]

For anyone curious, the remains of the cig won't disintegrate because it's plastic (vinyl or cellulose acetate). This is a really great video to see what happens to cigs over time!! Thanks for making this video!!!

[@FarenHalven]

Supposedly oyster mushrooms are great at eating plastics. It would be cool to see a Timelapse of Oyster Mushrooms vs. smoked cigarette butts.

[@dessertlimbo]

@@FarenHalvenit depends on what plastic is used

[@briankeenan4901]

​@@dessertlimboI would much rather watch people waking up and stopping plastic production for crap things. Did you know that it takes valuable water to make plastic and it will never be recovered?

[@ErazerPT]

They will, give it a century or so. Decay is both eventual and inevitable. And pray tell @briankeenan4901 how do you intend to destroy matter? Just like energy, it can't, only "reformed". Besides, if you're of the climate change inclination, out problem isn't lack of water, but too much of it... Earth surface is already ~70% water, if the glaciers melt, expect that to increase A LOT. One could argue that's a good thing since humans will be more "restricted" but... we are quite resilient cockroaches, we'll be building floating cities in no time...

[@donnikubbitz2146]

Wrong. Nothing other than mercury (MAYBE) won't biodegrade on planet earth.

[@subsume7904]

I imagine this person has multiple rooms all full of future projects being recorded. To record some of these videos for an entire year means you need some crazy planning and dedication for the channel.

[@jonathonfullaway5084]

And a lot of storage to record a year long 8k video

[@ThePhliphip]

Storage is fine. He does not record 25fps but rather takes an 8k (or higher) picture every minute or so

[@solidpandacka5544]

@@ThePhliphip Even that results in a lot of storage after adding up overtime. In his "Putting weird things in the oven" video, his pinned comment stated that his projects were quite large and often reached hundreds of gigabytes. The watermelon timelapse took 1016 GB

[@WesolySiusiak]

It's no a video, it's one picture a day

[@ThePhliphip]

@@solidpandacka5544 Fair point. That can be considered a lot of storage. I just compared it against what we deal with at my job (I am a videoeditor) where a few hundred Gigabytes of Footage for a Video is quite normal. However considering he is probably doing these timelapses somewhere in hin garage that much storage can be quite a challenge

[@djr3verse]

This guy is actually really good. The title says "cigarette" but he suprised us and gave us three cigarettes. We need more KZbinrs like him. Edit: I did not expect to get so many likes. Thanks.

[@jackkai6213]

technically that's click bait, but in a good way lol

[@SILVERSTRIPE_]

See you in s year time

[@mrsniff3676]

Yeah, no expense spared

[@Anton17335]

@@jackkai6213 more like negative click bait

[@rickybobby5161]

Or more cigarettes like them

[@JohnKnox-di6xl]

3:05 you just destroyed an entire civilisation

[@pastelnut027]

Ngl I cried a little when he dumped everything

[@MrZobiwan]

this is probably the reason this plant didn't survive...

[@JamesThompson-n8x]

God paradox

[@YoJinxX]

"i'm looking for remains"

[@johnnyVGtran]

Have to acknowledge the time and patience required to make a video like this.The constant checking of the camera to make sure the camera is working throughout the whole year

[@PhotoOwl]

Thank you :)

[@youngflood3191]

Seriously. Dedicated. I respect this man immensely

[@PhotoOwl]

@@youngflood3191 wow... That's very kind of you! Thank you!

[@sko0bysnack587]

Ahh, with a Timelapse of a whole year, you could miss hours, or days here and there, and no one would even know

[@ozgamerab8780]

@@PhotoOwlWhy didn’t you wear gloves? There was mould

[@sdhority]

I think the most impressive thing is that it took the mold 4 months to take over. Very clean jar, well done

[@joshualucas1821]

That's algae, not mold. Worms and mold mostly decomposed the cigarettes within a couple months.

[@JustMe-hc8mp]

​@@joshualucas1821you can see when the algae started to die off and the mold/fungi started to eat it rather quickly

[@Alpha_Dad1]

​@joshualucas1821 the inhibition of growth. Everyone wants to debunk instead of add.

[@ThorsMartell]

Considering that tabacco is basically dried leaves... I am certain a cigeraate stuffed with normal dry leafs rather than tabacco would have decaded in less than 4 weeks.

[@Chimera_Photography]

@@ThorsMartellwhat? I’m sorry, what? You just said it’s the same as the other thing, but the other thing would’ve decayed faster? Huh?…

[@settogvoid9407]

Never quite realized how absolutely TEEMING with life the soil is, and all we saw was the outermost layer of that bottle filled with the stuff. Also amazing to see how the fungus "crawls" across the bottle! Another thing this demonstrates really strikingly is the resilience/ non-degradability of plastic. Those cigarette butts were basically untouched after a whole year.

[@memphisdaniels3218]

Apparently there are more living organisms in a handful of soil than humans on earth! 🤯

[@SupraRy]

More proof that the cameraman never dies.

[@PhotoOwl]

ahhhh yeah, the cameraman :D

[@Trinity0h4h4]

This really shows how many little living things there really are in the soil.

[@Stepthagr8]

Fr bro it’s like another world underground

[@mitchellmaytorena1137]

I’m an organic soil farmer. I don’t cultivate plants. I cultivate the soil and it does the rest. I knew the cigarette would go back to soil eventually. It’s amazing how much and how quickly the soil will eat. Most people don’t see soil as a living. You couldn’t count the amount of life in one spoonful of rich soil.

[@GodofGamesss]

@@mitchellmaytorena1137 Well it's seems to have difficulty digesting the filter...

[@iffyfox9749]

​@@GodofGamesssThe filters are fiberglass, not very degradable

[@mitchellmaytorena1137]

@@iffyfox9749 I was under the impression the filter was cotton, but you are correct.

[@aces1127]

Imagine that a microbe has been born, lived and died, and this is happening millions of times, without being recorded, this would’ve been happened without anyone noticing. That’s why I love these videos. It is amazing on how dedicated these videos are to piece

[@ninamack2039]

what if we’re like that out in the universe but for us it’s normal but to the supreme beings. we’re like the microbes 😮

[@CubeGodd]

​@@ninamack2039 it would make sense if you also believe the time relative to size theory. We could just be a millisecond of life to a giant creature looking down at his 'universe terrarium' Just don't tell that guy that he's also in a terrarium; might have an existential crisis.

[@Medicoboi]

How foolish

[@thespudguy]

It is an incredible thought to have, and it is the reason why I love these videos. They show an immense variety of natural changes that occur in various circumstances and it just makes me wonder what type of container we are in right now, and how many trillions of us will come and go in a relative instant like the organisms in this video. Hopefully our civilization isn’t being grown just for the entertainment of someone outside of the jar 😅

[@mousqy]

imagine we are in a cosmic jar and some aliens is doing some timelapse of us

[@sampajano]

What a dedication 😊🙏 Amazing to see how many living beings were born and perished 🙏

[@kapkan6930]

Thank you for supporting this man

[@PhotoOwl]

Thank you for the kind words and thank you so much for the donation! I will use the money to make more videos. I'm working on one right now, hopefully it will be done by this Friday.

[@sampajano]

@@PhotoOwl you're the most welcome! 😊 looking forward to it 😊

[@猛男猛男-y8x]

能真正行动的人是伟大的

[@TheTubejunky]

To be honest there is NO WAY for the viewer to PROVE this was a year. so leaves room for doubt in a logical thinker's mind.

[@SofaKing-z2w]

Shout-out to the incredible cameraman who captured an entire year in a jar! The time-lapse of those three cigarettes slowly changing over time is a unique and creative way to showcase the passage of time. Your patience and skill in documenting this subtle transformation are truly impressive! Keep up the great work!

[@BZAKether]

The filter never goes away, when I was a smoker I dropped one from time to time in on of my plant pots. After 10 years not single one decomposed despite I watered the thing regularly.

[@videoluvr4204]

pollution

[@BZAKether]

@@videoluvr4204 Stinky, smelly pollution.

[@GravellordNito]

​@@videoluvr4204comment

[@fernandonando8461]

Filter not a organic material meanwhile the rest are just paper and dried tobacco

[@mgord9518]

The filter is plastic, the rest of the cig is just paper and tobacco

[@jason3421]

Excellent demonstration of what is and is Not biodegradable. And the fact you spent a year putting this together is just plain awesome.

[@seijirou302]

The filters are biodegradable but they take a lot longer, 10 years instead of 1.

[@Javvylive]

Bottle was sealed.. creating own ecosystem.. in natural environment 1 year is more than enough

[@hizzlemobizzle]

@@seijirou302 No they are not biodegradable. They are made of plastic and simply break down into microplastics. Deadly for us all.

[@seijirou302]

@@hizzlemobizzle yes they are. Cellulose acetate is biodegradable. Reality is not as simple as a blanket description of plastic equals non-biodegradable.

[@leahhills7538]

I'd like see you show a yr on a huge windmill blade/pile trashed somewhere in nature.

[@mitchellmaytorena1137]

I’m an organic soil farmer. I don’t cultivate plants. I cultivate the soil and it does the rest. I knew the cigarette would go back to soil eventually. It’s amazing how much and how quickly the soil will eat. Most people don’t see soil as a living. You couldn’t count the amount of life in one spoonful of rich soil.

[@chloewebb5526]

Or the amount of life inside of our bodies that help us digest our food lol. It's absolutely insane how much life is on this planet.

[@KingThrillgore]

Mutualism is the backbone of all existence.

[@Peter_Enis]

Only shame is the microplastics in the filter.....that's why I always sweep them up when I see them on the street...

[@aidanthompson4422]

The living bacteria inside all of our animal foods which helps us digest our food. This is why they pasteurise everything, to keep us sick. They say bacteria makes us sick when in fact it’s chemicals and toxins that make us sick

[@djcheckmate1]

soil soul.

[@for4269]

The moss and algae in this video inspired me to make an abandoned city diorama terrarium. Interesting to see that the cigarette butts don’t decompose… but the diorama is the main thing I’m leaving this video with. Thanks for giving me yet ANOTHER project I want to work on…

[@ezrapierce1233]

I say the most impressive thing is how he was able to store a year of 4K footage. I honestly can't imagine how big the video file was 👏💀

[@Peryite_the_Platypus]

It was probably set to just take a few frames per hour.

[@nolanne]

It's a Timelapse ... not a movie ! At the begining it's 1 picture per minute until 1253 - after 1 picture every hour until 752 - after 1 picture every day from day 32 to 365 so it's "only" 1253 + 752 + (365-32) = 2 338 pictures

[@egeo7296]

😂 ¡No hombre! Sólo se toman algunas fotos diarias con la misma iluminación y la cámara estática durante 365 días.

[@mitcHELLOworld]

How do you go through life without requiring a helmet? Smh..

[@ayyanmusa2009]

Its as big as a 5 minute video, which is some megabytes

[@kevinpeng842]

Please keep producing these amazing videos!

[@PhotoOwl]

I'm very glad you think they are awesome. I try my best to make them as good as I can. Thank you very much for the support, I will use the money to fund more videos. :)

[@MrRusty-fm4gb]

​@@PhotoOwlhell yeah 👍

[@babarsuhail5678]

The effort you put in your videos is remarkable. Cant believe you filmed a jar of dirt for an entire year.

[@purplepurina]

Jack Sparrow would love this

[@jerotoro2021]

I know right, my arm would have been too sore to keep holding the camera.

[@mr.channel6467]

And then didn’t even talk about it.

[@mr.channel6467]

@@jerotoro2021sarcasm delivered using words. Smart

[@nitsu2947]

​@@jerotoro2021bluds got a bone made from steel, he woulda been super sore from holding a camera for that long

[@ElVictorEmilio]

1:15 weed has joined the server

[@sswwiinnccee]

Super cool time lapse and quite the eye opener. There must be quadrillions of these scattered about the world, buried in our soils, in the wild, in the gardens, affecting plant life everywhere. I’m probably responsible for hundreds of them back in my youth I’m sorry to say. Cigarettes were the best thing I ever gave up. Only took a handful of attempts and 30 years of my life to beat the dam things. I’m only 7 months and 2 weeks clean of them but I’m over them for good. Still get the cravings, but I take deep breaths and think about all the people we’ve lost to these disgusting things. It was my favourite poison but that’s exactly what they were. Good riddance.

[@RustikittyCottage]

I'm so proud of you!!!!

[@seraphinakitty2190]

Ur amazing ❤

[@sswwiinnccee]

@@RustikittyCottage thank you that means a lot ✌🏼❤️

[@sswwiinnccee]

@@seraphinakitty2190 I wasn’t expecting praise so thank you very much ✌🏼❤️

[@TeamMINE_]

Would decompose because worms break it down l

[@krislittler8511]

This should be a television commercial! Thanks for your time and commitment in making this.

[@d3t3ktiv]

@godsabitch2031 cigs

[@paulwilliams2663]

😂 thought same

[@2076649]

Ciga good for enviroment, bad for you.

[@EikottXD]

@@Look_What_You_Did how the filters take forever to decompose.

[@user-rc6uq4jb3j]

Capitalism 🤷‍♂️

[@forestknowledge]

Watching the fungi march across the jar was really incredible! Great video!

[@milkmanSandro]

that wasnt fungi, it was moss

[@forestknowledge]

@@milkmanSandro I was actually referring to the white hyphae!

[@S3NDZZ]

I thought it was an editing tool curser, I need sleep lmaooo

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

I thought the carcinogens were doing weird shit to the soil.

[@TreeGuyTy1]

Honestly looks like I’ll be using cigarettes as fertilizer

[@roguerayquaza2547]

This production is truly stunning.

[@kristopherlopez7570]

I believe the plant died due to lack of humidity. As whenever you move plants from indoor to outdoor, they have to adjust to it slowly. Just as it does with humidity. I could be wrong, but it's what I have found out with my plants. Best of luck and great video!

[@3DPlagueDR]

I was thinking along those lines as well. The plant needed a similar setting to how it was grown originally and to be slowly introduced to a more normal environment.

[@Charlyfox1966]

🤔plaaaaant?

[@marfdasko]

probably died from root stress tbh

[@Jesuslovesyouuuuu.]

probably was addicted to cigarettes

[@zSuitSamus]

You're not wrong

[@guydht1]

The amount of cameras this dude has is probably too many Great video, too bad the little plant didn't make it

[@eric_looneytunes29]

Wonder that every time I check his videos!

[@patrickkern2464]

Maybe he is filming more Objects with one Camera in the Same Time🤔

[@ilanvolved8695]

I thinks this is made by daily pictures collage. Btw soil is still wet after 1 years. Is it because the jar or something else

[@eric_looneytunes29]

@@ilanvolved8695 You can see it is continuous filming. The water is traped withing the sealed jar. If it was empty you will see water vapor instead of liquid water

[@ZayxSt]

That's what we all wonder, I'd be glad to see him on an interview show

[@BezBog]

Props to all the fungi that close the circle of life and make our world livable!

[@swwrzz]

Nature is astonishing.

[@sukaenacornelius9285]

The little creatures in the dirt… Makes me want to take a shower. Which I honestly hate it water. Those are little termites right?

[@nebtheweb8885]

HAKUNA MATATA!!!

[@Jonnyfrl]

This is such a beautiful production

[@rolandreedii5939]

The way life always finds a way to create itself is insane to me.

[@jrwar12]

I know what you mean but life doesn’t create itself there’s microbes and moisture in the jar. But nature always prevails.

[@sonialoves444]

it’s incredible,,,just like i saw a tuft of green grass flourishing in a nearly invisible crack in the hot asphalt at and extremely heavy trafficked and busy intersection, it had no business there, getting ran over by hot tires all day and night, yet it was thriving.

[@Darth_Uchiha47]

It was there all along

[@NiranjanAravind]

Welcome to jurassic park

[@NinjaOnANinja]

The secret was the soil. The stuff in the soil is what is doing the lifting. Intelligence is life. Life is intelligence.

[@DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984]

You take one of the most precious things in this world: Time... Just to make the most beautiful time lapses that remind us all of life everyday. Props to you and your work, don't stop and always strive for success.

[@cult-of-sporque]

My brain was expecting "cigarettes" instead of "time" for some reason. I don't even smoke.

[@xposed11]

Time is an illusion...it doesn't actually exist rendering your comment about it being precious kinda silly.

[@DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984]

@@cult-of-sporque LOL

[@DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984]

@@xposed11 Time exists relatively (usually to an observer) , it's literally created by gravity and mass: So while somewhat unimportant to the grand scheme of things, it's still important to you and everyone else on the planet. Even so, time is still important to the Universe if you do some research. This renders your reply kinda silly, Melvin.

[@65firered]

​@@xposed11There are four dimensions, length, width, height, and time. Which would you rather I fall in love with, width? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

[@glumpfi]

Wow, i would never have thought that life in a closed jar would survive more than a few days. Instead an entire stable ecosystem developed, containing animals, plants, mushrooms and probably viruses and bacteria. Mindblowing :)

[@sponsoredmessage201]

There is a whole channel about it, @LifeinJars :-)

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

Now I know to stick ciggies in my mini terrarium

[@Tatusiek_1]

Life is tough

[@blackhitler8572]

not everything needs oxygen

[@knyt0]

@@blackhitler8572 yes everything does, the oxygen doesn't disappear

[@MrAlly2680]

The patience and overwhelming power of nature.Momentary expressions in an ever changing unity.

[@mirte.r]

The fact that the jar hasn’t been opened but there still grows life in there is insane

[@marwanak10]

fax

[@banir3736]

There was water. and bacteria so it’s possible.

[@affegpus4195]

And seeds and spores

[@stevemerrill-bz7bk]

Why it's own environment?

[@laja6108]

It effectively becomes its own eco system. People have entire terrariums like this. It’s super interesting.

[@blueman4232]

The plant died because of the environmental change--it was extremely humid in the jar. It wasn't acclimated to storing water yet so it dried up. Keeping it in a covered container for awhile could've helped

[@nitroputin5790]

NO!!! IT DIED CUZ IT KICKED SMOKING COLD TURKEY

[@K8_4life]

​@@nitroputin5790I'm sorry what?

[@K8_4life]

Also I don't think the plant died...

[@blueman4232]

@@K8_4life it was definitely dead

[@K8_4life]

@blueman4232 well, it was quite wilted and dry, but it did start reviving over time.

[@EducatedSkeptic]

Absolutely LOVED watching this - especially all the mites, collembola, nematodes, and other tiny little invertebrates that in the accelerated depiction, seemed to be zipping around all through the soil in the jar. The persistence of the filters was not surprising, but a clear demonstration of how long they'll last in the environment when they just get thrown out a window or otherwise dropped on the ground.

[@CubeGodd]

Yes but at least it looked like a home for some microbes and possibly algae. I mean, a rock would be a suitable home as well, but just as a sunken ship is to fish, might as well live wherever you're given opportunity.

[@bionicspuds4616]

Don’t birds bring cigarettes back to their nests to keep parasites and mites away?

[@laceypeterson6416]

Time lapse is so fascinating to me. Cool video ❤

[@cconnorss]

I love this content! Thank you for the time and dedication it takes to do this

[@OfficiallySnek]

The filters on cigarettes are made of cellulose acetate (a type of plastic) which is slow to degrade in the environment. A typical cigarette butt can take 18 months to 10 years to decompose

[@bingusbongus9807]

oh ok thats not too bad for a plastic

[@wictimovgovonca320]

Yes, and with over 5 trillion consumed annually that means that over 3 trillion are directly disposed of (litter) into the environment; the rest going to landfill or incineration.

[@jamesgibson3582]

A biodegradable plastic at that. I wonder if an aerobic environment would have degraded everything faster. Use a Pasteur type valve and filter. Awesome video and the power of microbes!

[@cvdinjapan7935]

I always find filters in the gutters while cleaning up the streets. Now I know why.

[@billkurek5576]

@@cvdinjapan7935Thanks for cleaning the street.

[@maximtitov7294]

The realization that the time lapse with the plant was reverse almost made me cry. Great job.

[@twobits7310]

life!

[@imageword5576]

@@twobits7310 and death!

[@girlbuu9403]

Died of nicotine withdrawal.

[@twobits7310]

@@imageword5576 part of life!

[@mr.channel6467]

you think that sad? think about the rest of the world

[@Aiden1206-n8j]

I actually like these videos. Everytime I see them I get interested. Keep up the good work bro❤😊

[@mizzprettyhuston]

I love that you tried to save that little plant....I think it just wasn't the right environment for it to thrive in, but kudos to you for trying.....most people wouldn't have done that & that makes you awesome! 😊

[@timesfly1081]

Maybe too much water?

[@MrLazy132]

Plant had a nicotine addiction and couldn't cope

[@mizzprettyhuston]

@@MrLazy132 🤣

[@castleanthrax1833]

It was pulled out of a controlled environment into the open air. It never stood a chance.

[@mgc26133]

I was about to say nothing remarkable happens, and then it did.. Nature is a true wonder that always finds a way to leave you in awe!

[@aug1799]

Honestly there are very few who would have the patience to make videos like yours! Absolutely phenomenal, you're the living example of original and true content. And your videos are so so good, it feels like I'm sitting inside a time machine or sometimes like I'm having a foresight into the future. Scary and impressive at the same time. Last but not least, don't smoke guys. You're not helping anyone!

[@PhotoOwl]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It truly means a lot to know that my dedication to creating these videos is being appreciated.

[@aug1799]

@@PhotoOwl Couldn't even begin to imagine how much patience you'd have to have to make these videos. All the best you've got my support as long as you post.

[@SentinelAntioch]

"Hurr Durr don't smoke" Ain't no one ask your opinion, civ.

[@waterzoip]

@@aug1799 wdym patience? not touching something for a year = patience? Not dissing the video, it's great. But this doesn't require patience, isn't original nor is it... true? (huh?) Sorry I don't wanna be rude or anything but your comment triggered me so hard.

[@Swolegard]

@@SentinelAntioch excellent take

[@annstheticannie]

i appreciate the dedication and effort to make this video👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Oli_Thompson]

REALLY awesome video - I loved seeing all the little critters zooming about!! I think that little plant might have been a young fern plant. I reckon it might have passed because of shock. If you're happy for me to share what I'd do next time: I'd plant it in another sealed pot with a similar humidity/atmosphere using the soil it originally grew in. Over time you'd be able to acclimatise the plant to being exposed to a different environment (air temperature or humidity changes, etc). I've grown a bunch of ferns in the past, so hope that helps. Great content!

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

I was thinking along those lines. The plant was born and growing in the jar, and then it was transplanted to a radically different environment, it very likely wasn't adapted for that.

[@meinnase]

@@Thedarkbunnyrabbit Tbh to me it looked like the soil he put it in was just way to wet and the roots probably rotted immediately :(

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

@@meinnase That's also possible. He should have definitely kept the same level of moisture as the jar.

[@FrazerGoddon]

A great video, nicely done. It's amazing to see how much life and movement is to be seen in a closed environment.

[@metochos]

Makes one ponder is the earth a closed environment..aka under a dome?

[@FrazerGoddon]

@@metochos One could argue that we are in a closed environment, and our atmosphere is the dome. Everything is so far away from us that this planet may as well be in a glass jar. We only have what's already here and the sun's rays.

[@bryanjei6057]

Watching this video, made me feel like i was connected to something greater for a few short minutes.

[@ChildofYAH]

It's the music

[@leeroyjenkins3474]

Nah just do acid

[@KobianoRoll]

Lawlz 😟

[@lightningguardian331]

@@nothinglessthanutopia And then we follow. Once we are not around then who knows what happens next. Our planet might not even be around at the end.

[@OGlegitz]

The music usually does the trick

[@Kingz0n3]

Só por ter filmado por 1 ano, ja merece o like!

[@diegogiovannimusic]

Incredible! I would love to see a behind the scenes of how you film these for so long, where you keep all the stuff etc!

[@hm4493]

I didn't expect it to be so green. I would have loved to see some of it under a microscope. Great video.

[@plur_ndbn]

he took soil for plants from bag, seems it was fertilized with Trichoderma fungus

[@omikronweapon]

@@plur_ndbn that's the only 'issue' I have with this video. People will probably assume this is a typical situation around cigarettes. It might be, idk. But there's no control jar.

[@plur_ndbn]

@@omikronweapon there are no problem with cigaretes in soil. even filter can be just home for microoranisms and fungus, may be it can contain Pl(lead) that not naturally for soil but people have more dangerous and massive sources of lead then cigaretes

[@cyberGEK]

⁠@@plur_ndbnLead symbol is Pb not Pl.

[@Ndev725]

That was amazing. Always great to see how life thrives and dies. Thanks for your patience

[@lemontangent1213]

i love your videos man they inspire me to do great things

[@PhotoOwl]

Thank you! Glad to hear it, that's awesome!

[@caffemocha5940]

The music and editing in this video are superb. The experiment takes on a choreographed vibe, like nature's spectrogram.

[@van5022]

okay

[@ultimatum.]

He was one song away from this not being nearly as interesting.

[@arishok89]

This is the first time I felt sad at the end, I wanted this video to go on like forever. Great video as always

[@stogieguy7201]

This was far more fascinating than it had any right to be...

[@MrReymoclif714]

Agreed.

[@gregoryderpwrld111]

I’m so glad you filmed this in 8K so I can watch this in the corner of my 1080P IPad screen :>

[@amosbackstrom5366]

It's cool to see how the algae formed because of the constant light on that side of the jar

[@whackydumdum]

That was actually beautiful. Life in a sealed jar - left alone, but thriving. So wonderful to watch. The cigarettes just became part of the matrix.

[@afrodieter8891]

They rly did not though.

[@Psyopcyclops]

No they didn’t. They looked very clean to me

[@b1bbscraz3y]

as we all will some day. the circle of life

[@whackydumdum]

@@afrodieter8891 the filter didn't. the tobacco did...

[@kieronjohnson6049]

That looked amazing I agree and definitely apart of matrix is tha

[@justinl3787]

This whole process was kinda beautiful

[@Drazeroth8]

3:50 I'm half expecting that plant to produce little baby cigarettes.

[@SaltyJuan]

Pretty incredible that you put so much effort into your videos. To be able to leave a camera running in a space for a year strait is incredible

[@PhotoOwl]

Thank you for the kind words! I'm happy you like them! Today comes a new 8k video :)

[@jerryboics9550]

Wtf..?? Time lapse isn't a video in fast forward...

[@SaltyJuan]

@@jerryboics9550 that’s not what was said brother :). Appreciate your thoughts but we’re both aware of what a time lapse is. Cheers

[@NicolasCermak]

@@jerryboics9550 I'm pretty sure it is??

[@shortsambar]

I love how the soil and organisms create a self sustainable eco system inside the jar.. 🥰

[@whatevereyewant]

Me @4:15: “I swear if this fucking thing grows back into a cigarette…”

[@TamIam6921]

I love your work…..I play your videos in my class and students are fascinated with your work…..it’s my type of white noise…LOL

[@skeeviesteve1071]

...I absolutely love to watch time lapse of the waves of mycelium flowing through the strata. It's one of so many beautiful things in nature we as humans could never see without technology. So grateful... Thank you.

[@larshogeboom6062]

The relieve when he opened the jar after a year of standing still and filming must be gigantic! I hope he can buy a really good chair from making this video!

[@gingerlancaster3033]

I bet when u get together for family and friend gatherings, the main topic of conversations is "what r u going to do next?"

[@YoungGandalf2325]

If the family get together is at his house, the main topic of discussion is "What's that awful smell coming from the garage??"

[@moonlambo5229]

Thank you for your hard work and dedication!

[@Midwestern85]

This shows the raw power and strength of nature. How it can never been stopped. Truly remarkable

[@Prxpagandalf]

Except for the filter of the cigarette. As shown AND known they are not rotting away. 👍🏻

[@sigmamale4147]

I can stop nature

[@Mrs.Silversmith]

Nature does not keep it's dirt under an airtight lid.

[@KronStaro]

nature so smart, its unbelieve.

[@AlOfNorway]

Life is eternally permanent.

[@Donuts_random_stuff]

That took an unexpected turn, I thought nothing much would happen 😅

[@TheBudderWizard]

Well…tobacco is still a plant.

[@AnApePlaysMinecraft]

Yeah for real! Me too!!

[@laptopgaming]

that plant was tabacco???

[@Szgerle]

@@laptopgaming It wasnt

[@Donuts_random_stuff]

@@TheBudderWizard 🤣🤣🤣 true, So what have we learned you can either take a sigaret and smoke it or plant it and smoke 100 more of them lol

[@nikhilrao2820]

Fantastic 👌 This channel deserves much more 🙌 keep it up 🔥

[@BenFrank-mn5ft]

That "TIME LAPSE" SOLD ME GOT ME TO CLICK ON THIS 😂

[@thetiredworker4922]

If you try to save a plant like that again, replicate the environment it had or transition it slowly to open air. It will have a much better chance this way 😊 Beautiful video

[@lapidations]

I said it differently but this is exactly what I meant

[@jimboninho]

But I really appreciate that he even tried to save it. Most people on YT would not give a f*ck about a little plant like this. Respect!

[@hipsonsogbo]

Wow you know lots about plants you should start a KZbin channel

[@thetiredworker4922]

@@hipsonsogbo thank you 😁 maybe I will

[@thetiredworker4922]

@@jimboninho agreed

[@RaimaNd]

Thanks to the camera man who recorded the entire footage for a whole year!

[@rus0004]

I can't even sit still for ten minutes.

[@Whistreker2]

I guess the camera was just sitting there

[@KarskKarskson]

God blessed him with a lot of parience.

[@Zero_Ninety]

I knew someone would make this tired, boring joke, and here you are.

[@Andytlp]

No way it was real time. Maybe a snapshot every once in a while.

[@a.b4832]

props to the cameraman for filming that jar for 365 days straight 👏

[@jacobthompson7508]

Without moving either

[@gr8dvd]

@@jacobthompson7508 Damn, not even bathroom breaks… I rarely get thru a nite without 1-2 😀

[@bunziix]

I'm sure they just did other vids while that camera was there.

[@HDestroyer787]

@@bunziix no, a cameraman is a cameraman.

[@oldtimer2192]

These “props to” comments are getting a bit old!

[@The_HoochGoblin]

I love how you can see all the little springtails moving around doing their thing in the soil.

[@Prjm87]

Most underrated channel.

[@wasteoftimelapse]

2:42 - This should be printed on every cigarette pack from now on. Great work once again!

[@Malenbolai]

why ?

[@BearGryllsSpoofs]

@@Malenbolai if this is what happens to a jar in a year, imagine what is happening to your lungs 🤣

[@suwedo8677]

@@BearGryllsSpoofs that is fungi AND moss, due to the moisture and the enclosed system as well as the nutrients contained in the soil, there was already spores and organisms there, that's not what happens to your lungs when smoking, however it does get pretty disgusting :)

[@Gandhi_Physique]

If you put an apple in the ground, I bet it does the same thing lol. Would be pointless to put on the back of cigarettes.

[@Malenbolai]

@@Gandhi_Physique the apple is more likely to grow into a tree

[@zeph0shade]

3:02 All the hundreds or thousands of tiny creatures that spent the last year making this little jar of dirt their home: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@Alternatedimension2]

I would love to see this same experiment but with proper ventilation, just not completely sealed off.Great video!

[@ISaidWhatlSaid]

You'll be waiting a while 😂

[@thekenyonsquad5672]

there's no proper ventilation in soil

[@Alternatedimension2]

@@thekenyonsquad5672 that would imply that we live in a closed glass jar.

[@thekenyonsquad5672]

@@Alternatedimension2 how does wind blow through soil onto a buried cigarette? maybe we have a misunderstanding.

[@king-ghost1027]

Ok girls that's enough

[@aminals8933]

Now that’s one SMOKIN’ video! *Badum-pssshhh!!!

[@pedroguilhermeospitaletche4909]

Good try

[@kennykluge9912]

So awesome how that not so large jar contains a whole different world in it

[@TheHEROFamily]

What if WE are just in a jar as well?

[@dmg4415]

​@@TheHEROFamilyI think that our universe is a tiny bubble in an even greater universe and that is a bubble in an greater.....

[@TheHEROFamily]

@@dmg4415 sounds about right to me

[@rustysalmonella7681]

@@dmg4415you’re not the only person who thinks that, see: “The Local Bubble”

[@sion8166]

jesus is coming soon to unleash his rath repent

[@bobbybounce3830]

This video is incredible thank you 🙏🔥🐶❤️

[@ckjay2]

This was beautiful to watch ❤ shows us how powerful nature really can be. Everything returns to the soil eventually

[@canuckistanisg]

Except fiberglass. Smoke cigarettes without filters if you're going to smoke. That way everything does return to nature

[@andrewgorman9836]

​@@canuckistanisgand that includes the person smoking 😂

[@patricksharpe1148]

​@@andrewgorman9836And the person that doesn't smoke. They will die too. Rott and give brith to life. Grand Papa Nurgle loves you.

[@ItsUTUBEwhoCares]

@@canuckistanisg Filters vary by nation but that's a myth that keeps popping up. There is no fiberglass in cigarettes in the US or EU. The only "cigarettes" with fiberglass filters are Eclipse "flameless" cigarettes which I haven't seen in over 2 decades. Having said that most nations do use cellulose which decomposes much slower than either cotton or hemp filter.

[@femboyyandereking]

Itz weed ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@manicfour]

Love the dedication to the research. Awesome time lapse.

[@kookiethebear]

It would be even more interesting to see the contrast of a control jar throughout the experiment.

[@7R4dicalized]

Yes, to evaluate the degree to which cigs affect the growth of algae and a tiny plant; it’s unclear whether the plant was already present in the soil or was added.

[@guillaumelefrancois5255]

@@7R4dicalized probably present in soil at the beginning. Must be some others , but it wasn't a great place for a plant to grow. With no air, no space, constant humidity everywhere and no rain...

[@guillaumelefrancois5255]

Look like it mostly start from the cigarette. They had some bacteria in them that took most the glass at first, or it's just the better source of nutrition that existed in there.

[@styx85]

It would be cool, but there would be way too much randomness involved to draw any conclusions from such a small sample. A single mold spore could change the whole outcome in any jar.

[@guillaumelefrancois5255]

@@styx85 true. However if you mixed the coil all together, and the split it in two to make two jar, you can bet you got the same bacteria and seed in the two jar.

[@ProkopisparisChatz3460]

Thank you for this demonstration. I NEVER THROW MY CIGARETTE BUDS ON THE STREET OR OUTSIDE. Always at the garbage bin for many years now. Because I knew of this TRUTH!

[@mandymckelvey2459]

These videos are rad and the music is always so good

[@LocalMachine]

I am curious what the plant was and why it died. There must have been a seed in the original soil. Amazing video.

[@richbattaglia5350]

This.

[@identifiantidentifie397]

The jar was probably the best environment for it’s life, stable temperature and a lack of oxygen, maybe…

[@AnotherDred]

​@@identifiantidentifie397I thought the same thing

[@alankatterheinrich8660]

It was the cure for cancer. Ironically, it grows from tobacco. The government came into his house the day before, knocked him out with chloroform and then proceeded to poison the cancer cure sapling. CCS for short.

[@Liyahweah]

i think its because it needed nicotine to survive bc it was the only environment it was used to

[@lukzu_]

The amount of time this guy waits just for a single video, with many things happening in that timespan just amazes me

[@MeeSanFrancisco]

This is waaaay more riveting than anything that's come out of Hollywood in years!

[@Puchacz81]

Truth

[@TThoMusic]

100% accurate. Hollywood's a joke! They're so hellbent on making as much $ as possible that they reject all creative/genius/original scripts and only accept the same Superhero arc we've all seen a billion times. They make movies like "The Avengers" due to the fact that it panders to a low IQ demographic that eat it up everytime, thinking it's brilliant when really it's the death of art. They just made a movie about Mario Kart... R.I.P. art.

[@JohnSmith-xj7ui]

@@TThoMusicschizo

[@Puchacz81]

@@TThoMusic Well that is not entirely true. If they would be, then they would do stories that are watchable. They are hellbent on ideology and that ideology is in direct conflict with meritocracy. The result is apparent.

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

"ooh cool video, time to comment some ideological shit and then yell at people"

[@My_con_NectioN]

Impressive work! You can clearly see that the cigarette butts pollute the environment for many centuries until the dirt has weathered away! Thank you for your effort and patience with the project!

[@michaelblaes9847]

Yes, the filters last. So does just about everything else made of plastic. A (disposable) plastic spoon for example. One year later still a spoon. Cigarettes are bad because they give you cancer. So does just about everything else including cell phones. Try getting society to get rid of cell phones. No point to my rant. Just saying, pick your fights. I hate electric cars personally. Horrible and a huge mistake for the environment.

[@szpg]

I tip my hat to you! 🎩The effort you put into this 5-minute video is mindblowing. Well done!

[@iconicshrubbery]

2:54 I expected a cloud of cancer to pop out😮

[@adirectconflict]

This is time lapse (still shot) photography, all stitched together to create a continuous video. I'm wondering just how many individual photographs comprise this video??? It's AMAZING>

[@anthonyjohnstone695]

​@@David-eh9yvconsidering it's a time lapse probably not

[@OblivionFalls]

I never knew there were so many little organisms moving around in the dirt. I'm curious about the little guy at 1:15 who hangs out on the upper-right hand side for _several days_ before wriggling away... they must move extremely slowly.