Should This Lake Exist?

The Salton Sea is the largest body of water in California, home to the second most diverse group of birds in America and it exists by accident.
Another great video on the Salton Sea: • The Accidental Sea
I used archive from this video.
Music by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com ‘Mirage’, ‘Hyperfun’, ‘Marty Gots a Plan’, ‘Past the Edge’

[@tevinpersinger]

He must have some self discipline not to smack the flies off his face

[@veritasium]

I've lived in Australia a long time

[@jonathan__g]

tevin persinger I thought the same thing too. I would be pretty much just whacking away at the flies the whole video if I was him.

[@KyleWelsby]

Veritasium the flies that bad in Australia? I had a bad enough time with them in India.

[@ClutchGodGames]

Kyle Welsby he literally said he was in California like 8 times.

[@MaccaD2191a]

The flies are way worse than that in Australia haha

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

6:20 There's just a lack of caring... *fly lands on his forehead* Yup... No fucks were ever given.

[@minhthanh1994]

I respect him for the bravery of talking while a bunch of flies flying around. One almost go in his mouth

[@chaoticfox6271]

XD

[@Elias___]

That fly really wanted its 13 seconds of fame.

[@matthewwalloch6250]

I

[@cambrown5633]

You what?

[@epicsnail14]

The old timey commercials and the ruined houses really give this place a Fallout vibe

[@iver1343]

or Russia vibe yeah looks the same

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

If they ever make a terrible movie, they know where to go.

[@TheGamingPolitician]

Or sandy shores from GTA

[@habitz8086]

@@TheGamingPolitician it is Sandy shores 😂

[@SchwachsinnProduzent]

They should make a Fallout theme park there. Just paint a few old barrels yellow, hide them everywhere and give kids toy Geiger counters.

[@youaredonefor4444]

Physics wasn't enough so he started questioning a lake's existence.

[@robmcfarlane3602]

Why not ! :)

[@paulnnamdi4098]

It still about physics. Area physicist sees physics in everything in the universe.

[@tuhinshubhro006]

Shut up

[@randomgtafan]

FYI: this is the lake in GTA V

[@creato938]

Walter Joseph Kovacs Yep, Alamo Sea from GTA V, even the abandoned resorts.

[@MystaMysterio]

Maybe that's why it seemed familiar

[@opsin]

Walter Joseph Kovacs Alamo Sea in GTA. Despite everyone leaving Salton there are little enclaves of people who want to get away from it all, just like Trevor.

[@kattn01]

opsin Yeah, Salton City is there, for instance. Looks arid and abandoned, but people live there!

[@23100Battlefield]

Walter Joseph Kovacs exept in gta v there is an outflow river and it is at sea level but we get the idea

[@ColinTheShark]

this turned from interesting and educational to depressing and sad in just over 7 minutes...

[@anthonymiranda594]

My girl on her period

[@acar_8979]

@Anthony Miranda TRUEEE

[@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876]

"Should this lake exist?" Should i even exist?

[@markhicks3069]

Yes this lake should exist and it can be saved

[@captainsquids2792]

This isn't sad if you watch the whole thing really Quite bittersweet sure but it's not purely negative

[@7evYT]

I'm so blazed right now, but did the bubling mud segment feel like it went on for an eternity? And I loved it.

[@PTSD_Guts]

I was sitting here just now under those same circumstances, it absolutely did lmaoo

[@7evYT]

@@PTSD_Guts hahaha. Glad somebody else experienced that as well. 😂

[@hunterwyeth]

Same

[@hunterwyeth]

We’re all here getting stoned and refreshing recommended videos together in 2021

[@TheDeadOfNight37]

Same here it felt like 5 minutes I was really confused but I was entranced

[@camronmiller4154]

My brain: okay you need to go to to sleep its 3am Also me: I dont need sleep, i NEED ANSWERS

[@jaridkeen123]

I looked at the clock and its 3am... I hate Insomnia

[@mthedirectioner]

Lmao Sheldon Cooper reference

[@richardkapantow1]

@@jaridkeen123 why u do not upload anymore video?

[@annahilation]

Every Story of the 50's: "everything was great, except until..."

[@scottcantdance804]

The Hart-Celler Immigration Act of '65.

[@averageytwatcher2060]

Nep Nep you sound like Thanos

[@skitz0phreak]

.. until the fire nation attacked.

[@danger450]

@@0.-.0 Or, all three ....

[@dusandragovic09srb]

A great indicator

[@ColonizersBlow]

It’s basically a huge fish tank that hasn’t been cleaned in ages...😬

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Helena No it's more like a septic tank that hasn't been cleaned in ages!

[@ColonizersBlow]

Jom Pop I went out there about a month ago... and it was nice. I mean, it's a strange place, but I like strange, so... Took some great abandoned building shots! 😊

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Helena Any Topless photos???

[@ColonizersBlow]

Jon MacDonald Shame on you! 😉

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Helena 😀😀 (🌻Y🌻)

[@delvinciposterkid]

"Nature will find a way, even if it does not involve us."

[@muegaltomiganson]

Not if we constantly bruise it!

[@derpymule7977]

@@muegaltomiganson I mean it definitely still will. Nature will kill all of humanity off before it succumbs to us.

[@muegaltomiganson]

@@derpymule7977 *flashbacks black hole bomb*

[@ceoofconfusion100]

@@muegaltomiganson wait when the hell did we make black hole bombs

[@muegaltomiganson]

@@ceoofconfusion100 since Kurzgesagt existed

[@boasgar]

fly: *attempts desperately to ruin the sentimental gravity of your culminating speech* you: *activates maximum-ponder-drive, generating prefontal heat THUS repelling the fly through pure thought*

[@draytonPW]

It is kind of hard to lay down a serious and profound monologue with flies crawling on your face.

[@okioki1131]

That's called being outdoors, you should try it some time.

[@Aakash_Goswami1]

Some people go outside and work, I know it sounds crazy

[@ryanmecillas9759]

You ever been to a lake, buddy?

[@Kwalified1]

Ghandi would disagree with you yo...

[@jorgepeterbarton]

unless you're beelzebub

[@cinnaisstinky4965]

2:51 that’s what my mother did when I was born

[@Cherokee93]

Lmfaoo

[@ThePavelkomin]

So she dressed you up like a new riviera?

[@compulsivecommenter990]

@@ThePavelkomin She tried

[@doobydoes4956]

Lol

[@Rupadarshi-Ray]

😂😂🤣

[@ritvik989]

This has to be the saddest video of him. In the end, the camera pan over on the lake and silently video ends unlike any other video

[@keiffitz689]

“A lack of caring” as the fly is taste testing your face lol

[@ivanwilson8038]

I wanted to slap those flies for you so bad

[@zookatone]

Daycow417 one of the disadvantages of HD

[@veritasium]

zookatone or even 4k

[@ivanwilson8038]

Veritasium haha you're in my thread. . . .makes me feel a little special. . . . . .Keep up the good work man

[@Silybadzchik]

IKR

[@huzaifahbaharudin2048]

😂😂😂😂😂IKR!!

[@ThistleBlue]

All those flies would drive me crazy...

[@suddenshotty]

Conor Porteous you may want to avoid Australia in the summertime then... Us Australians grow a sensitivity to not notice them at all xD

[@winsonli840]

Stuff i do I haven't played Blacklight in a long while. Has there been anything new? Any updates or are they still letting pc die and Playstation grow? I wanted them to add that compound to pc so much.

[@dschonsie]

You wanted to catch them with your tongue, didn't you?

[@ThistleBlue]

Winson Li PC's getting a parity Patch soon. Then there's a full roadmap of content patches.

[@ThistleBlue]

***** Sure, the PC version did die to the PS4 version, but it's getting a parity Patch that with make it equal the PS4 version. Anyway, I just liked the logo. I haven't played in years..

[@MateoQuixote]

Went there 3 days ago. Truly magical to explore some of these largely abandoned towns. Desert Shores, Bombay Beach. A must do if you're in SoCal

[@heidiappe]

Agree, love exploring the area. Bombay Beach is the bomb.. Don't forget the Slabs!

[@bloopbloop7061]

I live their so here’s some tips don’t come out in the summer it can get up to 125 if you do find a nice place to dine and cool off. We have some of the nicest sunsets and sunrises with the sky turning a nice orange pink very beautiful when theirs a few clouds . It is a small community and we love visitors. Can be glad to say I’m a part of the community lived here my whole life of 16 years.

[@jamesrav]

@@bloopbloop7061 I used to visit Calipatria on business (in the summer ...) and kept wanting to visit the Salton Sea. But my desire to get back home to 75° from the 110 was too strong. So one time I went there first, and it is a surreal place, almost dreamlike (it was hazy that day, heat hazy). Glad I went, but sad to know its eventual demise. The only savior is a biblical flood of rain, and that's not helpful otherwise. One of my favorite sci-fi 'B' movies is 'The Monster that Challenged the World' which took place at the (made up) Naval Facility on the Salton Sea.

[@goldenyuri3556]

@@bloopbloop7061 is the lake swimmable?

[@bloopbloop7061]

@@goldenyuri3556 depends on what you mean by swim able I would not go in their now but like 8 years ago we would jump into the keys near desert shores of my grandmas dock now their is no water in the keys and it’s super salty like really salty

[@brandonallen2301]

I would legit be really interested in lobbying to turn this into an algal carbon sink. It's so static, and so large. You'd have to regulate the runoff but it could be huge for carbon capture.

[@spectral8591]

6:30 Boi dont scare me like that

[@MsMRkv]

Thecatsmeow :3 xD

[@edoardonicitra30]

That's only the reality... Nothing to scare about, accept that, or change your and others' mind...

[@compulsivecommenter990]

It doesn't matter if you're scared it will happen!

[@spectral8591]

...you guys realize im talking about the fly jumpscare right

[@hxman2333]

@@spectral8591 clearly not

[@ZanenTM]

I could watch those mud bubbles for hours.

[@michaelJackson100ish]

+Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights same

[@gijs5670]

+Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights IKR?!

[@BoneGangsta305]

+Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights i was in a trance

[@jiysea]

it's like u wasted 1 hour of your life

[@ZER0--]

+Rapey Raptor | CS:GO | Highlights Get a lava lamp, it's nearly as good.

[@ohboy1113]

“You can’t even see the other end of this lake” Hol up then, what I seein then?

[@geo3106]

that's not the complete other side.

[@ZebraFacts]

You can't see the end of the lake, not the side...

[@geo3106]

@@ZebraFacts Dude, what I meant is that the lake is much wider in the other areas.

[@ZebraFacts]

@@geo3106 Are you saying that some parts of the lake are wider? If so, I agree. I've never been there but on a flight from LA to Chicago, we flew over a huge lake. It was so big, I'm sure it was the Salton Sea.

[@geo3106]

@@ZebraFacts yes, thanks

[@itsmehere1]

This is definitely the inspiration for the Alamo Sea and Dandy Shores in gta 5.

[@memelordozai8553]

Yes, it is. You can read about it in the GTA wiki

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Trying to have serious conversation about moral obligation and consequences of our actions.... THE FLIES. THE FLIES! HEY ARE YOU TRYING TO SHARE YOUR FEELINGS? HOW ABOUT I LAND ON YOUR FACE! NO? HOW ABOUT YOUR CAMERA?

[@carultch]

MattsAwesomeStuff There is a capslock key next to the A on your keyboard. Push it once, make sure you type lowercase letters by default, and never push it again.

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

carultch THERE IS A TINY BUTTON ABOVE YOUR BALLS. CUT IT OFF TO ENSURE YOUR CRAPPY SENSE OF HUMOR WILL NEVER BE PASSED ONTO THE NEXT GENERATION. Jeeze, it was a joke about panicking when an insect gets close to your face and how he didn't.

[@scottydog636]

HAHA HAHA! I LIKE THAT! NICE COMEBACK.

[@thebay3080]

HELP MEEEEEE! HELP MEEEEEEEE!

[@mashroom_]

MattsAwesomeStuff thanks for the comment. It made me lol

[@omegagamerdoge]

Why the mud volcano oddly satisfying

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

Ya like the bubble pop eh?

[@JD-ym2hg]

IDK!

[@majesticsnowleopard]

It's so sMoOtH

[@DigitalNeb]

I want the slo-mo guys to take video of those bubbles bursting.

[@metadragon7500]

Because it’s ASMR

[@randmayfield5695]

I remember going there as a kid back in the early 60's when it was thriving. The fishing was amazing.

[@xotroll9676]

netlfix: are you still watching someones daughter: 1:22

[@A.coconut08]

Lmao

[@ekkeu6204]

Nice

[@webpombo7765]

Someone's daughter is sharting?

[@hiffahyphae6707]

@@webpombo7765 apparently

[@cienciabit]

Nice place, but flies' paradise. Perhaps due to the amount of dead fish.

[@zulthyr1852]

death to flies! Goddamn ISIS terrorist fly!

[@gavinstarks2761]

You can see them in the video

[@dbgrfdg]

we all wouldn't live without flys

[@zulthyr1852]

Prove it, Stalin!

[@karlsapp7134]

The flies eat algae and are the reason that birds go there.

[@eTheBlack]

Watchout Trevor might be there, you never know what he is up to.

[@timetuner]

eTheBlack Usually meth

[@LajosPataki1]

The only thing they farm there is methamphetamine

[@tucana21]

Hahahaha true to that...

[@whopperlover1772]

eTheBlack Oh man! I made the same comment and I came down here to see if anyone else thought the same thing! I didn't come down far enough XD

[@Technoguyfication]

eTheBlack *sigh*

[@michaelinglis8516]

Wow that ending wasn't expected. It was like "The Birds" but with flys.

[@VOLAIRE]

Happy to know I’m not the only one who was hypnotized for an eternity by those bubbles

[@josh11735]

Lol 6:31 the bug's like "Look ma! I'm on KZbin!" xD But seriously, very interesting video. I never thought I'd be so fascinated in watching mud bubbles pop for over a minute straight :o

[@grahamrich9956]

Are you subbed to, like every channel on KZbin or something!?

[@PeregrineHawthorn]

Graham Rich Just every one you watch. ;)

[@somehungrypersonwhowantsfo8544]

josh11735 mum get the camera

[@dethmaul]

lmao ITS A MONSTE...oh.

[@enlightedify]

Lol... We could be friends ...

[@tracttrp4972]

Sandy Shores really looks good with this graphics mod.

[@Mustangguy9702]

My first thought haha

[@barface2992]

Fax

[@TheAuron32]

i was thinking, wheres my favourite psychopath.

[@pxndalgnd]

Where’s trevor

[@jadeyeet9149]

Smh

[@adrianjaeger2285]

I really love that lesson at the end. Love this channel and can't wait for the next video.

[@dogge929]

Imagine falling in a mud volcano, but it's a 3 foot deep hole just big enough to get your hips though, so you get stuck on your elbows while your body gets scorching burns up to your hips and there's toxic gas pushing up around you, making your lungs burn. You cans get out and in your panic slowly slide down further into the mud

[@hugebuffman3619]

wow that sure seems uncomfortable, daniel!

[@horusreloaded6387]

Now imagine all those CO2 building up under the surface and suddenly releasing and killing every living being in a 16 miles radius. Which happened once in some other lake

[@shadowxxe]

@@horusreloaded6387 the thing is that CO2 is being vented unlike the other lake.

[@Juneisthebestmonth]

The Hoover Dam has killed any hope of maintaining this Mistake Lake, by preventing the floods that used to ruin the area. This video is nearly 4 years old and the situation has gotten much worse. Purposely - gotten much worse. It IS returning to the condition it was before 1905 - and with the Hoover Dam, it will guarantee that this hell-hole will dry up. It is now toxic, choked down with no oxygen, the remaining fish are gone, the birds have mostly left. The newly exposed land is being sold. It's a done deal. Soon to be a large salt flat - just as it was years ago.

[@awildfilingcabinet6239]

*large toxic salt flat. All the run-off, all the pesticides, fertilizer and salt is just going to sit there and accumulate, harming the nearby area

[@Juneisthebestmonth]

@@awildfilingcabinet6239 The areas can be sampled, and any areas with high pesticide levels can be covered with gravel and sand. The area is surrounded by a huge desert with pervasive blowing particulates anyway. The newly exposed playa will be exposed over the next decade allowing controlled coverage

[@june19v]

@EveryDay Not sure what you are saying and who you are saying it to. The only way to reduce the effect of the decades-long pollution is to seal it up and prevent access. That is not a waste of time (unless you want to breath pesticides) nor resources

[@june19v]

@EveryDay Let me instruct you with facts: There IS ag runoff, want pictures? THAT and the extremely polluted New River are the only feeds into the Mistake Lake now. They are adding concentrated pollutants to the already highly polluted lake. Another fact: Fine particles blow across the newly exposed playa (and the desert surrounding) without mechanical contact from RVs. The wind whips up the top layer. Yes, asbestos is a concern.....but it is in very low levels. The pollutants and metals (naturally occurring selenium) are a direct concern. The area of concern (downwind) is too gigantic to make off limits with barbed wire - hell - we get resistance with a wall on our border! Young children and breathing impaired individuals should already be out of downwind areas. To remain is child abuse. People more for health reasons and weather reasons all the time. The state owes these people nothing. By the way, there are no indigenous fish or critters in that water.....they were all added in over the years. And it was more than salt killing off the life in the lake - the agricultural runoff fed the algae that overgrew and sucked all the oxygen out of the water. Then it cycles and dies off and decomposes - creating that horrible smell. It keeps repeating this cycle. That is why this lake is already termed dead, cannot be saved and must be dried up. We don't add water to a polluted lake.

[@mattbentley8958]

@@june19v, yea they have so much extra water in California the farmers water the fields to the point there is continuous runoff from them. That is why half the farmland is dead from lack of water. Have you driven the I5 recently? Millions of acres of dead farm land. The politicians need to protect the smelt and make sure all usable water ends up in the ocean so they can enforce drought laws.

[@Ashchu117]

I liked this video just because he put up with all those flies XD

[@taylorpeterson4215]

how many files did he deal with?

[@Ashchu117]

69, at least

[@breadman3220]

Ashchu117 69 😏 jk

[@crypticeyes2157]

Ashchu117 because it's so stinky when fish die

[@Ashchu117]

*+RandomAct OfKindness* lol fixed it thx

[@smakkacowtherealone]

Flies: "We're gonna end the viewer's whole attention span."

[@shree9418]

I felt the silence and breaks after every line towards the end......

[@Limbomber]

This video was sponsored by Ray-Ban and flies :D

[@anthonyhagarty6323]

Lol

[@haandawg]

😂

[@BUSeixas11]

Lol

[@niory]

bomber1452 I came for this comment !

[@drumrit]

sara meachel I just came too!!! Gonna wipe up now.

[@mbisson5816]

Been there. The fish bones were so high along the shore and the stench so bad, it was hard to see beauty in the lake. But hey, it's a short drive to some beautiful mountains near there, and it was in those mountains that I proposed to my wonderful wife of 19 years! The desert view below provides a gorgeous contrast to the mountain scenery. I love the Salton Sea area... from a distance.

[@Jeetjemina]

I really enjoyed the fly on 6:31 walking over my screen.

[@DewSocks]

I think that's a spider?

[@archevenault]

@@DewSocks nah its a fly. plenty of dead fish means plenty of flies.

[@kylezo]

It seems to me that the lesson has more to do with the careless destructiveness of agricultural runoff.

[@dallaswood4117]

I mean that sped up the process but ultimately any body of water that doesn’t have an outlet is going to become so salty that it supports little to no life great salt lake Dead Sea etc

[@keithwood6459]

That, and the folly of poorly planned engineering projects that created it in the first place..

[@austinbrown7183]

Careless destructiveness of Homo Sapiens and entropy.

[@mannurse7421]

What did it destroy? A patch of dry desert?

[@NeoHoshi]

Humans do have great power to shape the planet. Imagine what we could do if we all cared.

[@jessepinkman3075]

just imagination...:(

[@NeoHoshi]

Bros Badass Sadly....

[@DanM012324]

+Amineo It would be best if we just left nature alone and only try to change things where humans live.

[@TMB247]

+Amineo Get Government out of the way and a Capitalist will Care.

[@TitaGoose]

+Amineo Start with yourself and then help others around you achieve consistency within their moral principles. Live THAT life. Don't wait for a majority to do something good.

[@Lubomir1]

Comment section: 10% about the lake 90% about the flies

[@asterixgallier8102]

1% about the distribution of comments

[@xifer7367]

Little kid: looses his slippers in a lake He to his dad: *title*

[@bobhanover4841]

Great Job! You broke that down well. I 've watched a ton of Salton Sea Videos.

[@patsie00]

trevor should be crashing a plane in there any minute now

[@OldSkoolLover1996]

+patsie00 :D

[@thewolfyartistproductions4208]

Huh?

[@AuroraNora3]

TheWolfyArtist Gta

[@doseofpenguin3401]

Ha

[@MrClauried]

Gta time !!!!

[@Bouzsi]

2:00 also known, scientifically, as the "Taco Bell Effect"

[@nayyarrashid4661]

You get frer gas from taco bell

[@slappythesquirrel4766]

Good ol mudbutt

[@nbrw7349]

Lol

[@st4ndg4mes87]

Damn 420 likes

[@murkorus7147]

Lake: Is the new hotspot for tourists and a moneymaker and stuff Farmers: We're gonna end this man's whole career

[@mattmanmv13]

you and your videos ROCK!!!! Thank you.

[@catchphase]

Those mud bubbles were so satisfying to watch.

[@StsFiveOneLima]

Gen Z: "Ah. That was satisfying."

[@donottrustanyonelol]

1:21

[@cascas9656]

@@donottrustanyonelol thanks, stranger.

[@MrMrsBrownsboys]

Incoming GTA/ Trevor comments.

[@MrMrsBrownsboys]

Veritasium Did you like this post or did a bot? Either way I took pictures and sent them to friends.

[@MrMrsBrownsboys]

It is I know. But I had to make sure

[@MrMrsBrownsboys]

No it's actually the one used to inspire the Alamo sea in GTA V along with sandy shores.

[@lolmandos]

***** The lake in F:NV is actually Lake Mead.

[@gorrillawarfair]

Mandos Aldmer i don't know why people don't understand that... the lake in New Vegas is called lake mead! Also it's the only water in the game you come across that doesn't have radiation which sounds like the opposite of this lake.

[@RigoVids]

“You can’t even see the other end of this lake” with the mountains in view

[@RigoVids]

I know it’s a low blow but

[@filipe3310]

Amazing video, and very intriguing history.

[@parkourmaster3609]

that fly just crawl onto the camera liek "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY MOM"

[@martijnb5263]

haha saw that too

[@seanld444]

Dude I read your comment right as it happened. Dufuh?

[@Draco_-mk5zv]

+sean wilkerson same

[@navebloodwater9074]

When?

[@account-mk5ll]

+NaVE BloodWater 6:34

[@isho5196]

Sandy chores gta 5 is based on this place

[@stroopwafelarmy4637]

*shores

[@Krizefugl]

+StroopwafelArmy well maybe sandy doesnt like to take out the trash so chores is actually right

[@InitializedLights]

+the swedish miner It is based of Bombay Beach

[@spidey9504]

I knew I saw this before

[@mr.poobie]

it's not...but whatever

[@arcus9066]

Veritasium: The San Andreas fault has magma close to the surface. Me: Naw. It's having a temper tantrum.

[@g.waits4gainz205]

dang, well done video is amazingly thought provoking

[@TheMatthewDMerrill]

Eagerly waits for the mud to get on the camera. Also remind me of sand shores from GTA V.

[@favelamarek2]

It is

[@Fjolltzu]

yup alamo sea is inspired on this

[@namibjDerEchte]

+Matt Merrill Loooks a bit like fallout irl...without the RAD

[@massimookissed1023]

Carbonated fizzy mud. Has anyone tried bottling that ? "It's packed with minerals!"

[@mephostopheles3752]

The abandoned buildings remind me heavily of the scenery in Fallout 3, 4, and New Vegas.

[@pyronac1]

slab city is not far from here

[@teufeldritch]

Sandy Shores in GTA V.

[@mthedirectioner]

Respect. That speech at the end... wow. You have my respect.

[@TWOCOWS1]

excellent production. very expressive and straight to the point. (also an impressive basket you got there, dude (@7:14-15. well blessed)

[@TheShamansQuestion]

*finishes inspirational speech* *perfectly pans to bird flying across the lake*

[@SueDNim]

"There are only a few people left there"? Why are they ANY people left there? Why are they still there? What do they do there? Who are these people?

[@ethansheehan1002]

They work at the plants

[@trev6511]

Farmers too.

[@foxykero]

there are about 300 people there ( give or take) and less every year

[@travisgranger8981]

they go to work in Palm Springs. Also real estate is extremely cheap. you would have to be extremely reclusive to want to live out there.

[@saamohod]

They earn a living catching flies.

[@nickjunes]

I re-watch this every once and a while just for the extended mud bubble scene lol

[@anoupsukale]

The bird at the end flying off to new shores reminded me that we have no wings, and are stranded on this planet. Remember to care.

[@fierceeagle3458]

Pog

[@spankmytank5653]

Omg I just realised something........... that's sandy shores in GTA 5

[@abdallababikir4473]

i heard "san andreas"

[@craigjohnson4929]

Well here Sandy shoresis called dessert shores in real life so he's in dessert shores

[@luvspus69]

My mind was blown too

[@led_farmer]

Go back to your mom's basements

[@n.h6001]

Yep and salvation mountain is salvation hill in GTA.

[@DJInclined]

What kind of camera do you use?

[@veritasium]

DJ Inclined I'm now using a Panasonic GH4 with 12-35mm lens

[@georgechar7319]

I think gh4 is capable of shooting in 4k, isn't it?

[@trollface870]

Πιάνο Ακορντεόν yup

[@cuethecritic]

are you using the mic on the camera or an external?

[@pringelsthegamefreak]

Why do KZbin commenters always ask stupid questions? what next? "what shirt are you wearing?" like just enjoy the dn video

[@th3rdeyeopen]

Incredible place to study terraforming! There are lessons to be learned in just the time lapse photos.

[@felixyusupov7299]

One overlooked solution is pump storage between the Salton Sea and Pacific Ocean in California. Pump water out of the Salton Sea at night using geothermal energy and produce hydroelectric power during the day by adding Pacific ocean water to the Salton Sea. The surface area of the Salton sea is 343 square miles. There is a 225 feet of elevation difference between the Salton Sea and Pacific Ocean. They have already bored a hole in the mountain between the imperial valley and San Diego to transport fresh water. They could drill another one for this battery storage idea. Another advantage is you effectively reduce the high salinity of the Salton Sea while improving air quality of the imperial valley by covering the entire dry lake bed.

[@eratonysiad2582]

That is very deep... . . . . . . . . . . Pun intended

[@DJEmonTV]

Lol

[@samdeshler]

Chris vd. Heijden ACTUALLY.... the deepest point is only about 16m (52ft) :)

[@Sp1inter64]

Uh ggggg8 Buffy uh

[@mell0mar]

HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE Just no

[@Mayorewey12]

+David Stumpf (sp1inter) the vampire slayer

[@cr0ssley]

the mud volcanoes are very satisfying in slow motion :I

[@jommydodger7630]

Daniel Crossley Literally what I was thinking xD

[@MrClauried]

Daniel Crossley why the straight face :|

[@enlightenmentclub327]

YEEESSSSS

[@dumbscrub4503]

Daniel Crossley true it looks fake but its real

[@thanhskii]

Look like clay

[@MrInterestingthings]

Amazing ,I start watching this guy's videos and just keep going ...

[@cubedude8690]

He has that "look at all those chickens!"-pose in the thumbnail.

[@tdubs4522]

*pauses for dramatic effect, fly lands on mouth

[@jeanbaptistevallee4500]

Those mud "volcano`s" are also underwater in a few places. One time I watched my brother pull three nice corvina from above a muddy water boil of a mud pot. It was weird.

[@SuperNiCoNaTeR]

God, I love you bro. Love your hard work man.

[@hypercube9531]

This got recommended to me 5 years later randomly so imma leave this here in case anyone else ends up here too

[@boxmeister3059]

Pre-Salted Fish Get 'em here, fresh from the water, already preserved!

[@pyrotechnik9022]

Hey me and that lake are a lot alike we're both mistakes

[@ll9704]

Moritz Beck that's just called being edgy

[@Jim1971a]

Don’t say that.

[@oisin3495]

Pyro Technik are you covered in flies as well

[@christophertolhurst4918]

I love you. Well done video. Smart video with a great story of truth about the Salton Sea. Thank you. Peace and God bless you.

[@Macedonahue]

6:30 the fly crawling across the screen is just unnerving.

[@MenkoDany]

Should California exist?

[@zeppie_]

Menko should america exist?

[@Jerms2000Vlogs]

Should earth exist?

[@AAfif-gd4px]

Zeppelans Should the earth exist?

[@nilsvids]

Ad.A Afif I see we're going bigger and bigger, so should the average American man exist?

[@CdFMasterVideo]

Zeppelans Your profile image makes your question incredibly interesting.

[@plasticface333]

sounds like the sea from gta v

[@xcitywhiteboy]

i think it is

[@1977Brehon]

+Xcitywhiteboy it is

[@dustinwelbourne8008]

Doing a coast-to-coast road trip before heading back to Aus, and I was just at the Salton Sea the other day. I got chatting with locals at Bombay Beach, that was an experience in itself, but what an interesting place and story it has.

[@pickles3471]

"This lake was an accident" Well thats one thing me and the lake have in common

[@bentleystorlie8073]

The slow motion mud bubbles were really awesome. Thank you for explaining where the air comes from.

[@murr9798]

I just wanna be touching the mud one of the little mud-volcanoes :3

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

It's active high threat potential

[@HCVE]

+AwesomeDesertTortoises No its not

[@comptesecondaire8255]

I think it's not really boiling, there are just carbon dioxide bubbles. But it's still hot :)

[@ZO_id]

+Naur Luin over 9000 degrees

[@maxinecantspeak]

Fun fact, it actually gets up to about 10,800 F (give or take) around the center of the Earth.

[@blazingkatana97]

In 7 minutes, he turned from a scientist to a philosopher.

[@timramich]

The air force also used it as a bombing range. They dropped a fueled but unarmed nuke into it accidentally. It's still down there.

[@douglasfulmer5483]

Fallout: Salton.

[@omega4679]

Lol

[@galibmahfuzullah6152]

i want the game

[@bit2shift]

More like Alamo Sea and Sandy Shores from GTA 5.

[@emeyeenaych]

TAKE ME TO THE PLACE, I BELONG. WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MAMA, TAKE ME HOOOME, COUNTRY ROAD.

[@schlomomcgoldstein4379]

Mud volcanoes in slow motion, I liked that.

[@superdave354]

Schlomo McGoldstein *glob* *glob* delicious

[@superdave354]

Schlomo McGoldstein it has nice thicc volume & eccentricity

[@SimonWillig]

That's the definition of 'life': efforts to undo the 3rd law of thermodynamics.

[@philipohmes9395]

Reminds me of what happened in Florida with the Everglades watershed.

[@vlweb3d]

*DAMN FLIES MESSING WITH MY PHILOSOPHICAL MONOLOGUE !!!*

[@alexven92]

2:00 Wow those mud bubbles are amazing to look at!

[@veritasium]

Right?! That bit is my favourite

[@KyleWelsby]

MisterDeadGuy for a moment there i thaught my computer was broken, playing slow motion for a long time. I guess it was half accident and half lost in the moment of the mud bubbles..

[@RJGMorris]

Veritasium Your use of ?! makes a noise in my head but i cant describe it

[@mountaindew9921]

"these people had a lack of caring" *ignores bug on face*

[@stephenbaldwin5341]

There is sea shells along the foothill walls around Salton Sea. This is from where Baja Sea flooded this area.

[@aarsoul9860]

It used to be a sea theirs sea shells all over the valley