The 6 Strangest Places on Earth | SciShow Compilation

Have you heard of the Blue Lava Lake or Blood Falls? Join us for a new episode of SciShow where we'll show you the top 6 strangest places on Earth! Let's go!

Hosted by Hank Green.

Thumbnail Credit: Jill Mikucki/University of Tennessee Knoxville

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[garyoldman]

That toxic lake. It is always good to know more about the birthplace of my mother-in-law.

[ChronoSquare]

The fact that 15 of the species discovered in the movile cave were already known is I think a far more interesting statistic

[ianmcninch]

The Movile cave sounds really fascinating being such an isolated ecosystem for millions of years. From the perspective of all the critters in there, that cave is the entire world and always has been. Its kind of like if aliens found us some day and discovered that our earth and the life on it had broken off of their planet billions of years ago lmao

[hayhayhay]

"600 hundred colorless compounds and how to draw them" why have I not seen a comment calling out how top tier this joke is

[isaacj.elliott]

00:12 Hank wears Grey Flannel Button Front
00:39 Hank wears Brown striped dress shirt
4:19 Hank wears navy Blue 'molecule' short sleeve dress shirt
8:33 Hank wears Blue Plaid Dress Short Sleeve Shirt
10:58 Hank wears Fall Orange Dress Shirt
14:28 Hank Wears Grey Radian tee shirt
17:45 Not Hank wearing grey crocheted sweater and black t-shirt?

[iakdrawllim]

Could you imagine being one of those miners to break through into the crystal cave, and for the first time ever, see huge 12 metre long crystals

[roberts.]

Honestly the cause of the crooked forest is probably to give Home Depot a ready supply of hardwood for their lumber section.

[rosegal]

I’m Mauritanian, glad to have people learn about my homeland’s geological marvels

[spamletspamley]

Interesting they say that heavy things resting on trees make them grow bent. I've always been impressed at the way trees in fence lines or walls actually grow around the obstructions without pushing them out of the way. I've seen bikes and even an iron bedstead perfectly incorporated into a tree, and only raised up with it, rather than pushed aside. On an even more sensitive and delicate scale, you can even find mushrooms with grass leaves incorporated in their caps, that have neatly grown around the leaves without even pushing them aside. I've always been impressed at how sensitive the growing trees and fungi must be to keep growing without disturbing the things around them.

[MercyAragon-ckjj]

UPDATE 2019 the cave in naica flooded again so the selenite is growing once more

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[docferringer]

The second batch of crooked trees that all faced the same direction...the first thing that comes to mind is an explosion leveling them all. It would produce a 90 degree bend and those trees--much smaller back then---would straighten up and continue growing after that. Younger stems are much more resilient to extreme trauma whereas an older grove would be left with a thin strip of live bark connecting the two halves.

[HalfShelli]

I wish there were more visuals! The explanations are fascinating, but I would have liked them as voiceovers, so we could see more of these places.

[lunaargentum]

*3 new species of spiders discovered in an isolated cave*

me: STOP DIGGING UP NEW SPIDERS

[HelloDollies]

“Nard rockingly amazing” is my favorite beastie boys song.
I love young Hank’s word choices. So vibrant. So descriptive.

[TechnicFlow]

Lots of fun theories about the Richat structure and Atlantis. It is incredibly easy to find seashells, fishbone fossils, and other stuff all over the place there indicating that it was once underwater and the science is pretty conclusive that it was. Also, Plato wrote about Atlantis and the location he gives is pretty much right where the Richat structure is. He also talks about it being a city that was made of multiple circles with water around the circles and a great port. If you look at the structure there's a location that kinda looks like it would have been port. Further, very few archeological digs have been done there.

[zatchiel]

"They're a bunch of creepy looking weirdos, but I guess living in darkness and isolation for millions of years will do that to you."

Internet denizens: *hiss*

[edvardferand]

This documentary has offered some great names for my new grindcore band. Blood Falls, Acid Lake, Breathing Iron and Dissolved Metal!!

[bearofthunder]

I know some people have plans to investigate if the Eye of Sahara could be the remains of the legendary Atlantis. They believe that the area has been raised by tectonic activity and when it was on a lower level it got flooded due to events of the last ice age. They want so see if they can find artifacts in the area, and they think they have found many things about the site that fit with written descriptions of Atlantis. Not only the circular features, but also descriptions of the mountains around it.

[drewishaf]

Right, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the case that every type of drowning involves "drowning in your own lungs?"