The 5 Wildest Lakes on Earth | Compilation

You won't believe that these five lakes are real places—Acid lakes? Lava lakes? They'll blow your mind! Join Stefan Chin for a dive into some of the world's strangest natural lakes that you definitely do NOT want to actually dive into!

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[maia]

Hot sticky tar pit: exists
Some sort of bacteria: it's FrEe ReAl EsTaTe

Meanwhile the roses in my garden die if the pH isn't exactly 6.514, the planets aren't aligned and Capricorn's horoscope isn't looking good

[dashamm]

In the Jacuzzi of despair, I wonder if any rich person with a submersible has thought of bringing jars of cucumbers down there to create the world's most expensive pickles?

[Tiki]

That brine pool under the ocean is straight up Goo Lagoon from
Spongebob.

[awesomelyshorticles]

I love how anytime biologists find weird life theyre like "so maybe THIS could be aliens"

[residentpossum]

Yo, I'm from Trinidad, just left last year

Learning more about pitch lake is cool! We always heard about it, and you can go visit it super easy (people lose slippers CONSTANTLY) but you never heard too much about the science side etc
Hell I've never actually heard of fossils being pulled out, or well anything going on with studying it. So hearing stuff like this is super cool!

Another Trinidad and Tobago fun fact: I believe we have the largest variety of hummingbirds in one place. I thinks it's something like 24 different kinds? I know Trinidad is a huge tourist spot for bird watchers (also hummingbirds are violent its wild)

[Painted_Owl]

I can literally watch this topic all day. Like, a highly active volcano made of ice?? Come on, that is so interesting!! You'd have to worry about getting fried and freezing away all at the same time 🤯

[synonymous]

Also, wollaston lake: the largest lake to naturally drain in two directions in the world.

[Era]

Meanwhile scientists on Enceladus: "This might help us to understand life in our planet, and beyond. For example, Earth - the most probable planet to contain life in our solar system.
. "

[twocvbloke]

"Explosive degassing" - Yep, I'm familiar with that :S

[DoodlesintheMembrane]

Love these almost daily uploads. As a educational content creator - these are so inspiring

[tired]

“a regular microbial journal” I love the implication that there’s 1. several microbial journals 2. enough to establish the baselines for what a regular microbial journal is 3. some non standards microbial journals and 4. that the astrophysics journal qualifies as a non standard microbial journal

[tavdy]

You guys need to do a video on lakes Monoun, Nyos and Kivu, Africa's exploding lakes.

[mashrien]

22:17 Video game law states; you can find some special lava boots and swim down to the bottom, find a secret passage and a small room with a treasure chest, probably containing a trident that allows you to breathe underwater

[howdy]

"lightning doesn't strike the same place twice"
lake maracaibo would like to know your location

[aaronism]

Prince : why don't you purify yourself in the waters of lake Minnetonka

[hellcat]

Imagine if we had a way of capturing the energy from the lightning hitting Catatumbo. That would be one hell of a renewable energy source.

[KjV]

Hank: "Pitch Lake is made of oil."

The US : [Heavy breathing] "We've found terrorists in Pitch Lake. Better invade."

[rebbecachunn]

The Jacuzzi of Despair can also be found just outside Princess Buttercup's castle.

[tobiramasenju]

I want to see the Catatumbo Lighting, hope Venezuela’s situation gets better to one day see it.

[wisp]

So if life is ever found in the Dallol pools, what would they be called? Halophiles, thermophiles, or acidophiles? Would they just be classified as all 3, or would a new category be made? I’d assume the former, but hoping for the latter.