I found a Mud Volcano in California

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Why are there holes all over the southern California desert? This area is a unique basin that should actually be 20,000 ft below sea level. So I traveled there and spent 4 hrs looking for muddy holes in the ground.
The moving mud puddle:
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@simonegiertz 2 жыл бұрын

WHY BEAT ME WHEN YOU CAN JOIN ME!!!

@enjoybro8427 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh

@nathaniel3102 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to ask why that was in the search box...🤣

@swordchaos1181 2 жыл бұрын

Ohh you noticed that huh

@Qermaq 2 жыл бұрын

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@TheDarkMessiah 2 жыл бұрын

ngl I'm rooting for Simone over Dianna

@physicsgirl 2 жыл бұрын

Cool to see so many German-speaking viewers! I should make translation errors more often. **ahem** Correction: Graben is the German word for ditch or trench. Makes sense. How do you say, thanks guys, in German? Edit: Danke Leute!

@alexanderabildsten9092 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks is danke, if i remember correctly.

@arvindhram5964 2 жыл бұрын

Danke Leute!

@lphaetaamma291 2 жыл бұрын

"thanks guys" = "Danke, Leute"

@numinous510 2 жыл бұрын

"graben" is also be a verb that translates to "digging", so "Ich grabe einen Graben." would translate to "I am digging a ditch." and like others aleady said "Thanks guys" would be "Danke Leute".

@Bhalforii 2 жыл бұрын

Meh, true and not true. Graben and grab share the same etymological history.

@TheRandomInternetGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Minor correction: The german word for grave is "Grab". "Graben" ist an entirely different word with can be translated as ditch, moat or trench.

@brmben8221 2 жыл бұрын

Du sagst es, Bruder! 😉

@janina90 2 жыл бұрын

But then again, "Graben" does in fact have the same origin as "Grab"..

@PixieStixx 2 жыл бұрын

@@janina90 well you have to dig a grave or.. du musst ein Grab graben 😉

@tobiasl5780 2 жыл бұрын

@@PixieStixx Or you dig a trench.. „einen Graben graben“👆🏼😄

@franziska-isabellabuttner6214 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I wanted to write this as well

@SKRicochet 2 жыл бұрын

“How to defeat Simone Giertz” 😂

@theunknown4834 2 жыл бұрын

Who is that

@JoshGreenSEO 2 жыл бұрын

Build an even shittier robot? 😂

@100DollarBillYall 2 жыл бұрын

@@theunknown4834 kzfaq.infovideos

@MarkN51 2 жыл бұрын

Google "truckla"

@SocialNetwooky 2 жыл бұрын

@@theunknown4834 The one to defeat obviously ;) She has a DIY'ish channel and became famous by building some of the most ludicrously bad robots you can imagine. Worth checking out if you ask me :)

@bierrollerful 2 жыл бұрын

Physics Girl: "How to defeat Simone Giertz" Google: "Did you mean: How to accept defeat by Simone Giertz"

@physicsgirl 2 жыл бұрын

Nice username, bierrollerful. Or should i say GIERTZ!?

@lesliefranklin1870 2 жыл бұрын

I sense a collaboration in the future.

@Zapski 2 жыл бұрын

Please team up and be our new overlords

@l_szabi 2 жыл бұрын

@@physicsgirl Well I dare you to *say* "GIERTZ" if you can XD

@lesliefranklin1870 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zapski Physics + robots => Skynet. I, for one, welcome our new overlords.

@SeanHodgins 2 жыл бұрын

I have no clue as to why, but I have the urge to stick my hand into one of those. The mud looks like it would be so soothing on your skin.

@juffurey 2 жыл бұрын

Sure, your "hand"

@a1r592 2 жыл бұрын

Very soothing, probably the last thing you’ll feel on that part of your skin. Of course, after it has boiled off.

@gemfyre855 2 жыл бұрын

@@a1r592 I think these mud volcanoes are actually cool, being powered by bubbling CO2. Don't quote me on that though.

@BackYardScience2000 2 жыл бұрын

I've had 3rd degree burns over 60% of my right hand. That's what I imagine this would feel like.

@twonumber22 2 жыл бұрын

Either a great discovery or a Darwin award awaits. 😂

@khatharrmalkavian3306 2 жыл бұрын

Dianna looking for mud volcanoes: "Occam was a fool! This way, into the shrubbery!"

@Ilander86 2 жыл бұрын

"How to defeat Simone Giertz" "I see you have chosen DEATH" but srsly, she's too powerful, but if she could be turned, she could be a powerful ally.

@uatu3021 2 жыл бұрын

She survived a brain tumor, and kicked Adam and Laura's asses in a Mad Max melee, I'm not entirely convinced you can defeat her.

@pvic6959 2 жыл бұрын

I literally cant get over how amazing Dianna is (as a person and as an educator). I found her many years ago at this point, and I still get giddy when I see shes put up a video. 10/10 would fangirl if I ever meet her. A true inspiration

@qwertyTRiG 2 жыл бұрын

She's astonishingly good at explaining things, and conveying a lot of information in a short time.

@jordanzdebski5132 2 жыл бұрын

yeah i agree she's hot

@user-qp8uv4qy7m 3 ай бұрын

You are so suspicious and sus

@awkweird_panda 2 жыл бұрын

Dianna is having too much fun with mud. First it was a puddle, now it's a volcano. God mud is fascinating!!!

@doxielain2231 2 жыл бұрын

Next, sea? Then ocean, and obviously, planet.

@nkronert 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah, we know where this is going - mud bath, mud wrestling, ... 😉

@DrewNorthup 2 жыл бұрын

@@nkronert Let's leave the noodle wrestling out of it.

@DrewNorthup 2 жыл бұрын

When was the last time you watched kids play in puddles?

@nkronert 2 жыл бұрын

@@DrewNorthup that was probably when I was a kid myself, which is ages ago. I have no idea what noodle wrestling is and I'm too scared to look it up 😊

@philipp_ 2 жыл бұрын

"Graben" is actually German for ditch or trench it can also be translated to "dig" the word for grave would be "Grab"

@PixieStixx 2 жыл бұрын

Danke, wollte ich auch grade schreiben.

@Zyhmet 2 жыл бұрын

yeah just wanted to say that... would be quite surprised if it really came from Grab.... I mean I guess the word Grab (grave) and Graben(ditch) are basically the same in German... but yeah

@PixieStixx 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zyhmet yeah because you have to graben a grab aka dig a grave 😏

@philipp_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zyhmet are "Grab" and "Graben" the same in German?

@janina90 2 жыл бұрын

But then again, "Graben" does in fact have the same origin as "Grab"..

@TSKseattle 2 жыл бұрын

1:32 "how to defeat Simone Giertz"?? What- a magic incantation? An Orb Of Power? A hero sword?

@senfdame528 2 жыл бұрын

a standard tesla

@Spiderboy-wg4pu 2 жыл бұрын

2:15

@angeltysonswe 2 жыл бұрын

"how to defeat simone Giertz"?!?!?! Do you have a collab planned?! Yes please!

@ABCantonese 2 жыл бұрын

I bet you Simone uploaded a video with how to defeat "____", not necessarily Diana if it's a cycle, pulling Derek and Dustin and _____ in.

@jasonremy1627 2 жыл бұрын

They've done collabs before in the past. Would love to see more!

@angeltysonswe 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonremy1627 I have seen a couple of them. I would love to see more!

@Squossifrage 2 жыл бұрын

They've done several already. And... twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/992505475437551617

@IndieCato 2 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone want to defeat Simone?!

@kidmohair8151 2 жыл бұрын

eXactLy! what did Simone ever do to Physics Girl??? I may have to unsubscribe

@galiciaart 2 жыл бұрын

No one can

@kidmohair8151 2 жыл бұрын

@@galiciaart cuz you know she's gonna build something that won't defeat you, per se, but will still twist your head so much that you won't be able to even continue on your plan for world domination...right Brain?

@Ninjalectual 2 жыл бұрын

Well we all know that brain cancer can't do it. Its just prudent to look for her weaknesses before she grows too powerful

@c.james1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ninjalectual Her brain tumour was benign, i.e. it was not cancer. Still *very* serious, but there is/was never a risk of it metastasising or any other cancer specific risks.

@hamzazad5258 2 жыл бұрын

1:15 "Not the person" 😂 good to know! The editing is great

@monsternside1509 2 жыл бұрын

Totally not your fault, you are "Physics Girl" not "Lead a Production Team to Mud Pots Girl"

@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 жыл бұрын

Scientific ventures like this never fail to blow my mind

@harshpujareavalon 2 жыл бұрын

9 likes? Damn Sad day

@redtski 2 жыл бұрын

Im fascinated that youre seemingly everywhere. Hope youve a good day/night

@ayeshadequeiroz4857 Жыл бұрын

I live downwind of that stinkpot. It’s only bad in the later half of the summer. What you said about sediment and tectonic plates is interesting to me for a specific reason. As a Southern California native I’ve experienced the full range of earthquakes (I slept through Sylmar as an infant) and I’ve never felt earthquakes as I have since living in the desert. It’s like bogey boarding on a sand dune, you can feel the house shifting on sand, rather than being jolted as I have experienced elsewhere. I can hear them coming, it’s so bizarre. When we’ve had earthquakes from a different direction, it feels completely different. I can now tell if they come from Nevada or west of from me just from the waves.

@user-xj8wy4uu1q 3 ай бұрын

⁠@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5go and sin 😤

@rickseiden1 2 жыл бұрын

1:32 Made me laugh out loud--literally! Thanks, I needed that!

@rickseiden1 2 жыл бұрын

Also, the mud pots remind me of The Bog of Stench!

@whiteboard1335 2 жыл бұрын

No one Diana: let's go mudding Louis Litt: 🥲

@Maazin5 2 жыл бұрын

1:32 👀 what are you planning?

@janegael 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so interesting and fun. Thanks for taking one for the team to make this one. Mud volcanos are fascinating.

@janethouckanderson265 2 жыл бұрын

In the '50s we used to water ski on the Salton Sea. It was salty but ok . Then within about 10 years or so we just couldn't stand the saltier lake. It would not be good for the boats either. So we drove the extra miles down to the Colorado River at Blythe. Good Times.

@AndrewsEdits 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not saying Dianna's videos are better without PBS studio... but like they're really more fun

@ABCantonese 2 жыл бұрын

They are. 😁

@ThatBoomerDude56 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. You can go ahead and say it.

@superuser3026 2 жыл бұрын

Always a good day when Dianna uploads!

@ZetaFuzzMachine 2 жыл бұрын

It's so refreshing to watch these short vids. Love em!

@loumauve 2 жыл бұрын

so cool. love these kinds of videos. (and I'm sure it was still a fun expedition, even if you didn't get to where you originally wanted to go)

@bjarnes.4423 2 жыл бұрын

"Graben" is German for Trench (and digging) "Grab" means Grave 2:39

@eccentricOrange 2 жыл бұрын

No one: Diana: Imma go look for mud volcanos!! Me: Can I come along?

@HarryBalzak 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of people are into stuff like that. My buddy once said, "There was just a fire in the hills. All the vegitation is burnt or dead. I am going to go look at some rocks", and three other people, myself included, wanted to go along.

@jimsvideos7201 2 жыл бұрын

Good on you and your team for being persistent in getting all of this for us!

@damoser 2 жыл бұрын

There's a giant mud volcano in Colombia that i got to take a mud bath in. It was wonderful. You cannot sink because the mud is so dense, and it's really warm.

@grumpyoldstudios 2 жыл бұрын

ROTF "How to Defeat simone giertz" Priceless

@drogers5511 2 жыл бұрын

I drove right past those, but thought they were leftover piles from the mines nearby

@GeoffBarrett 2 жыл бұрын

These last two videos have been so interesting. I never in my life would have known any of this but here I am enjoying watching bubbling mud puddles.

@oscarmedina1303 2 жыл бұрын

You were just a few hundred yards from Obsidian Mount. A low hill that is made up almost completely, of obsidian from the last volcanic eruption in the area. Maybe next visit. The area is in the gap between the start of the San Andreas fault and the spreading ridge in the Gulf of California. The area is the interface where two plates are spreading apart and the motion converts to the northwest movement of the Pacific Plate. The volcano under your feet is called the Salton Buttes. A great place to generate electricity from hydrothermal action. Cool video. Thanks for posting.

@HiopX 2 жыл бұрын

I never heard "Graben" as a reference for a grave. The noun the best translation would be a ditch, but it could also be a verb (when it's not capitalized) that means "to dig".

@lphaetaamma291 2 жыл бұрын

yes, she confused it with "Grab" (=grave)

@joanahhah 2 жыл бұрын

WOW, the aesthetics in this video… ✨✨✨ ……absolutely stunning

@LTV_inc 2 жыл бұрын

Mmm it’s so gggood….🤤

@TheSlyMouse 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the newest videos you have been making

@diegodcolton 2 жыл бұрын

I love the video and I'll be honest, I missed this kind of video so much. I'm glad you get to do what you want. Good for you.

@Logh0s 2 жыл бұрын

I remember a girl wondering what to do with a physics degree...

@Assassam1 2 жыл бұрын

A "Grab" is a grave, a "Graben" is a trench in German. Different words. As a verb "graben" means digging, that's probably the origin of both other words.

@erubielalanis6658 2 жыл бұрын

Loving these videos, keep’en coming.

@robertdiehl1281 2 жыл бұрын

Such a very cool video. There’s a stark beauty to that area. Thanks for sharing

@henray76 2 жыл бұрын

She perfectly described how my toe nails grow

@Eyes0penNoFear 2 жыл бұрын

Mine too. I tracked it, and they actually grow faster around the full moon.

@john-or9cf 2 жыл бұрын

And here I thought all the mud was centered in Sacramento.

@withabike 2 жыл бұрын

Browsing your channel is like going back to school again! Let me benefit for life! Your channel is great! We have learned a lot from you! thank you for your sharing! wish you happy everyday

@zacjdavis 2 жыл бұрын

I visited the same spot in January. Super cool. Except I immediately noped out on the new mud pots and went directly to the old ones. Haha.

@ernstoud 2 жыл бұрын

1:33 : “how to defeat Simone Giertz”. I see what you did there, shame on you 🧐

@jash714 2 жыл бұрын

One question When the bubbles burst ( like the mud volcano bubbles)..it ejects the mud in the vertical direction.. is this due to conservation of momentum or something else?

@Tedd755 2 жыл бұрын

Goddamnit Dianna, these mud videos are so fascinating. Love your topics! Keep it up grrl!

@bfish89ryuhayabusa 2 жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of one of my mapping projects at field camp (10 years ago as of the past few weeks), where it was 90% bentonite clay and it had just rained, which is not a great combination for walking on. It's slippery yet sticks to your shoes, so you have to knock off the clay every so often so your shoes don't become too heavy to walk.

@gastonmarian7261 2 жыл бұрын

Between this and the moving mud puddle, I have learned that geology is wild and we have so much to learn about the ground under our feet

@leddyb 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to these exact same ones and they are very cool. Loved seeing them and it felt surreal seeing them in real life.

@MostPowerfulPMofIndia 2 ай бұрын

Volcano was waiting for you So it was happy bubbling What a cute little volcano

@kidakitten800 2 жыл бұрын

:OO I was watching your videos. Funny you posted today :) I like this channel.

@dukeshaver199 4 ай бұрын

Cannot wait for you to get better and start making videos again!!!! You're in my prayers!

@jayspenceranderson 2 жыл бұрын

How about if you complete the trifecta and create a video about the volcano (active?) at Red Hill Marina? BTW we spent Sunday looking at the San Andreas fault around Wrightwood. Thank you so much for this video. I want to see the mud volcanos!

@gorgeous1fangirl 2 жыл бұрын

I’m graduating this week with my Master’s in Geotechnical Engineering and I’ve really appreciated these last two videos!

@tomatenmagnet 2 жыл бұрын

love this (new) content! anything geography related will have me clicking at lightning speed

@SS_DT 2 жыл бұрын

I saw these in Rotorua, New Zealand a few years ago, and I was so fascinated by them. They look like something out of a sci-fi novel. Earth is amazing. When the aliens finally talk to us, we’re going to have more to share than most of us realize. haha

@clydecessna737 2 жыл бұрын

I was flying a small plane in the area and it was really weird to see the altimeter go negative as I skimmed the Salton Sea.

@mauriciot.p.3576 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see those things in person, it looks so crazy

@BlinkinFirefly 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! So cool

@mauriciot.p.3576 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlinkinFirefly :)

@jordansjournal1324 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I see a new upload from this channel it makes my day

@MisterItchy 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, your Google search had me dying!

@Bhalforii 2 жыл бұрын

You sound exactly like Mark Rober. Do you have the same editor?

@josephsage3524 2 жыл бұрын

Great little lesson in geology and exploration

@sakiosaka4939 9 ай бұрын

I miss her. It's heart crushing to know that a person as amazing as Dianna has ME/CFS. I read this article about long covid treatments after following any updates on Dianna's health condition for many months now. Heard about this low-dose Naltrexone(LDN) from Australia which seems to be a game changer! I really hope Dianna's friend and husband look into this treatment. Wish you a healthy recovery!🙏🙏

@thatsuspiciouswhalenut Жыл бұрын

I could look at these guys making mud bubbles for hours. Something about the viscosity of the mud is just so very pleasing to the eye

@Adrian.M.Narine 2 жыл бұрын

We've quite a few here! They're great to soak in!

@tonydagostino6158 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good geological work! Love it

@PandoraMadness 2 жыл бұрын

There are also hot springs in the area as well...there are also more mud pots on the other side of salton sea lake

@megamanx466 2 жыл бұрын

This is the sort of quirky, out of the way science I like to see! It's still entertainment, but teases the mind to dig deeper! 😃

@kidnamedfinger8060 2 жыл бұрын

They look like popping spots that regenerate and pop over and over again.

@AKknapper 2 жыл бұрын

Alaska has a semi-frozen mass of plant and soil material that is slowly moving towards the Dalton Highway. It'd be pretty awesome if you get a chance, to do a video about that!

@CuriousDoc 2 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of effort to find some bubbling mud, but no doubt worth it :)

@rdizzy1 2 жыл бұрын

That must be where they got the idea in movies that earthquakes tend to frequently tear open large, long cracks in the ground and swallow people and buildings whole.

@Whitsy-cx1ph 2 жыл бұрын

Would the mud in those mud pots make a good cleansing product? Or is it too acidic?

@rkond 2 жыл бұрын

Mud pots are theorized to be a place where first life emerged. They usually have ionic composition not unlike cell cytoplasm, can concentrate and compartmentalise certain organic compounds and provide solid catalysts for important reactions. Modern mud pots don’t work like this because of all the oxygen around but in the early atmosphere their chemistry was different.

@anjaneyjain7147 2 жыл бұрын

Ma'am, I have a query to ask, it is believed that energy cannot be created or destroyed. So, therefore energy should be a constant value. It is also true that the universe is expanding and accelerating its expantion, which needs force. A constant force or energy can only accelerate an object to a specific velocity. But here the universe seems to accelerate to an infinite velocity. The query is that, from where does this energy coming which causes this acceleration, if energy is constant. It seems as if energy is being created in this process. Dark energy should also be a constant force. Also, if the things discovered till now are true, than the acceleration of the universe should stop at some time. Kindly revert to my query. Thank you

@CherylMotherofSeven 2 жыл бұрын

That mud looks like perfect molding clay!

@kerielwatson3197 2 жыл бұрын

The fluid dynamics is fascinating

@eduardopadilla5505 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. Could you please talk about what is happening in Puebla Mexico and many other places in the world with the hole? Thankyou.

@maxng7211 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact! If you drive around SF you'll occasionally see little brick circles in the road. They're underground water cisterns that were put there after several fires in the 1850's. In 1906 the quake disrupted the ability to transport water around the city, which is one of the reasons the fires lasted for so long. Luckily they were able to use the cisterns to help fight the fires, and the city has been maintaining them ever since (even adding new ones on occasion).

@tillson8686 2 жыл бұрын

Me: A Mud Volcano? Wow, I wonder how that looks like! *clicks video* Video: bloop bleep blaap Me: I don't know what I expected

@sarahb5531 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the caption “not the person” when the skull was shown. I was worried. 😆

@timothythompson7167 2 жыл бұрын

As I recall, the LA basin sits on about 30,000 feet of sediment, washed out of the coastal mountains (different from faulting, so no mud pots). I have spent a few days working at Salton Sea, but never knew about the mud pots. And I can testify that going there in the absence of need requires insatiable curiosity :) .

@ArthurPeters_amp 2 жыл бұрын

Was the footage of the mud pots slowed down? And if so by how much? If that is real time I have to know because OMG.

@darshb38 2 жыл бұрын

Looking for a video or resources on how soap bubbles ( foam from soap) can damp or block sounds

@ewonsong 10 ай бұрын

I was wondering where the mud volcanoes near the side of the road are near SD? I would like to take my kids there. Thanks

@dfbess 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you called Hanna out for her 1 star review lol

@0311Mushroom 2 жыл бұрын

Geothermal features move all the time, just not normally this fast. If you go to Yellowstone, you can see the remnants of many all over, some that are dead now that I remember seeing active. The unstable geology there is probably the cause.

@poletooke4691 2 жыл бұрын

Where were those mud pots off the main road? I want to go see them myself

@aalam5747 2 жыл бұрын

Uploaded 23 seconds ago! The quickest video I've ever clicked to.

@woodstoney 2 жыл бұрын

Did you take an external thermometer to record the temperature of the erupting mud? Hmm... Just curious.

@razorransom1795 2 жыл бұрын

😳' haven't heard much since its 2010 and 2012 interactions and 2015 and 2018 usgs reports. Does the salton sea have the same elevation of that boiling river tributary of the amazon? Im wondering if more is invoved there than subduction geo activity and mantle plumes. Wonder its exact location that one shown? Was it also part of salton buttes? Shows their growing even larger. Not a good sign if ya ask me.

@D1KHEAD808 2 жыл бұрын

“20,000 feet under your feet” I think the time has come to start the switch to metric or the bottom of my legs will now be identified as hooves or paws.