I thought this was fake

Ғылым және технология

Why do some beaches squeak and what's the deal with singing sand dunes? I went to Australia to find out. Along the way I lose my marbles, get sunburned, and fill my camera with sand.
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Thanks to Vlogbrothers for their sponsorship of this video.
(seriously, how cool is that!?!?!)
0:00 Squeaking sand
0:45 Drums in the desert
1:31 James loses his marbles
3:45 Empire of sand
4:56 Avalanche
5:29 The science of singing
8:40 Outroduction
--------- II ---------
Hi, I'm James. I explore the world looking for interesting engineering stories which explore complex issues in interesting ways. In between episodes I'm doing a PhD in space robotics at MIT.
My website is www.atomicfrontieronline.com, I occasionally tweet from / atomicfrontiers , and you can join the Atomic Frontier Discord server to talk about cool engineering stuff at / discord . You can help support my work and see some cool behind-the-scenes content at / atomicfrontier .

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  • @KekusMagnus
    @KekusMagnus2 ай бұрын

    It's the sandworms, their movement makes the desert hum

  • @purpleheart3431

    @purpleheart3431

    2 ай бұрын

    Shai Hulud may be the best at making the sand squeak indeed!

  • @midloran

    @midloran

    2 ай бұрын

    Real??! 🤯

  • @Vyz3r

    @Vyz3r

    2 ай бұрын

    That's why you have to walk a certain way to not make that squeaky sound.

  • @WhiteNucklin

    @WhiteNucklin

    2 ай бұрын

    Makes sand sing Stilgar - “LISAN AL GAIB!”

  • @saelo5996

    @saelo5996

    2 ай бұрын

    It's like the desert's song is a harbinger of the sandworms.

  • @tahunuva4254
    @tahunuva42542 ай бұрын

    One other rare source of deep groaning sounds in deserts is the occasional passing discovery channel executive, after their shows are put to shame like this.

  • @panner11

    @panner11

    2 ай бұрын

    This doc reminded me a lot of those old school discovery channel docs, back when it was good and educational.

  • @AflacMan13

    @AflacMan13

    2 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @d.l.d.l.8140

    @d.l.d.l.8140

    2 ай бұрын

    Camels humping in the next dune over.

  • @benotyourboss

    @benotyourboss

    2 ай бұрын

    Hahhaha good one!

  • @MuddySalsa

    @MuddySalsa

    2 ай бұрын

    For real. RIP discovery channel….history and nat geo too while we’re at it.

  • @HameleoshaDeHoga
    @HameleoshaDeHoga2 ай бұрын

    In my opinion, a lot of KZread videos needs to be like this, fun and informative, teaching you something niche that isn't boring and is actually fascinating to know about

  • @FilmsBarlow

    @FilmsBarlow

    Ай бұрын

    You’re going to love Tom scott

  • @cesarpena8609

    @cesarpena8609

    12 күн бұрын

    @@FilmsBarlowdid you not see his newest video😂

  • @Neuro537
    @Neuro5372 ай бұрын

    Something: * makes an unexpected sound * Explorer: I diagnose you with singing

  • @fakestiv

    @fakestiv

    13 сағат бұрын

    Though not really academic, it's fascinating and evocative. I'll allow it.

  • @curtischeung2408
    @curtischeung24082 ай бұрын

    The universe takes away Tom Scott, but gives me Atomic Frontier. Bless the KZread algorithm.

  • @noobvannoob2286

    @noobvannoob2286

    2 ай бұрын

    The Algorithm giveth, and the Algorithm taketh away. Praise the Algorithm!

  • @pnxda

    @pnxda

    2 ай бұрын

    Legit I think Tom would be happy to see a young lad continue the legacy for some while until he returns

  • @boncholio

    @boncholio

    2 ай бұрын

    Excactly my toughts

  • @markd.9422

    @markd.9422

    2 ай бұрын

    i EXACTLY thought the same!

  • @Redditard

    @Redditard

    2 ай бұрын

    @@pnxdait's not about "until he returns"

  • @exosproudmamabear558
    @exosproudmamabear5582 ай бұрын

    I didnt know "dune" movie had scientifically accurate dune sounds in the soundtrack. Amazing.

  • @AgapexArafel

    @AgapexArafel

    2 ай бұрын

    If you know who Hans Zimmer is who produced and composed the soundtrack, then you would understand that you are exactly correct. He uses everything from natural sounds, to tribal musicians, all the way to orchestra instruments.

  • @exosproudmamabear558

    @exosproudmamabear558

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AgapexArafel I mean I know who hans zimmer is and I know he is an amazing composer but what I didnt know was sand made this sound.

  • @sparkybish

    @sparkybish

    2 ай бұрын

    @@exosproudmamabear558 it’s just that it’s a very Han Zimmer thing to do.

  • @summer7603

    @summer7603

    2 ай бұрын

    Squeeky fremen fighting in the squeeky sand against honky harkonnen.

  • @Phrikeares

    @Phrikeares

    2 ай бұрын

    which organ has the sidetract?

  • @thedapperturkey
    @thedapperturkey2 ай бұрын

    As an Aussie I was so surprised when you said squeaking sand is rare since I had encountered it so often. When you said it's much more common in AU It made way more sense.

  • @matheussanthiago9685

    @matheussanthiago9685

    2 ай бұрын

    Brazilian here, so inhabitant of the another major down under land and I literally never even heard of this phenomenon I didn't even know it existed up until now

  • @RevaeRavus

    @RevaeRavus

    Ай бұрын

    I've lived in FL and CA and thought it was more normal than the map implied. Just happened to live near the areas it happens in the US.

  • @saucy3639

    @saucy3639

    Ай бұрын

    Yep, use to go to Bribie island on the east coast all the time as a kid and would hear this every time

  • @bengrizzle3292

    @bengrizzle3292

    Ай бұрын

    I experienced it on a sandbar in the Pearl River in Mississippi. Didn't think it was this rare!

  • @juanseUY

    @juanseUY

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@matheussanthiago9685 Weird! In Uruguay it happens very often, and we're so close!

  • @KapitanWasTaken
    @KapitanWasTaken2 ай бұрын

    Ah, yes, the squeaky sand. I remember it well from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake on MSX2 where you have to go through a desert undetected by the guards. To quote a character from the game: "That's singing sand, imported all the way from Okinawa, Japan. It squeaks when you walk on it. The sound will give your position away, so be careful...See ya."

  • @blank5769

    @blank5769

    18 күн бұрын

    Wait …. Really?

  • @joshuab4586
    @joshuab45862 ай бұрын

    I work in food service, and regularly need to move 25 kg bags of cornstarch, and they make the same squeaking noise when you move the bag, glad to see my intuition was right that it would be a similar mechanism creating the sound

  • @ianweckhorst3200

    @ianweckhorst3200

    2 ай бұрын

    As long as the worms don’t hear it

  • @thundermoon96

    @thundermoon96

    2 ай бұрын

    I move around bags of silica sand and they sometimes make the squeaking sound.

  • @TheUmopepisdn

    @TheUmopepisdn

    2 ай бұрын

    I can hear this comment now and it's like nails on chalkboard

  • @jomiguides

    @jomiguides

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@ianweckhorst3200 one of the only movies in years that was actually good.

  • @Star_Rattler

    @Star_Rattler

    2 ай бұрын

    i saw a video of someone chewing a whole mouthful of cornstarch and ........... my god......... the sounds...........the squeaky crunches................ it was AWFUL

  • @timeimp
    @timeimp2 ай бұрын

    Heh, loved the Dune references snuck in this video. Great video!

  • @DenisRyan

    @DenisRyan

    2 ай бұрын

    Did you catch the Star Wars one too?

  • @alveolate

    @alveolate

    2 ай бұрын

    im bad at catching them... can anyone list the references?

  • @jimhalpert9421

    @jimhalpert9421

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DenisRyan If you mean the droid escape pod on Tatooine at 7:35, that's actually the Dune Sandworm popcorn bucket 😉 That one had me fooled for quite a while before I looked at it closer.

  • @dedwardskbd

    @dedwardskbd

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jimhalpert9421 I think he was referring to the Jawa just below.

  • @fender42421

    @fender42421

    2 ай бұрын

    @@dedwardskbd you must have never seen a jawa... lol... they have eyes that is a sandworm from dune

  • @xxvoss4980
    @xxvoss4980Ай бұрын

    This has Tom Scott vibes, idk

  • @OmnipotentNoodle
    @OmnipotentNoodle2 ай бұрын

    This is a seriously sick video man. The topic was fascinating and mystifying, and the presentation was incredible. I'm rarely impressed with creators this quickly, I can't wait to see what you do next ^^

  • @AenesidemusOZ
    @AenesidemusOZ2 ай бұрын

    "Shudders per second is a function of how large our marbles are." There's a sentence you don't hear every day 😂

  • @dima.d.

    @dima.d.

    2 ай бұрын

    2:58 - for those who wonder.

  • @Emppu_T.

    @Emppu_T.

    2 ай бұрын

    My marbles don't hum they're well sacked

  • @greenhat7618

    @greenhat7618

    2 ай бұрын

    My marbles don’t shudder shudder, it hums

  • @dorianrustik6880

    @dorianrustik6880

    2 ай бұрын

    new fav sentence

  • @Voodoo_Robot

    @Voodoo_Robot

    2 ай бұрын

    I wonder how many labradors per freedom it can be

  • @ronove
    @ronove2 ай бұрын

    Can't believe I got rickrolled in 2024 by a jar of sand.

  • @one.garlic.clove.the.real.one.

    @one.garlic.clove.the.real.one.

    2 ай бұрын

    same

  • @kyudon7777

    @kyudon7777

    2 ай бұрын

    Same here

  • @iamlosingmysanityrapidly

    @iamlosingmysanityrapidly

    2 ай бұрын

    W H A T D O Y O U G U Y S M E A N

  • @TheOnlyJonno

    @TheOnlyJonno

    Ай бұрын

    It was so subtle and so perfect 😂

  • @_sadghost
    @_sadghost2 ай бұрын

    This is the first video of yours that I've seen, but it's already convinced me to subscribe. Amazing quality across the board: sound, animation, visuals that you set up outside the animations like the pendulum, or just all the shots of the beach and dunes, just great science communication. Very impressed with this.

  • @harry-211
    @harry-2112 ай бұрын

    First time seeing an video from the channel and I must say. Excellent quality, please keep up the good work.

  • @Nighthawk20000
    @Nighthawk200002 ай бұрын

    College age Tom Scott strikes again. Since TS retired from Things you Might Not Have Known; this is now the best Tom-Scott like channel on youtube.

  • @Klayperson

    @Klayperson

    2 ай бұрын

    tom scott: bye internet: ↑↓→←↑

  • @Nighthawk20000

    @Nighthawk20000

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@KlaypersonJames: "I'm in orbit around Maleveolon Creek where thousands of brave men and women are currently diving feet first... into hell" *queue intro*

  • @Someone-sc2hk

    @Someone-sc2hk

    2 ай бұрын

    have you seen what his thumbnail says?

  • @Kostchei

    @Kostchei

    2 ай бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/a22To8SbpcmZk7Q.html

  • @Nefylym

    @Nefylym

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Someone-sc2hk don't be ridiculous... since when do thumbs talk?

  • @Tigeristiger
    @Tigeristiger2 ай бұрын

    That Rick Roll was SO well done!

  • @vedritmathias9193

    @vedritmathias9193

    2 ай бұрын

    The video was one big rock roll

  • @JacopoSkydweller

    @JacopoSkydweller

    2 ай бұрын

    Yo SPOILERS

  • @stonethemason12

    @stonethemason12

    2 ай бұрын

    dammit now i can't get rick rolled

  • @ryanpeach2

    @ryanpeach2

    2 ай бұрын

    @@JacopoSkydwellerdon’t look at comments first then

  • @fakemoth1068

    @fakemoth1068

    2 ай бұрын

    You fool, now I know to expect it and so it won’t work

  • @attoblaze3395
    @attoblaze3395Ай бұрын

    I dont know why, but this video almost felt like a breath of fresh air. I guess its just nice to find a science video that doesnt overdramatize everything for once lol The intro was great, and i really liked the explanations and general tone of the video. Great work, man!

  • @willmmail
    @willmmail2 ай бұрын

    beautifully edited video and great way of explaining things. I knew the concepts but I was still educated and entertained by your team's work! nicely done.

  • @feldamar2
    @feldamar22 ай бұрын

    Once again, you blow me away. (Like the sand!) With production quality and easy to understand graphs and a great story wrapped up in 9 minutes. Fantastic. You worked hard and it shows! Is it all you?

  • @AtomicFrontier

    @AtomicFrontier

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! This one was just me and Julian; he did the camera and music and I did the editing and getting sunburned.

  • @feldamar2

    @feldamar2

    2 ай бұрын

    Your editing did a FANTASTIC job at making a VERY tight video. Tightly packed information but no overload. While just that touch of humor.@@AtomicFrontier

  • @ajbp95

    @ajbp95

    2 ай бұрын

    I couldn't agree more! This has an amazingly high production value! And the intro/outro-music was movie epic!

  • @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8

    @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8

    2 ай бұрын

    Wow, that was only 9 minutes? It felt like 20, I was sucked in lmao

  • @bnjmnwst

    @bnjmnwst

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@AtomicFrontierSo Julian is responsible for the Rickroll...

  • @TheTayloredMason
    @TheTayloredMason2 ай бұрын

    This video coming out of nowhere on my feed and entertainingly and clearly explaining a phenomenon that's puzzled me my whole life. This left me with a feeling of having learned something cool, really enjoying the way you explain things, loling at the little references, and having a good time. This is how science videos should be done. And i appreciated the rick roll. You killed it.

  • @dima.d.

    @dima.d.

    2 ай бұрын

    The humor in this entire series looks subtle, yet intelligent.

  • @hylje

    @hylje

    2 ай бұрын

    You have to be high IQ to understand the humor in Atomic Frontier

  • @ThindiGee

    @ThindiGee

    2 ай бұрын

    Whoops, I missed the rick roll. Would you point me to it, please?

  • @snoski

    @snoski

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@ThindiGee me too. Is it some kind of troll just to get people to rewatch? Well, I'll let someone else determine that.

  • @dongus0265

    @dongus0265

    2 ай бұрын

    @@snoski 1:43

  • @Zlackevitch
    @Zlackevitch2 ай бұрын

    Really like the vibe of your videos. I'm glad you came recommended to me today !

  • @ArchangelExile
    @ArchangelExile2 ай бұрын

    2:57 No wonder my marbles are always shuddering. 🤔

  • @MrLucascanuto
    @MrLucascanuto2 ай бұрын

    1:45 DESTROYED ME

  • @slendi9623

    @slendi9623

    2 ай бұрын

    ill never forget

  • @omatic_opulis9876

    @omatic_opulis9876

    2 ай бұрын

    you're a jar of sand?

  • @ZetaPyro

    @ZetaPyro

    2 ай бұрын

    We're no strangers to love

  • @SilverXTikal

    @SilverXTikal

    2 ай бұрын

    Bro stabbed the hell out of the meme and killed it

  • @just_another_Joe

    @just_another_Joe

    2 ай бұрын

    Never gonna give you up.

  • @ninjanolan6328
    @ninjanolan63282 ай бұрын

    I grew up regularly going to a nearby beach that had squeaking sand. I had no idea that it didn't happen everywhere

  • @ineedausername124

    @ineedausername124

    Ай бұрын

    so did I

  • @alvin_row
    @alvin_row2 ай бұрын

    This is insane quality. I love your videos!!

  • @sirsalad3772
    @sirsalad377215 күн бұрын

    "this, is misery beach" pans to pristine waters and bright white sandy shore

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza2 ай бұрын

    How many marbles did you lose during that demonstration?

  • @dima.d.

    @dima.d.

    2 ай бұрын

    And how many more during the editing?

  • @AB-wf8ek

    @AB-wf8ek

    2 ай бұрын

    All of them, he lost all his marbles.

  • @paradisepipeco

    @paradisepipeco

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AB-wf8ek This is where I attempt, but fail to make a _"Captain Marble"_ joke. _(Apologies all around.....)_

  • @JacopoSkydweller

    @JacopoSkydweller

    2 ай бұрын

    Definitely did fail, but Marbleous attempt regardless. ;D @@paradisepipeco

  • @paradisepipeco

    @paradisepipeco

    2 ай бұрын

    @@JacopoSkydweller I appreciate the understanding, and the good word, young Jedi. But in my defense, I would like to point out that you never see a wrinkle on Iron Man's clothing..... or a soup stain on Superman's outfit, for that matter _(but I digress)._

  • @seanys
    @seanys2 ай бұрын

    This is a better ad for West Oz than anything I’ve ever seen come out Tourism WA.

  • @OutbackCatgirl

    @OutbackCatgirl

    2 ай бұрын

    yeah that's about right we have so many incredible natural vistas and fuck all tourism. which isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless the mining corps take the lack of tourist interest as permission to obliterate the natural wonders of Western Australia

  • @CrispyCars

    @CrispyCars

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@OutbackCatgirlbe careful what you wish for. Tourism ruins a lot of the places I love local to me. They're special beautiful places that deserve respect but many don't give it any.

  • @OutbackCatgirl

    @OutbackCatgirl

    2 ай бұрын

    @@CrispyCars you may have misunderstood my comment. That's exactly my sentiment when it comes to tourism.

  • @justforyou8790
    @justforyou8790Ай бұрын

    i like the depth you go into for every aspect. the choice of words and models that a novice can realate to from living a standard modern life is tieing it all together to form a solid condensed pack of information. very strong teacher and also a motivator to learn.

  • @masterkasper5024
    @masterkasper5024Ай бұрын

    4:50 I just looked at that map and I got so amazed because the dot in southern Sweden is exactly where I've experienced squeaky sand!

  • @hulkthedane7542
    @hulkthedane75422 ай бұрын

    You are GOOD! I have a Master Degree in Geology (hard rock, not so much sediments), and I have heard of the phenomenon, but never read about it in text books. You explained and presented the topic beautifully. Short, concise, easy to understand and well illustrated. Nice work 👍🌞.

  • @marximus4

    @marximus4

    2 ай бұрын

    My sediments exactly.

  • @johnkayoss5422

    @johnkayoss5422

    Ай бұрын

    Great sand dunes national monument, go past the tourist area and climb up the back side. Slide down, and the sound is legendary. The local tribes have a whole mythology about it.

  • @colinbarnes705
    @colinbarnes7052 ай бұрын

    You mentioned the sound of drums being heard in the singing dunes. Very close frequencies of sound will interfere constructively/destructively to create a rhythmic "beat" like drums.

  • @YoungSpoon
    @YoungSpoon2 ай бұрын

    Wow, I didn't realise this was something I needed to know, but I'm so glad I do now! That was surprisingly more interesting and informative than I expected, thank you for all the work you put into this!

  • @nicholasc1781
    @nicholasc1781Ай бұрын

    One of my local Beaches on the coast of lake Huron in Michigan sings. Thank you for making this video, I was always wondering why.

  • @michalswag
    @michalswag2 ай бұрын

    trying to maintain the monologue while snowboarding/sandboarding was as impressive as it was unnecessary lol great video yet again

  • @k3ywarrior

    @k3ywarrior

    Ай бұрын

    feels like something Tom Scott would do lmao

  • @michalswag

    @michalswag

    Ай бұрын

    actually, tom scott used to do this thing where hed take january off and the videos instead would showcase other tubers. tom introduces AF as "someone who will replace me in 10 years" or something like that. thats how i found this channel.

  • @panner11
    @panner112 ай бұрын

    Wow, this really reminds me of those old school educational programs on TV. Amazing you did this with just two people, and the flow of information provided was so natural yet concise. Very engaging on a topic that could easily be dry if not presented well.

  • @rangerbaynworkshop
    @rangerbaynworkshop2 ай бұрын

    This is amazing and beautiful! Thanks you for shedding light on this little known subject!

  • @Tacos135
    @Tacos135Ай бұрын

    This is extremely well produced! I could easily see this being on tv! Great job guys!

  • @GM-qq1wi
    @GM-qq1wi2 ай бұрын

    R.I.P Wilson Gavin

  • @daleolson3506

    @daleolson3506

    2 ай бұрын

    Still married?

  • @run2dmax

    @run2dmax

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@daleolson3506No! She died.

  • @ErikPelyukhno

    @ErikPelyukhno

    2 ай бұрын

    Aww wholesome

  • @petergerdes1094

    @petergerdes1094

    2 ай бұрын

    Surely they must have known/choosen it for that reason right?

  • @Arcanefungus

    @Arcanefungus

    2 ай бұрын

    He married on misery beach? Damn, that's a grim prognosis...

  • @EverythingIsMacabre
    @EverythingIsMacabre2 ай бұрын

    The mention of quartz got me thinking. I would love to see explanations and demonstrations of piezoelectricity from this channel!

  • @geradkavanagh8240

    @geradkavanagh8240

    2 ай бұрын

    Went to 1 beach in northern Australia that would 'spark' if you walked across the dry sand at night. Super high silica content with sharp edged grains. Have also seen beaches where the wet sand would glow when you walked on but that was bioluminescence from small plankton mixed on the sand.

  • @neoqwerty

    @neoqwerty

    2 ай бұрын

    @@geradkavanagh8240 in general sand doing things it's not supposed to do is cool as heck, I guess you found the electric/ground and fairy/ground Diglett beaches.

  • @geradkavanagh8240

    @geradkavanagh8240

    2 ай бұрын

    I got lucky to see these things. Very few people,( even the Aboriginals) rarely visit the 'electric' sands. Bioluminescent ones were everywhere in the Gulf of Carpenteria and all the way to Darwin. @@neoqwerty

  • @alexandrecolautoneto7374
    @alexandrecolautoneto7374Ай бұрын

    Love it. Feelt heavy cosmos feelings on the show. absolutely amazing!!!

  • @communicationdevice
    @communicationdevice2 ай бұрын

    I loved the video; I happen to have some singing dunes not far away, and I remember riding down them as a kid in absolute awe, love from Mojave.

  • @denvera1g1
    @denvera1g12 ай бұрын

    Of note, you may find brown squeaking sand on a river or lake, these are often still quarts, just stained with dirt and other minerals/deposits. I often find small segments of this on the mississippi river

  • @RipDoveStudio

    @RipDoveStudio

    2 ай бұрын

    If it's along the Mississippi; there's a rather well known river is Wisconsin that flows into the Mississippi called the Black River which is full of wood tannins that stain the beach sand of the beaches south of where it meets in La Crosse for a few hundreds of miles before they get too deluded.

  • @finhornby8556
    @finhornby85562 ай бұрын

    I love the Dune-esque custom soundtrack 😍. Also, you really keep finding fascinating topics for videos!

  • @HermiHg

    @HermiHg

    Ай бұрын

    I was hoping to find a source of the music because Shazam was not helping. I’m really impressed that this was custom-made!

  • @blackmelonite128
    @blackmelonite1282 ай бұрын

    Never heard of this channel, but the high production quality alone earned you a subscriber!

  • @tmen99
    @tmen992 ай бұрын

    You've made an amazing production here. Huge props to you!

  • @AzideFox
    @AzideFox2 ай бұрын

    Ohhh wow! the pinkish red sand particle at 2:09 looks like a very tiny ruby, could actually be possible since they are so incredibly hard and resilient

  • @bruteslayer7208

    @bruteslayer7208

    2 ай бұрын

    That or maybe a piece of garnet

  • @Vinemaple
    @Vinemaple2 ай бұрын

    The audio post-production work in this is both on point and incredibly cheeky!

  • @LupusUmbra995
    @LupusUmbra9952 ай бұрын

    Very engaging and information was to the point without extra fluffing for watch time. Felt like quite high production value, Subbed. Feed me more knowledge :D

  • @helmutzollner5496
    @helmutzollner54962 ай бұрын

    Well researched and presented! Excellent program. Thank you.

  • @JacquesCoetzerAU
    @JacquesCoetzerAU2 ай бұрын

    Pretty awesome to basically see my backyard a.k.a. Western Australia represented in your videos!

  • @PeterPaoliello

    @PeterPaoliello

    2 ай бұрын

    He's from WA

  • @JacquesCoetzerAU

    @JacquesCoetzerAU

    2 ай бұрын

    @@PeterPaolielloI know, it's still pretty awesome to see all these scientific locations around WA in his videos, especially these hidden gems! Perhaps WA is not as boring as others might suggest.

  • @DonnieX6
    @DonnieX62 ай бұрын

    I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it squeaks loudly. Not like here at home. Here everything is soft and quiet.

  • @ZenriqueFS
    @ZenriqueFS2 ай бұрын

    What an incredible channel man, Cheers from Brazil.

  • @diegosouzaadm
    @diegosouzaadm2 ай бұрын

    First time watching, the examples and the way you teach is great, keep it up!

  • @ThePalatineHill
    @ThePalatineHill2 ай бұрын

    i absolutely love how you explained the equation piece by piece in the second to last section of the video. way too many technical/science focused channels avoid explaining the equations they bring up for whatever reason. it really helped explain what is going on here rather than it just being a unique phenomenon that only a handful of people know the 'technicalities' about.

  • @krinnge
    @krinnge2 ай бұрын

    I remember there being low-pitch (like carefully rubbing a glass pane with a moist rag) squeaking sand on one of sandy peninsulas of river Vilyui in Yakutia. The sand was clean, not dusty, and yellow

  • @charlessanders7621
    @charlessanders76212 ай бұрын

    This reminds me so much of Tom Scott. I'm glad there's more channels like his, loved his style of content.

  • @homemadelemonai7243
    @homemadelemonai72432 ай бұрын

    genuinely interesting and fresh information, present well. Great work!

  • @KalebPeters99
    @KalebPeters992 ай бұрын

    Brilliant as always, James! The production quality is out of this world, and your sci-comm skill is just growing and growing!!

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan8122 ай бұрын

    Another nice sound from nature is the crunch under foot of snow. Nothing as odd as squeaking sand. 👍👍

  • @Unmannedair

    @Unmannedair

    2 ай бұрын

    Clearly you've never spent any time on an ice sheet. The cracking ice sounds like Star wars lasers. 😅

  • @suburbanbanshee

    @suburbanbanshee

    2 ай бұрын

    Snow squeaks sometimes. Usually it's the weird dry sort of snow, like we got this winter.

  • @DrachenGothik666

    @DrachenGothik666

    2 ай бұрын

    Sometimes pressed on snow squeaks, just like this sand. You need snow that came down in rounded crystals for it to make that noise when stepped on.

  • @EqualKinks
    @EqualKinks2 ай бұрын

    Amazing video!! Im so happy I found this channel

  • @suey.5795
    @suey.57952 ай бұрын

    I've been to a squeaking sand beach in Alabama. It's really fun to shuffle along in the sand making the squeaking sound. Your explanation makes so much sense. Thanks for the great video!

  • @ahreuwu
    @ahreuwu2 ай бұрын

    That might be the best explanation of resonance I've ever heard. I know the results of the phenomenon, especially in the music field, but I never had it explained as clearly as this. This is awesome, I love the effort put into these videos

  • @tinybabybread
    @tinybabybread2 ай бұрын

    Love the wet and dry marble analogies, as well as different sizes. Incredibly easy to understand the whole concept. Worth a like!

  • @AffectiveApe
    @AffectiveApe2 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! Well done. You are walking in the footsteps of Sagan and others.

  • @69kpurewaffle
    @69kpurewaffle2 ай бұрын

    We do love the Dune references. greatly produced video, even though I have never watched you before.

  • @sean_vikoren
    @sean_vikoren2 ай бұрын

    i lived near a singing sand mountain (nevada, us) it sang continuously when the wind blew

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd75192 ай бұрын

    I really appreciate that you brought paddles to the desert, and did something useful with them.

  • @cassiopiao1910
    @cassiopiao1910Ай бұрын

    Didn't know the channel, amazing quality overall! Great video!

  • @stevensmutko1408
    @stevensmutko14082 ай бұрын

    This was a excellent way to explain singing sand well done you have earned my sub.

  • @redman2751
    @redman27512 ай бұрын

    I have squeaky sand on the beaches in NC. I’ve found that if the sand has had a couple days to settle and the top layer is slightly hard while the bottom layer is soft and then I sort of kick my foot forward as I step the sand will squeak. My kids love it.

  • @anthonycolbourne4206

    @anthonycolbourne4206

    2 ай бұрын

    Exactly what I have found. After it rains, somehow the rain helps to compact a tight layer crust. After some time a day or two later, that crust dries out, and if you walk through that undisturbed layer and scuff your feet mainly through the crust layer, you get that squeaky sound

  • @Fath3r_Null
    @Fath3r_Null2 ай бұрын

    Holy, the sound design in this video is astonishing! The parts in the beginning where you played music around 0:30 and then when u played the "drum-like roaring sound" from the desert at 1:03 were so cool to listen to with headphones. Aswell as being a cool informational video? Man this videos amazing.

  • @Nenes001
    @Nenes001Ай бұрын

    Okay Dude made me watch the entire video about sand , you deserve my sub. Btw it was awesome great work !

  • @Nick_Reinhardt
    @Nick_ReinhardtАй бұрын

    I was so pleasantly surprised by this. I didn't expect this level of depth. I very much enjoyed this.

  • @anonaustria9867
    @anonaustria98672 ай бұрын

    Your production quality has started great and just keeps getting better!

  • @resurgam_b7
    @resurgam_b72 ай бұрын

    With the way you present these topics and the enthusiasm with which you break down the information, you could produce a video every day for the next hundred years and still not run out of interesting topics to talk about. "Watching Paint Dry" could be a week long series with a seventh day finale aired in theaters across the world, attended by millions. Needless to say, I'm now curious what the tune of my local beaches might be, and if I will be able to notice the difference between different areas even if none of them are the more melodious varieties of sand.

  • @DavetheRaveDinkum
    @DavetheRaveDinkum13 күн бұрын

    Fantastic vid mate, I had no idea that our Aussie beach sand was so unique. Even in Australia I`ve received a few strange looks when I have mentioned the squeaky noise sand makes.

  • @archysamson1429
    @archysamson1429Ай бұрын

    Wow! Thank you for putting what must have been quite a lot of effort and planning into this video. It was very engaging, educational and well produced. Bravo! Blessid is the god of algorithms.

  • @SnappyWasHere
    @SnappyWasHere2 ай бұрын

    Very impressed with the on site demonstration and effort put into your videos. Much more interesting than a studio video. Well done.

  • @Nova-dx8hz
    @Nova-dx8hz2 ай бұрын

    Nothin but bangers, every video slaps. You definitely have a nice career ahead of you!

  • @sheddingmyvelvet
    @sheddingmyvelvet2 ай бұрын

    straight up earned my sub with this, well done

  • @andy_mir
    @andy_mir2 ай бұрын

    This was an awesome deep dive and a great hype for the part 2 of the Dune. Also, cool vfx!

  • @Advers_343
    @Advers_3432 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video! It was very nicely done 💜 the visuals were helping in terms of making it understandable

  • @WGGplant
    @WGGplant2 ай бұрын

    You being in that massive dessert without a hat on is almost as insane as the singing sand itself. Protect your face and neck brother. Massive props. First video ive seen on this channel, it must have been blessed by the algorithm. This show rly brings back nostalgia from watching those science shows as a kid.

  • @trbz_8745

    @trbz_8745

    Ай бұрын

    SPF 100, we call that the hat-in-a-bottle.

  • @snoozieboi
    @snoozieboi2 ай бұрын

    First ever video of this channel. Amazing level of presentation.

  • @mattbrennan9864
    @mattbrennan98642 ай бұрын

    I'm not usually one to be stunned by production quality, but this video is something else. Talk about a great first impression.

  • @parkourbee2
    @parkourbee22 ай бұрын

    Australian Tom Scott :D

  • @e_j_

    @e_j_

    2 ай бұрын

    dude's def not australian, so tom scott 2.0 in australia lol

  • @panner11

    @panner11

    2 ай бұрын

    Does it really resemble Tom Scott videos much other than being educational about random topics? Tom Scott is known for one-shot single scene videos. This is more old school sci-doc vibe.

  • @DanDeebster

    @DanDeebster

    13 күн бұрын

    @@e_j_ I was assuming he was from southern England, probably somewhere near London or Essex since he pronounces world as werwd. But I noted that he kept saying "we have" and "our beaches" when talking about Australia. But then again the description says "I went to Australia to find out". But the channel says it's Australian! Very confusing.

  • @SomeGuyWithAFace9
    @SomeGuyWithAFace92 ай бұрын

    thank you for having funny sand noises right at the beginning of the video. this video has been in my recommended for days and i remember thinking to myself "i bet its gonna be 5 minutes in before he even plays the sand noise. its all gonna be filler and 'guys you wont BELIEVE the sound this sand makes". But i was wrong. I got to hear beautiful squeaky sand right at the start

  • @Beaver_Rapsmith
    @Beaver_Rapsmith2 ай бұрын

    this was my first video I've seen of yours. I've now subscribed

  • @DavidJohnsonFromSeattle
    @DavidJohnsonFromSeattle2 ай бұрын

    Wow, that would be pretty terrifying to hear in the middle of a desert by yourself

  • @johnkayoss5422

    @johnkayoss5422

    Ай бұрын

    Having discovered this sliding down of the back of the Great Sand Dunes, it was more exhilarating than terrifying. The sound comes from everywhere and penetrates your whole body and sounds like angelic trumpets heralding the end of days.

  • @Bob_Adkins
    @Bob_Adkins2 ай бұрын

    When I was a youngster, there were several small rivers and creeks in my area that had clear water and large, dry, blindingly white sand bars in the turns. We could easily identify the sand bars that would squeak (we called it "barking" because it sounded like a seal vocalizing). We instinctively knew why it squeaked, the grains were clean, dry, and mostly round quartz. We could also see a slight electric glow on dark nights, and we thought the piezo action also had something to do with the sound.

  • @throughcolouredglasses9300

    @throughcolouredglasses9300

    2 ай бұрын

    Wait *what*?? Electric glow? I am so intrigued, would you mind elaborating for someone who grew up in the city and has never seen a desert in real life?

  • @Bob_Adkins

    @Bob_Adkins

    2 ай бұрын

    @@throughcolouredglasses9300 Well, this was in Louisiana, not even close to being a desert. The sand must be clean, of pretty uniform size, and very white, indicating its mostly quartz. When shuffling our feet vigorously in the sand, we got the noise and a very faint glow (on a dark night) obviously caused by the piezo effect. I assumed it was at least partly responsible for the squeaking sound. I hope that helps!

  • @lauradownunder2009
    @lauradownunder20092 ай бұрын

    Great video, discovered a squeaking beach near my hometown north West Spain some years ago, and was intrigued about it, now I know

  • @bary1234
    @bary12342 ай бұрын

    Holy hell how awesome was this clip. Well done, and thank you!

  • @Mittzys
    @Mittzys2 ай бұрын

    0:32 I sure do wonder which sci-fi series' music this is supposed to be similar to

  • @woapa

    @woapa

    2 ай бұрын

    would u happen 2 know

  • @Mittzys

    @Mittzys

    2 ай бұрын

    @@woapaDune

  • @McDonaldsCalifornia

    @McDonaldsCalifornia

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@woapaI dune ot

  • @HadoukenHero
    @HadoukenHero2 ай бұрын

    Thanks guys! Always wondered about this myself in QLD. Also how the hell were you wearing jeans the whole time!

  • @travisstraube4973
    @travisstraube49732 ай бұрын

    Keep making vids like this with multiple parts like the old days!

  • @isaacdouglas7826
    @isaacdouglas78262 ай бұрын

    Documentary Quality stuff you got here. Fantastic job

  • @riffhammeron
    @riffhammeron2 ай бұрын

    When demonstrating a sound, please don't talk over the sound you're demonstrating.

  • @MrGreenAKAguci00

    @MrGreenAKAguci00

    Ай бұрын

    Very much so, yes.

  • @napalmballwipes

    @napalmballwipes

    Ай бұрын

    Like dude really couldn't shut up for 3 seconds and couldn't realize talking over something you want us to hear as bad somehow

  • @SpencerFH

    @SpencerFH

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @mountainmanxyz

    @mountainmanxyz

    Ай бұрын

    I thought it was a good video, and this is what yt highlights in the comments.. maybe you should make an even better video.

  • @riffhammeron

    @riffhammeron

    Ай бұрын

    @@mountainmanxyz it WAS a good video. This was polite constructive criticism.

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