Thank you! No annoying music, no narration. Just a good video of exactly whats on the tin! 👍

@dabajabaza111

Жыл бұрын

Blame modern editors and designers for why every youtube video feels like a 'checklist' these days. I'm glad the 'old' stuff still exists to show us what quality is like.

@gw6667

10 ай бұрын

What's a tin?

@David-oy3rr

6 ай бұрын

I love it either way

Two guys walking down a dry riverbed "Did you hear something ?"

@Sirbadone

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@classic8054

5 жыл бұрын

I hope they survived lol

@user-tx2dv2yu9x

5 жыл бұрын

knowhat It was a joke, not a real story bruh

@marinelimoreira5291

5 жыл бұрын

😠

@messiah5154

4 жыл бұрын

Rofl best comment

Decommission MULLAPERIYAR dam in India 🇮🇳 save lifes. The dam is suffering

@naveen9596

2 жыл бұрын

Our lives are at stake🥺

@nikhilmj6719

2 жыл бұрын

സത്യം

@alphinbiju2693

2 жыл бұрын

Malayali ആണല്ലേ

@818vi

2 жыл бұрын

How is this related to mullaperiyar issue

@autotalks6434

2 жыл бұрын

@@818vi its a 125 year old dam in india.

mullaperiyar should do this

@toxicman3903

2 жыл бұрын

Very difficult

@toxicman3903

2 жыл бұрын

High toxic contents injuries to nature if do like this way more many ways are there

@harifromkerala7153

2 жыл бұрын

We Will RIP 🥲

@Joji_V1.01

2 жыл бұрын

Mullaperiyar is 20 times bigger than this its not difficult its impossible

@aghosha2150

2 жыл бұрын

Then it will do the same result when it gets blasted

Bet there were a ton of fish going "WTF???!?!?!?"

@medicann_coping

5 жыл бұрын

pulverized

@jehooft8569

5 жыл бұрын

Fish that used to live in that river probably died because of the dam either drying up the latter part of the river or the river not flowing anymore for the upper part

@wojtiwojti7865

5 жыл бұрын

Pozdro z Polski

@zuzufitz

5 жыл бұрын

That's EXACTLY what I said. Lol

@88997799

5 жыл бұрын

Pepijn Borremans so you think the lake was dead of all fish? 🤣🤣

I would like to see what the river looks like today, five years later.

@lmklogistics9717

8 жыл бұрын

+Sterling Crawford wow, great know, beautiful place, thanks for the links

@eelsemore

7 жыл бұрын

We rafted it with Wet Planet. Whole day trip on the White Salmon. Great day and the best rafting company I have rafted with.

@firephantomforces9953

5 жыл бұрын

Ty!.

@dave29123

5 жыл бұрын

@@sterlingsylvir I would have thought trees and other plants would have been placed along the river banks to cover all that exposed soil. At the very least, some grass seed.

@stephenvis

5 жыл бұрын

@robert coates NG just released a video, look it up!

SAVE KERALA from MULLAPERIYAR DAM is 135 years old if it breaks 6 districts in Kerala will wash off and 40 lakh people will die and following idukki dam and another 2 dam will break Kerala will split into 2 islands there is no one in care for kerala from mullaperiyar dam considering the flood crisis dam water level will rise to 142 feet

@jshepard152

Жыл бұрын

You need to petition your government, not random people on KZread.

@mukhathalamurarispiritualworld

Жыл бұрын

@@jshepard152 central government is considering all the dams that has to be demolished The case against the Kerala government will not go because so many cases are against them and it is put off and the case does not appear in court

I can smell the dust and the soil. The smell of the dry ground getting water 0:27

GOD DAM

@omnia9348

3 жыл бұрын

JESUS

@abejunkies

3 жыл бұрын

dont say the lords name in vein. smh jesus you should know this.

@AHandful

3 жыл бұрын

@@abejunkies nice one

@disha_b910

3 жыл бұрын

AYOOOOO

@ragnarlothbrok4468

3 жыл бұрын

Rold susej!!!

We rafted down the White Salmon River past this dam site in July 2014. There is virtually no sign the dam was ever there and could have easily missed it if not for the guides pointing out a few small remnants downstream.

@NickRanger

2 жыл бұрын

I Imagine there isn't much now

മുല്ലപെരിയാറിൽ പുതിയ ഡാം പണിയുക 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@anandhu2072

2 жыл бұрын

English edadey

@nightmarecorporation9991

5 ай бұрын

No

People: Cool, let's watch. Animals: THE END IS HERE

@nyko4551

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Is true ,

@KREGGGARDENER

3 жыл бұрын

At the 34-second mark, you can see a few small animals in front of the wall of water unsuccessfully running for their lives.

@ranDOMreSERVEaCCount

3 жыл бұрын

@@KREGGGARDENER Those are just rocks that were shot out by the water

About 50 million insects died during this event. RIP

@YZFR1mart

9 жыл бұрын

And fish and water mammals and probably water side birds etc etc

@bigglesOz

9 жыл бұрын

David Secondname Not to mention about 100yrs worth of accumulated deoxygenated sludge that went downstream to pollute & settle in otherwise clean aquatic habitat. All washed down with a slug of very, very cold water. Such is the engineers solution for a quick cheap outcome. Slow is better but requires care & forethought.

@afiwubh4go9aiosugb

9 жыл бұрын

bigglesOz Really? You worry about a little bit of silt... It's natural, It is everywhere, It will get washed away and eventualy in to the ocean to be filtered.

@CreeperUniverseTV

7 жыл бұрын

Don't think 50 million could fit in that area dumbass.

@DutchKid121

7 жыл бұрын

I think a lot more than 50 million could fit there.

I would love to see a time lapse of the habitat recovery on the old reservoir bed. I imagine that it will take a while for the forest to get down to the river bank.

@randomvideosn0where

5 жыл бұрын

That is very silty, probably any trees that tried to grow there would not get very tall.

@fanatamon

Жыл бұрын

@@randomvideosn0where silt will grow hair on a wooden leg.

Every single ant out there : "Tell mary we love her..."

@badboavu6821

3 жыл бұрын

Nice comment

@alexmeza2118

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@beastyboi8580

3 жыл бұрын

Sad

@davidvista1133

3 жыл бұрын

Sad

@iananderson3799

3 жыл бұрын

Every single dec too.

The reciprocating mudslides at the end are so nice to watch over and over again!

0:20 Guys be like: 'Dude, is that a SUPRA?!'

@ehanoldaccount5893

3 жыл бұрын

smooth

Imagine there’s a deer chilling and saw that massive wave

Wow, that was intense. As always, National Geographic never fails to impress with 🌎 class documentaries. Thank you.

മുല്ലപെരിയാർ 🥺

wow, no wonder they demolished it, it was filled to the brim of silt.

@Wildstar40

3 жыл бұрын

That silt makes excellent fertilizer for growing crops.

@lemonboy9yearsago760

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wildstar40 what is silt?

@lucaswinsor4469

3 жыл бұрын

@@lemonboy9yearsago760 Basically any dirt you would find at the bottom of a river. The individual grains are very small, and because it's spent so long underwater, with a bunch of dead creatures piling up and getting ground into it, it's full of nutrients.

@AA-ke5cu

3 жыл бұрын

@@lemonboy9yearsago760 what are you; an alien human hybrid? Look it up fool.

@steveletson6616

3 жыл бұрын

Now that silt covers everything downstream. What a mess. That wasn't even a dam removal.

Was kinda hoping the whole dam was gonna go, great video non the less

@supertornadogun1690

6 жыл бұрын

thats why it's "removal" and not just removal

@seppe1138

6 жыл бұрын

bruh wot

@azamkhattak4136

6 жыл бұрын

MrcabooseVG i think they wanted to clean up the mud

@ivanmanko

6 жыл бұрын

There is another video out there where you can see the removal itself

@2113rush

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.

could be fun to see the same place 10 years later :)

0:01 what I hear when I leave my little son alone in the car for 20 seconds

"time lapse draining" it should of been called. came here thinking the dam was being demolished.

@another90daystochangethis34

5 жыл бұрын

You didn't see it demolished?

@Vyrus01AP1

5 жыл бұрын

@@another90daystochangethis34 dam is still there isn't t? therefore not demolished.

@another90daystochangethis34

5 жыл бұрын

@Vyrus01AP1 Well its purpose was demolished. They probably removed the dam some time later, or if not, left it to crumble.

@trulyinfamous

5 жыл бұрын

Well it does have "removal" in quotes in the title.

@thegreatoutagesign9204

5 жыл бұрын

The dam is indeed completely gone. and visiting the site location today you would never know it was here.

Engineer 1: You know how normally we're supposed to do things in a safe manner that doesn't destroy everything? Engineer 2: Yeah, why? Engineer 1: Lets not do that this time. Engineer 2: Cool.

@jameswhite153

5 жыл бұрын

that must have been fun to do.

@ldb281

5 жыл бұрын

Engineer 3: Pardon, I forgot to wear my ear defenders.

@operator8014

5 жыл бұрын

@@ldb281 Engineer 3 won't survive long at Rockstar Engineering LTD.

@jbbuzzable

3 жыл бұрын

Pull the band aid off slowly or just rip it off.

I imagine some pretty big fish hanging out at the base of that dam went for a wild ride!

"Hey, did you grab the ladders?" “No, I thought you did!" 😐😐

@skatetwopurt

3 жыл бұрын

Thats so random

Realmente a força da natureza é fantástica!!!

RIP Orange and Blue Ladder, your service will not be forgotten..

love the internet, we are all thousands of miles apart scattered across our planet and yet can read each other's thoughts on a music we all can listen to.

Just here to say that the landscape looks amazing!

I wonder how the river looks like now, 8 years later.

“Hey, wanna here the most annoying sound in the world?” **Presses play**

@Rob-tx3jl

3 жыл бұрын

David Broers it’s annoying for a reason

@dave4347

3 жыл бұрын

Well obviously lol. It was a reference mate.

@akiramen9535

3 жыл бұрын

Why the water's color so black?

@thisguy8916

3 жыл бұрын

@@akiramen9535 All the sediment that had built up behind the dam over what is apparently years. Towards the end of the video, you can see how the center deposition gives way, exposing how far up the dam wall it had accumulated.

@tomasvrabec1845

3 жыл бұрын

I actually like that sound. Find it calming. That's if you mean the water.

0:25 it looks like voldemort attacking dumbledore in the ministry of magic

For some reason the explosion looked so cgi. Hah.

@male6325

3 жыл бұрын

ikr

@amylenhard5356

3 жыл бұрын

It didn't look real at all

@shaheenpalaboyvlogs9051

3 жыл бұрын

Same feels haha

@azkamil

3 жыл бұрын

What explosion? AFAIK they just opened the gates. There was no "removal" here, just emptying the dam.

@LucasSocial

3 жыл бұрын

kkkk eu ia comentar a mesma coisa!!

After drinking 12 beers and eating taco bell.

@garym444

4 жыл бұрын

do you say fire in the hole before releasing taco bell lol

@stevendubois1137

3 жыл бұрын

Pas mal.

Wow, that was something to see. I'd loved to have actually been there. Thanks for the video.

I just rafted down this river, all the greenery and trees have grown up to the riverbank!

@benjaminholcomb9478

3 жыл бұрын

How did you know? Like did you recognize the river in the video then check the description, or did you already know of the video before going in? Just curious.

"Hey, let's go a bit closer to the vanishing water. Don't bother the heavy erosion on the opposite site." "Ya, no prob, the edge looks safe to me."

Now it’s been 9 years since that happened, I wonder how it looks like rn

@SilentKnight43

3 жыл бұрын

The basement of a porta-potty.

@bobbychawla14

3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine with new vegetation and habitats upstream from the dam

@jay-fn3nm

3 жыл бұрын

hope it looks nice

@bobbychawla14

3 жыл бұрын

@@jay-fn3nm with grass and vegetation

did anyone else notice the two ladders that got left on the back bank and washed off?

@mr2paddy

6 жыл бұрын

never to be found again lol

I'm just imagining myself innocently kayaking or fishing a few miles downstream during this. Lmfao that would be quite a surprise!

"Hey Dan did you remember to grab my ladders this time?" "uhhhhhhh"

Like how someone brought a kayak and thought, naa i better not this time😂😂

It's amazing to see how much sediment had collected behind the damn not much room for water

All good, but didn’t anyone notice the THUMBNAIL looking like a freaking duck?! 🦆

This was DEEEEPLY satisfying to watch.

Espetacular e impressionante, belo trabalho de quem filmou e parabéns ao NG que nos mostrou o esvazamento de uma barragem

@robertshelton3796

2 жыл бұрын

gross

"So, you remembered to warn the communities down stream, right?" "Huh?" "!"

KZread: Yea lets show them an exploding dam, they'll watch anything at this point.

@redshift4660

3 жыл бұрын

more interested then ever! xD

It was spectacular seeing the force of the moving water.

Seeing this gigantic activity I think I would like to have been present during the upheaval that went on during the formation of the mountain range. Nature is wonderful and its engineering is fascinating to say the least. Big projects are so breathtaking. Let us hope that the salmon thrive as climbing a dam to find the breeding grounds was not simple. I cannot imagine humans mating after such a climb!

Forgot my fuckin' ladders.

0:25 "Hey Bill are those my ladders that I let you borrow over the weekend?" BILL: Uhhhhhhhhhhhh......

I can imagen the look on the wildlife's faces as they see that big wave come rushing down

@junk1347

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the wildlife that lived in or used that lake

@reaper8211

3 жыл бұрын

@@junk1347 where is the water father

"John, you only needed to sound the horn, like, three times."

Ith kannana malayalikal arelum indo🥲

Would like to see what the river looks like 9 years later

Watching it in 2020 makes so much sense

That was a really good video. I really liked that. Well done!

"dam" that was quick!

@bosslady1914

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously underrated comment lol

Wow, those massive melting mountains of silt are mesmerizing.

പൊട്ടി വരുന്ന മുല്ലപ്പേറിയറിനോട് " കടക്ക് പുറത്ത് " എന്ന് പറയാൻ പഠിപ്പിച്ചു തന്ന വിവരം ഇല്ലാത്ത മുഖ്യൻ ഉള്ളപ്പോൾ ഞങ്ങള്ക് പേടി ഇല്ലല്ല്യ

Well I'll be dam-ed. ... I'll see myself out.

@dornixrex2818

5 жыл бұрын

Shadow Heart he should of opened the doors of the dam

@devonmiller636

5 жыл бұрын

Shadow Heart *slow clap*

@skshakilalam4372

4 жыл бұрын

@@dornixrex2818 বে ব

I taught this was new because KZread recommendation

Holy spit, I've never seen a lakebed subside and slide like that!! So cool!

Save kerala from mullaperiyar

Interesting to see how the capacity has been dramatically reduced by the silt build-up. The same happens to all dams eventually, they become entirely choked and useless.

@spudmurphy764

3 жыл бұрын

You took the words right out of my keyboard !!!

@Visionery1

2 жыл бұрын

@@drbamboo9870 I wonder what the bottom of the Hoover Dam looks like.

@garfield2279

Жыл бұрын

@@Visionery1 The way things are going you might find out soon

What about the impacts downstream? I'd like to see a time lapse of the recovering actions of the former lake area.

That is absolutely insane, and look at how much silt gathers at the fill base that never makes it to sea!!!!!

Wow that really beautifyed the landscape

I would to like to see what the river looks like today ,after 9 years later.

@aswins7938

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@russhowison4215

3 жыл бұрын

I worked on this removal process for over ten years before the day this was filmed. The river looks truly amazing today. You would honestly never be able to tell where the dam was. And the salmon population has moved back in. From a river restoration perspective the project is a complete success.

@emerica5700

2 жыл бұрын

It looks absolutely beautiful. Only way you would be able to know where the dam was today would be with a guide or if you had knowledge of its location.

Still waiting to see the "Spectacular Time Lapse Dam "Removal""

@srag2117

3 жыл бұрын

A dam is defined as a barrier holding back water, the barrier was removed, destroyed with explosives, you might want to watch the video again.

@srag2117

3 жыл бұрын

@Timothy TwoTwoThree The gates holding back water were destroyed, not opened, effectively turning the entire structure into a wall on the river. Sorry but it's no longer a dam.

@tomasvrabec1845

3 жыл бұрын

@Timothy TwoTwoThree the dam literally lost it's ability to hold any water and thus lost its use as a dam. Therefore the dam was destroyed. Just stop being so nit picky.

@klsztsu850

3 жыл бұрын

Let me join the war of words :D This is one of the steps of the removal of the dam. And it is actually the most important step, because this is the step of no-return; The dam is destined to be demolished after this, so for the public, no matter if they like it or hate it, this is the step everybody will watch it happen. In the end at least it's cool isn't it?

Beautiful to see this happening! Let's bring them all down!

In that reservoir there is more sediment than water.

@bobs5596

3 жыл бұрын

i wish trump did this with congress.

@connorcoultas9629

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh that’s all reservoirs. They fill up with sediment over time

@v.p.6593

3 жыл бұрын

@@connorcoultas9629 Indeed. That is why it is not necessary to believe that because a reservoir is full, everything is water in abundance.

seeing such clips i sometimes think how far humanity has come today

Restore the river - but first, destroy everything down stream!

@bobs5596

3 жыл бұрын

all the fish and animals got wasted. seems like they could have let it out slower over weeks and allowed them to adjust. the sludge would have taken years to clear out but eventually erosion would clear it. pretty thoughtless letting it all go in one bang.

@pplemoko5342

3 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right.

@agorski38

3 жыл бұрын

They actually did remove as many fish as they could find for many miles downstream and moved them upstream before they exploded the hole. That being said probably a ton of animals still got caught in the flow but it wasn't as if they made no effort.

Uau! Incrível!

Being there would've been a sight to see.

Someone forgot to bring up a couple ladders 0:16.

SAVE MULLAPERIYAAR DAM

I will like to see the river now..after nine years.. Durning this lockdown

It looks like effects! It’s crazy that this is real!

They are sharing this on Snapchat today like this just happened...

@YNHsosa

4 жыл бұрын

Joninfiction saw that to

@Blank-bz6bi

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same

@Comrade_Collects

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly why I’m here as well 🤦‍♂️. I think snapchat even told me it was an “ ancient “ dam

1:50 Nathan Drake may surely use that tree..

1:29 This little mound of mud illustrates how the Grand Canyon was formed and how high the ocean was after the great flood. Liquefaction created those monumental mesa's.

I wonder how fish would react to this when they just chillin swimming around

@bonosbones

3 жыл бұрын

Just imagine your a fish!

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing

3 жыл бұрын

"Wheeeeeeeeee!"

@guppybill

3 жыл бұрын

One fish looked at the other and said "Da-yum!"

@ramzibenyousef8298

3 жыл бұрын

@@guppybill سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم

@guppybill

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramzibenyousef8298 Would you mind translating for me please? Unless you think it best not to.

Save mullaeriyar

No one: TreeBeard: 🗣️ BREAK THE DAM! RELEASE THE RIVER!!

@muhammadaddinidham3946

3 жыл бұрын

Lotr i guess

The beauty of nature only looks good when it is untamed

Save mullaperiyar Save kerala

I am curious what the former dam location looks like now, over eight years later. How about a sequel to this video, NGC?

@pjposton5001

3 жыл бұрын

There is one. Condit Dam-There was a dam here. Done by Pacific Power. Pretty good, only a couple of years later but I think you will be shocked.

@JayFreestyle

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a dam mess

Save kerala mullaperiyar dam which is still existing for 125 years .. actual expiry of a fam is 50 years .think how big disaster it would be

That's really satisfying!

Looks almost like a action movie scene just missing the hero.

Who else thought the thumbnail looked like a fluffy duck

@Akie51

3 жыл бұрын

Me x)

Everything about that is wonderful, explosive’s especially.

i'be never see a Dam like this before.

Two squirrels playing in the dried river bed " Did you hear something " Rip