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I never really realized how annoying "TV Style" editing like this was until I stopped watching TV.

These are the videos I pay my internet bills for, very informative and entertaining, also value the hardwork put in...

I work in oil refining in a sulfur recovery unit. I recently took a class. We learned how sulfur is essential to life, and it's just a coincidence that sulfur production from refining has increased at the same rate that the population demand for sulfur. I think this could also be an interesting subject for a video.

This video has such videography. The script is also very well written, in such a way that it generates curiosity to know more and more. It felt like I was watching a show on BBC or Discovery and it brings back so many memories, felt super nostalgic. Kudos to the writer, director, videographer, producer and everyone else involved in making this video, absolutely loved it!

There’s too much Discovery Channel in my Veritasium.

I think he should be given the budget of the YouTube show but they don’t force him to use their commercialized editing and video structure.

My wifes family is from Moab. She graduated HS there and we lived there in the mid 70's. The Potash industry there employed alot of locals but it was just one of many mining type jobs in that area. Uranium was also big business in the Moab area. If you weren't mining the minerals you were trucking them and if you weren't trucking them you were processing the minerals in some mill or shipping them out on railcars to points unknown. But even I didn't fully know the history of Potash. This was very interesting and informative. I had no idea the overall impact and importance of that Potash. Thank you. I'm a new subscriber ✅ .

The amount of work you put in your videos is outstanding. You take your time explaining the details with great animations and experiments!

This is like 90's Discovery Channel, before it all went to reality show crap.

1min40 in, this feels really ridiculous, the rock guitar and sound effects in every shot, the overhyped shots, the reactions. This whole style instantly makes the entire interesting scientific approach feel cheapened.

When you mentioned that mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, it reminded me of another dangerous job. Saturation diving! I'd love to see an episode of that!

Awesome presentation! Btw, I wish Derek did one presentation for each element in periodic table. It will be very insightful and educational to know the discovery, uses and properties of each element.

I love how that bucket jumped all the way out of camera shot and then landed back on the table, that was so cool

I'm a 35 years old scientist, and this is the first time I learnt that the name "potassium" came from "pot ash". One of those trivia facts which you don't really learn in education.

I saw these ponds on my flight from Denver to Bakersfield Ca and have wondered what they were ever since. They are so stark and noticeable in the terra cotta-colored landscape. I've shown them to several people with google maps because I think there so cool and unusual THANK YOU!

Fun fact: The biggest consumer of fireworks in the world besides the US Department of Defense...is the Walt Disney Company! With firework shows performed nightly like Enchantment at Magic Kingdom, Momentous at Hong Kong Disneyland, and HarmonioUS at Epcot, Disney has to keep up with how many fireworks they need to perform every night, and for every time a new show debut. Disney spends 50 million on them every year!

The editor of this video: "I paid for the whole software and I'll use the whole software"

“I’ve seen this demo before, but never with such a huge explosion” Mark Rober: “is that a challenge?”

There is lots of potash mining in Saskatchewan (my home province) and it was really cool to learn about the history. I had NO IDEA of the origin with burned hardwoods. I have only ever known it as a mined substance.

This is super interesting to me since I work for Nutrien Agriculture, the largest producer of potash in the world. They are based in Saskatchewan, and formed by a mergre of Potash Corp and Agrium. Thanks for the great video!