Steel ball onto the surface of a sand bed

[jackineedo]

play galaxie 500-flowers to this it's amazing!

[Arvak777]

Pineapple at 0:04 :) 

[xJencenoX]

0:16 portal 2 gel

[RAINOLOCKO]

wwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooo­oowwwwwww

 O.O

[TheStarbrightshine]

WTF is dat liquid meTAL

[krstropko]

Kinda looks like a bomb went off?

[ajm]

awesome

[wcmithaug]

beautiful slow splash! wow

[MayhemMessiah]

In slow motion, EVERYTHING looks like a nuclear strike.

[zindy0010]

first I was like whoa! then I was like WHOA!!!!!!!!

[frickfrock999]

Suddenly, I feel like watching Lawerence of Arabia.

[xDorieliciousx]

it doesnt look like a water drop.

[systat]

@xDorieliciousx Because it is liquid lead drop!

[lanagual]

@xDorieliciousx ..the spice must flow...

[justinlovespastry]

THIRSTY!

[shayen2ify]

look like sand...??

[brawlanator]

@shayen2ify it is sand

[lanagual]

Shai' Ailud..the sandworm is born...soon the spice will flow,,,,

[666Vertigo]

@lanagual MOAR SPICE

[lanagual]

@666Vertigo ..the spice must flow....the saga of Dune continues....amazing what a few dew collectors could do for farming in Africa??..idiots on this planet...Earth..

[happymerc]

i saw jesus. worth thousands now

[SonOfFurzehatt]

To clarify to everyone, it is a steel ball being dropped into sand. The sand is heated to about 500 degrees C, at which point is takes on this weird fluid behaviour.

[terlisimo]

It seems to me this is done in vacuum. Sand wouldn't fall so fast in atmosphere.

[Kullerkeksi1]

its sand !there where air blowin throw it so it turns into quicksand! and this is an little ball out of steel...

[timar03]

knew it wasnt water but.

and it looked like sand.

but it clumped so i thought its mud.

but its only sand huh ?

cool

[TravisFlepper]

:15 cow takin a shit

[drago433]

watch from 0:00-0:02 were the fuck does the little water drop goes!!!???

[timar03]

its the reflection of the ball in the glaswall behind it.

[furuseter]

good point!

[acmilanowns]

how the fuck is it a steel balls dumbasses

sand doesnt do that

it would just hit the sand it make a plop and stay there

then the sand would just go out wards]

[zasalamel123]

=/ <----- disappointment

[athlongm]

its metallic ball dropping to pile of sand

[terrantry]

ya, its fake, but still REALLY cool!

[ManicTheManic]

you can tell its fake just look at the smaller drop of "water" that trails behind the bigger it disappears without even hitting the water they didnt do a very good job at photoshop....

[SteveMcChoc]

n00b

[bombur792]

what you call "the smaller drop" is just a reflection. maybe you should look twice before posting. enjoy.

[ManicTheManic]

well actually its not the reflection if you look at it even if that is somthing in the background that could reflect the "drop" (wich i dont think that was a mirror or glass or anything of that sort) its not its reflection pause the video youll see in what there trying to pass off as the smaller drop of water that trails behind the larger drop looks like 3-4 smaller not one whole one as the visible one is....Lol maybe i should look twice before i post you think your smart I can tell...

[Fuhhrealluke]

Definitely a reflection of the ball off the glass.

[ManicTheManic]

Also i dont really care what you post back because im sure you wrong about the whole reflection thing also i dont feel like getting in to an argument over somthing i dont really care about at least not with somone that has you intelligence so go ahead reply to my comment and act proud when you think youve said somthing smart....idk its not like were looking at a picture of big foot ......

[mike060187]

wtf.. isn't it into sand?

[0AmberNeely0]

Its a steel ball into sand.

[ThaRealHipHop2008]

Lol, so fake ........

[2SixGraders]

How is it fake? It's just water, it's not like they have to fake it.

[SteveMcChoc]

n00b

[Neteke14]

are you sure it's water? too high..

[daveds23]

This is nor water nor steel ball or whatever you think.. THIS IS SPARTA!

[Jazza159]

@daveds23 hahaah agreed

[sisbeeflips]

@daveds23 No, this is Patrick.

[spider9109]

COOOOOL!

[Pedophiliac]

looks like geymen

[Cxeri93]

looks like sugar

[iwantadamnNZaccent]

WOW,

it really does look like sand,

sooo kewl xP

[ronoj2]

looks like sand

[emo3emo0]

from :11 to :22 looks like someone has the shits

[Myheadexploded]

That looks so cool!!

[seanconnery4]

its a weight dropped into sand in a high-pressure container. because there is an increased amount of air between the sand particles, the individual particles are able to move more freely, so it acts like a liquid.

[qbaseball2393]

that definitely isn't water. I think it is a silver marble being dropped into sand.

[sk8rpunkx52]

yoo u got this in plain color?

[deadseasonislife]

that was epic!

[xPronTronx]

Wow that was surprisingly really cool!! :)

[CradLeRcker]

is it just me or am i the only one that found the jet stream of water rising rapidly in the middle completely insane

[Kocczilla]

Thats me taking a shit

[02richardsong]

ur a dick

[Beerduck]

That looks like what I produce after a night of heavy drinking and spicy food. :D

[davh27]

Or an extra large lamb doner kebab!

[magnusmouse]

I'm not sure whether it was water or a ball but it say that what it fell into was glass microspheres - they are as described - tiny glass spheres - there is very little friction between them so they behave very like a liquid.

[thelagis]

or just a solid metall ball..

[thelagis]

that's not water, looks like mercury..

[ThreeDollaBills]

I think it just looks like mercury because it's in black and white.

[sgtfuzzz]

That's no planet, it's a space station!

[Cheesymcnoodle]

LOL! @sgtfuzzz

awesome reference

[m4lvolio]

fuck star wars!

[HoganFan69]

no sh1t ?

[Paxadzor]

thats how the surface of usa will react to the next nuke

[zgress]

I love your other videos!

[danrulz98]

It looks like sand or something.

[HoganFan69]

no sh1t ? its water falling on sand...

[norealname444]

If you pause at the exact moment the object hit the sand you can see it is still perfectly round. therefor it must be a metal ball a drop wouold have chaged form when it hit the sand.

[soofoo]

There aren't any water present in that clip. It's old slowmotion fottage from an old show I think was called 'Ruff science' or something close to that. Where a group of brittish scientists was in a remote place and had some challenges each weak with the theme science.

There is no water here. Just a heavy iron ball and sand. Nothing else.

Fint it amuzing by the way. That some people go all "omg it's a conspiracy!" over it.

[mlang52]

It is obviously liquid (water) like it says!. But you can't tell until the water that is thrown up starts to clump the sand together and come back down. Then the water bubbles up like a spring. Metal would have to be white hot to behave that way. Then the sand would turn to glass, instead! A solid object would result in a crater (like the moon, you know?)

[hjaltiga]

looks computer animated

[Zaypeido]

yeah. amazing what you can do nowadays isnt it??? (nowadays = 1980?)

[LaxMundur]

that is the most coolest thing ever

[Erudecorp]

You Youtubers saying it's a metal ball have never seen water. I have.

[obidobi2]

It looks more like reflection than refraction to me. Last time I looked water was transparent.

I don't care if it's water or a metal ball, it looks awsome. If i had to put my money on it I would definitely say it was a metal ball.

[aroundtheworls]

It's a metal ball- the white thing that disappears is a reflection of the ball in the back glass.

[ekdavid]

between 0:01-0:02 over the ball you can see a little stuff what dissappear unexpectingly!!!

can you see that?

[gluino]

I see it.

Might be the reflection of the water drop / ball.

[soofoo]

Its the damn reflection...

[randall642]

this is an animation

[KaaDuce]

i agree with you

[jd8coke]

It's a metal ball!

[Tossrock]

It's not a water droplet, it's a metal ball.

Look it up.

[acksplode]

its a cat

[smellycowwill]

3...2...1... contact

[electronixtar]

just like some planet drop into black holes.

[cdpmbabyvideos]

uh, def a ball bearing. 'trailing droplets' are reflection on back glass that dissappears. Please correct.

[mvirkus]

Most definitely a ball bearing, I can tell by the pixels and having seen many ball bearings fall into extremely fine sand captured on high speed cameras in my day.

[ovenroastedDC]

omg, i love you. marry me

[foxnsox89]

Notice the trailing drop.

[cakesyy]

It just disappears?? A mystery.

[lgab]

That's a reflection in the glass..

[kris10cartoons]

Beautiful!! God is such an awesome mathematician!

[jackthefork]

It is certainly a steel ball as my Fluid Mechanics professor demonstrated the exact same experiment in our class.

[p3ngwin]

it's a CANNON BALL, not waterdrop

[aquaknot]

Look again. It's a waterdrop. You can see the trailing droplet as it's falling.

[cheesy9]

Look again, Mr Look Again. That's definitely just the reflection on the back wall. Why would it disappear like that?

[anonxftw]

gorgeous

[lispified]

To see a world in a grain of sand,

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour.

[jewbacca956]

it's like a nightmare on elm street bed scene

[Corphishes]

I like how at 0:01 there's a tiny "water" droplet above other one, then in 0:02, it's gone.

[ajc77]

Looks to me like a reflection off the back wall of the container

[Corphishes]

Oh, psych, I think you're right.

Oops.

[youknuckle]

I think thats the reflection on the glass

[Brainik]

i have seen this in tv, this is metal ball

[djteiwaz]

The bubbling back up at :17 seconds looks like whatever is dropping is actually hitting liquid. Maybe its metal/liquid drop into a quick sand type liquid?

[TheNakedMonk]

So fake it's sad.

[istara]

Wow - it makes you think about the impact of something hitting the earth, the kind of after shocks there would be.

[peppersource]

Cool! That must be the biggest ever drop of water to make sand do that!

[SixFt12]

Although cool, the title of this video is incorrectly spelled. VERY bad spelling. "Metal ball" is normally spelled M-e-t-a-t-a-l-b-a-l-l. Not W-a-t-e-r.

[FoulObelisk]

"Metal ball" is normally spelled M-e-t-a-t-a-l-b-a-l-l. Not W-a-t-e-r.

you have some SERIOUS spelling problems, you know?

Metatal? Seriously?

[SixFt12]

Oops!

[hoax464]

i think it is a water drop. when water falls it does shape into an almost prefect sphere, the black and white footage makes it look like it is metalic.

A water drop would create a splash like that, this is close up footage, the drop that shoots into the air would actually be very small. you can also distinguish the darker sand that is wet while it is shooting into the air.

the wet sand also clumps together as it falls back down.

[jiyuueno]

when it hits it doesn't change shape or spread out whatsoever and it would apear that the sand is mostly liquid. Dry sand wouldn't settle so smooth. Not that ive seen anyway.

[Jack474747]

I think it is dry sand.

[nycbluntsmoka420]

LOL. Cool video who gives a shit what it is.

[martythemcfly]

@cabirum

That looks like the reflection of the drop in the side of the glass container.

[cabirum]

And whats with the second small ball (or what is it) at very beginning of the vid that falls just after the big one and disappears half a way to the ground?

[pauljab]

reflection

[gatorade350125]

looks like a reflection of the metal ball on the glass of the sandbox

[Maxxorz]

I think that's the reflection on the glass in the background.

[bitobaco]

that's nothing but a water sprite. they are normally invisible.

[bozsquad]

Fake

[Talamasca124]

Troll much?

[AbdullahFTW]

`HEY DIGG!

[SLKompressor]

Super cool. Metal or water or whatever, it's awesome.

[retrogamer500]

METAL BALL

[Shawon]

looks awesome but yea it's not a water drop it's a small metal sphere.

1. the water drop wouldn't be perfectly spherical like that, and it wudnt be as dark and reflective looking, more transparent and distorted looking.

2. a drop of water wouldn't create that big a splash in the sand.

[dc16a2]

Looks like a metal sphere, not a drop of water.

[Agentzero141970]

Is this what would happen if a big flying water blob asteroid thing would have come down to earth?

[emusylate]

that's a fucking metal ball, you dumb shit.

[Buhnanah]

So true.. water drops arent a perfect sphere.

[llemirtrauts]

Why not use the audio preview before posting comments like this? Have some self respect.

[emusylate]

i did as a matter of fact. how about you not be such a pusscake.

[PaddyIrishMan2]

HD vid, or it didn't happen

[vwtch]

append the url with &fmt=18 then reload or press enter. You'll get better audio, too.

[Jefondle]

amazing tip.

[tsunokami]

not water

[atarijedi]

Its a steel ball bearing dropped into fine sand, the experiment was showing the effects of an asteroid hitting the earth.

[justinhart]

Actually, it's a steel ball. People seem to call the balls in bearings "ball bearings" a ball bearing is a device used to assure that a coupling between a rod and a hole is concentric by fitting the two tightly while allowing the two to freely move. In a ball bearing, balls are mounted on rails between two cylinders. This allows the cylinders to move freely because the balls are the interface between the two, and they can roll on the rails.

This device is a ball bearing, not the ball.

[roughkrazzy1]

shut the fuck up you digg know it all.

[pb1157]

PHAT- that's still used, right? ;)

[dmcmeekin]

Half-truths and gorilla dust, THAT's how they fool you.

[levlobotomy]

thats actually pretty astounding. you can see how the sand acts like a liquid in the second half

[mlang52]

Because it mixes with the water?!

[cecilrickets]

That's amazing

[stevewmn59]

It can't be traveling at extreme speed. Look at how that column of wet sand(?) falls after bouncing up from the initial impact. The top of the column falls at about the same speed as the initial water(?) drop.

My guess is that this really is water but the powder it falls into isn't really sand but something much lighter.

[clockwork11]

It's fake for three reasons: (1)Can tell by the pixels; (2)Seen lot's of 'shops in my day; (3) It's not a water droplet, it's a hamburger

[mkeene19]

never knew there were so many photoshop experts on youtube

[elisabeth314]

Uh, Photoshop is for STILL images.

[mkeene19]

that may be, but on the internet, people like to group photoshop and adobe premier into one category(video/picture editing). i guess youre another one huh

[jpm727]

arent your first and second comments the same?

[Bonekhan]

.2 cuil

[sourlout]

it isn't water, look at the video at 2seconds in. There is impact, but the ball has not deformed.

[Monso]

For water to be traveling that fast to cause that much of a stir in an enclosed case of sand, it would have to be traveling WELL past its terminal velocity. Either hercules learned to throw drops of water directly vertical, or it's a ball of dense metal.

[brackitbrackit]

totally photoshopped

[BabsonTask]

yeah we know - you can tell by the pixels...

[jeffluckett]

No ... it's water, not a metal ball.

At the end of the vid, you can see a final 'bloop' as the water domes up and then disperses.

I doubt the metal ball melted with this impact.

[musiclifelove]

ball bearing

[nzcampbell]

Obviously not a water drop. It's clearly a chrome ball.

[BENJY9090]

very nice work...respect!

[scudworths]

there is a little drop of water above the first one.. where does it disappear to?

[digital4282]

Look a little closer. That isn't a drop of water, it's the reflection of the chrome ball in the glass behind it. I don't really know who thought this was a water drop, because it is simply NOT a water drop. If I remember it correctly this particular clip was in a history channel documentation on asteroid impacts and what it would do to the Earth's crust.

[yu1and1]

is there water underneath the sand? Cool slow mo vid.

[jackdomina]

muito doido

[ribomb]

This isn't water, it's extremely fine sand.

[ssissa]

water drop falling into extremely fine sand ;-)

[ribomb]

no, actually it's a ball falling into extremely fine sand.

[p3ngwin]

yes.

steel ball falling into fine sand. the "water drop" following is actually the reflection of the ball.

[hardaltohumu]

fantastic