Not So Great Lakes

[SinsiAlpha]

Dude, that's not Lake Karachay! That's actually an ash disposal area. Lake Karachay is to the northwest, just south of the Mayak industrial complex at Coordinates 55.678333, 60.799722

[cptglovalgmail]

Isn't Lake Karachay the most nuclear waste contaminated spot on the planet? That out weighs the acid man...

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@cptglovalgmail It sure does! That's why I save it (the best) for last.

[milesdigby]

Hey Oliver,

I checked twice audio falls off the right side after you start speaking. Just FYI. Very interesting

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@milesdigby Yeah, this is amongst the very first episodes I ever did. I'm afraid you'll find stuff like that up until around episode 20, by which point I'd gotten the hand of things like 16:9 aspect ratio, proper stereo sound, HD and other little tricks.

[oreoeatsmuffins]

I like the fire lake the best :)

That must be really amazing to actually see though.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@oreoeatsmuffins I know eh? My hope is to eventually get to travel and see most of these places up close (EXCEPT FOR KARACHAY, HOO BOY).

[oreoeatsmuffins]

@HandfulOfMinutes lawl

[invasorkai]

dude, is not the lake that is filled with acid its a volcano ( maly semyachik) that contains the acid-lake . but for the sake of the sketch will go with it....

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@invasorkai I thought the volcano changed the ph balance of the water in the lake to made it highly acidic?

[uvorta]

*tun sössöttäjä

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@uvorta I'm sorry, I don't speak Finnish and the Eu Translator doesn't seem to know what you said either!

[uvorta]

@HandfulOfMinutes yeah i know, any translator doens't (always) understand Finnish language if your trying to translate word by word, sense there is none.

but the comment is about your voice,think it's not clear enough (for my ears or the speakers werent great or i just didn't care to listen..) but overall great video! :)

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@uvorta Ah, thank you! My presentation voice gets a lot better further into the show. This is only episode 7 and we've got well over 100 videos now. Feel free to check them out!

[comaradella]

Absolutely raw the smacks on the back of your head, THAT is vocation.

[comaradella]

well done ollie

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@comaradella Thanks! You might want to check out my newer episodes though, I can do soooo much better now.

[Etiainen]

Nice video...only 1 small thing, though:

The lake shown in the video is NOT lake Karachay! I know Google Earth initially said so, but it has been corrected.

Furthermore, lake Karachay is definitely NOT covered in concrete. Wikipedia's article is inaccurate in this point and has no support for it. The lake's bottom HAS been reinforced by concrete blocks, but it has not been covered completely.

I recommend using other sources than Wikipedia, for it does not always provide adequate info

[Breaker93]

The Soviet Union/Russia has some interesting ways of solving problems. Like when they tried to put out a fire in a gas well by detonating a nuclear bomb right in the middle of it. All it did was make a huge crater, and irradiate the poor natives in the area, the Nenets people. Not that they weren't glowing in the dark already, from the extensive nuclear testing on Novaya Zemlya, and dying from exposure to the toxic waste from the oil production on their territories...

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@Breaker93 Ha! Man, this is one of my favorite comments by far. Thanks for the story!

[jayteexo]

That fire lake looks pretty sweet at night. I'd like to visit that someday.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

Honestly, as scary as it is - yeah, I'd like to go there too.

I'm actually rather hoping to organize a trip to tour the ruins of the Soviet Empire some time in the next two years.

[jayteexo]

I would be interested in that type of tour.

Count me in.

[asimplecadence]

Lol, vitamin CD

[HandfulOfMinutes]

Not one of the healthier vitamins...

[Babyzung]

That was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HandfulOfMinutes]

Thanks man, most appreciated.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

Thanks for the very kind words all, I'm rather bowled over. You might be pleased to know I'm busily hammering together an irregular episode for tomorrow evening and soon after that I hope to have a "regular" review episode.

[tebbydear90]

wow, this is the most interesting YouTube channel I've ever seen! I really like this!

[MiZTermi]

That was bloommin hilarious!

Great job!

[HandfulOfMinutes]

Thanks a bunch mate, it's most appreciated and is genuinely encouraging. Right now I'm chasing around crew and equipment to make a second season that will be even better and, most importantly, come out on a steady basis once it gets going.

I'm thinking I'll put together some "irregular" episodes just with what I've got on me, to help fill the space between.

[hexachordal]

do! It would be a pleasure to see any Oliver Brackenbury related projects at all. :D

[MuddledFox]

I laughed, I cried...ok, maybe not cried, but it was very funny in a sadly satirical way.

[iheartpeterpan13]

i really like this vid

funny and creative!

[hexachordal]

duly autoplay'd. Hope this persuades you to make more episodes :(