Hot water turns to snow in the world's coldest place: a cool trick at -40C - BBC World News

[OneGamer2EnvyThemAll]

I would personally murder a game show host who tricks anyone into going there.

[pipflip20]

in soviet russia, people turned to snow at you

[maplebanks]

if you jack off there you shoot hail stones

[999myname999]

@maplebanks before that ur balls and willy will turn blue and useless ..lol

[KalEl600rr]

Global warming

[mickeynatasa]

Hey look, there is a Lada karavan in the back :-)

[Stormer94]

I don't think there's actually any snow there. Anything on the ground is remnants from some dumbass that had to go outside and do the"water in the air" trick. Couple million attempts later and you've got a snow removal problem. Pretty sure that's what happened. Amateur scientists caused the whole thing.

[RusMegaDrill]

@Stormer94 you come and see if the eggs are not afraid to freeze

[armywife012205]

Fuck that place.

[VforVile]

it vaporised into a solid. derp

[Grasbakken71]

Won't work out with cold water though..

[astroboirap]

should have done it with a pot of piss

[xXThEdEePsiLeNtXx]

LOL -? degrees?

[QuestenEnjoysLife]

In soviet russia, wait they ARE IN SOVIET RUSSIA.

[VampirateBloodR8]

Don't EVER pee or poo outside the house..........And don't EVEN try to imagine the both situation. Very dirty mind. XD

[naveedtaji]

Amazinggg

[Dyrssen]

I got here from Justin Bieber videos.. Wtf...I see I'm not the only one.

[QuestenEnjoysLife]

@Dyrssen BBC videos. same channel

[TheDylanJoyce]

WHY soo many beiber videos in the suggestions???

now we soo how people would get from watching videos of cute kittens to disturbing videos or YTP videos?

[Jouipan]

its only need to be like -10 C for that to happen...

[CH1CKENQUIFF]

In england, you throw a cup of hot water, you scald someones face

[KrazyGirll123]

cool



[PhantomofRap]

same thing happens in Alaska

[andy15pandy]

there is another way to make your own snow at home

[WindAkatsuki]

Retarded looking walrus say what

[EdsEnemy]

@WindAkatsuki WHAT

[nguyenhongoe]

like if justin beiber took you here

[koki4o]

@nguyenhongoe I can only wish that Beiber could vaporize like the hot water.

[wheezyfightertard3]

omg I wanna try this on a cold day here!

[Icecool3r]

why is this related to a justin bieber vid?

[VampirateBloodR8]

@Icecool3r That's because it related to BBC, "Beiber Butt Collapse". Sorry real BBC, it just for entertainment.

[silentbob82]

That is so fucking cool!

[MrMaybeimdreaming100]

Guys, guys... you don't need the world cooldest place to do this... I just did it in Norway, only -7 degrees C here... OMG

[minicolster]

@thedaniel2997 freezes like an icicle :D

[Awshbuscus]

How do people not know what "vaporized" means? I is not "to be disintegrated into tiny little pieces", like Sci-Fi flicks and such have taught you... It actually means "for a liquid to turn into a gas", so ya, he was wrong too, but a lot of people commenting here are wrong too...

[johnnye87]

@Awshbuscus Actually, thinking about it he isn't technically wrong, but he made it look like he didn't really understand the process. Water vapour is a suspension of liquid water droplets in air (as opposed to steam, which is a gas) so it "vaporised" when he threw it into the air, but not because of the cold (in fact it probably vaporised because it was hot). The cold is what turned the vapour into snow.

'Course, it's been years since I did chemistry so this could be entirely wrong.

[snoopy84able]

woooow! And do you know that if you tie a lace very tightly around your wrist your hand becomes swollen and RED??? Isn't it fascinating? LOL

[BladeZGamerZ]

u know that happens even @ -15C

[behappiful]

@Typho0n86

I suggest you stop trying to sound smart. It only makes you sound more retarded than you already are.

[NERDIE911]

its not a pot

[WickedFile]

in yellowknife it's -49C in winter

[Stranglehold432]

And I complain when it's -8°C during the winter...

[moptim]

@Stranglehold432 I complain when it's more than -10 and swear when it's -25 :P disliked the last winter, we had continuously snow for.. umm not sure, maybe from november till april or something. in the Helsinki Airport (15km inland) the snow depth was 70cm for three months. luckily it melted quite fast in the beginning of april :)

[Typho0n86]

Bits of water still fell to the ground. I think he better chose his words better.

[behappiful]

@Typho0n86

I think you should choose your words better.

[Typho0n86]

@behappiful Like Vaporised instantly and turn into the easter bunny? rtard.

[secretstuffish]

if you leave water in the cold it becomes like ice

[Audim0n0mer]

Did u guys know Justin Bieber actually had to have an asshole transplant.

But the asshole rejected him!

[ErkudenSyn]

In soviet russia, hot water throws you!

[waynechengg]

It solidified* instantly and turned to snow?

[codebluehacks1337]

You could probably do it in -5/10 or so, hot water has a rebound effect when cooled. e.g if i but boiling water in the freezer it will freeze faster than room temp water.

[omaraty009]

Co Za Asy....

[petertrickaz]

In Soviet Russia, water freezes you

[VampirateBloodR8]

So, is He throw a cup of water or a cup of snow / is He throw the water or the snow !?!?

[izzyprechii]

i would of laughed my ass off if it didnt and it all spilled on his face lol no no im kidding, im kidding

great now i wanna try it

[300istilmig]

lol I can do that in 20 degrees heat, youtube.com/watch?v=dIZmU-QESF­g

[4435gordo]

Wow when it gets that cold I love to be in Dixie. But Dixie won't be back for a couple weeks.

[asalgado0188532]

i sure wouldn't want to fart there if you know what I mean...

[VampirateBloodR8]

In Africa Dessert, when you throw a cup of snow, it turn to hot water.

[08avfclion09]

@VampirateBloodR8 lol

[SirGop17]

@VampirateBloodR8 haha

[VampirateBloodR8]

@VampirateBloodR8 Come on! Handsome man. It's " Desert ". Thanks dictionary. Delicious!

[vios688]

@VampirateBloodR8 How about in soviet russia ?

[VampirateBloodR8]

@vios688 I'm not sure mate, but there is a lot of people in Russia. Ha3 XD. But make sure you pee harder when you are in Siberia. Because it freezing quicker than your pee. XD

[vios688]

@VampirateBloodR8 oh my .... haha so you will get hurt - -

[daniel33751]

@VampirateBloodR8 LOL...

[vincentpol]

@VampirateBloodR8 Ah you made my day.

[xXThEdEePsiLeNtXx]

@VampirateBloodR8 :P

[newman015]

@VampirateBloodR8

That must be a big pudding....

[frootloopsfan]

@VampirateBloodR8 Your comment is funny but is wrong in two different perspectives first of all its called the Sahara, there is no such place as the Africa Dessert, and its spelled DESERT with only one S, otherwise you are talking about the food that comes after the dish. You, kind sir, are an imbecile.

[Tigarius4]

I wanna go there and piss, just to see what happens

[garbinder]

@Tigarius4 probley free to ya dick lol

[rennerjc]

I don't know how he did that but someone needs to let him know that jesus christ does not approve of sorcery and if he keeps doing that soon his soul will be as black and dark as his magiks.

[dawahproject1]

siberiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 

[choisam20]

where is this?

[SIRjackLNDN]

@TheRattyrattyrat so... the BBC is national corporation with a massive budget. They wouldn't waste their time and money faking a 20 second video to fool youtubers like you! 

[BrigitteAbbendis]

Wont your blood freeze?

[jonkftw]

@BrigitteAbbendis Thats why he is wearing hot clothing, thermals etc...

[alex217c]

it looks more like hot water is just giving off the steam as it falls onto the ground, not turn into snow

[SIRjackLNDN]

@TheRattyrattyrat lol its the BBC you moron

[sharingan510]

Who you gonna call?! Mythbusters.

[shadowace421]

so say you take a cold bath outside....

[sigridandbilly]

It's often -25 here in Norway I can do that with cold water :D

[IxRhysx]

Liquid nitrogen but backwards :O

[LifeForm0]

Why doesn't it freeze in the jug ? something not right here.

[pithaya]

@LifeForm0 Your physics lessons are what's not right, as miceskin said, when you throw it up in the air, it turns into droplets, so there's a much larger ratio of surface area to volume touching the cold air. Think the water in the container is you in a sleeping bag with just you head peeking out, then if more of your surface area is outside (get out of the sleeping bag) your temperature drops much faster.

[vbstar1221]

holy shat!!

[aboverim]

21 seconds of my life, GONE!!

[nickjjismyhusband]

o.O



[tomsutey]

its fake, why would it not freeze in the bowl, but magically turn to snow when thrown in the air?

[miceskin]

@tomsutey more surface area to volume. Very simple.

[flosama]

@tomsutey it's the critical mass, man...

[cipihevent]

@tomsutey it would freeze in the bowl too but it takes sometime, if you throw it in the air the surface at air contact becomes much more (much much) so the heat is released very quickly and freeze in just one second as seen.

[manutdabc123]

FUN FACT: hot water freezes quicker than cold

[dvdaxis]

no, it vaporizes instintly and turns in to snow. so it turns into a gas then at that state it turns into snow

[ZeddZul]

@dvdaxis That's exactly what i posted just now :D

[katazzofromhalo3]

i wonder wwhat wp\ould happen if you pee'd there 0.o

[overturned50]

fake and gay

[TheLoves2shop]

@overturned50 it was live on telly. its real

[abnynedd]

@overturned50 It is nothing but true. My geography teacher tried the same thing in finland, -47 degrees.

[overturned50]

@abnynedd i know its real i was just bein stupid lol

[abnynedd]

@overturned50 Haha, have a nice christmas mate :)

[overturned50]

@abnynedd lol same to you :)

[psChrystine]

What happens if you pee?

[dearshomy]

@psChrystine LOL, well, keep it in the pot.

[muchwanka805]

that was Cool lol

[driverjackboy]

LOL

[Viewtifulworld9]

I was watching when this happened lol :D

[SweetJulietta]

O.O

[PaddyMacNasty]

"It vapourised instantly and turned to snow"

Anyone else see a problem with that sentence?

[Bernardk]

@PaddyMacNasty Vaporized = Turns to vapor.

Not vaporize = turns to snow haha

[X544KEY]

@PaddyMacNasty

lol what an idiot of a reporter.. how the EFF can something vapourise and then turn into snow lol

[Robert697]

@X544KEY

The water turned to vapor, and the vapor turned to snow.

"Vaporize" does not mean "disappear". It means turning into a gas or smoke.

[peladopro]

@PaddyMacNasty i do....



[ZeddZul]

@PaddyMacNasty I think it's because the water literally gets turned to water vapor almost instantly, and then the cool down process results in the ice crystals. -40 is cold though! I've been in -50 and windchills down to -75. That's what happens in North Dakota though...I hate my life

[Asquared2010]

@PaddyMacNasty well the fact that it did turn to vapor instantly then condensed into to snow...no i dont see something wrong with that

[TheBigtony209]

@PaddyMacNasty yes

[omalor]

@PaddyMacNasty mmm, nope, what are you getting at?

[omnipotentbeing]

@PaddyMacNasty No. Water turned to water vapour, which then formed snow due to the high speed of the water molecules during vapourisation.

[Cds56]

@PaddyMacNasty Obviously lots of morons did, he was describing a chain of events, 1. The water instantly vaporized. 2. It turned to snow. No problem with that one, buddy. Just a whole lot of misunderstanding.

[blakerwalk]

@PaddyMacNasty It sounds funny, but it entirely correct.

[HammerSmashedFace92]

@PaddyMacNasty vaporize?

[frosty1433]

@PaddyMacNasty va·por Noun /ˈvāpər/

A substance diffused or suspended in the air, esp. one normally liquid or solid

[vios688]

@PaddyMacNasty haha :D that's BBC wor nice English

[xLenaNguyen]

Kinda wanna try it though xD

[xLenaNguyen]

LOL my chemistry teacher showed me this today.

I literally just screamed, "WOW THROWING BOILING WATER INTO THE AIR! HE HAS NO LIFE!" :P

[xHamlynx]

@karlos218

You have opened my eyes to a whole new activity!

[Kash1337]

@Tr0lIed Are you special? Wait, i forgot, you cannot think of anything to say and have to repeat yourself on every comment you make, looking up to some racist crap on the internet; thinking it is “cool”. Congrats, I’m sure your mother is really proud of you becoming the retardation of humanity, 5/5 mate, you will one day win the prize for being the only failed “troll”.

[XxWLLRxX]

@Kash1337 connor?

[Kash1337]

@XxWLLRxX nah

[malow87]

This actually won't work if the water is not boiling hot.

[pyouoi]

Fail!

1. It can't vaporize if its going form a liquid to solid.

2. Mpemba effect, hot water freezes quicker than cooler water.

[djmarcos702]

freddiew cant do this effect

[DCTheGuitarist]

Jesus BBC i saw someone do this 2 years on Youtube, slow news day I take it.

[iiRAVEx]

He put Snow on the lid of the bottle :L

[denChemiker]

Science fail. Vaporization is the process of a liquid going to the gaseous phase. The liquid froze.

[Dnubass]

@denChemiker was going to comment on it till I read yours.. I'm laughen so hard at the news fail.

[TMUMEVER]

Useless - like my box in my video.

[scottishlad1987]

cold water wouldn't though, it's just about the speed of change of energy.

[liamg2001]

I can see Russell Howard all over this :P

[1TheWare1]

i tried this by throwing boiling water over my mum.... on a nice sunny day

[tmac20031]

@1TheWare1 You are just too funny. You just made me laugh really hard when I read this.

[j0rdylb]

Magic

[georgebakerguitar]

AWESOME!

[Mr4R514N]

Looooooool @ 2009jimmy2008

[alexstilgoe]

every one knows hot water freezes faster then cold

[flatlinerking]

@alexstilgoe orly?

[alexstilgoe]

@flatlinerking orly what that mean?

[mailliwenots]

@alexstilgoe orly means "oh really?"

[2009jimmy2009]

i poured boiling water over my mum once, now she is dead!

[coolcatrei]

@2009jimmy2009 do nt beileve u...

[sianirudh94]

@2009jimmy2009 umm how is that funny or even amusing in any way?!

[flosama]

@2009jimmy2009 not funny

[tumtumsback]

@2009jimmy2009 well i think you should go pour water on top of ur head clown

[2009jimmy2009]

@tumtumsback BIT OF COMEDY U CUMBUCKET! EVER HEAR OF A SENSE OF HUMOUR? NOTHING SERIOUS MEANT, JUST A SHOCKING STATEMENT FOR A LAUGH! GROW UP!

[moley50000]

@2009jimmy2009 hahahaha what does that mean

[HeavyVerbzz]

@2009jimmy2009

ahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha­hah omg omg omg....ahahahaha omg thats the funniest comment on youtube ever man..ahahahaha

[QwikzzHD]

@2009jimmy2009 SICK BASTARD

[swanboy2]

@2009jimmy2009 oh god, that was so random

[teachmemagic2]

I tried this at school... not near cold enough and therefore my friends got burned.

Naaaah just kiddin xD

[xHamlynx]

so pissing outside would be a bad idea..?

[karlos218]

@xHamlynx

Only if you didn't like peeing yellow snow :) who wouldn't :D

[SonOfTheRightHand29]

wow, thats colder than......*insert something relevant and humerous to gain lots thumbs up*

[cozzatee69]

in soviet russia, snow melts you!

[madbab00n]

@cozzatee69 no

[cozzatee69]

@madbab00n da!

[MegaMissPrincess93]

did anyone else run outside and burn themselves =[

Liars *ouch*

[TeamToXicHQ]

This man has just discovered steam :)

[AaronYsp]

@TeamToXicHQ even though steam is a result of boiling water to 100 degrees celsius, and not freezing it in -40 ..........

someone went to school.

[TeamToXicHQ]

@AaronYsp who said it was not a 100+ degrees

[AaronYsp]

@TeamToXicHQ because if it was above 100+ degrees celsius, it wouldnt even be in the pot. 100 degrees celsius = boiling point of water= transition from a liquid to a solid.

[offitcock]

into a gas u tit :-p

[AaronYsp]

@offitcock haha, it was early in the morning when i was typing it, thanks for correcting me there ;).

[u12lg7]

21 seconds which I could have spent laughing at Justin Bieber..