Crazy Lake Experiment

1 tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?! Subscribe: ↓Want more info?↓ Try a mini version of this at home: CREDITS: Host, Writer, Animator, Editor: Greg Kestin From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation Funding provided by FQXi Special thanks: Tyler Howe Ari Daniel Lissy Herman Kurt Kolasinski David Allara Patrick Lake Ryan Mckell Lauren Aguirre Kristine Allington Anna Rothschild Allison Eck Lauren Miller Peter Behroozi Fred Behroozi Daniel Rosenberg Kesto Productions MEDIA CREDITS: Music provided by APM: C’est La Vie Magician’s Waltz a Little Jynx Aquatic Flora Sound effects: Images: Burnt Biscotti (Anna Ginsberg) Gangster Benjamin Franklin from Compton (Philip Taylor) Stock footage: sea_waves_prores - Pond5