Bellagio Fountains Recreated with Mentos and Coke

Trip writes "What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It's amazing and completely insane. The first part of this video demonstrates a simple geyser, and the second part shows just how extreme it can get. Over one hundred jets of soda fly into the air in less than three minutes. It's a hysterical and spectacular mint-powered version of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas."

Science so Rocks!

[w33t]

...of course, now I've suddenly become very thirsty.
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This is quite interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

despite it being a waste of food (is soda and candy food?). These guys obviously put alot of thought into the choreography and timing of their fountain. Kudos. There are two questions I still have:

1. How much soda did they waste getting it right? and;
2. Are they doing this anywhere near ants?

News for Nerds...

[bsdluvr]

...Stuff that matters.

By the way, does the diet coke react more in combination with the mentos, or are they just afraid of gaining weight?

Re:What.... what?

[fuzzyfozzie]

What are you talking about? It's articles like these that make me glad I read Slashdot. Learn something useful everyday. :)

The sequel will be 'feeding pop rocks to seagulls'

[ABeowulfCluster]

.. to 'A flock of seagulls' music.

See what happens when you try this in your mouth

[tehgimp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBkQe_lwak [youtube.com]

Re:This is quite interesting

[Jeremi]

Are they doing this anywhere near ants?

I don't think ants would be very interested in diet coke... it's sugar they like, and diet soda doesn't have any. Perhaps they would go for the Mentos though... nobody likes an ant with bad breath.

Re:According to the site, it's a physical thing

[antic]

For years, the big oil companies have been withholding a Mentos/Coke powered car from market... ;)

Re:This is quite interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, it's not kudos, it's Mentos. Don't think a Kudos snack bar would fit through the neck of the bottle...

Re:Firefox + Mplayer = Not so good with this video

[Nataku564]

Opera seems to have no problems with it. The only logical choice in this situation is to acknowledge Firefox's shortcomings, and upgrade to the better browser.

Osama squirts

[Tablizer]

Oh shit! Now they are gonna ban coke and mints from airline flights.

Coke and Mentos Myths

[Yaksha42]

I personally prefer this video [youtube.com] that dispenses with a common Coke and Mentos myth.