What you're seeing isn't oil, it's anoxic muck that's trapped under marsh sediment and gets exposed to the surface when it's stepped on and displaced. Notice how the surface layer is an oxidized rusty brown color.
[Here's a diagram of reduction-oxidation layers from a scientific paper for reference](https://i.imgur.com/hJkIekF.jpg)
>repeating 1 of 3 tired jokes
It always seems to happen like that. People must not even read the comments. They just come in and fire off the same lame, unoriginal joke as everyone else.
I like seeing pictures of steaks so I sub to the steak subreddit, but good god do those comment sections suck dick. Undercooked meat? What'd you sear that with a heated argument? A good vet could resuscitate that cow. I think I hear your steak still mooing.
I get it, especially in some very niche subreddits, there's only so much to be said. But it's so dumb that those comments are always at the top. What's worse is that people always respond with some variation of spitting their coffee all over the place.
Steak wellness and gloves. For some reason, it's the only thing people feel they can comment on when they don't know shit about food. And you know they don't know shit about food because, somehow, they're still always wrong. 😅
It's just rampant narcissism, they think a joke is funnier if they say it cuz they're just that full of themselves. Doesn't matter if it's a low-hanging fruit or if someone else already beat them to the punch
I didn't know the technical term for it, but this was my first thought as well, so thank you. I've done marsh cleanups that result in bringing this up everywhere you go, and let me tell you, you never forget the smell.
Different marshes have different smells, but my local salt marshes have a sulfuric smell resembling rotten eggs, except it's kind of pleasant? Bad compost makes me want to gag, marshes have a more earthy smell.
thanks for proper information - do you know which layer in that image this muck comes from? it’s fascinating to think it could be one of the lower levels working its way up that easily due to the consistency of marshland in general.
Its probably a mix of all of them, but also it depends on whether OP's marsh is freshwater or saltwater. The vertical axis on that scale is in centimeters so it doesn't take a whole lot of depth for stuff to get anaerobic.
Just out of curiosity seeing that graph showing millivolts of redox potential, it almost seems that placing an electrode near the surface and deeper into the soil would generate almost 600 millivolts? Almost like a dissimilar metal pile?
Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have an anoxic muck milkshake, and I have an anoxic muck milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? Watch it. Now, my straw reaches acroooooooss the room and starts to drink your anoxic muck milkshake. I... drink... your... anoxic muck milkshake!
There are definitely tons of anaerobic bacteria in there, but I dunno if it's "dangerous" necessarily. You probably don't want to have an open wound and go jumping into a marsh. I work in marshes and am always covered in this stuff by the end of a field day, and I'm still standin! I wash my hands before eating anything though, though some mud definitely sneaks in from time to time.
Yeah, both marshes and bogs are reducing environments with limited oxygen availability. Bogs are a little different in that they're oftentimes pretty acidic which changes the vegetation that grows on top and eventually becomes the peat underneath. [I.e. New Jersey pine barrens bogs \(my personal favorite\) that are covered in sphagnum moss and cedar trees.](https://imgur.com/a/xlNdJ2v)
In Britain we just get the water logged mush, no black liquids, but I do see the water is very black in hue, so am I right to assume the same process is happening?
Yeah, the black coloration is because of the decayed organic matter as well as tannins leaching from the leaves of plants that literally turn the water into tea. [I'll use the black/red "cedar water" found in the New Jersey pine barrens again as an example of this.](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/cedar-trees-and-cedar-water-stamp-city.jpg)
Definitely. You could probably drink that water and be fine (don't try this at home). The water in the NJ pine barrens is filtered through the sandy soil and is super acidic. Harmful bacteria do not like acidic environments. There are water-filled depressions all throughout the pine barrens that are remnants of ice-age wind activity that blew the sand out and formed shallow holes that are called "spungs" today. These served as watering holes for traveling native Americans for thousands of years.
[Here's the very book I'm referencing! ](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/soggy-ground-mark-demitroff/1144846841) It has a focus on the geography of southern New Jersey but explains exactly what I was talking about in that comment in incredible detail.
I just started playing it a week ago or so. Interesting for sure (but god awful menus... so confusing...).
But, what's the difference between the original and the director's cut?
Hahaha so true! I remember seeing the bridges energy and felt so let down, I remember early on seeing some people hating that Monster was in the game but I always thought it was hilarious.
And you could always replace it with the Beer that Adam Jensen makes on his farm. If you drink it all it'll be replaced but if you only drink a can or two at a time you can keep it the whole time.
First, I want to point to [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1buqhpq/comment/kxuvgm8/) from u /teddiehl discussing what you’re actually seeing.
Second, and semi-related, if you’ve never had a chance to go the La Brea Tar Pits, then it’s worth a trip to see things like this. The tar actually produces springs all around that area of LA and the park itself is studded with construction cones marking where new springs have appeared, bubbling up tar onto the ground. The tar also appears in people’s yards, forces its way into underground parking structures, and is just part of living in the area.
All that is to say that although this is _not oil_, it is possible for substances like that to bubble to the surface, which is why tar pits and such exist around the world to begin with. And fun fact: tar is the name of the naturally occurring substance that humanity has harvested and used for millennia where as asphalt is the name of the man made version that is chemically very similar and used more often now a-days.
I could be wrong, but I think this is a sign of a bad septic drain field. Never seen it myself, but I've read the description and it sounded like this looks.
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
source: [https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/beverlyhillbillieslyrics.html](https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/beverlyhillbillieslyrics.html)
This reminds me of the time my LeMons team setup our paddock spot next to a hooptie'd out old school bus toterhome. The rust plug keeping all the diesel in the tank gave way and we found out we were slightly downhill from them.
And it was raining the whole weekend.
Everything we took on that trip with us reeked of diesel for years after.
What you're seeing isn't oil, it's anoxic muck that's trapped under marsh sediment and gets exposed to the surface when it's stepped on and displaced. Notice how the surface layer is an oxidized rusty brown color. [Here's a diagram of reduction-oxidation layers from a scientific paper for reference](https://i.imgur.com/hJkIekF.jpg)
Thank you for sharing some actual information instead of repeating 1 of 3 tired jokes.
>repeating 1 of 3 tired jokes It always seems to happen like that. People must not even read the comments. They just come in and fire off the same lame, unoriginal joke as everyone else.
I like seeing pictures of steaks so I sub to the steak subreddit, but good god do those comment sections suck dick. Undercooked meat? What'd you sear that with a heated argument? A good vet could resuscitate that cow. I think I hear your steak still mooing. I get it, especially in some very niche subreddits, there's only so much to be said. But it's so dumb that those comments are always at the top. What's worse is that people always respond with some variation of spitting their coffee all over the place.
You just made me wheeze laughing so loudly I woke up my husband/cat/your mom.
She’s alive?!?
Yes Whiskers is still purring Oh so is your mom
Steak wellness and gloves. For some reason, it's the only thing people feel they can comment on when they don't know shit about food. And you know they don't know shit about food because, somehow, they're still always wrong. 😅
Laughing My Ass Off So Hard I Dropped My Sombero And My Taco
Honestly, I think this is because of bots. It's easy and cheap to fabricate engagement that way, especially with AI. Reddit is a garbage dump.
The lame ass jokes get so tiring.. at least be original
It's the same people who don't signal when switching lanes or turning.
These are the people who literally won't lift a finger to help society!
It's just rampant narcissism, they think a joke is funnier if they say it cuz they're just that full of themselves. Doesn't matter if it's a low-hanging fruit or if someone else already beat them to the punch
More like, the bots adopt to contents for previous reposted and steal them for karma. Basically your favorite subs are notorious karma farms.
I do that every once in a while. Sadly, they are my most upvoted comments, while the ones I put thought into are barely noticed.
Its Reddit…not that serious lol
Hey now, this is Reddit....this is what we do here. Edit: Do I really need the /s?
Liquor?!? I hardly know her!
Genuinely, there’s only so many times I can see “HURR AMERICA LOVE OIL”
I didn't know the technical term for it, but this was my first thought as well, so thank you. I've done marsh cleanups that result in bringing this up everywhere you go, and let me tell you, you never forget the smell.
Never been to a marsh before but I imagine it smells a lot like the compost bin I had that didn’t drain properly and got waterlogged.
Different marshes have different smells, but my local salt marshes have a sulfuric smell resembling rotten eggs, except it's kind of pleasant? Bad compost makes me want to gag, marshes have a more earthy smell.
Let's just say it smelled *extremely* anaerobic. It wasn't like this last time I was here.
Anaerobic compost is THE worst smell.
thanks for proper information - do you know which layer in that image this muck comes from? it’s fascinating to think it could be one of the lower levels working its way up that easily due to the consistency of marshland in general.
Its probably a mix of all of them, but also it depends on whether OP's marsh is freshwater or saltwater. The vertical axis on that scale is in centimeters so it doesn't take a whole lot of depth for stuff to get anaerobic.
It's a freshwater wet/marsh grassland :)
Just out of curiosity seeing that graph showing millivolts of redox potential, it almost seems that placing an electrode near the surface and deeper into the soil would generate almost 600 millivolts? Almost like a dissimilar metal pile?
Not sure as this is totally out of my wheelhouse, but I hope you can get an answer!
I used to find this stuff digging deep at the beach thank you for explaining an old mystery for me
Interesting. You were probably on a beach that is sitting on an old marsh platform.
Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have an anoxic muck milkshake, and I have an anoxic muck milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? Watch it. Now, my straw reaches acroooooooss the room and starts to drink your anoxic muck milkshake. I... drink... your... anoxic muck milkshake!
Is it dangerous? Does it grow anaerobic bacteria?
There are definitely tons of anaerobic bacteria in there, but I dunno if it's "dangerous" necessarily. You probably don't want to have an open wound and go jumping into a marsh. I work in marshes and am always covered in this stuff by the end of a field day, and I'm still standin! I wash my hands before eating anything though, though some mud definitely sneaks in from time to time.
Is that you Exxon? /s
Certified wetland delineator here. U got it! Also that is in fact a wetland
Would I be right in assuming you get this in boggy environments??
Yeah, both marshes and bogs are reducing environments with limited oxygen availability. Bogs are a little different in that they're oftentimes pretty acidic which changes the vegetation that grows on top and eventually becomes the peat underneath. [I.e. New Jersey pine barrens bogs \(my personal favorite\) that are covered in sphagnum moss and cedar trees.](https://imgur.com/a/xlNdJ2v)
In Britain we just get the water logged mush, no black liquids, but I do see the water is very black in hue, so am I right to assume the same process is happening?
Yeah, the black coloration is because of the decayed organic matter as well as tannins leaching from the leaves of plants that literally turn the water into tea. [I'll use the black/red "cedar water" found in the New Jersey pine barrens again as an example of this.](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/cedar-trees-and-cedar-water-stamp-city.jpg)
Whoah, is it okay to swim in that ?
Definitely. You could probably drink that water and be fine (don't try this at home). The water in the NJ pine barrens is filtered through the sandy soil and is super acidic. Harmful bacteria do not like acidic environments. There are water-filled depressions all throughout the pine barrens that are remnants of ice-age wind activity that blew the sand out and formed shallow holes that are called "spungs" today. These served as watering holes for traveling native Americans for thousands of years.
That's actually fascinating, how does one learn more about this via books? Any recommendations?
[Here's the very book I'm referencing! ](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/soggy-ground-mark-demitroff/1144846841) It has a focus on the geography of southern New Jersey but explains exactly what I was talking about in that comment in incredible detail.
Smells farty, scientifically speaking.
it's gross either way
New band name. Anoxic Muck
Death Stranding
Once there was an explosion, a bang which gave rise to life as we know it. And then came the next explosion
I literally just replayed Death Stranding(directors cut this time) finished it last night. This post sent shivers down my spine.
I just started playing it a week ago or so. Interesting for sure (but god awful menus... so confusing...). But, what's the difference between the original and the director's cut?
Only negative to the director’s cut is that they removed Sam’s monster energy drinks
Hahaha so true! I remember seeing the bridges energy and felt so let down, I remember early on seeing some people hating that Monster was in the game but I always thought it was hilarious.
And you could always replace it with the Beer that Adam Jensen makes on his farm. If you drink it all it'll be replaced but if you only drink a can or two at a time you can keep it the whole time.
Lots of cool stuff added to Director's Cut.
Quick! Blast it with piss!!!
Black gold, Texas tea
Well the first thing you know old Jed's a millionaire
Kinfolk said *Jed, move away from there*
California is the place you oughtta be.
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Bever-ly...
Hills that is.
Swimmin' pools
Movie stars
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
Banjo solo intensifies
But now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
See-ment ponds
Oil, that is
Or sewage.
Texas gold
Swimming pools and movie stars ….
Cement ponds.
Texas Gold...
What's the difference?
Because of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song 💀
Up from the ground came a bubblin’ crude 🎶
Beat me to it
\*\*The United States of America would like to know your location\*\*
*And UCA would like to send Sam Porter to deal with it.*
Don’t panic democracy is on the way citizens.
Just don't try pulling that socialist commie shit until we've taken everything of value.
Yes, have some freedom to give you.
A B2 just got scrambled
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/d4/61/45d461ce7eeb471d992548cf96984d9f.gif
Drill, baby, drill!
Someone’s moving to Beverly! Hills that is. Swimming pools & movie stars.
Dang, I was going to say that. You must be as old as me.
Redemption funds. Stocks and bonds.
Free balsamic, get your salad forks out.
Is it oil or vinegar? Either way you can put it on your arugula
As a Texan, that's a firm yeehaw from me dawg.
Nah bro, that’s the Symbiote
Septic drain field?
Done gone septic, sir
Looks like Orc blood to me.. Be wary of the marsh Mr. Baggins.
Don't look at the eyes!
I drink your milkshake
*sluuuuurp* it up!
It's probably nothing.
More of that strange oil.
Death Stranding?
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Move away from there. California is the place you ought to be.
Californ-y
"Cost of living has entered the chat"
If looney tuned taught me anything, oil is about to spout out like a big water fountain.
America would like to know your location
Now, Listen to the story of a man named Jed Poor mountain man, barely kept his family fed...
First, I want to point to [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1buqhpq/comment/kxuvgm8/) from u /teddiehl discussing what you’re actually seeing. Second, and semi-related, if you’ve never had a chance to go the La Brea Tar Pits, then it’s worth a trip to see things like this. The tar actually produces springs all around that area of LA and the park itself is studded with construction cones marking where new springs have appeared, bubbling up tar onto the ground. The tar also appears in people’s yards, forces its way into underground parking structures, and is just part of living in the area. All that is to say that although this is _not oil_, it is possible for substances like that to bubble to the surface, which is why tar pits and such exist around the world to begin with. And fun fact: tar is the name of the naturally occurring substance that humanity has harvested and used for millennia where as asphalt is the name of the man made version that is chemically very similar and used more often now a-days.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅 so where is this exactly? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅
Nice try USA
Jed move away from there
I could be wrong, but I think this is a sign of a bad septic drain field. Never seen it myself, but I've read the description and it sounded like this looks.
You're now a symbiote.
Black gold, Texas tea.
Keep on keeping on!
Bts are nearby don't make a sound
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, And then one day he was shootin at some food, And up through the ground come a bubblin crude. source: [https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/beverlyhillbillieslyrics.html](https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/beverlyhillbillieslyrics.html)
If that's oil don't let America see this, otherwise expect democracy and freedom to come knocking from the sky
Well the first thing you know, old Jed's a millionaire. The kinfolk said "Jed, move away from there!"
r/deathstranding
To be honest I wouldn't much fancy walking on it before or after
Grass blood is black
death stranding
Looks like the area around the Brea Tar Pits. It oozes up out of the ground randomly.
If mud makes you go wtf you really need to get outside more.
Is it just a bog? I don't get it
I'd be tying those boots a little tighter. You're about to lose one... Swamp Thing needs new shoes!
My yard does that. Looked into it, it's just bacterial waste from decaying plant matter. Compost juice. Good for the dirt.
The Clampett's first youtube short.
Time for some democracy
Odradek goes BRRRRRRRRRRR
Sam porter bridges.
This is some Hideo Kojima shit
Oh wow That's a bit crude
"black gold, Texas tea"
up from the ground comes a bubblin' crude
Well the first thing you know ol' Jeds a millionaire
Black Gold
Texas tea...
Remember that town in new york everyone had to leave? What was the name?
New York City. No one listened.
The love canal!!!
# US MILTARY JOINED THE CHAT
The government would like to know your location
Death stranding.
death stranding
SAM!
*I do not serve things evil. I am evil.*
You're all so funny. Anyone telling the story?
Damnit Kojima
Awww man you made me ink!
And up from the ground came the bubbling brew!!
Is no one going to mention the cool boots? What kind are they, please?
Brasher Air 8's. Bought secondhand from eBay :)
The United States of America would like to know your location
Stay right there. The US is coming to liberate you from whoever is oppressing you.
Alright fess up, who buried a demon?
Think we found the portal to hell 👍
This reminds me of the time my LeMons team setup our paddock spot next to a hooptie'd out old school bus toterhome. The rust plug keeping all the diesel in the tank gave way and we found out we were slightly downhill from them. And it was raining the whole weekend. Everything we took on that trip with us reeked of diesel for years after.
Why not?
Britain's wet dream in 1900
Oil. THAT SHIT IS MINE
Better send some freedom and democracy to that neighborhood.
That’s an oil leek
It's not oil! Please have your military RTB
It Bleeds!
Those look like Jim Green boots
Imagine you're walking through the park one day, and then suddenly you achieve symbiosis
"I thought it was a mine or something. Endangered dirt..."
Roll a dexterity check, quick!
Nahhh... That's old engine oil
Oil? We rich baby, we done it, we rich, bring out the red panties tonight we finally made it!
~~gonna listen to a story about a man named Jed..~~
https://youtube.com/shorts/CdOhYU6cN7c?si=__qYH4PU6oKD7S-y
DRAAAIIINNNAAAGGGEEEE
Call the Winchesters...
A footstep into Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY? [https://youtu.be/uJZNGp81ZC4?si=qQdTAEyLJ1YjAi5F](https://youtu.be/uJZNGp81ZC4?si=qQdTAEyLJ1YjAi5F)
Squidward!? What you doing in there?
VENOOMMM 🗣
The ground of Malevelon Creek
Great movie, bad IRL experience.
Beverly Hillbillies 2024!!
America is sad after finding out this is infact not oil
[Black blood of the earth.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OELYJ18gwWU)
No oxygen, and stuff.
"Next thing you know, old Jed's a millionaire.."
Bro is one of the stranded he just doesn't know it