Planet Mercury Explained in 10 Minutes | Our Solar System's Planets

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @astrumspace
    @astrumspace  4 роки тому +334

    Note: This is a remaster of the original Mercury video that I made about 6 years ago (crazy how time flies!). Here's the original for a comparison: ua-cam.com/video/m3ZUhpisWeQ/v-deo.html
    Here's the patch notes for the remaster:
    - 60fps instead of 30fps
    - Updated crappy CGI of Mercury's orbit with Space Engine footage
    - Updated information where applicable
    - Fixed grammar mistakes
    - Totally re-recorded the audio
    - New music
    - New visuals showcasing Mercury's magnetic field and its interaction with its exosphere and the solar wind
    - New views of Mercury's North Pole
    - New views of recent Mercury transits
    - Space Engine view of the rotation and orbit of Mercury
    - Closed captions now available (previous video only had auto-generated captions)
    - Pacing changes
    - Other minor changes

    • @sevenodonata
      @sevenodonata 4 роки тому +10

      Thought it was a younger Darth Vader narrating the original! :D

    • @bwxmoto
      @bwxmoto 4 роки тому +4

      Please upscale to at least 1440p on these re-masters before re-upload as youtube compression is terrible at 1080p60 especially.
      Uploading and doubling frame rate actually causes lots of dropped frames and stuttering/ hitching on youtube video player for some reason. It's probably some ai trying to drop duplicated frames to save bandwidth but it ends up wrecking the smoothness you are trying to achieve so best leave it at 30 fps and up resolution instead of doubling framerate with duplicate frames.

    • @flatmarssociety4614
      @flatmarssociety4614 4 роки тому +2

      Woah! Big difference

    • @5Andysalive
      @5Andysalive 4 роки тому +1

      Also you added a "almost" :)

    • @SockyNoob
      @SockyNoob 4 роки тому

      Much better!

  • @haftago2
    @haftago2 4 роки тому +156

    Your demonstration of the day being twice as long as the year was excellent.

    • @fallendown8828
      @fallendown8828 3 роки тому +2

      Yes and super complicated at the same time and i watched few more times to actually get how that was even possible and how it works

  • @omega1575
    @omega1575 4 роки тому +262

    I’m glad your remastering this series, so much more has been found since the original

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 4 роки тому

      he said remastering, not re-editing and updating with current information.

    • @SeaIify
      @SeaIify 4 роки тому +4

      @@daos3300 He put a comment on the original video saying that he added new information....

    • @gebali
      @gebali 2 роки тому +1

      Indeed. It's also interesting that Mercury is, 8.5% on average, the closest plane to Earth,. Due to its elliptical orbit.

  • @leminjapan
    @leminjapan 3 роки тому +145

    "Every single one of us was in this picture." That honestly just blew my mind

    • @FredGlt
      @FredGlt 3 роки тому +9

      One step closer to an existential crisis... or the opposite, I dunno.

    • @scottmeager5919
      @scottmeager5919 3 роки тому +15

      The short people weren't at the front,, let's try again guys.

    • @knocksensor3203
      @knocksensor3203 3 роки тому

      Yes.. mind boggling

    • @Muddler182
      @Muddler182 2 роки тому +4

      I know I’m like a year late but what if someone was on the other side of the earth

    • @barahng
      @barahng 2 роки тому +4

      @@Muddler182 Or people indoors, under trees, etc. It's actually an interesting thought experiment, are you still "in" a picture if you are not visible in it, like if you were behind a tree? The photons reflecting off you aren't being captured but you are still physically present in the general area the photo is capturing light from.

  • @OfentseMwaseFilms
    @OfentseMwaseFilms 4 роки тому +624

    Plot Twist: Mercury is actually the Suns Moon.

    • @OfentseMwaseFilms
      @OfentseMwaseFilms 4 роки тому +66

      @Millennial Smark Pretty much😂 The Moons are mini-moons

    • @omy785
      @omy785 3 роки тому +59

      "Aren't we all?"

    • @lotusnaturals1897
      @lotusnaturals1897 3 роки тому +11

      Dont moons only orbit planets

    • @TheChosenOne_____22_28
      @TheChosenOne_____22_28 3 роки тому +19

      @Millennial Smark yes indeed. All the planets and comets and asteroids and stuffs within the Oort clouds are all moons of the sun. Which is about 1.5 lightyears away from the sun if I’m correct

    • @epic8924
      @epic8924 3 роки тому +8

      A moon orbitsca planet not the sun

  • @jenjibur
    @jenjibur 4 роки тому +59

    Mercury is way more interesting than I thought. I was especially fascinated by the rotation & how the sun would appear to someone standing on Mercury. Thank you so much for your exceptional videos!

  • @yaddahaysmarmalite4059
    @yaddahaysmarmalite4059 4 роки тому +254

    We need to take the picture of earth again. You weren't smiling.

    • @stoutkm
      @stoutkm 4 роки тому +17

      Oh no! My eyes were closed.

    • @batdogsandwich200
      @batdogsandwich200 4 роки тому +4

      Alfred E Neuman but you still smile

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka 4 роки тому +7

      And l was on the toilet

    • @KanadianKaiser
      @KanadianKaiser 4 роки тому +7

      They got me from my bad angle 😔

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis 3 роки тому +2

      Given that I was going through a traumatic breakup at the time, you're goddamn right I wasn't smiling.
      A'IGHT, TAKE TWO

  • @Vivaswaan.
    @Vivaswaan. 4 роки тому +28

    The audio and the graphics feel so much better than the older version. We all improve and advance with time; the channel's come a long way.

    • @sonamanihembram7889
      @sonamanihembram7889 Рік тому

      🌎🌺🌺🌸🌸🌼🌼🌻🥀🌹🍃🍂🍂🍁🍄🎋🎋🌿🌿🌱🌴🐾🐉🐉🐲🌵🎄🌲🦔🦔🐿🐀🐁🐇🐇🕊🦃

  • @supercyc10
    @supercyc10 3 роки тому +7

    You're like the only dude that I've seen that explained this DANG orbit/rotation in layman terms.
    THANK YOU

  • @youcefdorbane2324
    @youcefdorbane2324 4 роки тому +1519

    On Mercury a day lasts 1,408 hours. Just like every Monday 🙄

    • @PeterHollingshead
      @PeterHollingshead 4 роки тому +13

      Haha! Covid Mondays...

    • @biancabonet
      @biancabonet 4 роки тому +10

      @@PeterHollingshead Yeah, pandemic infinite 😐

    • @zainiikhwan9405
      @zainiikhwan9405 4 роки тому +5

      Bruh....

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice 4 роки тому +13

      I wonder how life forms on exoplanets would manage with a 1400 hour night

    • @biancabonet
      @biancabonet 4 роки тому +4

      @@stevencoardvenice I wonder how life formed on earth...nevermind exo's...the crazies 😱

  • @dio3693
    @dio3693 3 роки тому +41

    I never would have thought the planet closest to the sun would have areas cold enough to have ice. Really interesting. I just have to say, this is the best educational YT channel I've seen. You excel at presenting a topic in a way that makes it exciting and leaves people wanting to know more. I had science teachers who could have presented to their class all the same information that you do, but the way in which they did it would put the class to sleep. I guess what I'm saying is, thanks for not being boring!

  • @e8tsr
    @e8tsr 4 роки тому +34

    Can't wait to see the rest of the videos in this series!

  • @nickg5250
    @nickg5250 4 роки тому +8

    absolutely mind blowing, and I love how you let the amazing info speak for itself with your low-key, relaxing presentation of the science. one of the best channels out there

  • @Pickles_Dende
    @Pickles_Dende 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you!!! I know it sounds crazy, but I have a 3yr old that is super advanced and loves this channel. When she wakes up in the middle of the night, I might put on an Astrum video to lull her back to sleep..... and then we watch 2-3 Astrum videos.... sometimes more. She has told me she is scared to go to Mars, but that she wants to bring people back to their families from Mars when she gets older. I don't know how to express my gratitude.... but thank you for the hard work you do to make these videos.

  • @mr.pianist3174
    @mr.pianist3174 4 роки тому +6

    CONGRATS ON 500K SUBS! I’m one of them! Your content is amazing and that’s why you hit this milestone!

  • @LC-xv1oh
    @LC-xv1oh 4 роки тому +5

    This video series never gets old, I'm looking forward to the rest of the remasters and thank you for your great work!

  • @fernandoschuindt1665
    @fernandoschuindt1665 4 роки тому +30

    Our Moon has colors as well, just check the so called "true color" pictures of the Moon that some astrophotographers take. It actually shows that there's a lot of oxidation on the surface of the Moon.

  • @mattw8374
    @mattw8374 4 роки тому +33

    Fascinating video made so much better by a well paced and "easy on the ear" narration.

  • @Avabees
    @Avabees 4 роки тому +4

    Loved those old planet videos! Glad to hear you remaster them

  • @px64
    @px64 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for refreshing old videos with updated data and visuals.

  • @josiahricafrente585
    @josiahricafrente585 4 роки тому +5

    Thank you, good sir, for continuously reawakening my childhood fascination with space and astronomy with ever upload.

  • @andycopeland7051
    @andycopeland7051 3 роки тому +4

    Man you took me down a rabbit hole! I love your videos and am now subscribed. You put together the best images and video clips I've seen on YT. You deserve more exposure. Keep it up! I look forward to more remastered vids in this docuseries
    Thank you again

  • @tou-fpv2952
    @tou-fpv2952 4 роки тому +17

    Very interesting and very well done.
    I think that you should do a video about all dwarf planets from the solar system

  • @asahiorbit4565
    @asahiorbit4565 4 роки тому +10

    Outstanding quality, Astrum! I can imagine new Astronomy students learning from this video, great job👏 I can't wait for the other videos to come out!

  • @astrofpv3631
    @astrofpv3631 4 роки тому +6

    Congrats on half a million subs, hope you do a video about Ganymede one day

  • @huh22345
    @huh22345 4 роки тому +30

    Fascinating!

  • @0rangeG
    @0rangeG 4 роки тому +6

    As always I've really been enjoying watching the video. Am lookin forward to the remastered episodes! This refreshed so much knowledge in my head, thank you!. Cant wait for BepiColumbo to arrive. We need to talk more about mercury.

  • @paru429
    @paru429 4 роки тому +14

    You are so close to 500k!

  • @WayneTheSeine
    @WayneTheSeine 4 роки тому +67

    Interesting. We need to send a lander.

    • @TheDeadMeme27
      @TheDeadMeme27 4 роки тому +6

      U got the money to cover it?

    • @ianbcnp
      @ianbcnp 4 роки тому +11

      Nearly 500 thousand subscribers - if we all chipped in . . .

    • @darth856
      @darth856 4 роки тому +4

      BepiColombo was intended to include a lander, but sadly it was canceled due to budgetary constraints.

    • @arturocevallossoto5203
      @arturocevallossoto5203 4 роки тому +14

      Sending things to the planets closer to the Sun than Earth is a tad bit trickier. This is because the probe is "falling" into the Sun as it goes towards the planet and it's speed keeps increasing. There's that Japanese probe that just couldn't catch on to Venus and they had to wait 10 years to try again.

    • @TheDeadMeme27
      @TheDeadMeme27 4 роки тому +9

      @@ianbcnp Wow can't believe Astrum is only at almost 500k. You're right thought if everyone gave like 5 dollars we'd have 2,500,000 which is not enough at all

  • @ryanwoodhead8480
    @ryanwoodhead8480 4 роки тому +3

    I love your videos they really inspire me to research all these things more because it’s so interesting.

  • @Naids
    @Naids 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks for the video, definitely learned something new about Mercury today!

  • @alekosalekadis6095
    @alekosalekadis6095 4 роки тому +3

    Earth photo in the end is amazing.

  • @therealking6202
    @therealking6202 3 роки тому +1

    @2:05 Great gravity visualization by dropping the ball and adjusting the playback speed. The simplest of demonstrations usually make the most sense!

  • @freddan6fly
    @freddan6fly 4 роки тому +6

    Keep up the great work and congrats in advance for breaking the 500k sub mark.

  • @astrumespanol
    @astrumespanol 4 роки тому +49

    Ah, yes, I should redo this video too, as many of my viewers have complained that they don't like the music I chosed

  • @saitamablackgoku2889
    @saitamablackgoku2889 4 роки тому +3

    Wonderful video to watch after getting off work

  • @avian9033
    @avian9033 3 роки тому +4

    I love Mercury. It's not as stunning to look at as our other planets, and it doesn't have the strange phenomenon of the gas giants, but it's more mysterious than some of the planets on the outer reaches of our solar system, thought it much closer to us than they are. I really wish we had photos from the surface of it as we do mars and venus

  • @mac7622
    @mac7622 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful video. I find mercury to be this most beautiful planet in our solar system. Thank you for sharing all this information about a planet we rarely hear about!

  • @Sebastianmaz615
    @Sebastianmaz615 4 роки тому +3

    Another good one! 👍🏻😃 To this earthling that bit about the sun, from Mercury's vantage point, rising then going backwards a little before moving forward blew my mind. Can't imagine standing on Mercury's surface and seeing this. Whew! 🤪🤔🤯

  • @plazmikpond
    @plazmikpond 4 роки тому +13

    mercury is underrated and underappreciated, poor little guy.

  • @QueenetBowie
    @QueenetBowie 4 роки тому

    Appreciate the remaster but just wanted to point out that all your videos (new and old) are top quality, please keep it up!

  • @sulijoo
    @sulijoo 4 роки тому +26

    Didn't Mercury also help to confirm General Relativity?

    • @dalesajdak422
      @dalesajdak422 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, he should’ve mentioned that. The orbital precession is only possible with relativity.

    • @PatThePerson
      @PatThePerson 4 роки тому +7

      Never heard of that general. Did they fight any wars?

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice 4 роки тому

      @@dalesajdak422
      What does precession have to do with it? I thought that the general relativity was confirmed by seeing starlight bent around our sun?

    • @dalesajdak422
      @dalesajdak422 4 роки тому +1

      @@stevencoardvenice
      That’s one way it was corroborated, but so is the precession of Mercury.

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice 4 роки тому

      @@dalesajdak422
      Precession is the wobble of the axis, correct? How does relativity affect mercury's precession?

  • @ThatHoodlum19
    @ThatHoodlum19 4 роки тому

    Please never stop making videos :) keen as to see the remastered videos all over again, keep up the good work! From Australia

  • @BS-ij5wq
    @BS-ij5wq 2 роки тому

    Never tire of listening to your voice! 😊

  • @tolland4433
    @tolland4433 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, had no clue mercury's orbit was so scuffed, and the visualisation was pretty damn cool and easy to understand.

  • @emrahokumus2832
    @emrahokumus2832 4 роки тому +3

    Wonderful work yet again, Alex. Thank you so much, that was a good brain exercise.

  • @occamsrayzor
    @occamsrayzor 4 роки тому +1

    A new Astrum video, even a redux, is always good news.

  • @Strangekoi
    @Strangekoi 4 роки тому +1

    These are my favorite episodes!

  • @htiz5147
    @htiz5147 4 роки тому +1

    I was going to say that u already did this. But now I’m happy ur doing this again!!

  • @jasonengel2374
    @jasonengel2374 4 роки тому +3

    Great video, interesting stuff about the sun rise and sun set

  • @seitisetsoh4991
    @seitisetsoh4991 3 роки тому +4

    This is really interesting, Mercury doesn't get much love, so I didn't know any of this

  • @rits219
    @rits219 3 роки тому

    Expat in the Philippines with two words, wonderful video!.

  • @BisAlmighty
    @BisAlmighty 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for reuploading!

  • @Kamil_O
    @Kamil_O 4 роки тому +1

    nice to see updated version

  • @cameronsafford9758
    @cameronsafford9758 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the playlist!! Updating it is great!

  • @minijimi
    @minijimi 4 роки тому +1

    Mercury is awesome. Thanks for another great video.

  • @asgoodasgoose6202
    @asgoodasgoose6202 4 роки тому +67

    The world's most difficult selfie.

    • @pauulthefair
      @pauulthefair 4 роки тому +3

      Nah, that would be the one taken by Voyager 1.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 4 роки тому

      See if you can spot Liza Minelli! 😂

  • @wasim_1998
    @wasim_1998 4 роки тому

    Please remastere all of them .. and audio quality is super good

  • @Igor-no.rus.
    @Igor-no.rus. 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much! Your channel is one of best about the solar system.

  • @BertGrink
    @BertGrink 4 роки тому +2

    Interesting video! Although i knew about the weird relationship between Mercury's orbit and rotation, the images presented here made it much more understandable. Thanks! :D

  • @UtraVioletDreams
    @UtraVioletDreams 4 роки тому +2

    1:31 I think this is a beautiful picture. I have it as wallpaper and optimized it with more details and saturated colours.

  • @LFTRnow
    @LFTRnow 4 роки тому +6

    Interesting. I wonder if it might be possible to establish a permanent base on mercury. If you put it at the poles, the temperature is quite low but not ridiculously so, and stable. Envision building a greenhouse dome) covering a small area. It would bring the temperature up in that area under the dome permitting electronics, and possibly people, to visit it.

    • @barahng
      @barahng 2 роки тому +2

      Year late, but Isaac Arthur has a good video on that, and one for how we might colonize every other rocky object in our system including out to the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud. If I recall, the best way to deal with the radiation and heat would be to build in a crater or underground, and you could even spin up the entire habitat (rotating in another larger cylinder) to get Earth normal gravity inside. Would have to be fairly massive or spin quite quickly of course, but a permanent settlement probably would be anyways. And you'd definitely want 1g or close to it for a permanent human habitation.
      I highly recommend his channel if you often ponder things like permanent off world bases.

  • @cinimatics
    @cinimatics 3 роки тому

    This entire channel is brilliant.

  • @TrevorMawulana
    @TrevorMawulana 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Alex for the video

  • @oscarmike7785
    @oscarmike7785 4 роки тому +1

    I learned something new. Good and informative video - thanks!

  • @Squidgyy_
    @Squidgyy_ Рік тому

    Words cannot describe how fascinating space is

  • @snuggles03
    @snuggles03 3 роки тому

    My cat and I absolutely loved watching that video, thank you very much

  • @SuperCleary
    @SuperCleary 4 роки тому +2

    Amazing video

  • @ethanwinchester4585
    @ethanwinchester4585 3 роки тому

    I was taught that Mercury was tidally locked and was under the presumption that ti was always facing same side to the sun the truth is far more fascinating thank you for taking the time to elaborate on it

  • @zoefofo7769
    @zoefofo7769 4 роки тому +1

    Wow I never knew that about mercury. Amazing. I love the video.

  • @Cynsome1
    @Cynsome1 4 роки тому +4

    A comparison of the moon and mercury size wise would be cool, also, would the sun look much bigger because mercury is so much closer to it? Things I must know...

  • @kalkovonschpritzendorf1914
    @kalkovonschpritzendorf1914 4 роки тому +14

    Everything I'll show you is real pictures or video taken by a probe.
    Next shot: top-down look on The Solar System :D
    But the audio quality is so much better, nice reupload. Keep up the good job, Astrum.

  • @xilnes7166
    @xilnes7166 4 роки тому +2

    time flies man I remember watching that video that same week... life is too short...

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore 4 роки тому +18

    Me: Hasn't he done this video before? Sounds exactly the same except the audio is better recorded.
    Alex: I'm planning on remastering all of my the old planet videos.
    Me: Excellent!

  • @ReneBold
    @ReneBold 11 місяців тому

    what really fascinates me, they built the same house on either planet and did the gravity test with a ball to compare it. That's so amazing! 2:18

  • @ionutjackass
    @ionutjackass 4 роки тому

    Congrats on your 500k subs.
    You deserve every single one of them!
    Best regards from Romania!

  • @ArisEmriis
    @ArisEmriis 3 роки тому

    Mercury is so metal! So many cool facts, thank you Alex!

  • @CarinaPrimaBallerina
    @CarinaPrimaBallerina 3 роки тому

    That was such an awesome explanation of the one year daytime one year night time condition! Thanks!!

  • @der0hund
    @der0hund 4 роки тому +1

    Great Video! Very informative.

  • @dantarbuck
    @dantarbuck 3 роки тому

    Absolutely fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed that

  • @backwoodsjunkie08
    @backwoodsjunkie08 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome! Love your shows!!

  • @absolutelypositively
    @absolutelypositively 11 місяців тому

    Thank you Alex always enjoy Astrom videos. Excuse me if there’s some misspellings etc. in here I’m talk texting which is a lot faster. Hopefully you get the point I’m sure you do. You’re a pretty smart guy. As a matter of fact I come to Astrom when I wanna find out a little bit more about space our universe, our planets, our solar system, etc.
    Thank you again happy new year to you Alex and yours

  • @Ro_Ball
    @Ro_Ball 3 роки тому

    Love your videos. Listening and watching them is so relaxing and educational.

  • @Vivaswaan.
    @Vivaswaan. 4 роки тому +3

    This increased my fascination for the planet Mercury. It's such an awe-inspiring world.

  • @mansi3262
    @mansi3262 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing work!

  • @andreastablet2133
    @andreastablet2133 4 роки тому +1

    Love your channel!

  • @low-phas
    @low-phas 4 роки тому

    Your visuals explained this very well. Thank you and all the best!

  • @hoyboys1000
    @hoyboys1000 4 роки тому +1

    I was in the picture! YEAH!

  • @jeffreyknutson
    @jeffreyknutson 4 роки тому +1

    AWESOME!!! I love this stuff!!

  • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
    @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 4 роки тому +4

    You forgot to mention one of the koolest aspects of Mercury: How a previously-vexing anomaly in Mercury's orbit was used to prove Einstein's Relativity theory
    Also, there's been some recent speculation that the high-density of this tiny planet's composition might (heavy emphasis on "might") be explained by it having once been the core of a gas giant that, thru planetary drift, got drawn-in too close to the Sun whose heat gradually boiled-away its dense atmosphere.

  • @Niguido8
    @Niguido8 4 роки тому

    Best channel ever

  • @pmajudge
    @pmajudge 3 роки тому

    AH!! DEADLY BUT LOVELY !!! OOOH! THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOON !!! THANKS ! "ASTRUM" EXCELLENT NARRATIVE ! FROM U.K. (2021).

  • @RandyJames22
    @RandyJames22 4 роки тому

    Phenomenal graphics and editing, Astrum!
    ½M subscribers soon!

  • @eastcoastandloveit3857
    @eastcoastandloveit3857 4 роки тому

    Every video is great in my eyes . Thank you

  • @LordKingPotato
    @LordKingPotato 4 роки тому +2

    You blow my mind...

  • @abhishekhb2032
    @abhishekhb2032 4 роки тому +1

    i hope u get subs n views that ur content deserves. very informative unlike others where everything is graphics..

  • @SidSid-f1x
    @SidSid-f1x Рік тому

    I just love the planet Mercury. A feel like a lot of people just think mercury is a very boring planet but to me…their is just something so unique about it…

  • @paulgibbon5991
    @paulgibbon5991 3 роки тому +1

    I remember in the Mars trilogy, Robinson hypothesised a Mercurian city running on rails around the equator, always staying at "dawn". Seems like a better prospect for settlement might be at the poles.

  • @cheffrey82
    @cheffrey82 Рік тому

    Great video! Mercury is much overlooked planet - I find the fact that it has water present in craters to be very surprising, and is yet another place to look in our hunt for extra-terrestrial life.
    Perhaps the most interesting thing about Mercury though is its role in demonstrating Einstein's theory of gravity being a distortion of space-time. Using just purely Newtonian physics, Mercury's orbit around the sun doesn't make sense (hence the search for Planet Vulcan to account for this anomaly) but when considering the Sun's gravitational effects on space-time, Mercury's behaviour falls into place. It's a beautiful bit of physics.

  • @scottn9885
    @scottn9885 4 роки тому +1

    Nice ending!