Diet Coke, Mentos, and the Bellagio fountain

Steve Wynn spent millions of dollars creating the Bellagio fountains, an impressive spectable by any yardstick. Every day, thousands of onlookers thrill to the incongruity of dancing waters in the heart of the desert. It suggests that humans are capable of overcoming even the largest environmental hurdles.

The next casino to open on the Strip might want to just hire these guys and supply them with Diet Coke and Mentos. As seen on Eepybird.com, the results are both dramatic and explosive:

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, brought to you by the mad scientists at EepyBird.com.

I’m intrigued that of all the natural and manmade phenomenon that they could have recreated with their candy and soda, these guy’s chose the Bellagio fountains. You can’t underestimate the influence of Las Vegas on culture today.