Totally the Bob Ross of Geology. Glad your channel is doing so well. Teaching people to be interested in and wonder about the world around them is so important.
I am a 72 year old Canadian and I have watched your fascinating programs with great interest. As an artist, I began watching to find landscapes to inspire my paintings…but I soon forgot about that as I was drawn into the fascination of geologic time. You not only describe the scientific side , but you are able, like any good teacher, to place it into layman’s terms so well that your vast knowledge is so understandable. When I grow up, I want to be a geologist! 😂 Thank you !
Lo que no dice es que. Esa piedra sola que muestra ahí enorme de grande color negro no tiene nada que ver con las montañas circundante eso lo trajo la luna cuando se aproxima a la tierra creando o no llámeme cualquier cosa le pico y dejen de decir mentiras por favor
I never cared about geology until finding your videos. But now I look at the world completely differently, especially around my local area. Rocks are no longer just rocks, they're now a chapter in a bigger story that I enjoy unravelling. Thank you Myron.
It's a story, opinion, educated guess. Based on lots of observations and physical/chemical characteristics. The extrusion of fluids saturated with dissolved and suspended solids caused by tectonic compression is a plausible explanation. After thinking along with you, and a nice logical process it was, I consider the possibility of a fulgaritic contribution being worth a look. The positive and negative poles in a field of currents might fit the data. Any square or hexagonal shaped columns, towers, or pits might indicate an electrical component in causation. Light interior, dark exterior towers. Dark interior, light exterior pits. The possibility of electrochemical charge separation of iron ions at oppositely charged poles in liquified sands has been demonstrated. Water will penetrate, pierce, or fracture rock in an intense electromagnetic field. Water will bridge through air from lower to higher intensity fields
@@myroncookare you familiar with pivot rock in Eureka Springs Arkansas? The formations in this area are fascinating and would love your take on what happened in the area to cause them.
@@myroncook 24:00..id say. there formed from water. thousands of yrs ago. last oice age maybe. whirlpools. the standing rock, is volcanic, or remnants of such event... you,v seen the eye of god, atlantis,, same effect.. ausie.. heres a shocker,,dinosaurs did not gie out 65 mill yrs ago.. knights in europe, were sent out to slay ''drsgons'', raiding villages for food.. time scales are wrong. the big bang never happened. its a convenient answer..
This channel is one of my favorites on UA-cam. You’re a great teacher and your passion is contagious. I’ve learned a lot watching your videos. Keep up the great work and thank you, Myron.
Very strange features and very interesting to hear the thought process involved with understanding what happened here. Thanks Myron, always great videos!
I'm enjoying your information, Myron. I never took any Earth Science courses while in university and I'm thinking it would have been a lot of fun to take your courses. Thank you.
Unfortunately, recently a guy drowned in Alaska while in up to the waist in mud when the tide came in. Tragic. I remember losing several boots to the mud as a kid and it gave me great respect for river banks and ponds.
@@intractablemaskvpmGy That is sad and unfortunate. I was just trying to a joke, but thanks for reminding us that real shit happens and that WE MAY DIE AT ANYTIME!!!!
I'd have never come up with this interpretation on my own in a million years. Thanks for activating parts of my brain that have been hibernating. I've been seeing rocks as squiggly lines for too long.
Here in southern Québec we can't have things like that unfortunately. The ice, which was about 2.5 km thick where I currently live just a few 10 thousands of years ago, have erased pretty much everything and the rocks are a melange of many different rocks almost everywhere in the form of glacial deposits and moraines. Utah is such a wonderful place! I'm glad I do have the chance of virtually hiking with you in Utah with your amazing expertise.
I'm in SW Ontario, also repeatedly glaciated, and even more "geologically boring" than Southern Quebec. Although, given the nature of events that make a place geologically exciting, I think I'd be careful what one wished for in that respect. More importantly, the glaciers provide both of us with an opportunity when it comes to rock identification. Repeated cycles of glaciation have strewn our fields with rocks from all over the Canadian Shield. Think of it as an expedition to the Shield without the blackflies.
Many must have said it before but, you truly are the Bob Ross of Geology ! There's even the little tree 😀 This was absolutely fascinating, I live on the other side of the world but it felt like being there in Utah, beautiful place btw, with you exploring the land. Also, thank you for showing measurement in the metric system too, it helps a lot in understanding the scale of this geologic process. 👍👍👍
As soon as you mentioned liquefaction, I remembered watching videos from the 2011 Japan earthquake where this occurred. It was so weird to see this happening as it was for the people behind the camera who had no idea what could be causing it.
Quick sand is also held together with salt. If the salt is washed out, the quick sand collapses and turns into liquid. This often causes huge landslides. Yes, I enjoyed the whole video! 👍
These are the sand blows I saw in a film about earthquakes. Thank you for the excellent explanation. Your giving a lot to watch for and I greatly appreciate it.
Your channel found me at the perfect time! I need a couple days of bedrest, but now I kinda congratulate my busted knee. Thank you so much for not filling your videos with a sensory overload! Your vids are very well suited to my Audhd mind. Cheers from 🇸🇪!
So interesting! Thank you so much for taking us along with you as you go exploring. I love the way you work through the possibilities and come up with the answer.
This one was absolutely mind blowing!!! I was certain that first one was man-made! You are a great geologist, thank uou so much for helping us understand such complex geology. Keep up the great videos! 😎😁
I don't know of anyone who has investigated this interesting phenomena of the rock formations Myron. Thanks for doing your very best at explaining it and with so much gusto too. Appreciate the fine video work in the making of this video.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching that! You are a great teacher and I appreciate how you lead us to think of different possibilities or scenarios, but ultimately explain what you you've learned and what you know. I kept hypothesizing and guessing all the way through! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise & knowledge.
That was the best and most enjoyable video you made yet. I'm in my 80's and have traveled the Western U S extensively but never came across anything like these features. Thank you for sharing your geological adventures with us.
Wow! That was some very interesting geology. What a great demonstration of critical thinking and the application of geologic science to explain natural features of the earth. This is why I really enjoy learning about geology!
Funny thing, just yesterday I rewatched a great documentary made by the channel "Deep Dive," about the 1811 earthquake that struck New Madrid, MO (link:ua-cam.com/video/Kn2KFC8cX-g/v-deo.html). Similar liquifaction events were also recorded during that tragic, tragic event, and even as someone with little experience in geology, my brain still went haywire as I connected the dots while watching your video. (Also, very cool to see what these intrusions look like after millions of years of erosion) Immensely entertaining and educational video as always, Mr. Cook. Professionals like you who communicate and educate with passion is the very thing that makes UA-cam such a great place.
Thank you, sir! I always greatly respect the scientific method. I was a professional investigator for many decades. Great stuff here! I hope to see more of your scientific work. All the best!
What a great video. There's nothing more satisfying that finding a mysterious lump in a desert taunting you with "Come on then, brainbox. What am I?" all tied in with a terrific hike (mind you - on "slow" sand. That's tough going). Coincidence note: The randomly-selected, self-refreshing image I get when I switch on my laptop showed cottonwood tree in a hole in the Grand Staircase desert this morning.
What you describe in the video sounds alot like sand blows... The Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. They created sand blows in the Mississippi river valley. And the negative depression in the ground some of them leave behind looks very similar. Wonderful! Now we know what they might look like thousands of years later! Foods for thoughts!
It is super great to learn all this from you! I've drove and hiked and cowboyed all over most of the country in wyoming you show in your videos and always wondered how and why these rocks got there and why they were so much different from those rocks on that ridge I just rode over! Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this awesome content!
This was an exciting, thoughtful, enlightening explanation of my home. I'm in Asheville, NC, and get to see many examples nearby of the upheaving and folding you describe. Now I understand what the topo map of Western NC and Eastern TN clearly shows: these folding patterns, riven by rivers doing their job of filling in the valleys.
This channel deserves recognition. Myron is an exceptional presenter, and the cinematography is alluring and pleasant. This channel has captured my interest, turning an esoteric subject into a new passion.
I was 100% wrong in how I thought they formed! I imagined a muddy area, with swirling currents carving out circular depressions, like the features we sunned and soaked in along the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania, eventually silting up and forming hard walls and plugs. So cool that these features formed in a moment. Thank you for your fascinating and relaxing videos.
Myron: I just discovered your wondereful channel a few days ago and have watched almost all of the videos you have made. As a professional physicist in Mexico, my knowledge of geology is pretty basic. However, coming from a place where cretacic rocks are everywhere ( The Tehuacan Cuicatlan biosphere reserve) I have always had a fascination with rocks. Coming to your channel and learning so much and being awed by your beautiful wyomming hikes feels like coming home to me. I look forward to keep enjoying many more. The video on the huge salt structures at the gulf of Mexico and the largest landslide ever in Wyomming have been the most amazing videos I have seen ever. Looking forward to enjoying many more videos from you. P.S. Loved when you presented your fantastic jeep loving crew. Muchas gracias!
Hi Myron. When I camped at Kodachrome Basin State Park, I saw many tall rock tubes sticking up vertically. Looking at the matrix, it was bleached sand and very small rounded gravel. I found the tall tubes rather mysterious, but it appears that something very similar to what you described happened there too (sand 'volcanoes' due to liquidification caused by earthquake). Not too sure what formation(s) (are) is involved was, but the overlying formation was eroded away exposing the tubes. From its location, I'm assuming the eroded layer was Tropic Shale and the tubes are from underlying Dakota Sand Stone. Bad guess?
@@primarytrainer1 I saw no evidence of carbonates (like tavertine) anywhere to indicate hot springs. The material in the pipes, as mentioned, was quartz and feldspar sand and gravel sized particles with no carbonate grains. I could be wrong (of course), but I don't think they were due to hot spring activity.
@@myroncook Thanks Myron. By the way, I don't know if you've ever camped there, but I found Kodachrome Basin one of the most beautiful places to camp in especially if you get there via the Coxcomb or Bryce.
Myron, you are the best! I love your videos! My brother and I were avid rock hounds as kids in Ohio. We always wanted to be geologists or archeologists when we grew up. He has passed but he would have loved your channel as well. 😊
I also found some weird rocks, not as massive as what you show here, but as mysterious. I went to Landers, CA last month and found some very weird volcanic rocks. I had uploaded the video, two kinds of rocks are shown in it. First rocks had weird protrusions (nubs?) like the ones found in so called megalithic walls of Inca and Egypt. Second rock type, definitely volcanic, had a string of harder rocks arranged in linear fashion. Have you seen this kind of rock formation? What are they called? Please take a look, I thought they were andesites, but I could be wrong. Thanks,
Those features in your video are concretions, probably iron or magnesium. Metal-rich groundwater leaves behind precipitates of these metals that are more durable than the surrounding rock. Some scientists think the reactions are partially mediated by microbes. The linear features are likely calcitic veins, where calcium-rich groundwater circulates through fractures in the rock, once again leaving behind calcite precipitates. If you had hydrochloric acid, you could've tested it, as calcite will effervesce in weak hydrochloric acid (~5-10%). Early in your video you pan over to a boulder with what looks like dendrites on it. Those are magnesium-rich concretions that have a branching pattern. I don't know how they are formed, but I think it has something to do with the fact that magnetites are magnetic and electrical effects on very small scales lead to the dendritic (branching) pattern-but that's a total guess on my part. Cool video!
@@toughenupfluffy7294 Thanks! I looked up concretions, I guess that's what they are, for the second portion of rocks with linear/cross strings... I wish I had brought some home, really weird rocks, as it's not in any national/state protected area, but then others won't be able to see them, so I think I did well. :) First portion, I am not sure all of them are dendrites, 1:43 the "nub" seems to be of uniform composition as the rest of the rock... But thank you! I learned a lot from your very informative comment, I'm still learning more!!!!
I saw a video that hypothesized that these were ancient grain storage, hunting blinds, houses, ect. Thank you very much for the knowledge!!! Makes more sense the way you explained it. It also explains the reports of water shooting into the air when the new Madrid earthquake happened in early American history! Spot On!!
I'm 84 and have spend much of my life exploring the World around us and especially the Great Four-Corner area. Every time I returned Home I promised myself that I had to take a Geology course!! Of course that never really happened, to any degree, so the next trip out exploring would produce the same result!. Thanks for giving me an easier way to get some basic understanding of how great Nature is!
In 1983 “Sand Blows” or artesian fountains erupted after the 6.9 earthquake in the Lost River Range at Borah Peak in central Idaho. These can be seen today near Chilly Buttes of Thousand Springs Valley. Given time, geologically speaking, it’s easy to imagine the features you were exploring. Well done Thank you
I saw the first feature on The Trek Planner a few months ago. He was speculating on how these were made. I’m glad to see that you visited this site and found a solution.
Myron, walking the dog this morning I saw a scale model of sedimentary rock production. A pile of sand was washed down into the ditch. You could see the silt the radicals being carried along and dropped were the velocity no longer able to move them. It splayed out in a semi circle . I was able to see this cause of your teaching and influence. For that I am most appreciative. It looks as if a puddle formed then when it finally bust through the sand it gushed into the ditch in a miniature torrent. I'm guessing cause it rained at three in the morning.
Amazing, Myron! Thank you. As a fellow Wyoming geologist, I'm so thrilled you are putting out these videos. This one in particular is delightful because of how you walk us through the scientific method. Thank you so very much for all you do. We'll be sharing this with our children. 🙂 By the way, I've seen miniature version of this (a "sand blow" I suppose it would be called) in the Great Divide Basin in Battle Spring Flat. Biggest difference is the scale due to the absence of lithified layers above the liquefaction layer. Anyway....such a neat video. Thank you!
During year covid I began watching dam removal projects in the pacific northwest and got introduced to the geology of the region. Following my interest I came across Nick Zentner who introduced me to some massive floods and the impact they had on some parts of your vast country. I'm still following that seam of interest and have been totally fascinated by Myron's detective work. The elegance and beauty that lays all around us astounds me.I'm always happy now to find out more about geology as it makes my walks so much more entertaining as I wonder what beauties lay under the ground I walk. Thank you for this great little story. L/s
Very interesting! I have an old sand volcano remnant fairly close to me at the very south eastern part of Sweden by the Baltic sea. It sits right at the waters edge and when it's filled with sea water you can use it as a bath tub!
Fantastic as always. Thank you for your thoughtful and easy to follow presentations. A tiny niggle, as a fluent two measurement system Canadian I feel compelled to note that one foot is about 30cm, not 23cm :)
My first thought was the features reminded me of making mud volcanoes for a science fair. I did think that some heat still had to be involved though, like your comparison to cooking oatmeal, but I wasn't too far off. I really appreciate your approach to teaching geology. Instead of just telling us this is the way it is, you encourage us to examine and apply our personal experience. This is not only more effective for learning the specific topic but it is very beneficial to learning in general and especially for me personally. I had a brain injury that causes me to have problems with my memory. It's like being in a constant state of doubt of what I know and I get frustrated because I feel like I should know. I am sure everyone has experienced forgetting a word and said "it's right on the tip of my tongue". It's that way for me constantly and it causes me to have a lot of negative self talk. I do not feel that way when learning from you. There's no negative pressure when I am in your class. I am truly, truly grateful.
The formations created by intense plasma and electro-magnetic 'storms' on the Earths surface are amazing, and native legends from around the world support the rapid, violent changes that occurred perhaps at the time of the Younger Dryas event and not by millions of years of wind and weather erosion and sculpting. Keep up the explorations Myron, your videos are appreciated by those of us who see things a little differently from academia.
Ha! Totally called it-any time you see cylindrical bodies of sand with reduction/bleaching of the iron in the grains, it screams fluid escape structure. But these are definitely the biggest clastic dikes/sand boils I’ve ever seen…truly massive, even if you take away all the extra concretion around them. One has to imagine these originated from earthquakes related to subduction under the native/continental Jurassic arc that went through the southwest down to Mexico and/or the Nevadan orogeny. I also wanted to say I loved how you brought up the indigenous tower rooms, both in terms of recognition of their cultural achievements but also because so many people wrongly attribute geological features to man-made structures, especially among the conspiracy-minded, and it’s important to show people how to resist that tendency to jump to such conclusions. PS: Myron, given that you live in WY, when I first saw some of the way these things eroded, into low-lying meter-scale circular rings, it reminded me of a set of really interesting features in your state that I think would make for a really terrific video in the same vein. Have you ever seen or heard of the meter-scale (32m mean diameter) secondary impact structures found at the bottom of the Permo-Pennsylvanian (280 Ma) Caspar formation, that pockmark almost the entire northeastern surface of the Sheep Mountain Anticline, just SW of Douglas? Truly astounding preservation, the perfect horizon just happens to have been uplifted and exposed at the surface today, complete with impact breccias and planar deformation features in quartz. These are secondary impacts, impacts from pieces of debris from a larger meteorite impact somewhere relatively nearby (as yet undiscovered). You can actually observe them on Google Earth, for example, at 42.652009°N 105.449561°W and 42.647850°N 105.449133°W. Also there are some located near Mule Creek, for example at 42.190475°N 105.820359°W, about 19km WNW of Garrett. Check out Thomas Kenkmann et al. (2022) in GSA Bulletin vol. 134 no. 9/10, as well as Kenkmann et al. (2018) in Scientific Reports vol. 8, no. 13246 for several better images and deep discussion. I would *love* to get a glimpse of these things on the ground, and with your cinematographic chops and drone capability, I can imagine the images would be astounding. One of the things I like most about your videos/channel is that you always find incredibly unique sites that are well off the beaten path both in terms of geography, and also in terms of geology. The outcrops you cover are always unique geological mysteries that lend themselves very well to a certain pedagogy about how field geology is conducted, and it’s great. I think the Sheep Mountain Anticline site (they call it the “Douglas Strewnfield”) also fits your criteria of geologically unique and off the beaten path, and lends itself very well to a “mystery” type of narrative journey. Like sand boils/sand volcanoes/clastic dikes, many do not know that secondary impact structures are possible, let alone that 280 million-year-old such structures buried millions of years ago can be preserved, after being uplifted during the Laramide orogeny and denuded exactly to the point where they are cropping out at the surface today. Just wanted to throw that your way, because I think it would make for a super interesting video! Awesome work as always. 👏
Great to hear your feedback Avana! Thank you for giving me a new idea to explore in Wyoming. I haven't heard of these and will definitely look into them...Thanks
Avana...God help us when the "conspiracy minded" folk are no longer allowed to think critically and help extend scientific discovery in a manner that has so often happened throughout history.
It'd be ok if they did 'think critically' as the presenter is continually asking people to do, but that's not what happens. They look; jump to conclusions and then you have to fight them for it. And, that doesn't 'extend scientific discovery' in any way, shape, or form @@garrymiller2769 You're just being rude to someone who's made a point. May your god, indeed, help you.
I appreciate how you do much more than just tell us what we are looking at, you gradually reveal it. You lead us to the correct answer slowly, encouraging us to reason on the evidence. We learn and retain new information better that way. School would have been more enjoyable if my teachers had taught that way. Thanks Myron!
Very, very interesting ! You explained this very well. I was in that area last year and had no idea these were there. A great reason to go back. Thank you again for a superb video !
This area also has cold water (CO2) geysers in some locations. Chaffin Ranch, a.k.a. Champagne, geyser is my favorite. You’ll find it right near where the San Rafael river crosses the lower San Rafael road’s path. I stumbled upon that one by pure accident while riding a motorcycle in the area and have been returning to it many times now. Fascinating geological process that facilitates this.
Huh. I always wondered how "and on that day all the great springs of the deep burst forth" (Gen. 7:11) might have worked. This goes a long way to explaining that. Very cool. Thank you for the journey into this geological aspect.
Completely stunned by how cool your channel is. I'm happy I found it. As a kid and into adulthood I've always been amazed by what I find out there hiking. You give me a better perspective on what I've seen and make me wanna get into it all deeper. Great stuff my man. Great, great stuff. Subscribed.
Karst is possible in sandstone , especially when the cementing mineral is calcite . I have seen quite a number of features in sandstone that are almost without a doubt formed at least in part by dissolution . I have also seen solution process in shale . I am also familiar with sand blows / volcanoes . These are very common features in the New Madrid region and other active seismic zones . Very good video .
Thanks yet again Myron! Your videography is great. This is a special part of the country to me as I have traveled this area extensively and never tire of it's beauty. Seeing the San Rafael reef in the background at the beginning of your presentation was a treat.
Very cool video and I compliment your editor as well! So, the whole process of liquefaction and sand volcanoes is actually pretty easy to understand and I've messed around at the beach doing almost exactly what you did, playing in the mud. Is this easy to recreate in a lab with an aquarium perhaps? I'm curious to understand how the water gets trapped like that such that it escapes so quickly! I realize of course that in geologic terms of time, it's a subtle process and so I can kind of envision it happening. But then I think too, that water is also constantly trying to escape during the process and thus the scenario could never occur in the first place. I think it would be fascinating to demonstrate in a lab, how this might be recreated. I'm not a teacher or anything, but I'm sure a demonstration of the process would enlighten students when they see how complex processes work!
A real-world active/recently-active close example I found with a quick search is the New Madrid sand blows/boils. This is a much smaller-scale system, with the wet sand being only a few meters below clay. Interestingly, with the cap layer being relatively shallow, some of the sand blows/boils occur during floods, not earthquakes. With it being smaller-scale, there's pictures of full cross-sections etc of some of the boils, and they qualitatively show many of the same features as described in the video. An example I found for the existence of much deeper water layers is the Sidoarjo mud flow. Many details of the circumstances are different, like volcanic activity playing a part there. Still, waterlogged limestone about 1000 m below the ground suddenly erupted in 2006, causing a mud volcano that is still active today and projected to last a few decades more. This one was triggered by oil/gas exploratory drilling weakening the capping layer, but apparently there are similar mud volcanoes nearby that were likely naturally geologically triggered.
I really enjoy your videos. I have always been fascinated by rock formations but never had chance to study geology. It's like your episodes are tailor made for me:)
Wow! I've finally found my perfect guide and teacher in the (now exciting) world of geology.., Your easy demeanour combined with great knowledge is priceless ....
Hope you don't get upset if I disagree. It would seem your sand spouts would have the same material all the way through, & thus; when eroding; there would be a solid cone; not a hollow, circular one with differnt materials, that have inner laticed structures. The Mud Pots seam to be a better fit. I.M.O. Thanks, more Geo-power-to-ya!
Myron, I love how you go through the thought process. Putting forth theories until you get to the most likely reminds us to think. Handing us facts like they are set in stone (pun intended) doesn't give a sense of science works.
Absolutely loving your channel! I’m studying geology at university right now and I’m also an avid climber and guide, your field analysis and thought process are super informative and thought provoking, and I feel like I’m solving the problems alongside you! Thank you so much for this amazing quality free content, you rock!
Brother i have watched every single one of your videos multiple times and i love them so much! it makes me so happy to see someone so interested and happy about rocks and geology. i wish more people were as passionate as you in life and its truly inspiring. thank you for making all of these videos and I'm stoked for all the fun videos you have next!
Myron, I enjoyed the way you weaved your thought process into a story that was both interesting and educational. You pulled us into the problem solving, which was a bonus.
I love science youtube, and I have found many great, well-known and lesser known channels. In my opinion, you are one of the greatest presenters on the platform. That, combined with the fact that you are a true expert, are a wonderful combination. I recently found your channel, and I absolutely love it!
Brilliant, Doctor! I notice on my hikes in the foothills of Pikes Peak that very many stones and boulders are carvings of the landscape in which they dwell. Of course the terrain will have changed since they were carved.
I know very little about rocks but I like the way that you explained them and I like the way that you take us on walks. my legs aren't what they used to be so I don't go for hikes anymore😢 but going along with you makes me feel good! Thank you!😊
Aha! Aliens! enough goofiness. I enjoyed following along on the mystery tale. I kept trying to run ahead, but you kept bringing in new data, new facts, and the answer was not clear until the end. You remind me of Mr. Smelser, my geology teacher in elementary school (back in the 60's). He would pose these kinds of questions and make us think through the evidence to find the answer, and I remember him still. And finding liquifaction in the solution is familiar to me, as it underlies so much of our understanding of my "back yard", the region of Seattle and Portland. The faults under these cities will release energy to liquify major pieces of this region. Finding liquifaction in the desserts of Utah is a big surprise. Thank you for taking us on this journey.
I have watched quite a few of your geology videos, and I could binge watch for days. You are always interesting and your voice is soothing. Two thumbs up!
Mr. Cook does a great job of explaining geologic processes that shape our planet. Since geology and meteorology are not taught in American high schools most of our students graduate without an understanding of basic earth science principles. Videos like these fill in the information gap. When I saw these round features I was reminded of the sandstone dikes in the badlands of South Dakota, though the bad land dikes are linear features they probably have a similar origin.
I really enjoyed your new video. I learned so much. Thank you. I RoccoMend this channel. Myron explains complex ideas in simple terms so I can understand them easily. That's a sign of a great teacher!!
I'm not a geologist, but if you had been my teacher or professor, I would have become a geologist. You have the most unique and engaging teaching style. Thanks for for the fascinating videos about a subject that I never thought I would be interested in. (ツ)
At 21:50 .. What an incredible shot! All those layers of rock in the background with the formations and holes with tree in the foreground, must have been breath taking to be there in person. Love your story telling, thanks for bringing us on another great journey!
The quality of your videos is incredible. I found an ancient river bed today on the utah wyoming border. I spend most of my time between the Leucite Hills, Lyman, Wyoming and Manila, Utah. If you're ever in the Rock Springs area, I would love to have you help me identify some of the things i've have found
After going through all your video’s, I found myself wondering with anticipation when you would present something new. Thankfully I did not have to wait long. I now look at my environment completely different and have caught myself gazing at my local geology with you in my mind. Thank you sir for bringing a new reality to my life. Geology is cool! Someone should make some tee shirts! 😜
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Totally the Bob Ross of Geology. Glad your channel is doing so well. Teaching people to be interested in and wonder about the world around them is so important.
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Yes I notice he did draw a happy little tree in the diagram.
A very apt comparison!
spot on 😆
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I am a 72 year old Canadian and I have watched your fascinating programs with great interest. As an artist, I began watching to find landscapes to inspire my paintings…but I soon forgot about that as I was drawn into the fascination of geologic time. You not only describe the scientific side , but you are able, like any good teacher, to place it into layman’s terms so well that your vast knowledge is so understandable. When I grow up, I want to be a geologist! 😂 Thank you !
Lo que no dice es que. Esa piedra sola que muestra ahí enorme de grande color negro no tiene nada que ver con las montañas circundante eso lo trajo la luna cuando se aproxima a la tierra creando o no llámeme cualquier cosa le pico y dejen de decir mentiras por favor
@@rsguastalla5370What are you talking about?
I never cared about geology until finding your videos. But now I look at the world completely differently, especially around my local area. Rocks are no longer just rocks, they're now a chapter in a bigger story that I enjoy unravelling. Thank you Myron.
Awesome to hear!
It's a story, opinion, educated guess. Based on lots of observations and physical/chemical characteristics.
The extrusion of fluids saturated with dissolved and suspended solids caused by tectonic compression is a plausible explanation.
After thinking along with you, and a nice logical process it was, I consider the possibility of a fulgaritic contribution being worth a look.
The positive and negative poles in a field of currents might fit the data. Any square or hexagonal shaped columns, towers, or pits might indicate an electrical component in causation.
Light interior, dark exterior towers.
Dark interior, light exterior pits.
The possibility of electrochemical charge separation of iron ions at oppositely charged poles in liquified sands has been demonstrated.
Water will penetrate, pierce, or fracture rock in an intense electromagnetic field.
Water will bridge through air from lower to higher intensity fields
@@myroncookare you familiar with pivot rock in Eureka Springs Arkansas? The formations in this area are fascinating and would love your take on what happened in the area to cause them.
@@myroncook 24:00..id say. there formed from water. thousands of yrs ago. last oice age maybe. whirlpools. the standing rock, is volcanic, or remnants of such event... you,v seen the eye of god, atlantis,, same effect.. ausie.. heres a shocker,,dinosaurs did not gie out 65 mill yrs ago.. knights in europe, were sent out to slay ''drsgons'', raiding villages for food.. time scales are wrong. the big bang never happened. its a convenient answer..
No. They are still just rocks.
When I saw TrekPlanner visit that first feature I couldn't get it out of my head, thank you for finally explaining it!
I was looking for this comment! First saw this feature on his shorts, so im glad to finally get the real answer to this puzzle
This was a great video for perpetual learners! Thank you so much for the time and the analysis.
So that is what we are, perpetual learners like that
Perpetual learners! I like that !
Well done! I thoroughly enjoy your method of deductive reasoning.Your interpretations help me to further appreciate the natural world.
This channel is one of my favorites on UA-cam. You’re a great teacher and your passion is contagious. I’ve learned a lot watching your videos. Keep up the great work and thank you, Myron.
Very strange features and very interesting to hear the thought process involved with understanding what happened here. Thanks Myron, always great videos!
I'm enjoying your information, Myron. I never took any Earth Science courses while in university and I'm thinking it would have been a lot of fun to take your courses. Thank you.
Myron Cook; willing to almost get permanently stuck in a stream bank to teach us geology!
Unfortunately, recently a guy drowned in Alaska while in up to the waist in mud when the tide came in. Tragic. I remember losing several boots to the mud as a kid and it gave me great respect for river banks and ponds.
@@intractablemaskvpmGy That is sad and unfortunate. I was just trying to a joke, but thanks for reminding us that real shit happens and that WE MAY DIE AT ANYTIME!!!!
I'd have never come up with this interpretation on my own in a million years. Thanks for activating parts of my brain that have been hibernating. I've been seeing rocks as squiggly lines for too long.
Those were my thoughts too. I don't care how many clues we were given.
Here in southern Québec we can't have things like that unfortunately. The ice, which was about 2.5 km thick where I currently live just a few 10 thousands of years ago, have erased pretty much everything and the rocks are a melange of many different rocks almost everywhere in the form of glacial deposits and moraines. Utah is such a wonderful place! I'm glad I do have the chance of virtually hiking with you in Utah with your amazing expertise.
I'm in SW Ontario, also repeatedly glaciated, and even more "geologically boring" than Southern Quebec. Although, given the nature of events that make a place geologically exciting, I think I'd be careful what one wished for in that respect. More importantly, the glaciers provide both of us with an opportunity when it comes to rock identification. Repeated cycles of glaciation have strewn our fields with rocks from all over the Canadian Shield. Think of it as an expedition to the Shield without the blackflies.
neat.
I grew up just north of the moraine line in western PA. such interesting terrain.
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I live in Boston Massachusetts. Thanks for all the rocks.
Who knows what the future holds for the land you live on? The Earth will change it all again
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As someone who lives in a country with no deserts and mountains, these endless vistas with mountains in the distance are breathtaking.
Many must have said it before but, you truly are the Bob Ross of Geology ! There's even the little tree 😀 This was absolutely fascinating, I live on the other side of the world but it felt like being there in Utah, beautiful place btw, with you exploring the land. Also, thank you for showing measurement in the metric system too, it helps a lot in understanding the scale of this geologic process. 👍👍👍
As soon as you mentioned liquefaction, I remembered watching videos from the 2011 Japan earthquake where this occurred. It was so weird to see this happening as it was for the people behind the camera who had no idea what could be causing it.
Oh! Me too!
Quick sand is also held together with salt. If the salt is washed out, the quick sand collapses and turns into liquid. This often causes huge landslides.
Yes, I enjoyed the whole video! 👍
These are the sand blows I saw in a film about earthquakes. Thank you for the excellent explanation. Your giving a lot to watch for and I greatly appreciate it.
Your channel found me at the perfect time! I need a couple days of bedrest, but now I kinda congratulate my busted knee.
Thank you so much for not filling your videos with a sensory overload! Your vids are very well suited to my Audhd mind. Cheers from 🇸🇪!
So interesting! Thank you so much for taking us along with you as you go exploring. I love the way you work through the possibilities and come up with the answer.
Never thought that I would be sitting at the edge of my seat during a Geology Video, but I WAS sitting at the edge of my seat.
awesome!
I know, the suspense was killing me.
This one was absolutely mind blowing!!! I was certain that first one was man-made! You are a great geologist, thank uou so much for helping us understand such complex geology. Keep up the great videos! 😎😁
I don't know of anyone who has investigated this interesting phenomena of the rock formations Myron. Thanks for doing
your very best at explaining it and with so much gusto too. Appreciate the fine video work in the making of this video.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching that! You are a great teacher and I appreciate how you lead us to think of different possibilities or scenarios, but ultimately explain what you you've learned and what you know. I kept hypothesizing and guessing all the way through! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise & knowledge.
Glad it was helpful!
Another fascinating video. Thank you for spending so much time making these.
That was the best and most enjoyable video you made yet. I'm in my 80's and have traveled the Western U S extensively but never came across anything like these features. Thank you for sharing your geological adventures with us.
Thank you, Veronica
Wow! That was some very interesting geology. What a great demonstration of critical thinking and the application of geologic science to explain natural features of the earth. This is why I really enjoy learning about geology!
Funny thing, just yesterday I rewatched a great documentary made by the channel "Deep Dive," about the 1811 earthquake that struck New Madrid, MO (link:ua-cam.com/video/Kn2KFC8cX-g/v-deo.html).
Similar liquifaction events were also recorded during that tragic, tragic event, and even as someone with little experience in geology, my brain still went haywire as I connected the dots while watching your video.
(Also, very cool to see what these intrusions look like after millions of years of erosion)
Immensely entertaining and educational video as always, Mr. Cook. Professionals like you who communicate and educate with passion is the very thing that makes UA-cam such a great place.
The New Madrid vid is EXCELLENT - I've watched it twice!
I just put these two together as well! Look at my comment!
Thank you, sir! I always greatly respect the scientific method. I was a professional investigator for many decades. Great stuff here! I hope to see more of your scientific work. All the best!
What a great video. There's nothing more satisfying that finding a mysterious lump in a desert taunting you with "Come on then, brainbox. What am I?" all tied in with a terrific hike (mind you - on "slow" sand. That's tough going).
Coincidence note: The randomly-selected, self-refreshing image I get when I switch on my laptop showed cottonwood tree in a hole in the Grand Staircase desert this morning.
What you describe in the video sounds alot like sand blows... The Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. They created sand blows in the Mississippi river valley. And the negative depression in the ground some of them leave behind looks very similar. Wonderful! Now we know what they might look like thousands of years later! Foods for thoughts!
you bring infectious enthusiasm to your subject. I feel like I could get into geology watching this.
Another fantastic and well done presentation. Really enjoy your articulate but modest way of enlightening me! Thank you, sir!!
It is super great to learn all this from you! I've drove and hiked and cowboyed all over most of the country in wyoming you show in your videos and always wondered how and why these rocks got there and why they were so much different from those rocks on that ridge I just rode over! Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this awesome content!
This was an exciting, thoughtful, enlightening explanation of my home. I'm in Asheville, NC, and get to see many examples nearby of the upheaving and folding you describe. Now I understand what the topo map of Western NC and Eastern TN clearly shows: these folding patterns, riven by rivers doing their job of filling in the valleys.
This channel deserves recognition. Myron is an exceptional presenter, and the cinematography is alluring and pleasant. This channel has captured my interest, turning an esoteric subject into a new passion.
I was 100% wrong in how I thought they formed! I imagined a muddy area, with swirling currents carving out circular depressions, like the features we sunned and soaked in along the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania, eventually silting up and forming hard walls and plugs. So cool that these features formed in a moment. Thank you for your fascinating and relaxing videos.
Myron: I just discovered your wondereful channel a few days ago and have watched almost all of the videos you have made. As a professional physicist in Mexico, my knowledge of geology is pretty basic. However, coming from a place where cretacic rocks are everywhere ( The Tehuacan Cuicatlan biosphere reserve) I have always had a fascination with rocks. Coming to your channel and learning so much and being awed by your beautiful wyomming hikes feels like coming home to me. I look forward to keep enjoying many more. The video on the huge salt structures at the gulf of Mexico and the largest landslide ever in Wyomming have been the most amazing videos I have seen ever. Looking forward to enjoying many more videos from you. P.S. Loved when you presented your fantastic jeep loving crew. Muchas gracias!
Thank you, Antonio
Hi Myron. When I camped at Kodachrome Basin State Park, I saw many tall rock tubes sticking up vertically. Looking at the matrix, it was bleached sand and very small rounded gravel. I found the tall tubes rather mysterious, but it appears that something very similar to what you described happened there too (sand 'volcanoes' due to liquidification caused by earthquake). Not too sure what formation(s) (are) is involved was, but the overlying formation was eroded away exposing the tubes. From its location, I'm assuming the eroded layer was Tropic Shale and the tubes are from underlying Dakota Sand Stone. Bad guess?
The sand pipes in Kodachrome are supposed to be remnants of ancient geysers, aren't they?
@@primarytrainer1 I saw no evidence of carbonates (like tavertine) anywhere to indicate hot springs. The material in the pipes, as mentioned, was quartz and feldspar sand and gravel sized particles with no carbonate grains. I could be wrong (of course), but I don't think they were due to hot spring activity.
see my comment above
@@myroncook Thanks Myron. By the way, I don't know if you've ever camped there, but I found Kodachrome Basin one of the most beautiful places to camp in especially if you get there via the Coxcomb or Bryce.
Myron, you are the best! I love your videos! My brother and I were avid rock hounds as kids in Ohio. We always wanted to be geologists or archeologists when we grew up. He has passed but he would have loved your channel as well. 😊
You made my day, Teri.
I also found some weird rocks, not as massive as what you show here, but as mysterious.
I went to Landers, CA last month and found some very weird volcanic rocks.
I had uploaded the video, two kinds of rocks are shown in it.
First rocks had weird protrusions (nubs?) like the ones found in so called megalithic walls of Inca and Egypt.
Second rock type, definitely volcanic, had a string of harder rocks arranged in linear fashion.
Have you seen this kind of rock formation?
What are they called?
Please take a look, I thought they were andesites, but I could be wrong.
Thanks,
Those features in your video are concretions, probably iron or magnesium. Metal-rich groundwater leaves behind precipitates of these metals that are more durable than the surrounding rock. Some scientists think the reactions are partially mediated by microbes. The linear features are likely calcitic veins, where calcium-rich groundwater circulates through fractures in the rock, once again leaving behind calcite precipitates. If you had hydrochloric acid, you could've tested it, as calcite will effervesce in weak hydrochloric acid (~5-10%).
Early in your video you pan over to a boulder with what looks like dendrites on it. Those are magnesium-rich concretions that have a branching pattern. I don't know how they are formed, but I think it has something to do with the fact that magnetites are magnetic and electrical effects on very small scales lead to the dendritic (branching) pattern-but that's a total guess on my part.
Cool video!
@@toughenupfluffy7294 Thanks! I looked up concretions, I guess that's what they are, for the second portion of rocks with linear/cross strings...
I wish I had brought some home, really weird rocks, as it's not in any national/state protected area, but then others won't be able to see them, so I think I did well. :)
First portion, I am not sure all of them are dendrites, 1:43 the "nub" seems to be of uniform composition as the rest of the rock...
But thank you! I learned a lot from your very informative comment, I'm still learning more!!!!
Thank you for creating this and educating us on the mystery and your hypothesis! I appreciate you, Myron!
I saw a video that hypothesized that these were ancient grain storage, hunting blinds, houses, ect. Thank you very much for the knowledge!!! Makes more sense the way you explained it. It also explains the reports of water shooting into the air when the new Madrid earthquake happened in early American history! Spot On!!
I'm 84 and have spend much of my life exploring the World around us and especially the Great Four-Corner area. Every time I returned Home I promised myself that I had to take a Geology course!!
Of course that never really happened, to any degree,
so the next trip out exploring would produce the same result!.
Thanks for giving me an easier way to get some basic understanding of how great Nature is!
In 1983 “Sand Blows” or artesian fountains erupted after the 6.9 earthquake in the Lost River Range at Borah Peak in central Idaho. These can be seen today near Chilly Buttes of Thousand Springs Valley. Given time, geologically speaking, it’s easy to imagine the features you were exploring. Well done Thank you
I saw the first feature on The Trek Planner a few months ago. He was speculating on how these were made. I’m glad to see that you visited this site and found a solution.
Myron, walking the dog this morning I saw a scale model of sedimentary rock production. A pile of sand was washed down into the ditch. You could see the silt the radicals being carried along and dropped were the velocity no longer able to move them. It splayed out in a semi circle . I was able to see this cause of your teaching and influence. For that I am most appreciative. It looks as if a puddle formed then when it finally bust through the sand it gushed into the ditch in a miniature torrent. I'm guessing cause it rained at three in the morning.
Neat!
I enjoyed this video a lot. I was on the edge of my seat practically! I love your science and your narrative.
Amazing, Myron! Thank you. As a fellow Wyoming geologist, I'm so thrilled you are putting out these videos. This one in particular is delightful because of how you walk us through the scientific method. Thank you so very much for all you do. We'll be sharing this with our children. 🙂 By the way, I've seen miniature version of this (a "sand blow" I suppose it would be called) in the Great Divide Basin in Battle Spring Flat. Biggest difference is the scale due to the absence of lithified layers above the liquefaction layer. Anyway....such a neat video. Thank you!
During year covid I began watching dam removal projects in the pacific northwest and got introduced to the geology of the region. Following my interest I came across Nick Zentner who introduced me to some massive floods and the impact they had on some parts of your vast country. I'm still following that seam of interest and have been totally fascinated by Myron's detective work. The elegance and beauty that lays all around us astounds me.I'm always happy now to find out more about geology as it makes my walks so much more entertaining as I wonder what beauties lay under the ground I walk.
Thank you for this great little story. L/s
Thank you!
Very interesting! I have an old sand volcano remnant fairly close to me at the very south eastern part of Sweden by the Baltic sea. It sits right at the waters edge and when it's filled with sea water you can use it as a bath tub!
Thank You Myron, your videos teach so much. The videos take us to wonderful, amazing places.
As a Metallurgical engineer, I really appreciate your observations and analysis of our natural geological wonders.
Fantastic as always. Thank you for your thoughtful and easy to follow presentations.
A tiny niggle, as a fluent two measurement system Canadian I feel compelled to note that one foot is about 30cm, not 23cm :)
And yet another niggle: it's 30.48 CM to the foot, but who's counting?
hmmm.... a mistype on my part
@@myroncook I can barely type a sentence without screwing something up. I appreciate the amount of time you put into these. Thanks for all you do :)
My first thought was the features reminded me of making mud volcanoes for a science fair. I did think that some heat still had to be involved though, like your comparison to cooking oatmeal, but I wasn't too far off. I really appreciate your approach to teaching geology. Instead of just telling us this is the way it is, you encourage us to examine and apply our personal experience. This is not only more effective for learning the specific topic but it is very beneficial to learning in general and especially for me personally. I had a brain injury that causes me to have problems with my memory. It's like being in a constant state of doubt of what I know and I get frustrated because I feel like I should know. I am sure everyone has experienced forgetting a word and said "it's right on the tip of my tongue". It's that way for me constantly and it causes me to have a lot of negative self talk. I do not feel that way when learning from you. There's no negative pressure when I am in your class. I am truly, truly grateful.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Sandi. You made my day!
The formations created by intense plasma and electro-magnetic 'storms' on the Earths surface are amazing, and native legends from around the world support the rapid, violent changes that occurred perhaps at the time of the Younger Dryas event and not by millions of years of wind and weather erosion and sculpting. Keep up the explorations Myron, your videos are appreciated by those of us who see things a little differently from academia.
Great lesson. Loved the way you demonstrated the scientific method for examining the evidence available.
Ha! Totally called it-any time you see cylindrical bodies of sand with reduction/bleaching of the iron in the grains, it screams fluid escape structure. But these are definitely the biggest clastic dikes/sand boils I’ve ever seen…truly massive, even if you take away all the extra concretion around them. One has to imagine these originated from earthquakes related to subduction under the native/continental Jurassic arc that went through the southwest down to Mexico and/or the Nevadan orogeny. I also wanted to say I loved how you brought up the indigenous tower rooms, both in terms of recognition of their cultural achievements but also because so many people wrongly attribute geological features to man-made structures, especially among the conspiracy-minded, and it’s important to show people how to resist that tendency to jump to such conclusions.
PS: Myron, given that you live in WY, when I first saw some of the way these things eroded, into low-lying meter-scale circular rings, it reminded me of a set of really interesting features in your state that I think would make for a really terrific video in the same vein. Have you ever seen or heard of the meter-scale (32m mean diameter) secondary impact structures found at the bottom of the Permo-Pennsylvanian (280 Ma) Caspar formation, that pockmark almost the entire northeastern surface of the Sheep Mountain Anticline, just SW of Douglas? Truly astounding preservation, the perfect horizon just happens to have been uplifted and exposed at the surface today, complete with impact breccias and planar deformation features in quartz. These are secondary impacts, impacts from pieces of debris from a larger meteorite impact somewhere relatively nearby (as yet undiscovered). You can actually observe them on Google Earth, for example, at 42.652009°N 105.449561°W and 42.647850°N 105.449133°W. Also there are some located near Mule Creek, for example at 42.190475°N 105.820359°W, about 19km WNW of Garrett. Check out Thomas Kenkmann et al. (2022) in GSA Bulletin vol. 134 no. 9/10, as well as Kenkmann et al. (2018) in Scientific Reports vol. 8, no. 13246 for several better images and deep discussion. I would *love* to get a glimpse of these things on the ground, and with your cinematographic chops and drone capability, I can imagine the images would be astounding.
One of the things I like most about your videos/channel is that you always find incredibly unique sites that are well off the beaten path both in terms of geography, and also in terms of geology. The outcrops you cover are always unique geological mysteries that lend themselves very well to a certain pedagogy about how field geology is conducted, and it’s great. I think the Sheep Mountain Anticline site (they call it the “Douglas Strewnfield”) also fits your criteria of geologically unique and off the beaten path, and lends itself very well to a “mystery” type of narrative journey. Like sand boils/sand volcanoes/clastic dikes, many do not know that secondary impact structures are possible, let alone that 280 million-year-old such structures buried millions of years ago can be preserved, after being uplifted during the Laramide orogeny and denuded exactly to the point where they are cropping out at the surface today. Just wanted to throw that your way, because I think it would make for a super interesting video!
Awesome work as always. 👏
Great to hear your feedback Avana! Thank you for giving me a new idea to explore in Wyoming. I haven't heard of these and will definitely look into them...Thanks
Avana...God help us when the "conspiracy minded" folk are no longer allowed to think critically and help extend scientific discovery in a manner that has so often happened throughout history.
@@garrymiller2769 "Conspiracy-minded": lack of critical thinking::rain: wet
@@garrymiller2769onspiracy minded = the very opposite of critical thinking🤣🤣🤣
It'd be ok if they did 'think critically' as the presenter is continually asking people to do, but that's not what happens. They look; jump to conclusions and then you have to fight them for it. And, that doesn't 'extend scientific discovery' in any way, shape, or form @@garrymiller2769 You're just being rude to someone who's made a point. May your god, indeed, help you.
I appreciate how you do much more than just tell us what we are looking at, you gradually reveal it. You lead us to the correct answer slowly, encouraging us to reason on the evidence. We learn and retain new information better that way. School would have been more enjoyable if my teachers had taught that way. Thanks Myron!
This is fast becoming one of my favorite channels. Y'all got a patreon?
Maybe in the future....thank you!
Very, very interesting ! You explained this very well. I was in that area last year and had no idea these were there. A great reason to go back. Thank you again for a superb video !
This area also has cold water (CO2) geysers in some locations. Chaffin Ranch, a.k.a. Champagne, geyser is my favorite. You’ll find it right near where the San Rafael river crosses the lower San Rafael road’s path. I stumbled upon that one by pure accident while riding a motorcycle in the area and have been returning to it many times now.
Fascinating geological process that facilitates this.
neat!
That was just a great video Myron! It was also fun to see if you were going to get out of that mudhole without pulling your foot out of your boot. 😊
Huh. I always wondered how "and on that day all the great springs of the deep burst forth" (Gen. 7:11) might have worked. This goes a long way to explaining that. Very cool. Thank you for the journey into this geological aspect.
Completely stunned by how cool your channel is. I'm happy I found it. As a kid and into adulthood I've always been amazed by what I find out there hiking. You give me a better perspective on what I've seen and make me wanna get into it all deeper. Great stuff my man. Great, great stuff. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
Karst is possible in sandstone , especially when the cementing mineral is calcite .
I have seen quite a number of features in sandstone that are almost without a doubt formed at least in part by dissolution .
I have also seen solution process in shale .
I am also familiar with sand blows / volcanoes .
These are very common features in the New Madrid region and other active seismic zones .
Very good video .
Plz explain, what is soln process in Shale?
Thx
Thanks yet again Myron! Your videography is great. This is a special part of the country to me as I have traveled this area extensively and never tire of it's beauty. Seeing the San Rafael reef in the background at the beginning of your presentation was a treat.
awesome region to explore
Very cool video and I compliment your editor as well!
So, the whole process of liquefaction and sand volcanoes is actually pretty easy to understand and I've messed around at the beach doing almost exactly what you did, playing in the mud.
Is this easy to recreate in a lab with an aquarium perhaps?
I'm curious to understand how the water gets trapped like that such that it escapes so quickly! I realize of course that in geologic terms of time, it's a subtle process and so I can kind of envision it happening. But then I think too, that water is also constantly trying to escape during the process and thus the scenario could never occur in the first place.
I think it would be fascinating to demonstrate in a lab, how this might be recreated. I'm not a teacher or anything, but I'm sure a demonstration of the process would enlighten students when they see how complex processes work!
A real-world active/recently-active close example I found with a quick search is the New Madrid sand blows/boils. This is a much smaller-scale system, with the wet sand being only a few meters below clay. Interestingly, with the cap layer being relatively shallow, some of the sand blows/boils occur during floods, not earthquakes. With it being smaller-scale, there's pictures of full cross-sections etc of some of the boils, and they qualitatively show many of the same features as described in the video.
An example I found for the existence of much deeper water layers is the Sidoarjo mud flow. Many details of the circumstances are different, like volcanic activity playing a part there. Still, waterlogged limestone about 1000 m below the ground suddenly erupted in 2006, causing a mud volcano that is still active today and projected to last a few decades more. This one was triggered by oil/gas exploratory drilling weakening the capping layer, but apparently there are similar mud volcanoes nearby that were likely naturally geologically triggered.
Thank you so much for this lesson on sand volcanoes. New to me entirely. Makes perfect sense as explained.
I really enjoy your videos. I have always been fascinated by rock formations but never had chance to study geology. It's like your episodes are tailor made for me:)
Wow! I've finally found my perfect guide and teacher in the (now exciting) world of geology.., Your easy demeanour combined with great knowledge is priceless ....
Hope you don't get upset if I disagree. It would seem your sand spouts would have the same material all the way through, & thus; when eroding; there would be a solid cone; not a hollow, circular one with differnt materials, that have inner laticed structures. The Mud Pots seam to be a better fit. I.M.O. Thanks, more Geo-power-to-ya!
Love the respectful comment!
Myron, I love how you go through the thought process. Putting forth theories until you get to the most likely reminds us to think. Handing us facts like they are set in stone (pun intended) doesn't give a sense of science works.
Who else just came here from Wirtual's stream?
me
Absolutely loving your channel! I’m studying geology at university right now and I’m also an avid climber and guide, your field analysis and thought process are super informative and thought provoking, and I feel like I’m solving the problems alongside you! Thank you so much for this amazing quality free content, you rock!
Awesome! Thank you!
Brother i have watched every single one of your videos multiple times and i love them so much! it makes me so happy to see someone so interested and happy about rocks and geology. i wish more people were as passionate as you in life and its truly inspiring. thank you for making all of these videos and I'm stoked for all the fun videos you have next!
Thank you so much 😀
Myron, I enjoyed the way you weaved your thought process into a story that was both interesting and educational. You pulled us into the problem solving, which was a bonus.
I love science youtube, and I have found many great, well-known and lesser known channels. In my opinion, you are one of the greatest presenters on the platform. That, combined with the fact that you are a true expert, are a wonderful combination. I recently found your channel, and I absolutely love it!
I understand very little about geology but your videos make me feel like going into an adventure of discovery. Thanks for taking us with you.
Pattern recognition is probably the greatest human development In my humble opinion, love your channel.
Wow. Thank you for taking us on this educational field trip.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@myroncookjust found your channel the other day, and am totally hooked.
as an A level geography student, it really is inspiring to see your enthusiasm and observations
Brilliant, Doctor!
I notice on my hikes in the foothills of Pikes Peak that very many stones and boulders are carvings of the landscape in which they dwell. Of course the terrain will have changed since they were carved.
I know very little about rocks but I like the way that you explained them and I like the way that you take us on walks. my legs aren't what they used to be so I don't go for hikes anymore😢 but going along with you makes me feel good! Thank you!😊
So nice of you
Aha! Aliens!
enough goofiness. I enjoyed following along on the mystery tale. I kept trying to run ahead, but you kept bringing in new data, new facts, and the answer was not clear until the end. You remind me of Mr. Smelser, my geology teacher in elementary school (back in the 60's). He would pose these kinds of questions and make us think through the evidence to find the answer, and I remember him still. And finding liquifaction in the solution is familiar to me, as it underlies so much of our understanding of my "back yard", the region of Seattle and Portland. The faults under these cities will release energy to liquify major pieces of this region. Finding liquifaction in the desserts of Utah is a big surprise. Thank you for taking us on this journey.
I have watched quite a few of your geology videos, and I could binge watch for days. You are always interesting and your voice is soothing. Two thumbs up!
Glad you like them!
Mr. Cook does a great job of explaining geologic processes that shape our planet. Since geology and meteorology are not taught in American high schools most of our students graduate without an understanding of basic earth science principles. Videos like these fill in the information gap. When I saw these round features I was reminded of the sandstone dikes in the badlands of South Dakota, though the bad land dikes are linear features they probably have a similar origin.
Your right!
That was very informative pictures of these formations being water volcanoes. I have to visit Utah sometime
I really enjoyed your new video. I learned so much. Thank you. I RoccoMend this channel. Myron explains complex ideas in simple terms so I can understand them easily. That's a sign of a great teacher!!
You are the Mr. Rogers of Geology. 🙂. I mean that in a good way. Your calm but engaging delivery makes it easy to learn. Thank you!
So nice of you
I'm not a geologist, but if you had been my teacher or professor, I would have become a geologist. You have the most unique and engaging teaching style. Thanks for for the fascinating videos about a subject that I never thought I would be interested in.
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Such an enjoyable adventure as always with Myron. Thank you!
At 21:50 .. What an incredible shot! All those layers of rock in the background with the formations and holes with tree in the foreground, must have been breath taking to be there in person. Love your story telling, thanks for bringing us on another great journey!
thanks!
The quality of your videos is incredible. I found an ancient river bed today on the utah wyoming border. I spend most of my time between the Leucite Hills, Lyman, Wyoming and Manila, Utah. If you're ever in the Rock Springs area, I would love to have you help me identify some of the things i've have found
That is awesome!
After going through all your video’s, I found myself wondering with anticipation when you would present something new. Thankfully I did not have to wait long. I now look at my environment completely different and have caught myself gazing at my local geology with you in my mind. Thank you sir for bringing a new reality to my life. Geology is cool! Someone should make some tee shirts! 😜
I love this feedback...inspiring others to see the world in a new way
Your videos are so beautifully presented. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your videos. Iv just declared as a Geology Major and I’m so excited to discover some beautiful formations myself
Wonderful!
Another excellent presentation & investigation. Thanx Myron !!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again I loved the lessons, scenery and even the roving green Jeep! Thank you!
Love the breccia formation at 38:42. The photographer composed the shot perfectly.
Thx Myron so enjoyable and logical and love your manner
and simple expression and profound evaluations