The Geologic Oddity in Mauritania; The Eye of the Sahara

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  • @BrandonFoltz
    @BrandonFoltz 4 місяці тому +78

    Clarkson!!!!

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  4 місяці тому +49

      “Hammond, you tiny man, where is the Lambo Chevy???”

    • @soly-dp-colo6388
      @soly-dp-colo6388 4 місяці тому +19

      @@GeologyHub Wow! Never thought GH was a TopGear/GrandTour fan!

    • @robertperry4439
      @robertperry4439 4 місяці тому +3

      @@GeologyHub The 'Eye of the Sahara' geologic feature is the exact location of where the electromagnetic vortex center of Earth was 26,000 years ago.

    • @dralord1307
      @dralord1307 4 місяці тому +16

      @@robertperry4439 uhhh sureeee.

    • @the_algorithm
      @the_algorithm 4 місяці тому +11

      @@robertperry4439 Source? Scientific Papers?

  • @jeffreydeeds9225
    @jeffreydeeds9225 4 місяці тому +31

    Thanks for discussing this feature. I've been fascinated by it since I first learned of it's existence. Cheers

    • @johnvista2858
      @johnvista2858 23 дні тому

      So his basically saying its like a failed volcano? Have you seen the place its as flat as your hands. And were assuming this happened a million years ago why is it not covered by sand while the rest of the Sahara is.

  • @MrSiwat
    @MrSiwat 4 місяці тому +45

    Wow, what a coincidence! I am in Western Sahara at the moment. I've been watching your videos for years and you publish one about this famous structure when I am not so far from it. As I was travelling down from Agadir, you really get a feeling for the vast amount of magma that came up during the CAMP event about 201 million years ago. (Central Atlantic Magmatic Province). Where The High Atlas mountains meet the ocean is very dramatic. The WAC (West Africa Craton) is so huge as I look south from Western Sahara, which is administered by Morocco. Sadly, there is an ongoing civil war in this area. Thank you for explaining the process of formation so clearly.

    • @steventhompson399
      @steventhompson399 4 місяці тому

      I thought the fighting stopped years ago, I thought I heard there was some agreement between Morocco and the polisario, but it's still going on?

    • @deborahferguson1163
      @deborahferguson1163 4 місяці тому

      Thank you for sharing, lucky you to visit!

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  4 місяці тому +6

      I am glad that you enjoyed today’s episode. Fairly barren desert landscapes hold a special place in my heart as those are where I started as a geologist. Also, with a lack of dense vegetation rock units are quite easily exposed. I’m curious if you’ve ever found any fossils (not in the flood basalts) or interesting looking/colorful rocks there.
      Flood basalt remnants are always fun to view. Thanks for your comment :)

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann 4 місяці тому

      That's not a civil war. That's Morocco trying to stamp out Western Saharan resistance to their occupation.

  • @coerydouglas1924
    @coerydouglas1924 4 місяці тому +13

    Thank you for Covering this Feature

  • @jennb3387
    @jennb3387 4 місяці тому +5

    Just want to appreciate all the effort you put into your videos. The diagrams are great. I’m learning loads, thank you.

  • @TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx
    @TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx 4 місяці тому +17

    Thanks as always! This feature is breathtaking. Its concentric rings are beautiful, and it is interesting that the magmatic intrusions that produced the Eye of the Sahara, along with erosion exposed geologic history going back to the formation of Rodinia!
    I wonder if there are similar, larger failed intrusions around the world, but are too deep to be seen.

    • @deborahferguson1163
      @deborahferguson1163 4 місяці тому +2

      Wouldn’t batholiths be defined as “failed” intrusions? There are certainly a number of those and they can be large.

  • @bevinboulder5039
    @bevinboulder5039 4 місяці тому +3

    Very interesting! I've never really seen anything before this about the origin of the Eye of the Sahara. Thank you so much Tim.

  • @palominojoy1899
    @palominojoy1899 4 місяці тому +3

    This formation has always fascinated me, thank you for making this video💗

  • @zoetice433
    @zoetice433 4 місяці тому +10

    Thank you! I always look forward to your videos!

  • @KillberZomL4D42494
    @KillberZomL4D42494 4 місяці тому +10

    Is this re-upload? You've discussed about this before. But I will still watch it.
    Edit: This is different from your first post. This is a much more elaborated video. Thanks man.

  • @xwiick
    @xwiick 4 місяці тому +3

    Thanks for all the hard work on these videos

  • @paulkurilecz4209
    @paulkurilecz4209 4 місяці тому +3

    wonderful explanation

  • @AndrewLale
    @AndrewLale 4 місяці тому +4

    Amazing. Love your work.

  • @EraX52
    @EraX52 4 місяці тому +4

    I remember watching the Grand Tour Special where they went here and were fascinated by the sight

  • @yomogami4561
    @yomogami4561 4 місяці тому +5

    fascinating
    thanks for the information on the formation and it's creation

  • @Eleora1997Msia
    @Eleora1997Msia 4 місяці тому

    Finally,
    For almost 5 years my last seen UA-cam education video about this Sahara Eye had been kept me curious.
    Done researching myself to learn, also still mystery to me.
    Today is the day to continue learning, glad I subscribed this channel.
    Thank you for the knowledge that stop my thirst

  • @deborahferguson1163
    @deborahferguson1163 4 місяці тому +1

    Nice! 1.2 billion years of rock!! Thanks GH for explaining this!

  • @boinqity4621
    @boinqity4621 4 місяці тому +2

    ive been wanting you to make a video on this ever since i found your channel

    • @maximumlevel99
      @maximumlevel99 2 місяці тому

      Did you do it, yet? Bc you should!

  • @MossyMozart
    @MossyMozart 4 місяці тому

    This is _truly_ a fascinating episode. I enjoyed it immensely.

  • @thorenshammer
    @thorenshammer 4 місяці тому +3

    I surmised that The Eye might have been volcanic in nature. Thank you for your reporting and curiosity.

  • @honeybadgerisme
    @honeybadgerisme 4 місяці тому +2

    Wish we could get more in depth studies of the soil layers. I bet there are some amazoing fossils in the region.

  • @tomswoods
    @tomswoods 4 місяці тому +6

    Excellent! Thank-you for providing true bright insight with your scientific video. 👍

  • @richardknapp570
    @richardknapp570 4 місяці тому +1

    Excellent episdoe

  • @honeybadgerisme
    @honeybadgerisme 4 місяці тому +2

    Now That is Cool.

  • @cheriestl
    @cheriestl 4 місяці тому +8

    I’m continuously flabbergasted that scientists can figure out how features like these are created. Your videos create awe for me.

  • @dennisenright9347
    @dennisenright9347 4 місяці тому +2

    The ring shaped lake at 0.34 is Lake Manicouagan. At more than 140 cubic kms of water, almost 115 million acre feet, it is the continents largest reservoir. It is known as the Eye of Quebec. The space age actually predates it. The Daniel Johnson dam was built in the sixties, man had actually landed on the moon before the lake had filled enough to assume its iconic shape. I have often wondered if it was recognized that the area was a crater before the dam was built.

  • @Socrates-ti2dh
    @Socrates-ti2dh 4 місяці тому +1

    😇😎😇
    a decent argument that aids in supplying possible puzzle pieces.
    thank you

  • @SB-qm5wg
    @SB-qm5wg 4 місяці тому +3

    look for massive circular structures on the planet
    mission accomplished

  • @brandonholt6717
    @brandonholt6717 4 місяці тому +4

    There are a lot of cool features in the US that were formed by similar processes. These things can seem so mysterious until you understand how it works. The geologist Myron cook on UA-cam has a few videos on several strange formations that were formed almost exactly the same way.

    • @ittitis6084
      @ittitis6084 4 місяці тому

      I am also a fan of his!
      There are other good geologist commentary videos on the United States, not just his.
      (I don't know if it's appropriate to the video names, so I'll just mention that a search for "eye-shaped "+"Wyoming" will bring them right up).
      The more I look into it, the more I realise that the Sahara eye is actually not that rare a phenomenon, except that it is huge and stands out in the desert.

    • @ArtByKarenEHaley
      @ArtByKarenEHaley 4 місяці тому +1

      I like the channel of the girl from Michigan, I can't remember her name but she tells the story and does interviews with experts and field trips to the locations, my favorite of hers is the Cliff Mine episodes

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ 4 місяці тому +1

    Some time you should look into the Makhonjwa mountains, a mountain range consisting of over 3 billion year old rocks

  • @bungalo50
    @bungalo50 3 місяці тому

    Yesss more oddities

  • @mikebreezy88
    @mikebreezy88 3 місяці тому +1

    Something tells me this was the tower of Babel. Are there any archaeological discoveries around the circle?

  • @markgarin6355
    @markgarin6355 4 місяці тому +2

    Didn't realize there was a smaller one nearby.

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 4 місяці тому +9

    I've been there.
    And to be honest, it really isn't much to see from the ground.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 4 місяці тому +3

      I'm guessing that if you're a geologist you may think otherwise: all those naked layers of rocks! 😅

  • @CorporateColonel
    @CorporateColonel 4 місяці тому +3

    [Insert random theory about it being Atlantis here (real and factual)]
    Sorry, I do not actual believe Atlantis is this area, nor do I think it ever existed. Still a good story by Plato, but damn he caused people to spread tons of misinformation and wild theories. I will shamefully admit that I thought if Atlantis DID truly exist, this Eye would definitely be a good location due to how odd it looks.
    Also I just want to mention that the Eye of the Sahara keeps making me think of The Elder Scrolls "Eye of Magnus" just because of how their named.

  • @gerryjamesedwards1227
    @gerryjamesedwards1227 4 місяці тому +3

    I hear kimberlite, I think diamonds. Have any been found there?

  • @ascaddenokeefe
    @ascaddenokeefe 4 місяці тому +2

    hi, can you make a video about Port Chamlers and Mount Cargill next? (As Its 2 Extinct Volcanoes and far from the Southern Fault. Its kinda like Banks Peninsula)

    • @gonebush1000
      @gonebush1000 4 місяці тому

      Out There Learning channel has some info on it.

  • @jogzyg2036
    @jogzyg2036 4 місяці тому

    "What you are looking at is the eye of the..."
    *excited Nomai Noises
    "Sahara"
    "Oh"

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth 4 місяці тому +4

    There's another similar feature, albeit smaller, in Eastern Africa...either Ethiopia or Somalia I forget exactly which country. There's only one account of it in literature, but you can see it from satellite imagery quite clearly.

    • @jamesengland7461
      @jamesengland7461 4 місяці тому +3

      That would be eastern Africa

    • @WestOfEarth
      @WestOfEarth 4 місяці тому

      @@jamesengland7461 Derp! Yes. You are correct. I edited my op.

  • @jamesaspinall9248
    @jamesaspinall9248 4 місяці тому +21

    Thank you for the great video. Now I have something to send to all the people who keep telling me this was Atlantis. lol

    • @GarfieldofBorg
      @GarfieldofBorg 4 місяці тому +1

      Just because it is a naturally formed geologic feature, that does not mean that it isn't the site of Atlantis. There is evidence of ancient human habitation at the site. Extensive archeological research and excavation would have to be done to prove that there was, or wasn't, a major civilization residing on the Richat Structure in ancient times.

    • @omegastar19
      @omegastar19 4 місяці тому +4

      ⁠@@GarfieldofBorg’evidence of ancient human habitation’ doesn’t mean anything, there’s a million places on earth that fit that description. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of an ancient civilisation having existed in this area. And since you are the one making the claim about Atlantis, the burden of proof is on you. The default position is that Atlantis never existed, it is up to you to provide proof indicating otherwise.

    • @DeadlyFungi
      @DeadlyFungi 4 місяці тому

      I once watched a video about this structure being Atlantis. Now, UA-cam thinks I'm a believer recommending several Atlantis videos daily😅.

    • @ConcernedShrimp-q7o
      @ConcernedShrimp-q7o 3 місяці тому +1

      But what about the "artifacts" found around Richat Structure? A lot of those artifacts looks like purposedly carved stones and somekind of broken vase.

    • @puakagrinder2766
      @puakagrinder2766 3 місяці тому

      ​​​​​​@@ConcernedShrimp-q7ois the artifacts millions year old because richat structure is a 101million years old natural structure, then human is older than the dinosaur if that structure is atlantis. According to plato atlantis exist 9000yrs before his time that means 11,000yrs old now.

  • @fallinginthed33p
    @fallinginthed33p 4 місяці тому

    A radial hogsback due to erosion of the syncline-anticline layers pushed up by that magma dome, nice!

  • @MartinCHorowitz
    @MartinCHorowitz 4 місяці тому +1

    I am looking forward to the GeologyHUb eye ofthe Sahara Diamond Hunting Expedition to the eye of the Sahara

  • @garywilson3628
    @garywilson3628 4 місяці тому

    Excellent posting. Thank you for spelling Pangaea correctly - it is often spelled incorrectly.

  • @Thepher6
    @Thepher6 4 місяці тому +3

    When I clicked I was ready to concentrate, furrow my brow and rub my chin, piece together a complex puzzle... just to find out it's an eroded pimple! 😄

  • @ConcernedShrimp-q7o
    @ConcernedShrimp-q7o 3 місяці тому

    But what about the "artifacts" found around Richat Structure? A lot of those artifacts looks like purposedly carved stones and somekind of broken vase.

  • @kevinanderson5658
    @kevinanderson5658 4 місяці тому +2

    Hi can you do video on UK extinct volcanos and one interesting Cheviot hills Northumberland park England Scottish border

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 4 місяці тому +1

    Richat ought to be twinned with the Silverpit Crater, Eye of the Sahara and Eye of Doggerland!

  • @ErnestJay88
    @ErnestJay88 4 місяці тому +1

    Yup, before advance geology, most people believe that Eye of Sahara is an impact crater.

  • @GarfieldofBorg
    @GarfieldofBorg 4 місяці тому

    @GeologyHub I like this video. I, too, have an interest in geology. I also have an interest in archeology. I'm just curious what your opinion is on this matter: Do you think that it is possible that a natural geologic formation, like the Eye of the Sahara, could also be the site of a major civilization in ancient times?

  • @spoonsmith9506
    @spoonsmith9506 4 місяці тому

    Finally!!!!

  • @reighguevarra114
    @reighguevarra114 4 місяці тому

    Hi!
    I'm from the Philippines and I am not that familiar with the geology of the continets surrounding the atlantic ocean.
    I am just curious, how many million years did it take to separate the N and South american continents from Africa and Eurasia?
    Thank you!
    Can you suggest some papers or videos so that I can lear more?
    Thanksss!!

  • @FURBjr
    @FURBjr 4 місяці тому

    This is an awesome feature. Those time frames are mind blowing 🤯. How close it to the equator?

  • @b.a.erlebacher1139
    @b.a.erlebacher1139 4 місяці тому +25

    5 minutes after you upload, and you've got an Atlantis nutter posting, or maybe the guy is just being facetious. IIRC, there are about a half dozen similar structures visible around the world, and no doubt many more covered by sediment or vegetation. A video about the others might be fun. I don't think they can all be lost cities based on philosophical arguments, but people are inventive. ;-)

    • @gabriellespanke
      @gabriellespanke 4 місяці тому +5

      I prefer the theory that the builders of Atlantis took advantage of an existing geological feature rather than digging up three enormous concentric harbors from level ground. It might not be this area, though they have shown that the sea level would have been high enough that a small canal would have flooded the rings. This area, and the rest of the North part of the African continent, still shows signs of an immense flood that then receded. I never understood the story about Atlantis sinking to the bottom of the ocean like it was built on a shelve of land that sunk. I'm sure that's possible but the ruins would still be closer to the modern shore than the middle of the ocean.

    • @haiperbus
      @haiperbus 4 місяці тому +10

      @@gabriellespanke you know atlantis was a fanfiction written by plato right?

    • @whiskeymonk4085
      @whiskeymonk4085 4 місяці тому +1

      was Plato a nutter too? Tell us your wisdom oh-great-one in the comment section. Surely you know more than everyone else.

    • @the_algorithm
      @the_algorithm 4 місяці тому +5

      @@gabriellespanke Atlantis is a fable. It was literally used as a FABLE. "a short story,... , conveying a moral"

    • @TheDanEdwards
      @TheDanEdwards 4 місяці тому +7

      ​@@whiskeymonk4085 Atlantis was a fable Plato used to teach about the problems that hubris brings. This fable then served as inspiration for Tolkien's Numenor.

  • @dancasey9660
    @dancasey9660 4 місяці тому

    Kimberlite, should this feature contain diamonds? Is it worth looking now that manufactured diamonds are becoming common?

  • @RICHARD-mn3nd
    @RICHARD-mn3nd 4 місяці тому +16

    Wikipedia states that the structure was first described in the 1930-40's by a geologist called Richat. It is also known as the "Structure of Richat".

    • @xdfit5413
      @xdfit5413 4 місяці тому +2

      I don’t think so, 😮I’m Mauritanian and richat means feathers and since we were nomads we used to give name to mountains and valleys… to guide us through the desert
      And all mountains have the same name that the locals used like kediet ejill which also mean the “mountain of leather” so I don’t think it was called after someone!

    • @jenbanim
      @jenbanim 4 місяці тому +2

      Wikipedia does not say that, I think you misread
      >The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât (Arabic: قلب الريشات Qalb ar-Rīšāt), is a prominent circular geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In the local dialect, rīšāt means feathers and it is also known locally in Arabic as tagense, referring to the circular opening of the leather pouch that is used to draw water from local wells.
      >The structure was first described in the 1930s to 1940s, as Richât Crater or Richât buttonhole (boutonnière du Richât). Richard-Molard (1948) considered it to be the result of a laccolithic uplift.

    • @RICHARD-mn3nd
      @RICHARD-mn3nd 4 місяці тому +1

      @@jenbanim Thank you for correcting me.

  • @FriedEgg101
    @FriedEgg101 4 місяці тому +3

    There's an interesting mountain just NE of Pontarddulais, in South Wales, UK. I found it while looking at google earth. It kind of looks like an impact crater, but is more likely a very old volcano I think. I don't know though, because I can't find any information about it. Google earth doesn't even name the mountain. From what I can tell it's just called Pontarddulais Mountain, but all the info I can find is just about walks in the area. The lack of information probably means reality is very boring, but I'd still like to know the origin of the mountain, and its shape.

    • @jimmcintosh9045
      @jimmcintosh9045 4 місяці тому +3

      On the Ardnamurchan peninsula in West Scotland there is a crater rim which is more obvious from satellite. About 60 million years ago many volcanoes erupted down the west of the UK as the American plate split from Europe.

    • @axmajpayne
      @axmajpayne 4 місяці тому +2

      That area is in the middle of the South Wales coalfield. It's carboniferous period sedimentary rocks interspersed with coal seams. No volcanos or anything interesting.

    • @FriedEgg101
      @FriedEgg101 4 місяці тому +1

      @@axmajpayne so Pontarddulais mountain is probably just a massive sink hole then lol. I'm prepared to accept it's the shape it is by coincidence, but I feel like that would be the least likely explanation. Go look at it.

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ 4 місяці тому

    Do you think it has anything to do with the Canary hotspot? The composition of the second intrusion and the location seem to match up nicely.

  • @GamingCeo420
    @GamingCeo420 4 місяці тому +1

    It’s clearly a tropical storm that lagged out and got stuck in the ground

  • @g1stylempdesign929
    @g1stylempdesign929 4 місяці тому

    Have you done a video about the possible connection between the island of Santorini and the mythical Atlantis?

  • @iviewthetube
    @iviewthetube 4 місяці тому

    I tend to think that it was an impact which initiated this additional volcanic activity and the split between South America and Africa.

  • @101starting
    @101starting 4 місяці тому +1

    Imagine 20k year's ago must have been weird with all the water

  • @cfair009
    @cfair009 4 місяці тому +51

    I truly hope all the people who think this is Atlantis see this video.

    • @b.a.erlebacher1139
      @b.a.erlebacher1139 4 місяці тому +22

      Alas, from the comments it has no effect on their beliefs.

    • @whiskeymonk4085
      @whiskeymonk4085 4 місяці тому +16

      As if this kid is the final authority in the matter. No disrespect to him. Disrespect to you for coming up with a final answer based on a four minute video you saw online.

    • @b.a.erlebacher1139
      @b.a.erlebacher1139 4 місяці тому +26

      @@whiskeymonk4085 This is a science channel. The "kid" is a geologist. The Eye of the Sahara is a beautiful and interesting geological structure well explained by established geological concepts. If you want to talk about Atlantis, I'm sure you can find folklore/mythology or conspiracy theory channels that will welcome you, especially if you are less rude.

    • @paulisfat8077
      @paulisfat8077 4 місяці тому +19

      ​@@whiskeymonk4085even if he was the final authority you'd shift the goalpost again. Facts don't care about your feelings.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 4 місяці тому

      Atlantis had to be some 10km (50 stadia) away from the sea, and that's not at all where the Eye of the Sahara is or was ever in any known chronology. I have a much better candidate but lacks the rings, so bummer!

  • @soyoucametosee7860
    @soyoucametosee7860 4 місяці тому

    How did it form a near perfect circle???

  • @baystated
    @baystated 4 місяці тому +2

    The Jaw Breaker of the Sahara

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ 4 місяці тому

      Erosion is just mother nature licking away the rock layers to get to the center

  • @johnvista2858
    @johnvista2858 23 дні тому

    So how did it go up again? It just go up on it's own? Is taht it?

  • @dimitristsekeris1821
    @dimitristsekeris1821 4 місяці тому

    Would the Eye be similar to the coronae of Venus?

  • @controllerplayer1720
    @controllerplayer1720 4 місяці тому

    i think that was a mining area or open pit mining..

  • @tornadomash00
    @tornadomash00 4 місяці тому +1

    didn't you already make a video on this?

    • @InfinityZ808
      @InfinityZ808 4 місяці тому +6

      He's been reuploading old videos with new formats and info

    • @tornadomash00
      @tornadomash00 4 місяці тому

      @@InfinityZ808 oh cool

  • @ZombieSlayer-dj3wb
    @ZombieSlayer-dj3wb 4 місяці тому

    The orangatang and capt slow drove smack bang right in the middle of it

  • @swainscheps
    @swainscheps 4 місяці тому

    Cool…I always assumed it was an impact structure…

  • @jeans8607
    @jeans8607 3 місяці тому

    Well being that the Atlas Mountain are near the eye and the Atlantic Ocean near by and the ring formation of say its the best sight until proven otherwise!

  • @mooonpaw
    @mooonpaw 4 місяці тому

    Odd. I thought you already made a video on this one.

  • @PeekaPeep
    @PeekaPeep Місяць тому

    One theory I've come across regarding this ancient structure of late that actually made me pay REALLY close attention to is that it's the actual part of what used to be the Tower of Babel that got blown apart "by Yahweh's wrath" (my money's on a technologically-advanced "doomsday" weapon of some sort). Another part of the tower, according to this theory, lies in Quebec (Lake Manicouagan) and it's often described as an ancient "impact crater". However, the total circumference of this part is almost exactly similar to the 'Eye of the Sahara' and its highest point just happens to be known as 'Mount Babel' (guess SOMEBODY must've figured it out even then, lol). The remaining part is said to be located somewhere within the Gulf of Mexico and, if so, then the tower had to have been built back when the African, North, and South American continents were still joined together...

  • @brainwashed2586
    @brainwashed2586 2 місяці тому

    Looks like a blast ring to me I don't care what this dudes talking about

  • @Dvpainter
    @Dvpainter 4 місяці тому +3

    An upload about the formation of a landscape feature and you have people arguing in absolutes on either side of the whole atlantis thing, oof

  • @michaellalanae7228
    @michaellalanae7228 4 місяці тому

    A mud volcano that was once at the bottom of the ocean until the water receded the mud dried and became what you see today.

  • @steventhompson399
    @steventhompson399 4 місяці тому +25

    This video makes Atlantis proponents sad

    • @williamtomkiel8215
      @williamtomkiel8215 4 місяці тому +5

      they;ll just turn up the drama and volume . .

    • @tigersharkzh
      @tigersharkzh 4 місяці тому +3

      *mad, not sad.

    • @chesterfieldthe3rd929
      @chesterfieldthe3rd929 4 місяці тому +4

      Not even close. There is a 99% chance this is Atlantis. Atlas was the name of the king and the mountains next to the eye are named Atlas mountains. Exact place on the map its supposed to be.......

    • @trollcountrywoodworking
      @trollcountrywoodworking 4 місяці тому +3

      This area was all tropical and filled with rivers, plant life, and animals for many years after this geologic formation finished. I would almost bet when this was found it was a hot spring, which is why Atlantis was here.

    • @Odin5men
      @Odin5men 4 місяці тому

      ​@@chesterfieldthe3rd929those mountains were named the atlas mountains as this area, and all of north Africa, at one point were colonies of Atlantis.
      The Caucasian people that once inhabited these areas, all had higher concentrations of the rhesus negative trait which is an indicator of Atlantean and later, The Aryan colonist ancestry.
      This most definitely isn't the exact point on the map that Atlantis was as that map you are referring to was denoting Atlantean colony areas.
      There are flat seamounts where Plato describes Atlantis, that were named Atlantis seamount. They are located just south of the azores plateau and drill core samples showed them to have been above water 12000 years ago.
      Cro magnon man was the Inhabitant of Atlantis and introduced many first to the Mediterranean colonies and carried a weapon with a specific nane, The AtlAtl.
      Coincidentally we also find these letters in use across the ATLantic with the Maya who called the word deluge Atl and was also the name of their third month.
      While I enjoy hearing new ideas and theories, this one is not grounded in truth because Plato describes it as just beyond the pillars of Heracles in the true ocean which leaves a structure that is not only thousands of feet in elevation and a thousand miles from the Atlantic ocean, completely ruled out.
      Even if it were at that time much more lower in elevation as to be at sea level then it would've been accessible by the Mediterranean also and thus Plato would have no need to mention "Beyond the pillars of Heracles"
      This structure is not 99% but 100% not the true Location of Atlantis.

  • @majirayne1063
    @majirayne1063 4 місяці тому +2

    Morocco has the souss massif looks the same.

    • @the_algorithm
      @the_algorithm 4 місяці тому +2

      I could only find Souss-Massa, not massif
      And I could not find any image of geologic concentric circles
      What exactly are you referring to?

    • @owenjackson2390
      @owenjackson2390 4 місяці тому +1

      Omg so Atlantis2 😂

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 4 місяці тому

      Do you mean a (not too circular) double-ring feature around Tagawat Ajda (Essaouira) at coords: 31.311139831190236, -9.349309328315874 (per Google maps)?

  • @orion2250
    @orion2250 4 місяці тому

    How many rings did atlantis have?

  • @Furry-xr4hp
    @Furry-xr4hp 4 місяці тому +5

    What about the desert landscapes on Greek islands?

    • @christopherlee627
      @christopherlee627 4 місяці тому +2

      I think they're the result of millennia of deforestation and overgrazing combined with climate, so not actually geological feature.

    • @Furry-xr4hp
      @Furry-xr4hp 4 місяці тому +1

      @@christopherlee627 welp that might be true but I want him to make a vid lol

  • @cmaven4762
    @cmaven4762 4 місяці тому

    I love hearing about this ... the first time someone mentioned it, it was to suggest it was the "real" site of Atlantis ... lol ...

  • @mikelarmanis9340
    @mikelarmanis9340 4 місяці тому

    Looks like a morrocan stromatolite.
    Simplest explanation its just a really big one.

  • @paulmicks7097
    @paulmicks7097 4 місяці тому

    Eyegotchyah

  • @gr84all
    @gr84all 4 місяці тому +1

    Jimmy Corsetti, triggered...

  • @mindfornication4funn
    @mindfornication4funn 3 місяці тому

    Caused by electrical discharge. No big deal. They are all over Southwest USA.

  • @you2angel1
    @you2angel1 4 місяці тому

    Thank you.
    °~•.☆.•~°

  • @kma3647
    @kma3647 4 місяці тому +3

    Aww, so you're saying this isn't Atlantis =/
    (Fascinating and high quality scholarship as usual!)

  • @huistv2005
    @huistv2005 4 місяці тому +2

    Because of Microsoft Flight Simulator someone rediscovered a old ford on the edge of the eye. The flight simulator autogenerated a building so it was more noticeable.

  • @Dranzerk8908
    @Dranzerk8908 4 місяці тому

    I read that its slowly being engulfed in sand though. I mean can take thousands of years but still.

    • @paulisfat8077
      @paulisfat8077 4 місяці тому +1

      More like thousands of thousands. The sand of the sahara is constantly shifting from wind.

  • @scoon2117
    @scoon2117 12 днів тому

    Mauritania looks like Venus

  • @bitspacemusic
    @bitspacemusic 3 місяці тому

    I'll watch this before I dive into the "secret city of Atlantis" lunatics.

  • @greenbirdstar
    @greenbirdstar 4 місяці тому

    That's just the Chasm from Genshin

  • @skpjoecoursegold366
    @skpjoecoursegold366 4 місяці тому +2

    soooooooooooooo, not Atlantis?

  • @williamtomkiel8215
    @williamtomkiel8215 4 місяці тому

    like " Joe Friday" : just the facts
    but but but why didn't noahs flood deposit sediment layers? what might be wrong?

  • @Persianking97
    @Persianking97 4 місяці тому

    So thie eye is not the atlantic city

  • @TheRotnflesh
    @TheRotnflesh 4 місяці тому

    Great video! Please do one on the apparent massive tsunami flood that passed through Mauritania from the Mediterranean, as seen by the HUGE flood plains across the western Sahara and the 100 mile sediment deposit off the west coast of Africa??

  • @leahcimwerdna5209
    @leahcimwerdna5209 4 місяці тому +1

    Ive always thought it was an electric geology feature after watching some andrew hall lectures something that occured during planetary formation

  • @TT-dx4ez
    @TT-dx4ez 4 місяці тому

    so the shape is coincidental then

  • @JaimeWulf
    @JaimeWulf 4 місяці тому

    I've heard of this before, but I thought it was just some idiom or myth...

  • @officialHbTcs
    @officialHbTcs 4 місяці тому

    Atlantis isn’t what it used to be, very eroded today