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  • The Volcanic Eifel is a peaceful region in western Germany. For hundreds of thousands of years, volcanic forces raged here, before settling down. But could these natural forces reawaken?
    Today's Volcanic Eifel was formed from cooled lava and volcanic ash. But deep below the surface, the earth is still bubbling. In fact, there are many indications that the rumbling underground is actually hot magma making its way to the Earth’s surface. How great is the danger of another eruption here in the Eifel, by far the youngest volcanic area in Central Europe?
    On the shores of the region’s Laacher See, a special phenomenon is attracting the attention of scientists. Here, carbon dioxide gas bubbles rise. They come from a huge magma chamber at a depth of about 40 kilometers - the so-called "Eifel Plume". What do these bubbles tell us about the processes in the Earth's interior? Scientists are certain that the volcanoes will reawaken at some point. But when and where will it happen? To find out as precisely as possible, scientists are constantly listening - all the way down to the depths of the Earth.
    Dr. Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun heads the Bensberg earthquake station, which maintains an extensive network of measuring facilities. The ultrasensitive devices register every tremor, no matter how small. In 2013, the deepest quakes ever measured in Germany caused a sensation.
    Professor Klaus Reicherter is a volcano researcher. He studies the effects of catastrophes. Even if there are currently no signs of an imminent eruption, he says, the primary goal is to be able to warn people in good time about an awakening volcano.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 584

  • @shawnakatrendyorca5506
    @shawnakatrendyorca5506 2 роки тому +253

    Had no idea Germany had volcanoes totally shocked

    • @m_lies
      @m_lies 2 роки тому +26

      many countries have, but most aren't talked about.

    • @Longtack55
      @Longtack55 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah - "totally."

    • @christopherellis2663
      @christopherellis2663 2 роки тому +9

      Haven't had an active one in Australia for 4 millennia.

    • @St.Linguini_of_Pesto
      @St.Linguini_of_Pesto 2 роки тому +7

      Same.. never heard about the eruption in 2015 either. 🤦‍♀️
      That lava bomb they'd found is pretty damn impressive.

    • @St.Linguini_of_Pesto
      @St.Linguini_of_Pesto 2 роки тому +8

      @@christopherellis2663 bc there are plenty next "door" in NZ, correct?

  • @e14ph
    @e14ph 2 роки тому +84

    I'm from the Philippines, home of tons of volcanoes. For a person who is visit Taal volcano during its minor eruption during 2021, it was a chill to watch from the lakeshore because it just spewing out smoke. But in 2020 its a different one, a full blown explosion was happened and it rains ashfall along the scattered clouds. Having it experienced for the first time in our lives, we had to clean the ashes in the roof asap, because when it rains it will be hard as concrete and the roof will collapse due to the sheer weight of it. Ashfall can be used as fertilizer thou.
    As one German tourist said that he visited the Taal and Mayon volcano, he was so fascinated about it. He said that Germany has no volcanoes.... until this video appeared. I'm quite actually surprised that volcanoes exists there.

    • @jenifferschmitz8618
      @jenifferschmitz8618 2 роки тому +8

      europe volcanos are stable unlike those us that live long the pacific rim europe is really low risk

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy 2 роки тому +3

      The thing is to figure out how to make it into a proper cement.

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy 2 роки тому

      @@jenifferschmitz8618
      Exactly. The US is more unstable geologically and weather wise and yet Europeans keep asking why we keep resisting copying them. 🙄🙄🙄

    • @dayangmarikit6860
      @dayangmarikit6860 Рік тому +7

      @@jenifferschmitz8618 "Stable"... yeah whatever that means.

    • @davidpnewton
      @davidpnewton Рік тому

      @@jenifferschmitz8618 WRONG!
      European volcanoes are every bit as dangerous as those around the Pacific. Look up the Campanian Ignimbrite from the volcano in the western suburbs of Naples if you don't believe me.
      There are those who stupidly scaremonger
      You're the opposite: stupidly complacent.

  • @weareone3252
    @weareone3252 2 роки тому +50

    who else didn't know Germany had volcanoes???

  • @carltanner9065
    @carltanner9065 Рік тому +72

    As a geologist myself, I find programs like this and the research they show being undertaken extremely interesting. I would really like to, one day, be able to come to Germany and have a look at the Eifel myself. Talk to the other geologists there and do some fieldwork in the area for myself.

    • @maikotter9945
      @maikotter9945 Рік тому +1

      entry of Monday, 19th July 2022
      Your family name sounds German in language.

    • @gayeinggs5179
      @gayeinggs5179 Рік тому +3

      Come to South Africa where I live we have many hot springs. And extinct volcanoes I have rocks of lava from them

    • @unlink1649
      @unlink1649 Рік тому +2

      It's fascinating that Germany doesn't have active volcanos itself, but some of the worlds leading experts on Volcanology, after sending people around the world to study active sites.

    • @NikonKanava
      @NikonKanava Рік тому +3

      I am thinking of becoming a geologist. Is it a good career path?

    • @cv507
      @cv507 Рік тому

      take a DReiFF
      many things are unnormal in ger. like some gb cathedrals points buildings in cities on lines or so... and those rhine tunnels and erdställe tvwärtz cz v?v
      czech out the mid german hesse? geomancy video. then ähm TH€N Löök at G€ v? v spent dozence hourse just on G^^??

  • @robertfletcher3421
    @robertfletcher3421 2 роки тому +101

    This is one of the most amazing documentaries I have seen in a long time. Thank you for this DW.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  2 роки тому +15

      Thanks for the positive feedback. We appreciate it.

    • @deerfield2004
      @deerfield2004 2 роки тому +4

      The same here

    • @anna-lisagirling7424
      @anna-lisagirling7424 2 роки тому +12

      I wholeheartedly agree! I live in Washington State in the USA and we have Mt. Rainier in our "backyard". (Mount St. Hekens is about 80 miles away) It has been rated very high as dangerous volcanoes go and we are constantly reminded of this. However, it has never deterred irrational real estate development. It is also considered overdue for a massive eruption. In a way, I love living near this behemoth because it's a constant reminder that Mother Nature is always going to win in the end and we can but observe, measure and document. And, of course, a volcanic region is always beautiful. I wish I'd known Germany had volcanic regions when I visited 40 years ago. Now I'm elderly and frail. I can't see it all but wonderful documentaries such as this one keep me travelling in my imagination--thank you so very much.

    • @catherineclark6284
      @catherineclark6284 Рік тому +1

      @@anna-lisagirling7424 I thought Rainier was more dangerous because of the lahars it has produced, at least from my reading of USGS materials. No mention in the literature of an "overdue" eruption, but they seem to be more concerned about the possibilities of lahars from underground heat melting glaciers and causing large landslides. I grew up out there and Mt. Rainier was one of our favorite places.

    • @anna-lisagirling7424
      @anna-lisagirling7424 Рік тому +1

      @@catherineclark6284 Yes, there is quite a geologic record of those catastrophic lahars in the region. Where I live, we see all of Rainier in all of her glory on clear days and when we were out here scouting real estate, we checked for those historic flows before we made our choice. She still does steam from a couple of vents, though, and has the full capability to erupt. As dangerous as they are, I love our volcanoes!

  • @notthebeaver1532
    @notthebeaver1532 Рік тому +5

    2 words I don't expect to be in the same sentence, "volcanoes", and "Germany"🤔🤯

  • @extracoconuts5975
    @extracoconuts5975 2 роки тому +10

    Here in Indonesia where i live now, volcanoes are spewing hot mud sulfur and toxic gases everywhere instead water... occasionally when big eruption happens villages are buried under burning hot ash in meters deep.

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 Рік тому +1

      In Swabian Alb region of german state Baden- Württemberg the former vulcanism causes, that in some villages/ towns hot water comes out of earth , which is used for public swimhalls helping for medicine/ health .

    • @catherineclark6284
      @catherineclark6284 Рік тому

      Between Toba and Krakatau, plus many, many other active volcanoes, Indonesia has its hands full, and that is not even counting the subduction zone offshore that caused all the destruction in 2004.

    • @extracoconuts5975
      @extracoconuts5975 Рік тому

      @@brittakriep2938 good for people there, here we have few also but most of it contains too much sulfure or unhealthy gases or located in isolated and remote area

    • @extracoconuts5975
      @extracoconuts5975 Рік тому

      @@catherineclark6284 no wonder if we experience natural disaster in regular basis ...

  • @philswede
    @philswede Рік тому +4

    Greetings from Sweden.
    Awesome channel!
    More volcano stuff danke!

  • @AlexandruNicolin
    @AlexandruNicolin 2 роки тому +19

    Romania has dormant volcanoes as well. Last eruption was about 24,000-27,000 ago, from Ciomatu peak.

  • @johnemerson1363
    @johnemerson1363 Рік тому +10

    It never crossed my mind that Germany had a volcanic history. I am intrigued!

  • @michaelgreen1515
    @michaelgreen1515 Рік тому +2

    This now explains a phenomenon I experienced in the N.E. of Luxembourg and I had no idea that the area around was historically volcanic.

  • @oxcolette
    @oxcolette 2 роки тому +9

    Please make more like this. Thank you!!

  • @dk2428
    @dk2428 2 роки тому +8

    Another great documentary! Thanks DW

  • @tommoxjr
    @tommoxjr 2 роки тому +18

    My grandparents moved to Niederzissen after the war. I knew of the volcanic history of the region many years ago having played on Bausenberg and Laachersee as a child on holidays. Fascinating to find out more now I’m in Australia!

    • @ninjasiren
      @ninjasiren Рік тому

      100% not much volcanoes in your area, safe lol

    • @carltanner9065
      @carltanner9065 Рік тому +1

      @@ninjasiren Far more than you realise. We have volcanic fields in Australia that, like the Eifel, are now dormant but not extinct. Some, not all that far from where I live :)

    • @ninjasiren
      @ninjasiren Рік тому

      @@carltanner9065 even in the interior of Australia?

  • @XRP747E
    @XRP747E 2 роки тому +31

    Excellent production, thank you DW for your always superior productions.

  • @Mossyz.
    @Mossyz. 2 роки тому +12

    Main stream media sucks ....DW brings the best information ...Thank you for this .
    I can't sleep ..so here i am LEARNING ..

  • @krisgerardalvarez1172
    @krisgerardalvarez1172 2 роки тому +22

    we explored the Eifel forest and Rursee during our vacation trip. such a fascinating part of the country with so much stuff to do! biking, hiking, lakes and exploring the little towns connected via the rurtalbahn 🤩 didnt have to come to Switzerland to have amazing scenery, wildlife and landscapes

  • @sharonwhiteley6510
    @sharonwhiteley6510 2 роки тому +11

    Apparently declared a UNESCO site in 2004. So many visitors or even those assigned in Germany prior to this not aware. I know if our son had known we'd be there. I can't believe they are tearing up the basalt formations. If you look at what's known as the Giants Walkway between Scotland and Ireland, you get an idea of basalt formations and how they vary. I hope Germany is carefully protecting this unique site. Look at the homes built right around the larger of the two crater lakes.

  • @BeachcomberNZ
    @BeachcomberNZ Рік тому +7

    New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, has over 50 volcanoes within it's boundaries. The last major eruption occured only about 600 years ago, and formed the large volcanic island, called Rangitoto, right inside the city's harbour!

    • @allangibson2408
      @allangibson2408 Рік тому +1

      And Auckland has a super volcano 276km south east that eliminated all life on the north island the last time it erupted 1800 years ago.

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing Рік тому

      @@allangibson2408 Scientists claim "1800 years ago" but the destruction of New Zealand is documented 322 years and five months ago - go look at the historic records instead of bowing down to - and regurgitating the unsubstantiated claims - of low IQ lunatics that graduated with their C average in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Calculus, etc., from low level institutions with minimal entrance requirements. Theories that are exposed as lunacy are also exposing the imbeciles that cling to them with no corroboration while the true timeline is clearly documented by those that witnessed the horror.

    • @allangibson2408
      @allangibson2408 Рік тому

      @@WhirledPublishing People were already living round Taupo 322 years ago when Abel Tasman bumped into the islands in 1642 (378 years ago).
      Taupo has burbled but not erupted in 1800 years and certainly not since the Māori arrived in 1250.

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing Рік тому

      @@allangibson2408 Show me your PROOF of that claim - I know you have no proof - I know all you have is claims ... but go ahead and show me your proof.

    • @WhirledPublishing
      @WhirledPublishing Рік тому

      You have no proof of 1250

  • @bry117
    @bry117 2 роки тому +33

    I love volcanoes and had no idea there were so many ancient visible ones in Germany

  • @joschafinger126
    @joschafinger126 2 роки тому +16

    I've been there once, and I absolutely loved it. And I always wondered what the chances of eruptions might be. Thanks, DW!

  • @electricglitter6136
    @electricglitter6136 Рік тому +1

    Great documentary, excellent editing and the camera work is.... best so far. Thanks.

    • @unlink1649
      @unlink1649 Рік тому

      German cinematography has a very unique style. Less cuts, longer shots, very calm. I hate these US documentaries with tons of animations, fast cuts, and yelling presenters.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 2 роки тому +2

    *Excellent* documentary! Cheers from New Zealand!

  • @timmytube12
    @timmytube12 2 роки тому +17

    I love watching DW channels documentaries and a American .I never knew that Germany had volcanoes like Hawaii does. DW is the best I've been watching their channel since Nov /2019.

    • @Longtack55
      @Longtack55 2 роки тому +2

      Don't forget Mt St Helen's eruption in 1980, Washington State. I think you're in the Pacific Ring of Fire.

    • @suzannes5888
      @suzannes5888 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, like Hawaii..Italy, the Artic Circle, the West Indies...and SO many other parts of the world..🙄

    • @alexriter278
      @alexriter278 Рік тому +2

      The German volcanos are much more explosive and dangerous than the Hawaiian volcanos. The magma/lava composition and amount and source of the gas contained in the lava are very different. If you were simply explaining that you did not know that Germany had any volcanos at all, I apologize for reading more into your comment than you meant.

  • @paulbriggs3072
    @paulbriggs3072 Рік тому +3

    Sorry but the world's tallest active geyser is not this one but Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. It jets to more than 90 meters (300 feet) with volumes so great that mature lodgepole pines have been broken by the torrent coming back down. Cars as far as the parking area have been covered by the mud and debris splatters from it. It erupts up to 40 minutes in some cases. It then reverts to a steam phase so loud and powerful that campers over a mile away have been woken by it. This goes on for hours and even days.

    • @jvisser8575
      @jvisser8575 Рік тому +1

      The geyser in Andernach is not a natural one. It is drilled , and closed overnight to spare CO2.😊

    • @paulbriggs3072
      @paulbriggs3072 Рік тому +1

      @@jvisser8575 Serious?

    • @heyho4770
      @heyho4770 Рік тому +1

      @@paulbriggs3072 Yep the hole is drilled but the Co2 that causes the fountain has a volcanic origin. Also thats the difference to Yellowstone which is propelled by steam. Here its Co2

    • @paulbriggs3072
      @paulbriggs3072 Рік тому +1

      @@heyho4770 Interesting...

  • @magicbulletdancers
    @magicbulletdancers 2 роки тому +6

    ... the little blue stone ( gem? )
    that he pulled out of the pumice wall.
    What a great show is this, stunning landscape ! And the architecture wow.
    Enjoying fr 🇨🇦 so much to see.

    • @TonyDeisisNice
      @TonyDeisisNice 2 роки тому

      Yes, Ahweenite, he said? Turned on captions to see if that helped, no luck. Anyone know the proper name of the beautiful blue gem @7:00 mins into the video?

    • @mauricemattern3692
      @mauricemattern3692 2 роки тому

      @@TonyDeisisNice I guess its haüyn, you can have a look at Hauyne in the english Wikipedia, its rather common in the Laach lake volcanic complex, but where the scientist are in the video you are not allowed to look for minerals. Anyway its mostly rather small but really beautiful

  • @labfixit
    @labfixit 2 роки тому +17

    It's interesting to know that are other places in the world similar to Yellowstone and the Salton Sea area of southern California with potentially active volcanic activity.

    • @lilliclementine8119
      @lilliclementine8119 2 роки тому +5

      I remember going to Salton Sea as a kid. It was 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Not fun.

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 2 роки тому +1

      Much smaller vulcanos in Germany

    • @allangibson2408
      @allangibson2408 Рік тому +3

      Taupo, New Zealand and Toba, Indonesia are the most recent to erupt.

  • @louisep9623
    @louisep9623 2 роки тому +4

    I spent my childhood in Germany and I had no idea that volcanos exists in Germany

  • @labrat2069
    @labrat2069 Рік тому

    Supremely interesting..Thank You!

  • @Hurricane0721
    @Hurricane0721 Рік тому +8

    Most volcanic eruptions will give you ample warning time before the eruption. However, that’s not always true. Some phreatic maar explosions can occur without a lot of warning beforehand. All of those crater lakes in that region of Germany are prime examples of phreatic maar explosions.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 9 місяців тому

      Problem with that idea is that the magma has to be close to the surface. The Eifel has no shallow chamber like Yellowstone and even their seismologists say there would be an earthquake swarm first. Here in New Mexico I live near a 1300 square mile in area magma chamber in Socorro, but it is thin, but only 12 km in depth which isn't much. Half of NM's quakes come from it. Now if it intruded slowly to the water table we might get a VEI 6 Kilbourne Hole Maar, but they would know about the intrusion. This "Documentary" is more sensational than it should be.

  • @kellyjohns6612
    @kellyjohns6612 Рік тому +3

    On the TV show "Big Bang Theory" there's a running joke: Sheldon, the brainiac, always makes fun of the geology department, saying that "geology is not a real science"
    THAT BUGS ME
    Personally, I think geologists ROCK ! !

  • @Erik_The_Viking
    @Erik_The_Viking 2 роки тому +56

    I didn't know Germany had volcanoes, but I'll definitely put that on my to-do list when I get a chance to visit Germany.

    • @stevensiegert
      @stevensiegert 2 роки тому +8

      That's because the area isn't heavily marketed, especially when talking about foreign people, and not much talked about. The population densities in the County of Bitburg-Prüm and County of Vulkaneifel are the lowest ones in Rhineland-Palatinate. That means more uninhabited green.
      The Eifel goes through Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia and East Belgium. You can find some gems (places or buildings) in this region. Also one of the most known castles in Europe is here, the Burg Eltz.

    • @lernmor2137
      @lernmor2137 2 роки тому +2

      They have a bad Marketing Department. Between the Castles they have, these volcanoes, their rustic woods, mountains towards the south, you'd assume there would be a bigger advertisement for them. Even word of mouth.

    • @Erik_The_Viking
      @Erik_The_Viking 2 роки тому +1

      @@lernmor2137 True - they could easily market this for folks like myself who enjoy volcanoes and the outdoors. Also would bring in some tourism for that area which would typically go to the bigger cities instead.

    • @jonjuliecat
      @jonjuliecat 2 роки тому +2

      I'll put it on my don't go list. Would be just my luck to go on the day 13,000 years after the last one in time to see the next one. Briefly.

    • @voreshbo7031
      @voreshbo7031 2 роки тому

      Under Them are a HUGE network of tunnels from the lava flowing

  • @beenaturalinc
    @beenaturalinc 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful! But one thing is certain, You will not be ready for it.

  • @alexanderemese6083
    @alexanderemese6083 2 роки тому +55

    There are numerous places in the Rhine Valley where hot springs bubble up from the earth. In the south is the Kaiserstuhl, an extinct volcano. Many hills on the edge of the Rhine Valley are of volcanic origin. But you can also admire large basalt blocks in the low mountain ranges, similar to the devils tower in the USA. I live in the Rhine Valley and we regularly experience earthquakes there. The entire Rhine Graben may erupt in a volcanic super eruption in the future.

    • @imlistening1137
      @imlistening1137 2 роки тому +3

      Yikes!

    • @lopamudraray4571
      @lopamudraray4571 2 роки тому +2

      OMG

    • @alexanderemese6083
      @alexanderemese6083 2 роки тому

      @@lopamudraray4571 o my god !
      The end of the world might Happen in a few thousands of Years.
      The Videos always spread fear over the country.
      God knows the time.

    • @Tiefkultur
      @Tiefkultur Рік тому

      am 30. Mai ist der Weltuntergang,
      wir leben nicht , wir leben nicht mehr lang.
      Doch keiner weiss, in welchem Jahr
      und das ist wunderbar.

    • @davidpnewton
      @davidpnewton Рік тому

      No the Rhine Graben will NOT do that. Stop scaremongering.
      VEI 6 yes as at Lascher See. Low-end VEI 7 also possibly. VEI 8 absolutely not. Totally wrong geologic setting for a VEI 8 to occur.

  • @beckyavila6225
    @beckyavila6225 2 роки тому +2

    Very nice this entire video very informational awesome thank you for sharing that with us

  • @abdilahimuse4142
    @abdilahimuse4142 2 роки тому +5

    learning some new information through DW always .thank you , i would luv to visit Germany one day.

  • @leohorishny9561
    @leohorishny9561 2 роки тому +16

    Wow, only 10,000 years? That's not that long ago.😳

    • @catthegipsy25
      @catthegipsy25 2 роки тому +1

      Right.. Human species didn't even have an idea you can farm a chicken, or anything, back then. Seems pretty long to me.

    • @nox4298
      @nox4298 2 роки тому +9

      On a geologic timescale it’s very recent

    • @gehtkeinenwasan8087
      @gehtkeinenwasan8087 2 роки тому +2

      yeah and still there are prople that thinkt trhe eartch is only 6k years old

    • @died4us590
      @died4us590 2 роки тому

      The great flood was over 6,000 year's ago, and then repopulated. History is all lies, even here.

    • @gehtkeinenwasan8087
      @gehtkeinenwasan8087 2 роки тому

      @@died4us590 first of proove there was a flood and not the old sitty book does not count.

  • @LudiCrust.
    @LudiCrust. Рік тому +2

    When those volcanoes wake up it’ll be catastrophic. Hopefully it doesn’t happen for tens of thousands of years.

  • @maclfc6880
    @maclfc6880 Рік тому +3

    Great video, well done...
    Can you tell me how the fish got into a volcanic crater?

  • @sherirobinson6867
    @sherirobinson6867 Рік тому +1

    This is awesome. DW has the best doc's

  • @cauxzieruffhausen9547
    @cauxzieruffhausen9547 2 роки тому +8

    I wish they had gone into the tectonic setting for the region. Is the volcanism plate movement-related, or due to an old hotspot, or what? Why was there volcaniam in this region?

    • @Zualio
      @Zualio Рік тому +6

      Near the Eifel hills is the Rhine Rift Valley, where the plate is weakend because of stress by the Alpes in the south. Because of this, some minor earthquakes happen in the region and there are many mineral water wells, such as the one in Selters, and hot springs as in Wiesbaden, already used by the Romans.

  • @jeffbreezee
    @jeffbreezee 2 роки тому +4

    I was stationed in Bamberg for two years in the 90s, traveled all over Germany and never heard about it. And I grew up not far from Mount Saint Helens!

  • @AhJodie
    @AhJodie Рік тому +1

    This is an amazing wall, and it is bizarre to know it was created in a few months, frightening actually. I love the system they are creating to see and understand it all better! Thank you!

  • @larrycline8244
    @larrycline8244 Рік тому +1

    thank you for sharing very good

  • @scofab
    @scofab 2 роки тому +2

    Well done, thank you.

  • @florete2310
    @florete2310 Рік тому +1

    Life became tuff in the Volcanic Eifel.

  • @cathycarreon5879
    @cathycarreon5879 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks for your videos about volcano in Germany it’s wonderful to know about it .

  • @tajmahal6533
    @tajmahal6533 2 роки тому +21

    Germany is a very fascinating country. When you think of going on a vacation, Germany is not the first place that comes in to your mind. But you would be surprised the beautiful places that are present in Germany. I once went to visit a castle in Heidelberg and now I am obsessed with Germany. And now it has volcanoes too? Unbelievable!

    • @Mememeep
      @Mememeep 2 роки тому +1

      you should go to the one in Bayern too, if you like castle.. also one in Schwerin.. quite nice. :)

    • @tajmahal6533
      @tajmahal6533 2 роки тому

      @@Mememeep You mean the Neuschwanstein castle? I plan on going one day. Looks absolutely amazing.

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 Рік тому +1

      @@tajmahal6533 : In german state Baden- Württemberg, left to Bayern ( Bavaria) on map, next to Reutlingen town, there is ,fairy tale' castle Lichtenstein, not large, but besutyfull, look in Internet!

    • @tajmahal6533
      @tajmahal6533 Рік тому +1

      @@brittakriep2938 Thank you so much. It looks absolutely amazing.

    • @carolinatorres4740
      @carolinatorres4740 Рік тому

      Castles Churches Castles Churches I got tired just like Austria

  • @WhirledPublishing
    @WhirledPublishing Рік тому +1

    @3:50 The "explosion" wasn't "13,000 years ago" ... Those who want the true timeline can find it clearly documented in historic records.

  • @oxcolette
    @oxcolette Рік тому +1

    I love docs about this.

  • @classicjonesy
    @classicjonesy 2 роки тому +5

    Some of the volcanos that scare me is yellowstone, taupo to name a few. Super Volcano would be same as 10,000-100,000 nukes going off at once. Imagine White Island tragedy on a grand scale. Volcano's are definitely cool but also terrifying.

    • @catherineclark6284
      @catherineclark6284 Рік тому

      Yellowstone is constantly monitored and the magma chamber has mostly solidified magma with only a few pockets of magma that are liquid, certainly not enough to cause an eruption. What is more likely at Yellowstone is what happened in the last few eruptions, which were effusive and covered the caldera floor with thick lava flows, the most recent of which was about 70,000 years ago, with two other effusive eruptions previous to that one. The scientists, and there are many, that are studying the caldera and magma chambers below do not anticipate super eruptions any time in the near future and possibly it may have run out of steam, so to speak, for that type of eruption to happen again.

  • @heidimisfeldt5685
    @heidimisfeldt5685 Рік тому +1

    Never heard such a thing, never even crossed my mind.😱

  • @camilla_k97
    @camilla_k97 2 роки тому +46

    I live in the Netherlands, in Groningen, not far from Germany and from that huge German volcano, which destroyed everything around 13000 years ago. I'm shocked. I didn't know about that eruption, and I hope it'll not happen again in the coming years (at least, not before I'll leave this region).

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 2 роки тому +2

      Given these kinds of highly explosive volcanic caldera systems tend to occur statistically on intervals of many tens of thousands of years between eruptions though volcanic marr explosions are more frequent and may precede more extensive activity. So in all likelihood it probably will erupt some thousands of years from now

    • @youtube7076
      @youtube7076 Рік тому

      how fortunate, perhaps you can gain some land without having to build massive dikes

    • @gaming_denyoxd
      @gaming_denyoxd Рік тому +4

      So what u say is basically "its okay that the volcano can errupt after i left that region, after that its okay. i dont care for the other people in that region" Realy nice!

    • @henkrepko2903
      @henkrepko2903 Рік тому +2

      We are safe in Groningen. In Nijmegen it would be a different story. Ok, we would get a food scarcity due to cooling. This is because the ash blocks the sun.

    • @davidelliott5843
      @davidelliott5843 Рік тому +2

      @@gaming_denyoxd ​ Dragrath said, "So in all likelihood it probably will erupt some thousands of years from now". The fact you can extrapolate that to him not caring, says far more about your own warped mentality than it does about his.

  • @PureVikingPowers
    @PureVikingPowers 2 роки тому +1

    Maybe geyser eruptions worked as a bidet toilet for giants in Thors time haha.

  • @lemonpepperdry5818
    @lemonpepperdry5818 Рік тому +1

    Very enjoyable episode.

  • @JPaterson8942
    @JPaterson8942 2 роки тому +7

    I love volcanoes. And earthquakes. I wanted to study geology, but after my first college attempt, my math was so far behind it would have added nearly two full years before I could even start... :(

  • @lmwlmw4468
    @lmwlmw4468 2 роки тому +1

    Great video.

  • @amareshroy7732
    @amareshroy7732 2 роки тому +10

    Germany has such natural wonders was not in my knowledge. Interesting no doubt.

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 Рік тому

      I come from german state Baden- Württemberg. In front of clifflike northern end of Swabian Alb plateau there are some mountains, which are made from hard stone of vulcano eruptions. These mountains had been in medieval age used by high nobility to build their fortified castles on top. My english is not very good.

  • @asperneto
    @asperneto 2 роки тому +1

    The upside to this location is that very few inhabitants are around the crater.

  • @LittleKitty22
    @LittleKitty22 2 роки тому +15

    Hey I had no idea you guys got volcanoes in Germany! Fascinating!

    • @inimeneinimene463
      @inimeneinimene463 2 роки тому +1

      One of the volcanoes just drove into the crowds in Berlin😲.
      I think he was Armenian permanently living in Germany. Oh well, these East Europeans are crazy. Better keep them behind our borders or send them to Rwanda like UK is doing

    • @LittleKitty22
      @LittleKitty22 2 роки тому

      @@inimeneinimene463 It's not the Eastern Europeans that's the problem. Last time I looked, Armenia wasn't in Europe. We got tons of folk belonging to a certain ideology here in the UK too - they are the problem! And no they don't get shipped off to Rwanda - that's just what the government says to keep people quiet. In reality, they get given British passports.

  • @Quasihamster
    @Quasihamster Рік тому

    Evac plans? Just the other day I heard somewhere that in contrast to regular volcanoes, these supervolcanoes - Campi Flegrei was the specific example - can go off with next to no warning at all.

  • @mikehartman5326
    @mikehartman5326 2 роки тому

    Never knew about this volcanic history.

  • @Mrbooboo1972
    @Mrbooboo1972 Рік тому

    The Nürburgring track is one of the toughest tracks to race on.

  • @theodoroseidler7072
    @theodoroseidler7072 Рік тому

    Sehr interessant! Danke !

  • @lubnamohammed1757
    @lubnamohammed1757 2 роки тому +2

    The area is fascinating. My favourite castle in Germany (36:57)

  • @skylarzenone
    @skylarzenone 2 роки тому +9

    Eifel region is one of my favorites here in Deutschland. Polar plunges in the wintertime are the best!

    • @ellenpeel2346
      @ellenpeel2346 2 роки тому

      What r polar plunged

    • @catherineclark6284
      @catherineclark6284 Рік тому

      @@ellenpeel2346 People jumping in their swimsuits in icy cold water, many times for a charity event.

  • @yardman8842
    @yardman8842 2 роки тому +14

    I didn’t know that Germany had Volcanoes , and the fact that I live in the Netherlands and he just explained that water makes its way down stream to us basically flooding us from the back
    That’s. Crazy if you ask me you know we’re already dealing with the sea rising and your telling me we could be flooded from the back to 😑

  • @houndjog
    @houndjog 2 роки тому +3

    Finally ...the Eifel!

  • @bozm9961
    @bozm9961 2 роки тому +9

    This earth upon which we walk hides so many untold secrets and mysteries very far beyond our imagination. Even a sneak peek can be reverting. Thank you for sharing.

  • @jerrytjohnson2263
    @jerrytjohnson2263 Рік тому +2

    I lived thru a 5.5 earthquake in Heidelberg back in 1978 their is nothing you can do when one occurs did not know about the volcanos

  • @88Meava88
    @88Meava88 Рік тому +1

    The part that went to the Nederlands from the volcano , can you still find it today?

  • @kailaayling9989
    @kailaayling9989 2 роки тому +2

    awesome!

  • @jujubeane8334
    @jujubeane8334 2 роки тому +2

    I am shocked and had no idea Germany had such features in its history.

  • @elred7330
    @elred7330 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting 👌.

  • @mariashelly6392
    @mariashelly6392 2 роки тому +1

    This is great!

  • @richardglady3009
    @richardglady3009 2 роки тому +6

    Great video! Volcanoes…Germany. Who knew? Thank you.

  • @Crogatho
    @Crogatho 5 місяців тому

    The Laacher See caldera has woken up again, it's had several quakes this month according to Volcanodiscovery

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 2 роки тому +4

    Surprised how Comparatively Young these Volcanoes are, Did they Erupt due to Glacial Rebound?

    • @davidpnewton
      @davidpnewton Рік тому +1

      No. That area was never glaciated.

  • @wiilsomaliyed5257
    @wiilsomaliyed5257 2 роки тому +1

    Dear dw doc team, can you re-upload the ( what if the earth is really unique ) documentary.

  • @imtiazmuhammad1096
    @imtiazmuhammad1096 2 роки тому +7

    Hats off to such an interesting documentary that how scientists work for safeguarding humanity from disasters.

    • @geowallace9758
      @geowallace9758 2 роки тому +3

      they don't. they can only observe.

    • @catherineclark6284
      @catherineclark6284 Рік тому

      They cannot safeguard. They can only watch, observe and document changes deep within the earth as much as possible, and warn us when necessary so that we can prepare. But they have no way of safeguarding us from the processes of the earth.

  • @andyf4292
    @andyf4292 Рік тому

    never knew about this!

  • @powerofthought2294
    @powerofthought2294 2 роки тому

    Can this be behind the Younger Dryas? Or the ones in Macaronesia?

  • @808bigisland
    @808bigisland 2 роки тому +3

    Aloha! Volcanoes are amazing. The Eifel is beautiful.

  • @VaxtorT
    @VaxtorT Рік тому +1

    The reading of the strata is incorrect because it begins with Assumptions. Therefore the dates given are incorrect. The eruption occurred far more recently than 13 thousand years ago.

  • @tlc1718
    @tlc1718 Рік тому

    Brave folks to go help ,I'd no go I feel same my home I stay (:
    Thanks for helping the ones cant go and want to leave Blessing to you all

  • @vivianli1621
    @vivianli1621 Рік тому

    6:50 what is this blue gem called? I cant find it.

  • @goblinwisdom
    @goblinwisdom Рік тому +1

    I remember when TLC, discovery and nat geo was actually this factual ^

  • @rudolphthered-nosedcat6701
    @rudolphthered-nosedcat6701 2 роки тому

    very interesting

  • @Gizathecat2
    @Gizathecat2 Рік тому +1

    I need to go back to Germany and explore the Eiffel region!

  • @pvfsm
    @pvfsm Рік тому +1

    I wonder what a Japanese would feel about a place with a few volcanoes that last erupted 10000 years ago when he is coming of a country with over 70 active volcanoes in every region of the country an frequent powerfull earthquakes, he would probably think, "What a safe place!"

    • @allangibson2408
      @allangibson2408 Рік тому

      There are volcanoes and VOLCANOES…
      If Paektu Erupts that will be a VOLCANO…

  • @JustMe-rc4ir
    @JustMe-rc4ir 2 роки тому +9

    Group of scientists are amazing! This documentary is very informative. It's really amazing that our earth has the capacity to breath in form of geezer! That's a wow! Thanks DW!

  • @johnzuijdveld9585
    @johnzuijdveld9585 2 роки тому +13

    This was very 9interresting and informative, I too had no idea that Germany had volcanoes, being of Dutch heritage I'm now wondering if the Netherlands has any.. . they certainly could use something that could raise the land above sea level. 😉😉

    • @kamion53
      @kamion53 Рік тому

      there seems to be an extinct one burried deep below the sediments in the Waddenzee.

    • @johnzuijdveld9585
      @johnzuijdveld9585 Рік тому

      @@kamion53 cool I'll have to go and look that up thanks.

  • @marycavender7136
    @marycavender7136 Рік тому

    This was one intriguing documentary! I wasn't even aware of this sort of knowledge, but come think about it, it makes sense! Fascinating and educational and very well done! Danke!🇩🇪🏞️🌋💧🌁🌱🤔👍

  • @robmoore7708
    @robmoore7708 2 роки тому

    Is it fizzy water then?

  • @ecuadorexpat8558
    @ecuadorexpat8558 2 роки тому +3

    I live in Ecuador w 20 of the worlds largest volcanoes..Never know when they can erupt

  • @margaretgreenwood4243
    @margaretgreenwood4243 2 роки тому +3

    Didnt know there were volcanoes in Germany

  • @davidpescod7573
    @davidpescod7573 2 роки тому +3

    A fascinating documentary on sleeping earthquakes in Germany.

    • @inimeneinimene463
      @inimeneinimene463 2 роки тому +1

      One of the volcanoes just drove into the crowds in Berlin😲.
      I think he was Armenian permanently living in Germany. Oh well, these East Europeans are crazy. .....Better keep them behind our borders

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 Рік тому

      In late 1970s a smaller earthquake did some damage in german state Baden- Württemberg.

  • @goblinwisdom
    @goblinwisdom Рік тому +2

    I watched a video about a unique volcano in china and it also explained about the volcanic activity in what is now Russia and European area laying down massive tracks of basalt and andesonite.

  • @allenra530
    @allenra530 Рік тому +1

    Perhaps some cross connections between parallel valley transportation corridors need to be built. In a planned economy like Germany, this should not be a difficult issue.

  • @walterrwrush
    @walterrwrush 2 роки тому

    i would think the lake temperate and chemistry would be more of a clue to actively than gas bubbles