Fossil Falls, California Geologic Backpacking Adventure
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This video is from my past backpacking trip to Fossil Falls, California. The name “Fossil Falls” is a misnomer - there are no fossils and today only dry waterfalls. Fossil Falls is a remnant of a once spectacular series of waterfalls that existed during the last ice age, created from melt waters of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada. The falls were formed when the Ancient Owens River was forced to divert its course over a basalt flow, polishing and reshaping the rock into a variety of unique shapes and forms that would have only been created by significant river flows. Using computer graphics, this video tries to show how Fossil Falls and the Ancient Owens River looked between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago as a flowing river and waterfalls. Be sure to leave any comments regarding your analysis and experiences at this geologic marvel. Please also note that you can watch all my adventures (73 videos), by subscribing to my UA-cam channel at: / @joseph_wright . Love to all, Joe
Only one wishes to be there at that point in history! Great video and very good information!
Thank you for your kind words.
Good job. Very helpful to understand the terrain. Thanks.
You should check out some of the mines out there, or find some blue beryl while you’re out there! Love the sierras
That whole area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the back area of the Trans Sierra are so amazingly beautiful.
Great illustrations!
Glad you like them!
Now this is a trip all Geo. freeks should take. Take plenty of water, gas, maybe atv, and please take it slow and unhuried. The say of the Californios in Los Angles is, "RIDE LOW ... AND DRIVE SLOW."
From about red rock canyon on there will be places every 2 to 3 miles along you will be intching to chase after something.
I like the water flow perspective. I have stopped by there three times in the last six years but mostly as a rest stop and didn’t have the chance to spend a lot of time there. Very interesting feature.
Thank you for your comment and support!
That's awesome, been there and always figured it was just flash floods that created all of that.