I chased this four or five years ago, and got no answers from any of my favorite geologists, including Geology Hub. I finally stumbled across "Not all Caldera are Caldera". What you just presented confirms and augments what that search turned up. It's a series of mostly circular faults,but the reason was not given. Thank you for shedding a little more light on the Oregon Circle.
@@utubewatcher806 That's my thought. Not enough information to call it a hypothesis, and not nearly enough data to refer to it as a Theory. The PNW clockwise rotation is supposedly centered in the Pendleton area, which is a couple hundred miles to the northeast of the Big "O". This needs a study group armed with several pitchers of beer and a plentiful supply of Mushroom pizza, and nothing else to occupy their sophomoric brains. Beer and mushrooms. We could solve all the world's problems.! Yes, I was a college student once upon a time.
Coincidentally there is a flattened path roughly the same diameter (width) leading to Yellowstone. The path comes from yet another "circle" roughly the same size. Imo as this path connects 3 "circles" with the final being Yellowstone they are connected. However, the "path" shows roughly a 90 degree turn. This turn is contradictory to plate tectonics and ignored, just look at flood maps and keep raising water level. In New Zealand is another super volcano with a path running along the plate edge (ocean topography). The simpelist explation left once everything else is proven false is crustal shift.
@@ChadwickA-ud8fl Blame it on Young People Falling In Love: "I feel the Earth move under my feet. I feel the Sky" etc. ( Carol King, 1971. Tapestry album). Could come from the Farallon Plate sub-ducting and being replaced by the Pacific Plate several years ago (like about 27 to 30 million years ago). Throw in some erosion and some possible landslides........?
@@ChadwickA-ud8flAre you referring to the calderas leading to Yellowstone? These do prove tectonics theory as the 90-degree turn is a reflection of clockwise rotation in the Northwestern Pacific.
THANK YOU, I have been asking multiple geologists on YT to do a video on this for YEARS, I live in SW Oregon and its impossible to not notice this on a map. Now name it please!
As you zoom out on the map you begin to notice the Columbia Hills Anticline to the North and it becomes apparent that this feature's ridges line up with the fan orientation of other compression uplifts in the Central/Eastern Oregon/Washington region caused by the counterclockwise rotation of the entire region. Nick Zentner has a few great videos on this subject.
@@TerryDavis-p1d Wrong. WSU has an array of gps beacons which track the motion. It's definitely counterclockwise, as displayed on the maps and graphs available through WSU, which you can go look at yourself. Or you can drive to the Columbia River Gorge and observe the Columbia River anticline for yourself; if the anticline were caused by a clockwise motion the gentle slope of the anticline would be on the south side of the Columbia River tilting to the north instead of the other way around. ... Or as another commenter said you could just go watch a couple 2 minute episodes of Nick On The Rocks.
I'm still waiting for the square peg to be suggested a perfect fit and the global backlash that's gonna give. (I know I'm about 3 meme lifetimes too late for this but whatever)
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Recently I visited Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas with my family. I am very curious about it and it’s history. If there is anything geologically interesting about the hot springs and if you haven’t already, I would love to see a video done on it. Love your content, geology is such a fascinating thing and you do a really great job explaining Earths unique geology everywhere. Also love your coverage of volcano news around the world, I don’t really ever hear much about volcanic eruptions on the mainstream media so you brining coverage to it is amazing. Keep up the good work
O_O I totally DM'd you about this a while back. I was so surprised that you actually answered me! Thanks again for all you do and thanks for the video.
So crazy that I came across this! I just did a bid at work for a place in Chemult, Oregon, and when I looked it up on the map, I saw this big circle. I zoomed in to try to figure out what it was, but I couldn't tell anything, of course. I assumed it was an old crater. Thanks for explaining!
Thank you, for the in-depth and mentioning the unique Geology of the area. It really is amazing how many different Geological features and activities have come together to create the "modern" Pacific Northwest. Or the entire length of the Pacific Coast Area from Juneau Alaska to Baha California
Thank you for that explanation. I noticed this feature on Google Earth years ago and always wondered about it. I have hunted Yamsay Mountain for decades.
Regarding why it looks like a circle, there is the obvious elevation shift from outside the circle to the inner circle (500-1000 feet), but after zooming in on the outer lines of the perceived circle from Google Earth, you can clearly see that the trees for whatever reason are more densely packed within the circle, and outside of it they're more sporadic. In most of the defined curvature line of the circle, there doesn't appear to be a farm or anything responsible for that considering the sheer size of the circle. The forest service certainly wouldn't have deliberately have done it on replanting. They're just growing much thicker within the boundaries of the circle.. In fact, sometimes where the thick trees transition to sporadic the drastic elevation change hasn't occurred yet fully. This suggests a different nutrient profile within the defined circle area. As you drag along (zoomed in) there is a clear hyper defined boundary line you can track around the circle to see this effect. It is most notable on the east side of the circle. Ancient volcanic activity could be why there is more nutrient dense matter where the inner denser trees curve around. I find that interesting...
What you said reminds me of an object in Illinois. I forget what it is called, but essentially it's a formation that never finished forming into a volcano. There's not even a caldera or fully formed chamber, just a steep lump of granite partially covered by sediment. It makes me wonder what other formations exist that stopped forming at different stages. What would they look like now, depending on the time periods they formed? Some stopped at the first stage, others three quarters of the way. One resembling a wide, short mound, the other: a regular mountain.
I noticed this circle over a decade ago, i was looking to see how round crater lake actually was,and then i noticed 2 other circles right next to it, this is the first time I have seen an explanation.
Great video! I was curious to know about the crater and I learned some new things tonight. I know that you have done videos about Mt. Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei in the past, but I wanted to know if you could make another one. I started watching a video about the first volcano, but I'm not sure if I should believe it or not. Last year, scientists said that there were 140 to 150 earthquakes in one day, but nothing happened and now they are warning people about an eruption after another 160 earthquakes have rattled the region in one day. I hope that you will do another video about those two volcanoes soon and I hope that the people will stay safe.
The thing about Oregon and live on the west side of Mt. Hood, you can forget we have/had eruptions, but one you get to eastern Oregon, lava tubes and ancient flows are everywhere
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5783 BCE for the nearby caldera forming eruption is just a heartbeat even in human lifespan terms. Anyone watching a significant number of your videos should start to notice the alarming frequency of major volcanic events within the last few hundreds to thousands of years. Add in earthquakes and tsunamis, and then project that over the modern spread of the human population and its global dependencies, and the chance for any one of us to experience a life-altering disaster is significant. My employer, for example, was directly affected by the Tohoku earthquake and major floods in Thailand. My worst fear is one of those volcanoes that chills the Earth enough to hamper agriculture for a few years. People would resort to psychopathic levels of savagery compared to the present day, and we're already a nasty crowd.
I remember seeing this years ago on Google Earth and wondering what the heck is that, given the large number of volcanoes in the area that's what I figured it was. I do remember though at the time reading it was coincidence. Happy to learn a bit more about it.
Love to understand the Maine earthquake that happened recently. A buddy in western Massachusetts felt it, so it must have been pretty good sized. Your take on it would be super helpful and informative.
I used to live in Christmas Valley Oregon and have driven through this area many times. There are multiple geological features here including the Newberry Caldera, Fort Rock, a cinder come and numerous lava flows through the Deschutes National Forest, of which this area is apart. Imo thousands maybe millions of years ago this was a very volcanic area. Possibly even part of what has become the Yellowstone supervolcano track as the continent has moved slowly Westward. I'm an amateur at this and freely admit it. And these observations are based solely on my ground observations from living in this area, exploring this area and it's many geological features.
been woundering what this was... thought it was a impact since highschool. thanks for this, but now I need to learn more geo' to understand the answer better. thank you!
Thank you for describing the features clearly. It suggests extensive morphology from continental drift, tectonic variation and collision of exotic terranes. (ala Nick Zentner) Too much of a good thing, in this case, is great!
I had noticed this a couple of years ago and had wondered about it. I also noticed a somewhat bigger round and mostly flat area immediately east of it, which contains Fort Rock and Crack-in-the-Ground.
Yeah I wondered about this too. Just took me a bit of time looking at aerials and lidar around the full perimeter to come to the conclusion that this isn’t a thing. Unless a coincidence is a thing.
My first guess was a weird igneous mesa like the Grand Mesa near grand junction Colorado with a Basalt capstone but the pics of its side don’t look right (a vid on the grand Mesa would be interesting because it’s such a weird feature)
I also found similar circle in West Sumatra northwest of Payakumbuh city. It has diameter of roughly 10km, without center bulge and fairly flat interior lower than surrounding hill on elevation.
Lots of interesting geological features out here. Fort Rock, Hole in the Ground, Crack in the Ground, all just East of this "circle." Paulina just to the North. Crater Lake not far to the South. Lots of basalt columns near by.
Cool! I hope you do something about New England/ Eastern Canada's volcanic past, back when Laurentia was a thing. My college was right next to a place called West Rock in Hamden, Connecticut, and according to the little I've found, it is volcanic in origin.
My Mom asked me and my brother never to ask her about her years in college so we don’t ever talk about the “ring”. Probably some geologic structure. Love you Mom.
Interesting how well studied is it? The Graben horsts structure here is curious particularly with the role of the bend in faulting structures also how well magnetically would a magmatic structure stand out in an area dominated by volcanic deposits? Especially if such an intrusion were felsic rather than mafic formed via crustal melting or some such.
Still think you should have a look at Mt Goondicum in Australia - variously identified as volcanic in origin, possibly a gabro intrusion, almost certainly not an impact crater but would be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
YAY I Have been wondering for years ever since I Explored the Area in the 80's. Now that you uncovered the facts for it... I'd like to know about the concentric circles that are just off the Coast of Cape Cod that have a lot of undersea mounts towards the south east from its center.
Being a native Oregonian, I found this video very interesting! I will look for it on Google Earth. Keep up your great work on this channel. Just looked at it on Google Earth. Shows up very clearly. I wonder how the ancient mostly dry Silver Lake plays into this formation and even Christmas Valley Lake might too!
I too am native Oregonian. I may even know you as I know many Vanderzandens in the Hillsboro area. I have a small plot in Christmas valley. If you ever get out that way, stop in at the Fort Rock state park. There is a very nice image layout of the formations and history there. Also, I believe Geologyhub has a video on the "Hole in the ground" feature just beyond Fort Rock.
@ I have very good friends that have a ranch/ farm 20 miles N of Christmas Valley out at the Sinks/Peters Creek Sink. Been there many times. Crack in the Ground, Green Mountain, Fort Rock, Derek’s Cave, Sand Dunes & Lost Forest. My dad had 65 1st cousins. He was raised N of Cornelius.
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I have not been able to keep up with all my relatives. Great uncles & aunts lived in the Roy/Verboort areas. They have all since passed. Yes, Highway 20 on Frederick’s Butte Road is how I come in. Been on that road before they built it up 30 years ago.
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I took one look at the photo and thought of Devil's Tower, Junior. It looks like the central core of what would eventually be another tower, after the surrounding stuff has all eroded away.
I chased this four or five years ago, and got no answers from any of my favorite geologists, including Geology Hub. I finally stumbled across "Not all Caldera are Caldera". What you just presented confirms and augments what that search turned up. It's a series of mostly circular faults,but the reason was not given. Thank you for shedding a little more light on the Oregon Circle.
Is that part of the NWP clockwise rotation?
@@utubewatcher806 That's my thought. Not enough information to call it a hypothesis, and not nearly enough data to refer to it as a Theory. The PNW clockwise rotation is supposedly centered in the Pendleton area, which is a couple hundred miles to the northeast of the Big "O". This needs a study group armed with several pitchers of beer and a plentiful supply of Mushroom pizza, and nothing else to occupy their sophomoric brains. Beer and mushrooms. We could solve all the world's problems.! Yes, I was a college student once upon a time.
Coincidentally there is a flattened path roughly the same diameter (width) leading to Yellowstone. The path comes from yet another "circle" roughly the same size. Imo as this path connects 3 "circles" with the final being Yellowstone they are connected. However, the "path" shows roughly a 90 degree turn. This turn is contradictory to plate tectonics and ignored, just look at flood maps and keep raising water level. In New Zealand is another super volcano with a path running along the plate edge (ocean topography). The simpelist explation left once everything else is proven false is crustal shift.
@@ChadwickA-ud8fl Blame it on Young People Falling In Love: "I feel the Earth move under my feet. I feel the Sky" etc. ( Carol King, 1971. Tapestry album). Could come from the Farallon Plate sub-ducting and being replaced by the Pacific Plate several years ago (like about 27 to 30 million years ago). Throw in some erosion and some possible landslides........?
@@ChadwickA-ud8flAre you referring to the calderas leading to Yellowstone? These do prove tectonics theory as the 90-degree turn is a reflection of clockwise rotation in the Northwestern Pacific.
The northern end of the feature is often referred to as Walker Rim. I used to live and fight wildfire in the area.
In California, Oregon or Washington states are [there] any high school or college sport teams named Wildfire?
@@Don.Challenger does blazers count?
Appreciate you sir
@@natekerr1 Trailblazers, so no
Hello local fire family
THANK YOU, I have been asking multiple geologists on YT to do a video on this for YEARS, I live in SW Oregon and its impossible to not notice this on a map. Now name it please!
Same here.
The Big O 😅
The O region, Oregon
The Timothy plateau
It's called "Chemult"
IT'S the "O" for OREGON!!!
😂😂😂
Welp, you solved it
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The "BIG O" for Ohhregon
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As you zoom out on the map you begin to notice the Columbia Hills Anticline to the North and it becomes apparent that this feature's ridges line up with the fan orientation of other compression uplifts in the Central/Eastern Oregon/Washington region caused by the counterclockwise rotation of the entire region.
Nick Zentner has a few great videos on this subject.
why is this a more accurate seeming answer than the video
Nick on the Rocks!!!
Except it clockwise rotation
@@TerryDavis-p1d Wrong. WSU has an array of gps beacons which track the motion. It's definitely counterclockwise, as displayed on the maps and graphs available through WSU, which you can go look at yourself.
Or you can drive to the Columbia River Gorge and observe the Columbia River anticline for yourself; if the anticline were caused by a clockwise motion the gentle slope of the anticline would be on the south side of the Columbia River tilting to the north instead of the other way around.
... Or as another commenter said you could just go watch a couple 2 minute episodes of Nick On The Rocks.
Literally worked, lived and been all over it and never noticed this... thank you
Q: What is this circular thing?
A: It's not a circular thing. It's just some things in a circle.
The most apt explanation, succinct too.
I'm still waiting for the square peg to be suggested a perfect fit and the global backlash that's gonna give.
(I know I'm about 3 meme lifetimes too late for this but whatever)
whole ≠ sum of parts
I don't believe in coincidences
'what's this forest thing?'
'That's not a forest. It's just some trees in a cluster...'
Appreciate the detective work behind this. Even though I wasn't familiar with the feature, it's nice to see reasoned scientific analysis at work.
I was one of those many folks who requested this video long, long ago. Dude, you rock!! Thank you!
Thank you both of you.
THANK YOU.
I have went down the rabbit hole a few times on this, and it was great to get a professional and comprehensive explanation.
Thanks for your work and interesting videos
This is the best explanation of this feature since I first saw it on Google Earth 15 years ago.
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Best answer on this page.👍
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Thanks!
Thank you for this information about an area that's near to where I live. It's a fascinating combination of features!
Recently I visited Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas with my family. I am very curious about it and it’s history. If there is anything geologically interesting about the hot springs and if you haven’t already, I would love to see a video done on it. Love your content, geology is such a fascinating thing and you do a really great job explaining Earths unique geology everywhere. Also love your coverage of volcano news around the world, I don’t really ever hear much about volcanic eruptions on the mainstream media so you brining coverage to it is amazing. Keep up the good work
Glad you covered this coincidentally circular Oregon feature as I was curious as well.
YYYESSSSS!! It’s like having an unreachable itch FINALLY scratched. Thank you for doing the research and sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for covering this. I have been curious about this feature for several years, and never managed to find any information about it online.
O_O I totally DM'd you about this a while back. I was so surprised that you actually answered me! Thanks again for all you do and thanks for the video.
I asked him to do content on the Ossipee Mtn ring dike volcano in NH and he did!! I was thrilled ❤️ he really listens to his fans
I sent a question about it as well, kind of cool ain't it ?
Fascinating that this can be deduced after so long a time span.
I very much enjoy your channel.
So crazy that I came across this! I just did a bid at work for a place in Chemult, Oregon, and when I looked it up on the map, I saw this big circle. I zoomed in to try to figure out what it was, but I couldn't tell anything, of course. I assumed it was an old crater. Thanks for explaining!
FINALLY AN EXPLANATION! I've been wondering what this feature was for YEARS. Now I'll finally be able to sleep well at night 😌
THANK YOU! I’ve actually emailed geologists at OSU asking about it and never heard anything.
Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!
Lived near here for many years. No idea it was there. Earned a sub, keep up the good work!
Yes! Thank you! I've never found information on this, but I've always been curious whenever I see it on Google maps.
Thank you, for the in-depth and mentioning the unique Geology of the area. It really is amazing how many different Geological features and activities have come together to create the "modern" Pacific Northwest. Or the entire length of the Pacific Coast Area from Juneau Alaska to Baha California
Thanks as always, Geology Hub!
Thank you for that explanation. I noticed this feature on Google Earth years ago and always wondered about it. I have hunted Yamsay Mountain for decades.
Regarding why it looks like a circle, there is the obvious elevation shift from outside the circle to the inner circle (500-1000 feet), but after zooming in on the outer lines of the perceived circle from Google Earth, you can clearly see that the trees for whatever reason are more densely packed within the circle, and outside of it they're more sporadic. In most of the defined curvature line of the circle, there doesn't appear to be a farm or anything responsible for that considering the sheer size of the circle. The forest service certainly wouldn't have deliberately have done it on replanting. They're just growing much thicker within the boundaries of the circle.. In fact, sometimes where the thick trees transition to sporadic the drastic elevation change hasn't occurred yet fully. This suggests a different nutrient profile within the defined circle area. As you drag along (zoomed in) there is a clear hyper defined boundary line you can track around the circle to see this effect. It is most notable on the east side of the circle. Ancient volcanic activity could be why there is more nutrient dense matter where the inner denser trees curve around. I find that interesting...
What you said reminds me of an object in Illinois. I forget what it is called, but essentially it's a formation that never finished forming into a volcano. There's not even a caldera or fully formed chamber, just a steep lump of granite partially covered by sediment. It makes me wonder what other formations exist that stopped forming at different stages. What would they look like now, depending on the time periods they formed? Some stopped at the first stage, others three quarters of the way. One resembling a wide, short mound, the other: a regular mountain.
I noticed this circle over a decade ago, i was looking to see how round crater lake actually was,and then i noticed 2 other circles right next to it, this is the first time I have seen an explanation.
Finally someone has covered this, been wondering what it is for years
Nice and concise. Hit all the points. Super interesting, thank you!
Great video! I was curious to know about the crater and I learned some new things tonight. I know that you have done videos about Mt. Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei in the past, but I wanted to know if you could make another one. I started watching a video about the first volcano, but I'm not sure if I should believe it or not. Last year, scientists said that there were 140 to 150 earthquakes in one day, but nothing happened and now they are warning people about an eruption after another 160 earthquakes have rattled the region in one day. I hope that you will do another video about those two volcanoes soon and I hope that the people will stay safe.
The thing about Oregon and live on the west side of Mt. Hood, you can forget we have/had eruptions, but one you get to eastern Oregon, lava tubes and ancient flows are everywhere
oh im genuinely so glad the yt algorithm has brought me to the geology corner.
Another brilliantly done assessment of a curious geological feature .
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THANK YOU I’ve wondered about this for years
Nice geological detective work.
5783 BCE for the nearby caldera forming eruption is just a heartbeat even in human lifespan terms. Anyone watching a significant number of your videos should start to notice the alarming frequency of major volcanic events within the last few hundreds to thousands of years. Add in earthquakes and tsunamis, and then project that over the modern spread of the human population and its global dependencies, and the chance for any one of us to experience a life-altering disaster is significant.
My employer, for example, was directly affected by the Tohoku earthquake and major floods in Thailand. My worst fear is one of those volcanoes that chills the Earth enough to hamper agriculture for a few years. People would resort to psychopathic levels of savagery compared to the present day, and we're already a nasty crowd.
Interesting I’ve long wondered about that circle. I would’ve never guessed there was a smaller caldera hidden within it
Small calderas within an enormous caldera.
This truly a amazing video Tim pls just keep up the good work
Amazing video! This is definitely a topic we've all wanted!
no way i was actually going to email you about this structure like a week ago, cool!!
First saw this years ago, glad you covered it!
Thank you for posting this, ive always wondered what the circular feature is or how ot was made
The magnetic anomaly map seems to fit the 'circle', and could be a good indicator of the directional change to the fault lines.
Such an unusual feature. Thank you
Been wondering what this was for years!! Thanks!
Very complex! Thank you.
Very fascinating. Thanks for the video. 😊
Cheers from Klamath Falls, theres some really cool nature there, everything from geomorphology to botany
This is actually really cool! I've never even noticed this geologic oddity when on Google maps haha. The more I know!
I've been wondering about that structure for years. Thanks for the answer.
finally. been waiting months for this
Been waiting for this video for a while
Great job as always. Thx.
I remember seeing this years ago on Google Earth and wondering what the heck is that, given the large number of volcanoes in the area that's what I figured it was. I do remember though at the time reading it was coincidence. Happy to learn a bit more about it.
Love the video. And I appreciate that you got Kermit to narrate it.
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Great topic and explanation!
Love to understand the Maine earthquake that happened recently. A buddy in western Massachusetts felt it, so it must have been pretty good sized. Your take on it would be super helpful and informative.
I used to live in Christmas Valley Oregon and have driven through this area many times. There are multiple geological features here including the Newberry Caldera, Fort Rock, a cinder come and numerous lava flows through the Deschutes National Forest, of which this area is apart. Imo thousands maybe millions of years ago this was a very volcanic area. Possibly even part of what has become the Yellowstone supervolcano track as the continent has moved slowly Westward. I'm an amateur at this and freely admit it. And these observations are based solely on my ground observations from living in this area, exploring this area and it's many geological features.
Am I close in assuming the correct geological terminology would be a "mishmash"?
been woundering what this was... thought it was a impact since highschool. thanks for this, but now I need to learn more geo' to understand the answer better.
thank you!
Thanks for sharing! I'm amused how some of the top-view pictures show circular crop areas off to the side. Lots of circles!
Crop circles. Aliens have been busy.
I don't think I ever asked about this feature to you, but I did look into it on google earth, really cool video, and thanks for covering it!
Thank you for describing the features clearly. It suggests extensive morphology from continental drift, tectonic variation and collision of exotic terranes. (ala Nick Zentner) Too much of a good thing, in this case, is great!
I had noticed this a couple of years ago and had wondered about it. I also noticed a somewhat bigger round and mostly flat area immediately east of it, which contains Fort Rock and Crack-in-the-Ground.
Yeah I wondered about this too. Just took me a bit of time looking at aerials and lidar around the full perimeter to come to the conclusion that this isn’t a thing. Unless a coincidence is a thing.
Number 3 = thank you for what you do!
I've always wanted to know this! It's puzzled me for years on google earth
Thanks for the info.
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My first guess was a weird igneous mesa like the Grand Mesa near grand junction Colorado with a Basalt capstone but the pics of its side don’t look right (a vid on the grand Mesa would be interesting because it’s such a weird feature)
I have also wondered for several years about that feature.
I also found similar circle in West Sumatra northwest of Payakumbuh city. It has diameter of roughly 10km, without center bulge and fairly flat interior lower than surrounding hill on elevation.
i think doing a video on Morro Bay rock in CA would be cool!
Lots of interesting geological features out here. Fort Rock, Hole in the Ground, Crack in the Ground, all just East of this "circle." Paulina just to the North. Crater Lake not far to the South. Lots of basalt columns near by.
Im European and never came across this feature but I love how you explained it so clear.
Appreciate you Timothy
Thank you Tim. That was a great bit of research !:-)
Great video. Hope Lafawnduh is treating you well.
Good luck. Thank you, and keep working.
Cool!
I hope you do something about New England/ Eastern Canada's volcanic past, back when Laurentia was a thing. My college was right next to a place called West Rock in Hamden, Connecticut, and according to the little I've found, it is volcanic in origin.
The elevation there captures moisture coming from the west.
It’s nice to see somebody talk about Oregon but I never knew that was there before I was only in Ben hand full of times tho
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My Mom asked me and my brother never to ask her about her years in college so we don’t ever talk about the “ring”. Probably some geologic structure. Love you Mom.
When the bubble bath got the rotating island of soap bubbles between two spinning currents
Interesting how well studied is it? The Graben horsts structure here is curious particularly with the role of the bend in faulting structures also how well magnetically would a magmatic structure stand out in an area dominated by volcanic deposits? Especially if such an intrusion were felsic rather than mafic formed via crustal melting or some such.
I didn’t even realize that was there. Interesting.
It's not the only circle shaped feature of a landscape of mountains, trees or a platue. There's some in west Texas desert .
Still think you should have a look at Mt Goondicum in Australia - variously identified as volcanic in origin, possibly a gabro intrusion, almost certainly not an impact crater but would be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Looks like something a cataclysmic-scale electrical storm would make. See Andrew Hall’s work on The Thunderbolts Project.
Nice try. Not.
YAY I Have been wondering for years ever since I Explored the Area in the 80's.
Now that you uncovered the facts for it... I'd like to know about the concentric circles that are just off the Coast of Cape Cod that have a lot of undersea mounts towards the south east from its center.
Being a native Oregonian, I found this video very interesting! I will look for it on Google Earth. Keep up your great work on this channel.
Just looked at it on Google Earth. Shows up very clearly. I wonder how the ancient mostly dry Silver Lake plays into this formation and even Christmas Valley Lake might too!
I too am native Oregonian. I may even know you as I know many Vanderzandens in the Hillsboro area. I have a small plot in Christmas valley. If you ever get out that way, stop in at the Fort Rock state park. There is a very nice image layout of the formations and history there. Also, I believe Geologyhub has a video on the "Hole in the ground" feature just beyond Fort Rock.
@ I have very good friends that have a ranch/ farm 20 miles N of Christmas Valley out at the Sinks/Peters Creek Sink. Been there many times. Crack in the Ground, Green Mountain, Fort Rock, Derek’s Cave, Sand Dunes & Lost Forest.
My dad had 65 1st cousins. He was raised N of Cornelius.
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You probably go into Peters Creek from US20? Beautiful area. Large pivots.
I grew up between Roy and North Plains. Still here actually. 62 years within a couple mile radius of the home place. Albert Vanderzanden was one of our neighbors.
I have not been able to keep up with all my relatives. Great uncles & aunts lived in the Roy/Verboort areas. They have all since passed.
Yes, Highway 20 on Frederick’s Butte Road is how I come in. Been on that road before they built it up 30 years ago.
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I took one look at the photo and thought of Devil's Tower, Junior. It looks like the central core of what would eventually be another tower, after the surrounding stuff has all eroded away.
have you done a vidoe on the Steens mountain yet? super cool geology out in that area
Now we just need a video covering the reason for the multiple cinder cones and explosion craters in northern Madagascar
I asked Geologyhub to do a piece on that circular feature more than a year ago.