Exploring Inside the Amboy Volcano Crater

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Deep in the Mojave Desert near Amboy, CA sits the gigantic cinder cone of a lonely and dormant volcano known as the Amboy Crater. Come with us to see what's inside!
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  • @OffbeatDiscoveries
    @OffbeatDiscoveries5 жыл бұрын

    "I need a moment..... ..... OK!" You guys rock!

  • @Arthur.H.Studio
    @Arthur.H.Studio5 жыл бұрын

    This was great! You two are cute together. "You can see everything! Yep, you can also see nothing" haha

  • @nathanbugg3221
    @nathanbugg32215 жыл бұрын

    I swear you two are great. The chemistry between you is wonderful. "I need a moment.......... ok." Beautiful footage!! And great graphic of the volcano, and good information. I so want you to do the intro. "I'm Bathany and this is Drew." And Drew says "True." Lol only because it rhymes. Have a great day everyone!

  • @residentpotato6023

    @residentpotato6023

    Жыл бұрын

    Beth has a bangin’ booty.

  • @mattkirk8404
    @mattkirk84045 жыл бұрын

    Stunning. Thank you for the video.

  • @ErnestoG3
    @ErnestoG35 жыл бұрын

    I still remember watching Huell Howser visit this place.

  • @austinbarrientos6432
    @austinbarrientos64325 жыл бұрын

    You guys are awesome. My girlfriend and I really enjoy your chemistry and your videos. Keep up the great work you two.

  • @stevenmullens511
    @stevenmullens5112 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Yucca Valley California and when I was in 2nd grade I went on a field trip to the Amboy crater thank you for the memories of my childhood over 45 years ago. 👮‍♂️

  • @jettplane
    @jettplane3 жыл бұрын

    I just hiked this thing in the middle of June when it was 123 degrees outside. Definitely worth it though.

  • @gbryant261
    @gbryant261 Жыл бұрын

    I hiked Amboy Crater with my brother-in-law about 5 years ago. We had an incredible day there. Your video brought back good memories of our exploration there. Thanks.

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you guys have those memories of Amboy! Such a unique spot.

  • @jandsadventures4174
    @jandsadventures41745 жыл бұрын

    Not quite sure how I ended up here but really glad I did discover your channel, great video, really like the aerial footage.

  • @residentpotato6023

    @residentpotato6023

    Жыл бұрын

    Man I’d like to explore Beth’s crater!

  • @stacieodstacieod9555
    @stacieodstacieod95555 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy all of your Videos and the ones to come!

  • @BerndWeberDublin
    @BerndWeberDublin5 жыл бұрын

    A stunning and beautiful video. Thanks a lot for sharing it!

  • @MDJTUBE
    @MDJTUBE5 жыл бұрын

    It must be so eery standing on the rim knowing what once happened there. All the explosions, the heat, the magma becoming lava and flowing down to the lower levels consuming all as it slowly works it’s way down hill. Wow, just breathtaking. Great video. Thank you very much.

  • @wrigkid
    @wrigkid5 жыл бұрын

    Yet another captivating video! I like the way you implemented the special effects on the volcanic activity. Please keep these videos coming and continue to keep up the great work! All of your hard work shows thru every video.

  • @mrobich321
    @mrobich3215 жыл бұрын

    I'm living life through your work, glad I found your channel. You "almost" make me want to go outside ;-) ;-)

  • @Savatage1964

    @Savatage1964

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ahh...Hermits of America, unite !

  • @bruceanderson7762
    @bruceanderson77623 жыл бұрын

    Great...you guys are doing all the stuff I had planned, before I got old, now I can watch anyway.

  • @sthrnbll2u65
    @sthrnbll2u655 жыл бұрын

    I think this was my favorite episode.

  • @esau93631
    @esau936315 жыл бұрын

    you guys never disappoint!

  • @g.b.gareful5569
    @g.b.gareful55695 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I've been past that place many times but never stopped to look around.

  • @geosophik9369
    @geosophik93695 жыл бұрын

    You guys drove through I-40 and missed Pisgah Crater? It's way darker and otherworldly. But great video, and by the quality of your vids, you deserve millions of subs. Keep up the good work and fight the KZread algorithm.

  • @mattcolver1
    @mattcolver15 жыл бұрын

    I attempted to hike out there one time and you're right about the black rock adding heat to an already hot environment. I turned around and went back to my air conditioned truck.

  • @poppydc43ify
    @poppydc43ify5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking us on another adventure. Enjoyed the scenery and the historical information.

  • @brillblonde6705
    @brillblonde67055 жыл бұрын

    What an episode! Bethany on top of the rim..........WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Tremendous views of the land and crater, and you two never looked better. Great drone shots that take your breath away. Thanks for another GREAT episode. What an adventure! Can't wait for more. Love Oddity Odysseys!!!!!!!!!!

  • @noahcount7132
    @noahcount71325 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyable, educational outing. Couldn't decipher the script on Bethany's shirt, but the impression I got is that she wasn't overtly 'hearting' Louisiana or Canada during this odyssey, as she's inclined to do.

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is actually a logo we designed ourselves to relay the "I

  • @westcoastbronco
    @westcoastbronco5 жыл бұрын

    Great as always, thanks guys.

  • @tonymac4044
    @tonymac40443 жыл бұрын

    I’m rewatching some of your awesome videos tonight Happy New Year

  • @mitch5077
    @mitch50775 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed that and history behind it. The Drone Shots were Epic and gave it Depth! Thank You Bethany and this is Drew!

  • @ronnyber
    @ronnyber Жыл бұрын

    Funny. I’m a huge fan of the original Journey to the centre of the earth. One of my favourite films when I was a kid. I hiked around the Amboy Crater in 2018 and had no idea about the film connection. Would have made my visit even more special.

  • @DPImageCapturing
    @DPImageCapturing5 жыл бұрын

    EXCELLENT! Looking forward to the new episodes!

  • @vernonosier6610
    @vernonosier66102 жыл бұрын

    very well done! thank you. will look for more of your videos

  • @blairo15
    @blairo155 жыл бұрын

    What an awesome place! Another great episode guys!

  • @paveltolz6601
    @paveltolz66015 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. My son and I hiked Amboy Crater in January 2007 still hot. We went straight up the side as the trails weren't marked very so made our own path up. From there we could pick out the trails so the return trip was pretty much what your approach climb was. The wife and I repeated a visit in 2015 but, didn't attempt the rim...August.

  • @dianananana8585
    @dianananana8585 Жыл бұрын

    I was just there last weekend. There is now a clear trail from the parking lot to the crater.

  • @mikieson
    @mikieson5 жыл бұрын

    I wake up to a new Oddity Odyssey video.. All is gooooooood.. :)

  • @YoursTrulyChris
    @YoursTrulyChris5 жыл бұрын

    So fascinating! Adding this to my bucket list.

  • @agm6095
    @agm60955 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoy your outings, thank you

  • @StevePicaGCT
    @StevePicaGCT5 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos. It feels like I'm out there hiking with you! Nice work.

  • @HarryCoal
    @HarryCoal5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, especially with a mug of Yorkshire tea and some biscuits (cookies).

  • @eimdeima

    @eimdeima

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching this now with a mug of Yorkshire tea as well..... No biscuits tho......😢

  • @MatthewHuntley1961
    @MatthewHuntley19615 жыл бұрын

    Cool! New Video!

  • @anthonybruno3797
    @anthonybruno37975 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how you two don't have million of subscribers for what you do

  • @rogermolina1244
    @rogermolina12443 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations on getting your information on Amboy Crater correct! It's been a little while now since Amboy Crater was recategorize as a dormant volcano and not extinct. As funny as it may seem and maybe not to some one or everyone that people who come and visit Amboy crater don't realize that it's dormant and not extinct even now some people still think that it's extinct not realizing that it is indeed dormant! Again, good job on doing your research on Amboy crater and who knows, some people will probably see it erupt again possibly in the next 50 to 70 year's from now?

  • @8ballout
    @8ballout5 жыл бұрын

    Short but very amazing video. Would love to see something like that myself. Thanks

  • @maxiepattie85
    @maxiepattie855 жыл бұрын

    As always GREAT STUFF 👍

  • @robertfranco6932
    @robertfranco69325 жыл бұрын

    I've been watching your videos keep them coming we are planning our hiking adventures from your videos

  • @michaelwalters7333
    @michaelwalters73335 жыл бұрын

    Love the Videos, Thank You

  • @jeromehansen3969
    @jeromehansen39695 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you so much.

  • @theawsoometoasty5928
    @theawsoometoasty59285 жыл бұрын

    Great vid guyss

  • @LOKELYOKEL1
    @LOKELYOKEL15 жыл бұрын

    Awesome aerial shots!

  • @bruceaisher
    @bruceaisher5 жыл бұрын

    Great video - I was actually looking this up about a week before you posted the video thinking I want to check it out. Love the drone footage too!

  • @rudyguajardo7861
    @rudyguajardo78615 жыл бұрын

    that was awesome guy's!!

  • @charleshartz4814
    @charleshartz48145 жыл бұрын

    Me neither....... now I have. Thanks for walking up that steep grade for me. Great view of natural history.

  • @joshuapierce4320
    @joshuapierce43205 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! I'm a huge fan of the Roy's sign so I look forward to the bonus video!

  • @bongox2777
    @bongox2777 Жыл бұрын

    I finally found your Amboy vid. Excellent! So well made. There are gold mine diggings under the lava flow in the buried dry river. Hard to find but the tunnels were shown on a tv show about gold mining. There is a uranium mine just north east of here along kelbaker rd.

  • @JuliusCesar2781
    @JuliusCesar27813 жыл бұрын

    good job. Well done. I recommend you the island of Lanzarote. On some of my tours inside the island I count more than 10 Volcanoes surrounding me. An yes I have been there by Mountainbike and yes, I made downhills from the ash cones.

  • @fantomfoto
    @fantomfoto4 жыл бұрын

    Down the youtube rabbit hole and I ended up here. Very nice video about the crater! It's one of my favorite spots to photograph in the mojave. A couple years ago I was there and it was 125 degrees in the parking lot. I didn't go more than 50' from the car before heading back. lol

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great to have you here! Yikes, the weather at Amboy can certainly be unforgiving during the summer. We'd love to see your photographs sometime!

  • @alyssa4037
    @alyssa40375 жыл бұрын

    Wow thank u so much for you’re great content

  • @luckyoscar4110
    @luckyoscar41105 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!!

  • @stevemiller6766
    @stevemiller67665 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in 29 palms and for some reason never made the trip out to the crater. There were lava bombs scattered across the desert from one of the eruptions in the long distant past that were cool to find and examine.

  • @victorcastrojr.1252
    @victorcastrojr.12523 жыл бұрын

    Great job thanks

  • @bradklaatu
    @bradklaatu5 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, keep up the good work.

  • @khadijagwen
    @khadijagwen5 жыл бұрын

    This is very interesting. Might I suggest. Mt St. Helens and Craters of the Moon in Idaho?

  • @jeffwilkie7103
    @jeffwilkie71033 жыл бұрын

    My son and I were up there about 20 years ago. Cool place. He arranged rocks to spell his name, Jack.

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome!

  • @RandysFiftySevenChevy
    @RandysFiftySevenChevy5 жыл бұрын

    Amboy is a cool little town with a art deco gas station and matching hotel. And with the local school right next store that looks like it hasn't seen a student in many years

  • @journey2fifty
    @journey2fifty5 жыл бұрын

    Great Drone work!

  • @JohnDoe-pv2iu
    @JohnDoe-pv2iu5 жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to throw out a Comment and Compliment! This video is well made, great filming and really nicely done! I'll have to plan a visit during a winter Vegas trip. I really enjoy Yalls work, Take Care!

  • @michaeldavis9774
    @michaeldavis9774 Жыл бұрын

    In the mid 80s, when the crater was only an unknown pimple on the face of the Mojave, a friend of mine and I went to the middle of the crater, (after climbing OVER it, only to find a much easier way ;) ) We found rocks to use to spell out our names, Mike and Brooke. We thought the fighter jets would see it. I also had a night in early 1992, where we had a 8 hr. "UFO" experience, with some lights moving quickly around the lava flow, as well as all over Amboy Dry Lake. Later that year, There was two earthquakes, on the same day, both over 7.0 that was centered very close, in Landers and Big Bear.

  • @bongox2777

    @bongox2777

    Жыл бұрын

    You may have seen people looking for the old gold mining tunnels under the lava flow. There is still little bits of gold in the dry river below.

  • @WESTOFEDEN71
    @WESTOFEDEN715 жыл бұрын

    You guys are very professional. Good Job

  • @BeyondTheCompass817
    @BeyondTheCompass8175 жыл бұрын

    Yay, a road trip! When I saw the title at first I thought you were at that famous meteor crater in....Arizona....New Mexico...? Anyway, I think I've driven past this once or twice, but never stopped. Definite kudos to you both for going on that hike, it looked like a serious one. As always, a great video, your channel never disappoints :) Am I correct in assuming the bonus video you mentioned will be an Urban Exploration? Safe Travels, My Friends!

  • @alejandroazofeifa5555
    @alejandroazofeifa55555 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Costa Rica guys!! Nice video...🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷

  • @nhcharmedone
    @nhcharmedone5 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome 😁

  • @marymary1877
    @marymary18774 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous💗

  • @CaptainGnarkill
    @CaptainGnarkill5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. I tried to do this hike 2 years ago in the middle of summer, got heat stroke and almost died. That hike this time of year is no joke.

  • @Drewster58
    @Drewster584 жыл бұрын

    I have hiked around Amboy cindercone several times. The most amazing thing was how many chuckwallas lived along the trail to the cone.

  • @Alien-Earth1
    @Alien-Earth15 жыл бұрын

    Great camera work!

  • @jokerzwild106
    @jokerzwild1065 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Thanks for the video.

  • @namewithheldnamewithheld2725
    @namewithheldnamewithheld2725 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in the far off city of adelanto California (right off the 395 hyw)and on a clear day,you can see the parts of it.👍👍👍👍👍

  • @chrisleggett685
    @chrisleggett685 Жыл бұрын

    That stretch of 66 from Ludlow to Amboy is now closed with no open date. You have to come in kelbaker Rd now

  • @johnmcgowanireland695
    @johnmcgowanireland6957 ай бұрын

    First time viewer, thanks for the excursion.

  • @tubehound8
    @tubehound85 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @matthewbutlerfam3960
    @matthewbutlerfam39605 жыл бұрын

    Wow! That was beautiful, but did you know you can luck out and find precious jewels or stones in an environment just like that.. Great video keep up the adventures 🌄

  • @stevemccart9109
    @stevemccart91095 жыл бұрын

    Kind of cool seeing all the places I grew up with through fresh eyes. And hopefully you tube viewers will start checking them out to (if they can get up and away from the computer and walk).so keep doing what your doing.

  • @bookgroup9937
    @bookgroup99375 жыл бұрын

    👌🏽nice !

  • @tonymac4044
    @tonymac40445 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video guys,,, I never knew this was out there. Nice drone shots Hi to Ollie ,,, You started out on a cloudy day and ended on a sunny day. ????

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    5 жыл бұрын

    The clouds were certainly fickle that day! We certainly appreciated not having a glaring sun the first half of the morning. :)

  • @southernstingray2743
    @southernstingray27435 жыл бұрын

    Choice vid cheers,my sister just came back from Iceland ,brought me some volcanic rocks back ,just like the ones here!

  • @SSGTru
    @SSGTru5 жыл бұрын

    "Yep... you can also see nothing..." (5:24) So, when you were saying this, to the south and southwest is actually the Marine Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms; so now can say you saw the base affectionately known to Marines as 29 Stumps... :)

  • @violetzank1218
    @violetzank12185 жыл бұрын

    You guys are my favourite channel on KZread

  • @maxiepattie85
    @maxiepattie854 жыл бұрын

    what *MAD LOVE!* looks like

  • @motocrossjesus8282
    @motocrossjesus82824 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Channel I'll definitely keep watching

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @philt4346
    @philt43465 жыл бұрын

    Here are the trips I'd take if I lived in the USA, so thanks for the legwork showing me the nuggets I'm missing, subbed.

  • @t-money10
    @t-money105 жыл бұрын

    Got the notification, never clicked so fast!!!!

  • @john-paulnagel2732
    @john-paulnagel27324 жыл бұрын

    Painted Cave in Santa Barbara Also Their are Hard Hiking Trails That are Awesome 😎 You guys are Doing Great!!!

  • @blitztim6416
    @blitztim64165 жыл бұрын

    I did that hike several years ago. I went to Mitchell Caverns after that. Hope you have a video coming up about the caverns since you were in the area.

  • @miguelbasa3010
    @miguelbasa30105 жыл бұрын

    I hope you guys get a lot of subscribers I really like your videos guys highly recommend

  • @bradgraff551
    @bradgraff5515 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are getting better and better. Watch the latest ones at lunch time. You guys ever branch up to the PNW Id love to help with some boating and lost waterway videos!

  • @arrjay2410
    @arrjay24105 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos, even though I'm in Toronto. Love your on screen chemistry (though I'm sure it's not always that good). I'm curious about the hard case pack: how easy was it to carry on the hike?

  • @TacoBell5DollarBox
    @TacoBell5DollarBox3 жыл бұрын

    lol you guys went the wrong ass way. I almost did the same thing. "Trail" starts right hand side of parking lot

  • @redmesa2975
    @redmesa29753 жыл бұрын

    I was curious where the lava rock in that area originated. I was trucking through there this summer, and noticed it on I-40. Interestingly, if you follow a general line from that point, to Albuquerque, then north of Santa Fe, volcanic activity is evident all along that corridor.

  • @wisconsindeathtrip
    @wisconsindeathtrip5 жыл бұрын

    We were there in July and it was approximately 153 degrees.

  • @peterrodriguez172
    @peterrodriguez1723 жыл бұрын

    There is a clear path all the way through, it starts on the right side of the parking lot close to the rest rooms.

  • @dugroz
    @dugroz5 жыл бұрын

    The drone sure adds a lot! Is that what was inside the hard-case thing Bethany was carrying on her back?

  • @OddityOdysseys

    @OddityOdysseys

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep! It's surprisingly light to carry and definitely adds much-needed protection for the drone. :)