Totally the Bob Ross of Geology. Glad your channel is doing so well. Teaching people to be interested in and wonder about the world around them is so important.

@Vicus_of_Utrecht

Жыл бұрын

🤔 lol

@herbf2700

Жыл бұрын

Yes I notice he did draw a happy little tree in the diagram.

@rebanelson607

Жыл бұрын

A very apt comparison!

@SB-qm5wg

Жыл бұрын

spot on 😆

@mackroyoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

​ 6:12 6:12 6:12 6:12 6:12

I am a 72 year old Canadian and I have watched your fascinating programs with great interest. As an artist, I began watching to find landscapes to inspire my paintings…but I soon forgot about that as I was drawn into the fascination of geologic time. You not only describe the scientific side , but you are able, like any good teacher, to place it into layman’s terms so well that your vast knowledge is so understandable. When I grow up, I want to be a geologist! 😂 Thank you !

I wish I had a teacher as lucid and personable when I was young . Brilliant !

@paulc80

5 ай бұрын

I would have been a Geologist except for that dang math and we didn’t even have calculators! We had pencils.🤨 I really enjoy these videos though!

I never cared about geology until finding your videos. But now I look at the world completely differently, especially around my local area. Rocks are no longer just rocks, they're now a chapter in a bigger story that I enjoy unravelling. Thank you Myron.

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear!

@no36963

11 ай бұрын

It's a story, opinion, educated guess. Based on lots of observations and physical/chemical characteristics. The extrusion of fluids saturated with dissolved and suspended solids caused by tectonic compression is a plausible explanation. After thinking along with you, and a nice logical process it was, I consider the possibility of a fulgaritic contribution being worth a look. The positive and negative poles in a field of currents might fit the data. Any square or hexagonal shaped columns, towers, or pits might indicate an electrical component in causation. Light interior, dark exterior towers. Dark interior, light exterior pits. The possibility of electrochemical charge separation of iron ions at oppositely charged poles in liquified sands has been demonstrated. Water will penetrate, pierce, or fracture rock in an intense electromagnetic field. Water will bridge through air from lower to higher intensity fields

@Baul_Punyan

11 ай бұрын

​@@myroncookare you familiar with pivot rock in Eureka Springs Arkansas? The formations in this area are fascinating and would love your take on what happened in the area to cause them.

@harrywalker968

9 ай бұрын

@@myroncook 24:00..id say. there formed from water. thousands of yrs ago. last oice age maybe. whirlpools. the standing rock, is volcanic, or remnants of such event... you,v seen the eye of god, atlantis,, same effect.. ausie.. heres a shocker,,dinosaurs did not gie out 65 mill yrs ago.. knights in europe, were sent out to slay ''drsgons'', raiding villages for food.. time scales are wrong. the big bang never happened. its a convenient answer..

@Tugela60

7 ай бұрын

No. They are still just rocks.

When I saw TrekPlanner visit that first feature I couldn't get it out of my head, thank you for finally explaining it!

@viktorstone7043

8 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment! First saw this feature on his shorts, so im glad to finally get the real answer to this puzzle

Myron Cook; willing to almost get permanently stuck in a stream bank to teach us geology!

@intractablemaskvpmGy

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, recently a guy drowned in Alaska while in up to the waist in mud when the tide came in. Tragic. I remember losing several boots to the mud as a kid and it gave me great respect for river banks and ponds.

@thelostone6981

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@intractablemaskvpmGy That is sad and unfortunate. I was just trying to a joke, but thanks for reminding us that real shit happens and that WE MAY DIE AT ANYTIME!!!!

This was a great video for perpetual learners! Thank you so much for the time and the analysis.

@James-oc7gp

11 ай бұрын

So that is what we are, perpetual learners like that

@peggieincolfaxca3818

2 ай бұрын

Perpetual learners! I like that !

Here in southern Québec we can't have things like that unfortunately. The ice, which was about 2.5 km thick where I currently live just a few 10 thousands of years ago, have erased pretty much everything and the rocks are a melange of many different rocks almost everywhere in the form of glacial deposits and moraines. Utah is such a wonderful place! I'm glad I do have the chance of virtually hiking with you in Utah with your amazing expertise.

@rodchallis8031

Жыл бұрын

I'm in SW Ontario, also repeatedly glaciated, and even more "geologically boring" than Southern Quebec. Although, given the nature of events that make a place geologically exciting, I think I'd be careful what one wished for in that respect. More importantly, the glaciers provide both of us with an opportunity when it comes to rock identification. Repeated cycles of glaciation have strewn our fields with rocks from all over the Canadian Shield. Think of it as an expedition to the Shield without the blackflies.

@john-ic5pz

11 ай бұрын

neat. I grew up just north of the moraine line in western PA. such interesting terrain. 💜👋

@pmboston

2 ай бұрын

I live in Boston Massachusetts. Thanks for all the rocks.

Well done! I thoroughly enjoy your method of deductive reasoning.Your interpretations help me to further appreciate the natural world.

Very strange features and very interesting to hear the thought process involved with understanding what happened here. Thanks Myron, always great videos!

I'd have never come up with this interpretation on my own in a million years. Thanks for activating parts of my brain that have been hibernating. I've been seeing rocks as squiggly lines for too long.

@debbiesimmons4593

Жыл бұрын

Those were my thoughts too. I don't care how many clues we were given.

This channel is one of my favorites on KZread. You’re a great teacher and your passion is contagious. I’ve learned a lot watching your videos. Keep up the great work and thank you, Myron.

I'm enjoying your information, Myron. I never took any Earth Science courses while in university and I'm thinking it would have been a lot of fun to take your courses. Thank you.

Many must have said it before but, you truly are the Bob Ross of Geology ! There's even the little tree 😀 This was absolutely fascinating, I live on the other side of the world but it felt like being there in Utah, beautiful place btw, with you exploring the land. Also, thank you for showing measurement in the metric system too, it helps a lot in understanding the scale of this geologic process. 👍👍👍

As soon as you mentioned liquefaction, I remembered watching videos from the 2011 Japan earthquake where this occurred. It was so weird to see this happening as it was for the people behind the camera who had no idea what could be causing it.

@debbiesimmons4593

Жыл бұрын

Oh! Me too!

As someone who lives in a country with no deserts and mountains, these endless vistas with mountains in the distance are breathtaking.

Quick sand is also held together with salt. If the salt is washed out, the quick sand collapses and turns into liquid. This often causes huge landslides. Yes, I enjoyed the whole video! 👍

I don't know of anyone who has investigated this interesting phenomena of the rock formations Myron. Thanks for doing your very best at explaining it and with so much gusto too. Appreciate the fine video work in the making of this video.

Your channel found me at the perfect time! I need a couple days of bedrest, but now I kinda congratulate my busted knee. Thank you so much for not filling your videos with a sensory overload! Your vids are very well suited to my Audhd mind. Cheers from 🇸🇪!

This one was absolutely mind blowing!!! I was certain that first one was man-made! You are a great geologist, thank uou so much for helping us understand such complex geology. Keep up the great videos! 😎😁

Another fascinating video. Thank you for spending so much time making these.

What you describe in the video sounds alot like sand blows... The Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. They created sand blows in the Mississippi river valley. And the negative depression in the ground some of them leave behind looks very similar. Wonderful! Now we know what they might look like thousands of years later! Foods for thoughts!

These are the sand blows I saw in a film about earthquakes. Thank you for the excellent explanation. Your giving a lot to watch for and I greatly appreciate it.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching that! You are a great teacher and I appreciate how you lead us to think of different possibilities or scenarios, but ultimately explain what you you've learned and what you know. I kept hypothesizing and guessing all the way through! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise & knowledge.

@myroncook

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Very interesting! I have an old sand volcano remnant fairly close to me at the very south eastern part of Sweden by the Baltic sea. It sits right at the waters edge and when it's filled with sea water you can use it as a bath tub!

So interesting! Thank you so much for taking us along with you as you go exploring. I love the way you work through the possibilities and come up with the answer.

I'm 84 and have spend much of my life exploring the World around us and especially the Great Four-Corner area. Every time I returned Home I promised myself that I had to take a Geology course!! Of course that never really happened, to any degree, so the next trip out exploring would produce the same result!. Thanks for giving me an easier way to get some basic understanding of how great Nature is!

I also found some weird rocks, not as massive as what you show here, but as mysterious. I went to Landers, CA last month and found some very weird volcanic rocks. I had uploaded the video, two kinds of rocks are shown in it. First rocks had weird protrusions (nubs?) like the ones found in so called megalithic walls of Inca and Egypt. Second rock type, definitely volcanic, had a string of harder rocks arranged in linear fashion. Have you seen this kind of rock formation? What are they called? Please take a look, I thought they were andesites, but I could be wrong. Thanks,

@toughenupfluffy7294

Жыл бұрын

Those features in your video are concretions, probably iron or magnesium. Metal-rich groundwater leaves behind precipitates of these metals that are more durable than the surrounding rock. Some scientists think the reactions are partially mediated by microbes. The linear features are likely calcitic veins, where calcium-rich groundwater circulates through fractures in the rock, once again leaving behind calcite precipitates. If you had hydrochloric acid, you could've tested it, as calcite will effervesce in weak hydrochloric acid (~5-10%). Early in your video you pan over to a boulder with what looks like dendrites on it. Those are magnesium-rich concretions that have a branching pattern. I don't know how they are formed, but I think it has something to do with the fact that magnetites are magnetic and electrical effects on very small scales lead to the dendritic (branching) pattern-but that's a total guess on my part. Cool video!

@sbkarajan

Жыл бұрын

@@toughenupfluffy7294 Thanks! I looked up concretions, I guess that's what they are, for the second portion of rocks with linear/cross strings... I wish I had brought some home, really weird rocks, as it's not in any national/state protected area, but then others won't be able to see them, so I think I did well. :) First portion, I am not sure all of them are dendrites, 1:43 the "nub" seems to be of uniform composition as the rest of the rock... But thank you! I learned a lot from your very informative comment, I'm still learning more!!!!

Wow! That was some very interesting geology. What a great demonstration of critical thinking and the application of geologic science to explain natural features of the earth. This is why I really enjoy learning about geology!

Funny thing, just yesterday I rewatched a great documentary made by the channel "Deep Dive," about the 1811 earthquake that struck New Madrid, MO (link:kzread.info/dash/bejne/faJmrah8aMa-Xco.html). Similar liquifaction events were also recorded during that tragic, tragic event, and even as someone with little experience in geology, my brain still went haywire as I connected the dots while watching your video. (Also, very cool to see what these intrusions look like after millions of years of erosion) Immensely entertaining and educational video as always, Mr. Cook. Professionals like you who communicate and educate with passion is the very thing that makes KZread such a great place.

@rebanelson607

Жыл бұрын

The New Madrid vid is EXCELLENT - I've watched it twice!

@beastshawnee

5 ай бұрын

I just put these two together as well! Look at my comment!

In 1983 “Sand Blows” or artesian fountains erupted after the 6.9 earthquake in the Lost River Range at Borah Peak in central Idaho. These can be seen today near Chilly Buttes of Thousand Springs Valley. Given time, geologically speaking, it’s easy to imagine the features you were exploring. Well done Thank you

I was 100% wrong in how I thought they formed! I imagined a muddy area, with swirling currents carving out circular depressions, like the features we sunned and soaked in along the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania, eventually silting up and forming hard walls and plugs. So cool that these features formed in a moment. Thank you for your fascinating and relaxing videos.

Hi Myron. When I camped at Kodachrome Basin State Park, I saw many tall rock tubes sticking up vertically. Looking at the matrix, it was bleached sand and very small rounded gravel. I found the tall tubes rather mysterious, but it appears that something very similar to what you described happened there too (sand 'volcanoes' due to liquidification caused by earthquake). Not too sure what formation(s) (are) is involved was, but the overlying formation was eroded away exposing the tubes. From its location, I'm assuming the eroded layer was Tropic Shale and the tubes are from underlying Dakota Sand Stone. Bad guess?

@primarytrainer1

Жыл бұрын

The sand pipes in Kodachrome are supposed to be remnants of ancient geysers, aren't they?

@oldgeezerproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@primarytrainer1 I saw no evidence of carbonates (like tavertine) anywhere to indicate hot springs. The material in the pipes, as mentioned, was quartz and feldspar sand and gravel sized particles with no carbonate grains. I could be wrong (of course), but I don't think they were due to hot spring activity.

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

see my comment above

@oldgeezerproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@myroncook Thanks Myron. By the way, I don't know if you've ever camped there, but I found Kodachrome Basin one of the most beautiful places to camp in especially if you get there via the Coxcomb or Bryce.

you bring infectious enthusiasm to your subject. I feel like I could get into geology watching this.

This was an exciting, thoughtful, enlightening explanation of my home. I'm in Asheville, NC, and get to see many examples nearby of the upheaving and folding you describe. Now I understand what the topo map of Western NC and Eastern TN clearly shows: these folding patterns, riven by rivers doing their job of filling in the valleys.

Myron, walking the dog this morning I saw a scale model of sedimentary rock production. A pile of sand was washed down into the ditch. You could see the silt the radicals being carried along and dropped were the velocity no longer able to move them. It splayed out in a semi circle . I was able to see this cause of your teaching and influence. For that I am most appreciative. It looks as if a puddle formed then when it finally bust through the sand it gushed into the ditch in a miniature torrent. I'm guessing cause it rained at three in the morning.

@myroncook

11 ай бұрын

Neat!

Another fantastic and well done presentation. Really enjoy your articulate but modest way of enlightening me! Thank you, sir!!

What a great video. There's nothing more satisfying that finding a mysterious lump in a desert taunting you with "Come on then, brainbox. What am I?" all tied in with a terrific hike (mind you - on "slow" sand. That's tough going). Coincidence note: The randomly-selected, self-refreshing image I get when I switch on my laptop showed cottonwood tree in a hole in the Grand Staircase desert this morning.

This is fast becoming one of my favorite channels. Y'all got a patreon?

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Maybe in the future....thank you!

This area also has cold water (CO2) geysers in some locations. Chaffin Ranch, a.k.a. Champagne, geyser is my favorite. You’ll find it right near where the San Rafael river crosses the lower San Rafael road’s path. I stumbled upon that one by pure accident while riding a motorcycle in the area and have been returning to it many times now. Fascinating geological process that facilitates this.

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

neat!

Thank you, sir! I always greatly respect the scientific method. I was a professional investigator for many decades. Great stuff here! I hope to see more of your scientific work. All the best!

I saw the first feature on The Trek Planner a few months ago. He was speculating on how these were made. I’m glad to see that you visited this site and found a solution.

as an A level geography student, it really is inspiring to see your enthusiasm and observations

Ha! Totally called it-any time you see cylindrical bodies of sand with reduction/bleaching of the iron in the grains, it screams fluid escape structure. But these are definitely the biggest clastic dikes/sand boils I’ve ever seen…truly massive, even if you take away all the extra concretion around them. One has to imagine these originated from earthquakes related to subduction under the native/continental Jurassic arc that went through the southwest down to Mexico and/or the Nevadan orogeny. I also wanted to say I loved how you brought up the indigenous tower rooms, both in terms of recognition of their cultural achievements but also because so many people wrongly attribute geological features to man-made structures, especially among the conspiracy-minded, and it’s important to show people how to resist that tendency to jump to such conclusions. PS: Myron, given that you live in WY, when I first saw some of the way these things eroded, into low-lying meter-scale circular rings, it reminded me of a set of really interesting features in your state that I think would make for a really terrific video in the same vein. Have you ever seen or heard of the meter-scale (32m mean diameter) secondary impact structures found at the bottom of the Permo-Pennsylvanian (280 Ma) Caspar formation, that pockmark almost the entire northeastern surface of the Sheep Mountain Anticline, just SW of Douglas? Truly astounding preservation, the perfect horizon just happens to have been uplifted and exposed at the surface today, complete with impact breccias and planar deformation features in quartz. These are secondary impacts, impacts from pieces of debris from a larger meteorite impact somewhere relatively nearby (as yet undiscovered). You can actually observe them on Google Earth, for example, at 42.652009°N 105.449561°W and 42.647850°N 105.449133°W. Also there are some located near Mule Creek, for example at 42.190475°N 105.820359°W, about 19km WNW of Garrett. Check out Thomas Kenkmann et al. (2022) in GSA Bulletin vol. 134 no. 9/10, as well as Kenkmann et al. (2018) in Scientific Reports vol. 8, no. 13246 for several better images and deep discussion. I would *love* to get a glimpse of these things on the ground, and with your cinematographic chops and drone capability, I can imagine the images would be astounding. One of the things I like most about your videos/channel is that you always find incredibly unique sites that are well off the beaten path both in terms of geography, and also in terms of geology. The outcrops you cover are always unique geological mysteries that lend themselves very well to a certain pedagogy about how field geology is conducted, and it’s great. I think the Sheep Mountain Anticline site (they call it the “Douglas Strewnfield”) also fits your criteria of geologically unique and off the beaten path, and lends itself very well to a “mystery” type of narrative journey. Like sand boils/sand volcanoes/clastic dikes, many do not know that secondary impact structures are possible, let alone that 280 million-year-old such structures buried millions of years ago can be preserved, after being uplifted during the Laramide orogeny and denuded exactly to the point where they are cropping out at the surface today. Just wanted to throw that your way, because I think it would make for a super interesting video! Awesome work as always. 👏

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear your feedback Avana! Thank you for giving me a new idea to explore in Wyoming. I haven't heard of these and will definitely look into them...Thanks

@garrymiller2769

Жыл бұрын

Avana...God help us when the "conspiracy minded" folk are no longer allowed to think critically and help extend scientific discovery in a manner that has so often happened throughout history.

@headlessspaceman5681

Жыл бұрын

@@garrymiller2769 "Conspiracy-minded": lack of critical thinking::rain: wet

@CandyGirl44

11 ай бұрын

​​@@garrymiller2769onspiracy minded = the very opposite of critical thinking🤣🤣🤣

@ValeriePallaoro

5 ай бұрын

It'd be ok if they did 'think critically' as the presenter is continually asking people to do, but that's not what happens. They look; jump to conclusions and then you have to fight them for it. And, that doesn't 'extend scientific discovery' in any way, shape, or form @@garrymiller2769 You're just being rude to someone who's made a point. May your god, indeed, help you.

That was the best and most enjoyable video you made yet. I'm in my 80's and have traveled the Western U S extensively but never came across anything like these features. Thank you for sharing your geological adventures with us.

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Veronica

I’m not sure how I just found this video but it’s okay. I like how you explain things so us “non-geologists” can understand what you’re talking about! Thanks 😊 I’m definitely gonna watch more of your vids!!

@myroncook

30 минут бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Pattern recognition is probably the greatest human development In my humble opinion, love your channel.

Amazing, Myron! Thank you. As a fellow Wyoming geologist, I'm so thrilled you are putting out these videos. This one in particular is delightful because of how you walk us through the scientific method. Thank you so very much for all you do. We'll be sharing this with our children. 🙂 By the way, I've seen miniature version of this (a "sand blow" I suppose it would be called) in the Great Divide Basin in Battle Spring Flat. Biggest difference is the scale due to the absence of lithified layers above the liquefaction layer. Anyway....such a neat video. Thank you!

Myron, you are the best! I love your videos! My brother and I were avid rock hounds as kids in Ohio. We always wanted to be geologists or archeologists when we grew up. He has passed but he would have loved your channel as well. 😊

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

You made my day, Teri.

Myron, I enjoyed the way you weaved your thought process into a story that was both interesting and educational. You pulled us into the problem solving, which was a bonus.

I saw a video that hypothesized that these were ancient grain storage, hunting blinds, houses, ect. Thank you very much for the knowledge!!! Makes more sense the way you explained it. It also explains the reports of water shooting into the air when the new Madrid earthquake happened in early American history! Spot On!!

Fantastic as always. Thank you for your thoughtful and easy to follow presentations. A tiny niggle, as a fluent two measurement system Canadian I feel compelled to note that one foot is about 30cm, not 23cm :)

@oldgeezerproductions

Жыл бұрын

And yet another niggle: it's 30.48 CM to the foot, but who's counting?

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

hmmm.... a mistype on my part

@graeme9114

Жыл бұрын

@@myroncook I can barely type a sentence without screwing something up. I appreciate the amount of time you put into these. Thanks for all you do :)

Great lesson. Loved the way you demonstrated the scientific method for examining the evidence available.

Mr. Cook does a great job of explaining geologic processes that shape our planet. Since geology and meteorology are not taught in American high schools most of our students graduate without an understanding of basic earth science principles. Videos like these fill in the information gap. When I saw these round features I was reminded of the sandstone dikes in the badlands of South Dakota, though the bad land dikes are linear features they probably have a similar origin.

@myroncook

9 ай бұрын

Your right!

Will the untouched Sand Blows (volcanoes) in the southern Mississippi Valley from the New Madrid earthquake in 1811 and 1812 turn into those features millions of years from now?

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

That is possible

Karst is possible in sandstone , especially when the cementing mineral is calcite . I have seen quite a number of features in sandstone that are almost without a doubt formed at least in part by dissolution . I have also seen solution process in shale . I am also familiar with sand blows / volcanoes . These are very common features in the New Madrid region and other active seismic zones . Very good video .

@robertschrum5496

Жыл бұрын

Plz explain, what is soln process in Shale? Thx

Your videos are so beautifully presented. Thank you.

Love the breccia formation at 38:42. The photographer composed the shot perfectly.

Very cool video and I compliment your editor as well! So, the whole process of liquefaction and sand volcanoes is actually pretty easy to understand and I've messed around at the beach doing almost exactly what you did, playing in the mud. Is this easy to recreate in a lab with an aquarium perhaps? I'm curious to understand how the water gets trapped like that such that it escapes so quickly! I realize of course that in geologic terms of time, it's a subtle process and so I can kind of envision it happening. But then I think too, that water is also constantly trying to escape during the process and thus the scenario could never occur in the first place. I think it would be fascinating to demonstrate in a lab, how this might be recreated. I'm not a teacher or anything, but I'm sure a demonstration of the process would enlighten students when they see how complex processes work!

@bluerendar2194

6 ай бұрын

A real-world active/recently-active close example I found with a quick search is the New Madrid sand blows/boils. This is a much smaller-scale system, with the wet sand being only a few meters below clay. Interestingly, with the cap layer being relatively shallow, some of the sand blows/boils occur during floods, not earthquakes. With it being smaller-scale, there's pictures of full cross-sections etc of some of the boils, and they qualitatively show many of the same features as described in the video. An example I found for the existence of much deeper water layers is the Sidoarjo mud flow. Many details of the circumstances are different, like volcanic activity playing a part there. Still, waterlogged limestone about 1000 m below the ground suddenly erupted in 2006, causing a mud volcano that is still active today and projected to last a few decades more. This one was triggered by oil/gas exploratory drilling weakening the capping layer, but apparently there are similar mud volcanoes nearby that were likely naturally geologically triggered.

Huh. I always wondered how "and on that day all the great springs of the deep burst forth" (Gen. 7:11) might have worked. This goes a long way to explaining that. Very cool. Thank you for the journey into this geological aspect.

During year covid I began watching dam removal projects in the pacific northwest and got introduced to the geology of the region. Following my interest I came across Nick Zentner who introduced me to some massive floods and the impact they had on some parts of your vast country. I'm still following that seam of interest and have been totally fascinated by Myron's detective work. The elegance and beauty that lays all around us astounds me.I'm always happy now to find out more about geology as it makes my walks so much more entertaining as I wonder what beauties lay under the ground I walk. Thank you for this great little story. L/s

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Myron: I just discovered your wondereful channel a few days ago and have watched almost all of the videos you have made. As a professional physicist in Mexico, my knowledge of geology is pretty basic. However, coming from a place where cretacic rocks are everywhere ( The Tehuacan Cuicatlan biosphere reserve) I have always had a fascination with rocks. Coming to your channel and learning so much and being awed by your beautiful wyomming hikes feels like coming home to me. I look forward to keep enjoying many more. The video on the huge salt structures at the gulf of Mexico and the largest landslide ever in Wyomming have been the most amazing videos I have seen ever. Looking forward to enjoying many more videos from you. P.S. Loved when you presented your fantastic jeep loving crew. Muchas gracias!

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Antonio

The formations created by intense plasma and electro-magnetic 'storms' on the Earths surface are amazing, and native legends from around the world support the rapid, violent changes that occurred perhaps at the time of the Younger Dryas event and not by millions of years of wind and weather erosion and sculpting. Keep up the explorations Myron, your videos are appreciated by those of us who see things a little differently from academia.

I really enjoy your videos. I have always been fascinated by rock formations but never had chance to study geology. It's like your episodes are tailor made for me:)

During the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12 there were reports of these sand explosions as you describe! Thank you for taking us on this journey of discovery!

Hope you don't get upset if I disagree. It would seem your sand spouts would have the same material all the way through, & thus; when eroding; there would be a solid cone; not a hollow, circular one with differnt materials, that have inner laticed structures. The Mud Pots seam to be a better fit. I.M.O. Thanks, more Geo-power-to-ya!

@janicamp

Жыл бұрын

Love the respectful comment!

As a Metallurgical engineer, I really appreciate your observations and analysis of our natural geological wonders.

Who else just came here from Wirtual's stream?

@ika32

29 күн бұрын

me

Thank you so much for this lesson on sand volcanoes. New to me entirely. Makes perfect sense as explained.

Thank you for creating this and educating us on the mystery and your hypothesis! I appreciate you, Myron!

My first thought was the features reminded me of making mud volcanoes for a science fair. I did think that some heat still had to be involved though, like your comparison to cooking oatmeal, but I wasn't too far off. I really appreciate your approach to teaching geology. Instead of just telling us this is the way it is, you encourage us to examine and apply our personal experience. This is not only more effective for learning the specific topic but it is very beneficial to learning in general and especially for me personally. I had a brain injury that causes me to have problems with my memory. It's like being in a constant state of doubt of what I know and I get frustrated because I feel like I should know. I am sure everyone has experienced forgetting a word and said "it's right on the tip of my tongue". It's that way for me constantly and it causes me to have a lot of negative self talk. I do not feel that way when learning from you. There's no negative pressure when I am in your class. I am truly, truly grateful.

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this, Sandi. You made my day!

Brilliant, Doctor! I notice on my hikes in the foothills of Pikes Peak that very many stones and boulders are carvings of the landscape in which they dwell. Of course the terrain will have changed since they were carved.

Excellent again. Thanks Myron

I'm glad you came around to explaining the fact of convergence with the vibrations settings and the washing process that Tallow flow without destruction until a certain point it's important to everyone who knows how many people don't know about this unique world

I appreciate how you do much more than just tell us what we are looking at, you gradually reveal it. You lead us to the correct answer slowly, encouraging us to reason on the evidence. We learn and retain new information better that way. School would have been more enjoyable if my teachers had taught that way. Thanks Myron!

Very, very interesting ! You explained this very well. I was in that area last year and had no idea these were there. A great reason to go back. Thank you again for a superb video !

That riddle must have been a real bugger to solve! Fascinating! 🤗

Thanks yet again Myron! Your videography is great. This is a special part of the country to me as I have traveled this area extensively and never tire of it's beauty. Seeing the San Rafael reef in the background at the beginning of your presentation was a treat.

@myroncook

Жыл бұрын

awesome region to explore

Such an enjoyable adventure as always with Myron. Thank you!

You are the Mr. Rogers of Geology. 🙂. I mean that in a good way. Your calm but engaging delivery makes it easy to learn. Thank you!

@myroncook

5 ай бұрын

So nice of you

love your teachings.thanks Myron keep them coming

This is the most fascinating geological process I'd never heard of!

That was just a great video Myron! It was also fun to see if you were going to get out of that mudhole without pulling your foot out of your boot. 😊

I love science youtube, and I have found many great, well-known and lesser known channels. In my opinion, you are one of the greatest presenters on the platform. That, combined with the fact that you are a true expert, are a wonderful combination. I recently found your channel, and I absolutely love it!

That was amazing detective work. Could not stop watching and trying to figure it out. All my guesses ... were wrong ! Thank you Myron Cook 👍🏼

I'm not a geologist, but if you had been my teacher or professor, I would have become a geologist. You have the most unique and engaging teaching style. Thanks for for the fascinating videos about a subject that I never thought I would be interested in. (ツ)

Hi Myron. I want you to know that when I tell my wife I have a video by you to watch tonight I always get "Oh boy, it's Myron. Great, let's see what he has for us today". Really. Also, she gets really worried about you when you go climbing on those scree filled cliffs. And today she wa worried you might not be able to get out of the hole by the creek you made, jiggling around. But, you're ok, so, good. You, and your fascinating, warmly and approachably presented material are a joy for us to watch.

@myroncook

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I enjoyed this video a lot. I was on the edge of my seat practically! I love your science and your narrative.

Totally awesome Myron, thanks.

I understand very little about geology but your videos make me feel like going into an adventure of discovery. Thanks for taking us with you.

Fantastic journey of discovery. Thank you!

Myron, I love how you go through the thought process. Putting forth theories until you get to the most likely reminds us to think. Handing us facts like they are set in stone (pun intended) doesn't give a sense of science works.

I dug around and found a couple of these spots... That Sand Road curve was the first giveaway. Beautiful area -- thanks for showing us and explaining some of the geology. 38°46'12.4"N 110°17'38.8"W 38°46'02.2"N 110°15'20.0"W

At 21:50 .. What an incredible shot! All those layers of rock in the background with the formations and holes with tree in the foreground, must have been breath taking to be there in person. Love your story telling, thanks for bringing us on another great journey!

@myroncook

Ай бұрын

thanks!

Always a wonderful adventure! Thanks so much!

I’m delighted by your enthusiasm; it is infectious. Thank you.

What an incredibly likeable guy! Fascinating voice and super charisma!

Once again I loved the lessons, scenery and even the roving green Jeep! Thank you!

Another excellent presentation & investigation. Thanx Myron !!!!!!!!!!!!

Although not man made - one has to wonder if early inhabitants of the area didn't initially use these formations as shelter - ultimately inspiring them to "build their own" in the surrounding cliffs and plateaus as their populations grew?