Santorini - The Thera Cataclysm

The video illustrates the geological formation of Santorini, the most important volcanic archipelago in Europe. Scenery animations (created with Bryce and ParticleIllusion), annimated paleogeographic maps and on site video recordings (Spring 2011) are combined.
(I have published a new video on KZread "Akrotiri - the Frescoes and the Cataclysm", which primarily presents recent scientific findings of the last 10 years on Minoan-Cycladic culture and the Thera cataclysm.)
The South Aegean Volcanic Arc (Video Series)
1.) Santorini - the Thera Cataclysm
Akrotiri - the Frescoes and the Cataclysm
2.) Volcanic Island Nisyros - Plate Tectonics and Geology
3.) Milos - Obsidian Island (coming soon)
4.) Methana and Aegina (coming)
Chapters:
00:00 Geological Formation of the Santorini Archipelago
09:30 The Interior of the Minoan Ring Island
14:15 The Cataclysm
23:35 The Volcanic Developments after the Cataclysm

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  • @the_mystery_of_stonehenge
    @the_mystery_of_stonehenge2 жыл бұрын

    Finally. A documentary that speaks intelligently about the governing dynamics of the volcanic event that ended BOTH the Minoans and the extraordinary Stonehenge civilizations. At 10.33 the main eruption is described. It is now understood that at those same moments the island of Crete, 88 miles away, was rapidly sinking.

  • @cranebird2257
    @cranebird2257Ай бұрын

    Such an interesting and beautiful graphics display. Really great. Thx so much.

  • @woodrackes
    @woodrackes5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. Hats off for trying to do it in a foreign language-English. Kudos for bravery.

  • @maitaimik

    @maitaimik

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@katerinapatiniotis5598 You do seem adamant about the validity of the theory in this presentation. Do you have any evidence or links to evidence which you could present to support your possibly justified claim ?

  • @Vexarax
    @Vexarax3 жыл бұрын

    23:15 the tsunamis are estimated to be between 35-150m (115-492ft) high when taking into account the size of the Krakatoa tsunamis and the fact that the Thera eruption was so much more powerful than Krakatoa!! Sea life deposits were found in a layer far inland on Crete suggesting the waves had a devastating effects wiping out/destroying coastal settlements (passing right through them pretty much). Really enjoying this video thank you, sad to be almost finished :c

  • @h.calvert3165

    @h.calvert3165

    Жыл бұрын

    I did a paper on this in university. Makes Krakatoa look like a hiccough! 🌋

  • @scrmepal
    @scrmepal5 жыл бұрын

    I was there on that volcanic island a few days ago..........some truly fantastic views of Santorini

  • @oscarrodighiero1796
    @oscarrodighiero17963 жыл бұрын

    Today I learned a lot, congratulations to the narrator, the orchestra and whoever composed the music. Great scientific contribution from those who wrote and illustrated the volcanic situation "from a bird's eye view". Thank you all. Oscar Rodighiero

  • @johnheigis83
    @johnheigis833 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly outstanding! Very well done! Astounding!... Thank you!

  • @johnsongibbs6567
    @johnsongibbs6567 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you. This is a wonderful illustration.

  • @billhardy7870
    @billhardy78703 жыл бұрын

    Very informative. I've always been interested in the history of this Island. Thank you!

  • @cillaconway2210
    @cillaconway221010 күн бұрын

    An excellent program - thanks.

  • @sitnspin1819
    @sitnspin18194 жыл бұрын

    Very informative! Excellent documentary ♥

  • @FloozieOne
    @FloozieOne7 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. It helps to have the various land masses laid out in a manner that shows their relationships both in the past and the present. I expect that most people, myself included, assumed there was only the one major eruption that did all the damage, (along with its concurrent tsunami). To find out that there were several that reshaped the island over and over again while maintaining the ring-shape is very interesting and has given me a new perspective on this bit of geologic history.

  • @_____J______

    @_____J______

    5 жыл бұрын

    Holes in Earth's crust which leads magma to escape to Earth's surface won't close so if even volcano is sleeping for ages or millenniums it tell's nothing about it's status. It can erupt anytime later

  • @sherylcrowe3255
    @sherylcrowe32552 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! Thank you

  • @RozitaVideo
    @RozitaVideo2 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this. I have seen documentaries about Thera, but without an in-depth discussion about the geology. Love the graphics. Great job.

  • @papanikolaouvassilis
    @papanikolaouvassilis4 жыл бұрын

    Very instructive video!

  • @moonlitcypress
    @moonlitcypress2 жыл бұрын

    This video is very informitive

  • @alexis-michelmugabushaka2297
    @alexis-michelmugabushaka22978 ай бұрын

    Thank you.❤

  • @jamesbehrje4279
    @jamesbehrje42795 жыл бұрын

    very informative despite the cheesy graphics !!! I liked it though!!!

  • @nielskedepielske

    @nielskedepielske

    2 жыл бұрын

    not to mention the fucking heinz kissvelvet narration! but yeah very informative and interesting

  • @marioarchuleta8723

    @marioarchuleta8723

    6 күн бұрын

    Yea cannot use who lives in a glass house who throws the stones . Putas do better an then we will see😮😅😊

  • @peen2804
    @peen28042 жыл бұрын

    Super interesting, thank you (:

  • @boltmyway7641
    @boltmyway76415 жыл бұрын

    Santorini is stirring...

  • @viktorpettersson6899
    @viktorpettersson68994 жыл бұрын

    Well made video

  • @dokfowler627
    @dokfowler6274 жыл бұрын

    I have been there. In 1960, went scuba diving over the center of this "active" volcano

  • @yafai5502

    @yafai5502

    2 жыл бұрын

    How is old you now ?

  • @vice4134

    @vice4134

    Жыл бұрын

    Find any evidence of civilization under the water???

  • @UpintheairFL
    @UpintheairFL Жыл бұрын

    Danke!

  • @bobipapy2404
    @bobipapy24043 жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @pamelajoy6037
    @pamelajoy60373 жыл бұрын

    Thank-you👍🏻

  • @christorres348
    @christorres348 Жыл бұрын

    This supposedly caused the plagues of Egypt 🤯🤯

  • @jeffreyjefferton6945
    @jeffreyjefferton69455 жыл бұрын

    what do you use to make this video ?? which software?

  • @dorianblue979
    @dorianblue9792 жыл бұрын

    I liked your video. I wonder what the aftermath was. For how long did the cloud remain, for all the ash and dust to subtle? Was it able to destroy crops on the wider region? What effects did it have on the climate of the region? Could it cause heavy rain fall?

  • @hthvideography

    @hthvideography

    2 жыл бұрын

    Comparatively little is known about the consequences of the Minoan cataclysm. Friedrich discusses some of these in his book (Friedrich: Fire in the Sea; Cambridge University Press 2000). For example, how badly Crete was affected or whether there was a climate deterioration in China.

  • @lavs9636
    @lavs96365 жыл бұрын

    Intresting

  • @ddpp1420
    @ddpp14203 жыл бұрын

    Sir, you have a real imagination Unbelievable

  • @Casrion
    @Casrion3 жыл бұрын

    sick graphics

  • @Possumn1138
    @Possumn11384 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video and information. Well put. But My curiosity question is this; just how long did the eruption actually last? Is it possible to date this period as well? Or would you use the time of re-population on the new lands the volcano created?

  • @hthvideography

    @hthvideography

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hello Possumn1138, we have no reports or scientific hypotheses about the duration of the Thera cataclysm. However, one can assume that the cataclysm was similar to the eruption of Gunung Tambora (which was probably even larger). The volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer summarizes it (Eruptions that shook the world; 2011): There was a precursor eruption (there was one on Santorini, too) on April 5th 1815, which lasted about 2 to 3 hours, this had a magnitude of 5 on the VEI (same as Vesuvius 79 AD or Mt. St. Helens). The main explosion occurred in the evening of 10 April and lasted 24 hours (VEI magnitude 7). Of these, about 3 hours were accounted for by the first plinian eruption, the rest by further continuous explosions and associated pyroclastic flows that devastated the entire Sanggar Peninsula. Smaller explosions at regular intervals continued until 15 July. Greetings hth

  • @Possumn1138

    @Possumn1138

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hthvideography Thank you for the information, I had no information on this event, if it were hours, days, or even months. I do have a second question; why do some seem to disregard the olive tree carbon dating?

  • @maitaimik

    @maitaimik

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hthvideography An den Tonsprecher; darf ich Sie auffordern sich mit mir in Verbindung zu setzen damit ich Ihnen hinweise geben kann, wie Sie ihre Ausprache auf Englisch deutlich verbessern könnten. Die ausgezeichnete Arbeit in diesem video verliert leider viel durch das gemetzel der Ausprache.

  • @marioarchuleta8723

    @marioarchuleta8723

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@@maitaimikbbooo

  • @maitaimik

    @maitaimik

    6 күн бұрын

    @@marioarchuleta8723 Erduition not your strongest quality ?

  • @serafinanchamaasumu8482
    @serafinanchamaasumu84827 жыл бұрын

    me gstaría verlo en Español, por favor

  • @kamanaeugenio5279
    @kamanaeugenio52793 жыл бұрын

    Fuck that last one was great 👍 “The fire in the Mediterranean is only extinguished temporarily”.

  • @alfonsoruberti7992
    @alfonsoruberti79927 жыл бұрын

    mi piacerebbe ascoltare e vederlo il video sul isola greca di santorini vulcano in italiano per favore

  • @trabajosangelfloresaquino4223
    @trabajosangelfloresaquino42233 жыл бұрын

    oh my oh

  • @vice4134
    @vice4134 Жыл бұрын

    This location is where the circles of Atlantis was held in the middle of the Thera Island.

  • @youngboller7468
    @youngboller74685 жыл бұрын

    best place in the world

  • @patrycjalaura4646

    @patrycjalaura4646

    Жыл бұрын

    What ? 🤣

  • @filmssolagni7753
    @filmssolagni77532 жыл бұрын

    Excuse me please, you can put the subtitles language italian? Thank you!!

  • @mayjort9683
    @mayjort9683 Жыл бұрын

    The Mediterranean sea is a ticking time bomb just like yellow stone

  • @ikmarchini
    @ikmarchini5 жыл бұрын

    Computer-like English delivery with a German accent and pronunciation or inconsistent mispronunciation, ie the same word pronounced different ways. Hmmm? None the less, a geologically fascinating presentation and quite informative. Thanks.

  • @2coryman
    @2coryman3 ай бұрын

    Thera eruptions caused the fast decline of Minoan cultivation

  • @hthvideography

    @hthvideography

    3 ай бұрын

    According to the latest scientific findings, the period between the Thera cataclysm and the end of the Minoan civilisation is around 200 years, i.e. eight generations. A simple causal connection - as often assumed by scientists in the past and still today in esoteric circles - is therefore extremely unlikely. Of course, this does not rule out a complex chain of effects with feedback loops as causes: f.e. destruction of and damage to important harbours, impairment of traditional trade routes, famine, local uprisings, etc... hth

  • @LowryYT
    @LowryYT3 жыл бұрын

    22:08 broungues, hon hon hon

  • @alluvialedaempfer962
    @alluvialedaempfer9624 жыл бұрын

    I ask myself where the 35 dislikes come from. I guess a bit of science and information is too much for some people

  • @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467

    @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, there will ALWAYS be dislikes.... people don't like the narrator's accent, they belong to fringe groups with odd views of history, they are purists who don't like the dramatic introduction... it's no biggie. That said, i heartily agree with you: for many, even a BIT of real science and well-researched information are indeed "too much" to handle.

  • @wernerpohlmann

    @wernerpohlmann

    2 жыл бұрын

    1 dislike from me caused by this German Englisch mixed words

  • @John-qb8vd

    @John-qb8vd

    Ай бұрын

    ⁠@@wernerpohlmannoh so sorry he doesn’t speak perfect English or German or whatever you speak. Wahhhhhhhhh

  • @mrpatriot8279
    @mrpatriot82796 жыл бұрын

    or Yellowstone

  • @nixter888
    @nixter8885 жыл бұрын

    Wrong, Santorini was known as Kallístē =Καλλίστη, "the most beautiful one"), Strongýlē = Στρογγύλη, "the circular one")and Thēra.

  • @hthvideography

    @hthvideography

    5 жыл бұрын

    Santorini (or better Thera) was indeed known as kalliste, but I am reffering here to the pre-Kameni island, which formed after 197 BC. Plinius (Naturalis Historiae 4.70) gives its name as hiera (for a summary of the historical sources see Friedrich "Fire in the sea" Cambridge UP, 2000, p. 184-185)

  • @gerryboudreaultboudreault2608
    @gerryboudreaultboudreault26087 ай бұрын

    Another video on KZread explains well the biblical parting of the Sea of Reeds and the following plagues from the c. 1500 bc eruption. I learned it as the greatest eruption in recorded history, far worse then Krakatoa..

  • @hthvideography

    @hthvideography

    7 ай бұрын

    Sorrry, I have to disagree, because that no longer corresponds to the latest state of research. According to that, the explosive power of the Thera volcano was less than assumed. Only about one third of Aniakchak II, which erupted 30 years earlier (1645 BC). In addition, Egypt was only marginally affected by the volcanic ash cloud. See also my new video "Akrotiri - the Frescoes and the Cataclysm"

  • @jeffreyjefferton6945
    @jeffreyjefferton69455 жыл бұрын

    would love to do a collaboration with you , ill narrate you do the animations and WE CAN BE THE BIGGEST CHANNEL ON KZread!! :)

  • @holdmyhalo6752
    @holdmyhalo67525 жыл бұрын

    Love the content but, this was the best narrator for this???

  • @maitaimik
    @maitaimik2 жыл бұрын

    An den Tonsprecher, darf ich Sie auffordern sich mit mir in verbindung zu setzen damit ich Ihnen hinweise geben kann, wie Sie ihre Ausprache auf Englisch deutlich verbessern könnten. Die ausgezeichnete Arbeit in diesem video verliert leider viel durch das gemetzel der Ausprache.

  • @2msvalkyrie529

    @2msvalkyrie529

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why . ? It's perfectly understandable to me. And majority of viewers . I would rather offer thanks to the producer for actually doing this .!

  • @maitaimik

    @maitaimik

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@2msvalkyrie529 Do I really need to list 20 serious pronunciation mistakes ? Or are you a German native used to the classic Germanic mistakes in English.

  • @paulludwigvolzing2548

    @paulludwigvolzing2548

    8 ай бұрын

    da haben sie aber viel zu tun!!!! im übrigen sollten sie entweder alles klein schreiben oder zumindest versuchen, sich der deutschen standardrechtschreibung zu bedienen!

  • @maitaimik

    @maitaimik

    8 ай бұрын

    Als Ausländer, bediene ich mir gerne Ihres beeseren Wissens, Sie können von mir aus sämtlich Fehler auflisten.@@paulludwigvolzing2548

  • @PhsykoOmen
    @PhsykoOmen3 жыл бұрын

    Minoans real name are the Atlantians

  • @ibrmedia2517

    @ibrmedia2517

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @dorianblue979

    @dorianblue979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Νο.

  • @vice4134

    @vice4134

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree!!! 100% There are evidence to prove that.

  • @vice4134

    @vice4134

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dorianblue979 You are WRONG!!!

  • @dorianblue979

    @dorianblue979

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vice4134 Show us the evidence.

  • @johnheigis83
    @johnheigis833 жыл бұрын

    Please show folks, how fleets of trireme and quadreme crews became demos-kratos. (Nothing to do, but talk, while rowing the boat... Working and living, intermingled? Add later: Queen Elizabeth I, "English Muster Law"! (1574?). [Note: "muster"!]. ... "militia" "musters" (neighborhood incident management). Talking: before, during and after! "Minute... men, women, kids, elders..." Then later: "civil defense" ("We")/ "Civil Defense" ("them")! Note: comprehensive contingencies management ! In a 21st century context ! Easy! Bring it all into use! Again! "demos-kratos", within a republic. This needs your help! Please!

  • @sierrapoyf
    @sierrapoyf4 жыл бұрын

    I am from Santorini that bs this guy says the haf information is wrong

  • @dorothybermudez8904

    @dorothybermudez8904

    Ай бұрын

    So make a video with the correct information. We’ll all be watching for it!

  • @glenncox5695
    @glenncox56954 жыл бұрын

    Can't understand this. The language, the accent, the inflection, the tone, the speech.

  • @2msvalkyrie529

    @2msvalkyrie529

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ridiculous ! It's perfectly understandable to anyone with more than 2 working brain cells !

  • @LindaMerchant-bq2hp

    @LindaMerchant-bq2hp

    6 күн бұрын

    It's greek

  • @katerinapatiniotis5598
    @katerinapatiniotis55983 жыл бұрын

    I can hardly understand you....

  • @langelotsnif9366
    @langelotsnif93666 жыл бұрын

    you haven't find anybody who is able to narrate in proper English??

  • @brendaodowd6314

    @brendaodowd6314

    6 жыл бұрын

    Langelot SNIF The correct way to phrase it is " You haven't found" So don't be a jerk.

  • @marenkuether-ulberg3311

    @marenkuether-ulberg3311

    6 жыл бұрын

    Zx

  • @marenkuether-ulberg3311

    @marenkuether-ulberg3311

    6 жыл бұрын

    Check your tiny language supremacy bs. The narrator is likely Scandinavian. And the information is as correct as the science has worked out now.

  • @jeffreyjefferton6945

    @jeffreyjefferton6945

    5 жыл бұрын

    you haven't "FOUND" anyone who is able to comment in proper English lol

  • @Nyfree83

    @Nyfree83

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fail. English isn’t the only language on this planet. You’re not even great at it.

  • @lloydbaldwin974
    @lloydbaldwin9746 жыл бұрын

    this one happed at same time as the Exodus. I think God set it off to git the Jews out.

  • @pvuccino

    @pvuccino

    6 жыл бұрын

    I highly doubt that he allowed thousands of people to die miles and miles away, just to get his Jews out of Egypt! If he did, I don't think it's worth believing in Him anymore!

  • @jeremyeli6006

    @jeremyeli6006

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think god did it. Maybe it’s Satan

  • @jamesaron1967

    @jamesaron1967

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyeli6006 How about no one did it? Works great for me.

  • @danielskomp9072

    @danielskomp9072

    Ай бұрын

    The eruption was réal, provable. The ZIONIST in Egypt is not!

  • @tesoulx
    @tesoulx3 жыл бұрын

    Why are still people living near volcanoes?!... for God's sake!

  • @rd8370

    @rd8370

    2 жыл бұрын

    They hope it will hold off long enough to be somebody else’s problem.

  • @tesoulx

    @tesoulx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rd8370 yep, you are right: their grandchildren problem

  • @jagdson2701

    @jagdson2701

    Жыл бұрын

    Volcanic rock and ash degrades into highly fertile soil.

  • @paulludwigvolzing2548

    @paulludwigvolzing2548

    8 ай бұрын

    why so many tourists travel in such "dangerous" zones?

  • @John-qb8vd

    @John-qb8vd

    Ай бұрын

    @@paulludwigvolzing2548I suppose they have an interest in visiting different places that interest them. Beats never going further then 25 miles where one lives.

  • @user-rn6js1pe1k
    @user-rn6js1pe1k5 жыл бұрын

    LIE!

  • @nielskedepielske
    @nielskedepielske2 жыл бұрын

    the narrator makes this unwatchable!!!

  • @katerinapatiniotis5598
    @katerinapatiniotis55983 жыл бұрын

    Get your facts right. It's the Aegean sea. Not the Mediterranean sea. The Mediterranean sea is below Greece.

  • @hthvideography

    @hthvideography

    3 жыл бұрын

    "The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between Europe's Balkan peninsula and Asia's Anatolia peninsula." (wiki) Furthermore, I would like to point out, that - as a convinced European - I am not at all interested in nationalistic disputes. I use this term purely in a geographical/geological sense (see my video about Nisyros).

  • @katerinapatiniotis5598

    @katerinapatiniotis5598

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hthvideography Grow up. It's called Aegean sea. That's the official geographic name of the sea. What the heck are you talking about politics? You're the one refusing to call the sea as Aegean and insisting to call it as plain Mediterranean as if it doesn't have already an official name. Check the map please. Mediterranean sea is the basin underneath Greece, Italy, Sardinia and Corsica, Malta, Spain, Cyprus, the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and above North Africa and some of southern Turkey. And you believe what Wikipedia says? If it says that Germany is part of France would you believe it? Consult a map and see where Santorini is. Is in the middle of the Aegean sea. It's not in the Mediterranean sea. Cyclades is a group of Greek islands in the middle of the Aegean sea. Check your facts before you make a video on my country. Half of it it's false shitty information. And learn to speak English properly. Everyone in your country speaks English. Who are you to cancel all sea names and call them all Mediterranean?? How about the Adriatic sea off the coast of Croatia?? It's Mediterranean too?? Grow up. And make a proper video with less falsehoods.

  • @dp6003

    @dp6003

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hthvideography You wouldn’t have a clue about the Mediterranean Sea , so don’t pretend to be an expert

  • @HopeWilhelmina

    @HopeWilhelmina

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hthvideography Είμαι από την Ελλάδα.🌊Υπέροχη δουλειά,συνέχισε έτσι!!💐🌞🌞

  • @paulludwigvolzing2548

    @paulludwigvolzing2548

    8 ай бұрын

    ma mathenete na milate ligo ellinika! @@HopeWilhelmina

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