Clarkson!!!!

@GeologyHub

3 күн бұрын

“Hammond, you tiny man, where is the Lambo Chevy???”

@soly-dp-colo6388

3 күн бұрын

@@GeologyHub Wow! Never thought GH was a TopGear/GrandTour fan!

@robertperry4439

3 күн бұрын

@@GeologyHub The 'Eye of the Sahara' geologic feature is the exact location of where the electromagnetic vortex center of Earth was 26,000 years ago.

@dralord1307

3 күн бұрын

@@robertperry4439 uhhh sureeee.

@the_algorithm

3 күн бұрын

@@robertperry4439 Source? Scientific Papers?

Wow, what a coincidence! I am in Western Sahara at the moment. I've been watching your videos for years and you publish one about this famous structure when I am not so far from it. As I was travelling down from Agadir, you really get a feeling for the vast amount of magma that came up during the CAMP event about 201 million years ago. (Central Atlantic Magmatic Province). Where The High Atlas mountains meet the ocean is very dramatic. The WAC (West Africa Craton) is so huge as I look south from Western Sahara, which is administered by Morocco. Sadly, there is an ongoing civil war in this area. Thank you for explaining the process of formation so clearly.

@steventhompson399

2 күн бұрын

I thought the fighting stopped years ago, I thought I heard there was some agreement between Morocco and the polisario, but it's still going on?

@deborahferguson1163

2 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing, lucky you to visit!

@GeologyHub

2 күн бұрын

I am glad that you enjoyed today’s episode. Fairly barren desert landscapes hold a special place in my heart as those are where I started as a geologist. Also, with a lack of dense vegetation rock units are quite easily exposed. I’m curious if you’ve ever found any fossils (not in the flood basalts) or interesting looking/colorful rocks there. Flood basalt remnants are always fun to view. Thanks for your comment :)

Is this re-upload? You've discussed about this before. But I will still watch it. Edit: This is different from your first post. This is a much more elaborated video. Thanks man.

Thanks for discussing this feature. I've been fascinated by it since I first learned of it's existence. Cheers

Wikipedia states that the structure was first described in the 1930-40's by a geologist called Richat. It is also known as the "Structure of Richat".

@xdfit5413

Күн бұрын

I don’t think so, 😮I’m Mauritanian and richat means feathers and since we were nomads we used to give name to mountains and valleys… to guide us through the desert And all mountains have the same name that the locals used like kediet ejill which also mean the “mountain of leather” so I don’t think it was called after someone!

Thank you for the great video. Now I have something to send to all the people who keep telling me this was Atlantis. lol

@GarfieldofBorg

2 күн бұрын

Just because it is a naturally formed geologic feature, that does not mean that it isn't the site of Atlantis. There is evidence of ancient human habitation at the site. Extensive archeological research and excavation would have to be done to prove that there was, or wasn't, a major civilization residing on the Richat Structure in ancient times.

@omegastar19

Күн бұрын

⁠@@GarfieldofBorg’evidence of ancient human habitation’ doesn’t mean anything, there’s a million places on earth that fit that description. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of an ancient civilisation having existed in this area. And since you are the one making the claim about Atlantis, the burden of proof is on you. The default position is that Atlantis never existed, it is up to you to provide proof indicating otherwise.

Thanks as always! This feature is breathtaking. Its concentric rings are beautiful, and it is interesting that the magmatic intrusions that produced the Eye of the Sahara, along with erosion exposed geologic history going back to the formation of Rodinia! I wonder if there are similar, larger failed intrusions around the world, but are too deep to be seen.

@deborahferguson1163

2 күн бұрын

Wouldn’t batholiths be defined as “failed” intrusions? There are certainly a number of those and they can be large.

Thank you for Covering this Feature

Just want to appreciate all the effort you put into your videos. The diagrams are great. I’m learning loads, thank you.

I remember watching the Grand Tour Special where they went here and were fascinated by the sight

I’m continuously flabbergasted that scientists can figure out how features like these are created. Your videos create awe for me.

This formation has always fascinated me, thank you for making this video💗

Very interesting! I've never really seen anything before this about the origin of the Eye of the Sahara. Thank you so much Tim.

ive been wanting you to make a video on this ever since i found your channel

Thank you! I always look forward to your videos!

Wish we could get more in depth studies of the soil layers. I bet there are some amazoing fossils in the region.

wonderful explanation

I surmised that The Eye might have been volcanic in nature. Thank you for your reporting and curiosity.

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos

Finally, For almost 5 years my last seen KZread education video about this Sahara Eye had been kept me curious. Done researching myself to learn, also still mystery to me. Today is the day to continue learning, glad I subscribed this channel. Thank you for the knowledge that stop my thirst

Amazing. Love your work.

This is _truly_ a fascinating episode. I enjoyed it immensely.

look for massive circular structures on the planet mission accomplished

I've been there. And to be honest, it really isn't much to see from the ground.

@LuisAldamiz

3 күн бұрын

I'm guessing that if you're a geologist you may think otherwise: all those naked layers of rocks! 😅

fascinating thanks for the information on the formation and it's creation

There are a lot of cool features in the US that were formed by similar processes. These things can seem so mysterious until you understand how it works. The geologist Myron cook on KZread has a few videos on several strange formations that were formed almost exactly the same way.

@ittitis6084

3 күн бұрын

I am also a fan of his! There are other good geologist commentary videos on the United States, not just his. (I don't know if it's appropriate to the video names, so I'll just mention that a search for "eye-shaped "+"Wyoming" will bring them right up). The more I look into it, the more I realise that the Sahara eye is actually not that rare a phenomenon, except that it is huge and stands out in the desert.

@ArtByKarenEHaley

3 күн бұрын

I like the channel of the girl from Michigan, I can't remember her name but she tells the story and does interviews with experts and field trips to the locations, my favorite of hers is the Cliff Mine episodes

Excellent! Thank-you for providing true bright insight with your scientific video. 👍

Didn't realize there was a smaller one nearby.

When I clicked I was ready to concentrate, furrow my brow and rub my chin, piece together a complex puzzle... just to find out it's an eroded pimple! 😄

"What you are looking at is the eye of the..." *excited Nomai Noises "Sahara" "Oh"

😇😎😇 a decent argument that aids in supplying possible puzzle pieces. thank you

Now That is Cool.

Excellent episdoe

Some time you should look into the Makhonjwa mountains, a mountain range consisting of over 3 billion year old rocks

Nice! 1.2 billion years of rock!! Thanks GH for explaining this!

There's another similar feature, albeit smaller, in Eastern Africa...either Ethiopia or Somalia I forget exactly which country. There's only one account of it in literature, but you can see it from satellite imagery quite clearly.

@jamesengland7461

3 күн бұрын

That would be eastern Africa

@WestOfEarth

2 күн бұрын

@@jamesengland7461 Derp! Yes. You are correct. I edited my op.

The ring shaped lake at 0.34 is Lake Manicouagan. At more than 140 cubic kms of water, almost 115 million acre feet, it is the continents largest reservoir. It is known as the Eye of Quebec. The space age actually predates it. The Daniel Johnson dam was built in the sixties, man had actually landed on the moon before the lake had filled enough to assume its iconic shape. I have often wondered if it was recognized that the area was a crater before the dam was built.

[Insert random theory about it being Atlantis here (real and factual)] Sorry, I do not actual believe Atlantis is this area, nor do I think it ever existed. Still a good story by Plato, but damn he caused people to spread tons of misinformation and wild theories. I will shamefully admit that I thought if Atlantis DID truly exist, this Eye would definitely be a good location due to how odd it looks. Also I just want to mention that the Eye of the Sahara keeps making me think of The Elder Scrolls "Eye of Magnus" just because of how their named.

I hear kimberlite, I think diamonds. Have any been found there?

A radial hogsback due to erosion of the syncline-anticline layers pushed up by that magma dome, nice!

Richat ought to be twinned with the Silverpit Crater, Eye of the Sahara and Eye of Doggerland!

Great video! Please do one on the apparent massive tsunami flood that passed through Mauritania from the Mediterranean, as seen by the HUGE flood plains across the western Sahara and the 100 mile sediment deposit off the west coast of Africa??

Yup, before advance geology, most people believe that Eye of Sahara is an impact crater.

Finally!!!!

I am looking forward to the GeologyHUb eye ofthe Sahara Diamond Hunting Expedition to the eye of the Sahara

5 minutes after you upload, and you've got an Atlantis nutter posting, or maybe the guy is just being facetious. IIRC, there are about a half dozen similar structures visible around the world, and no doubt many more covered by sediment or vegetation. A video about the others might be fun. I don't think they can all be lost cities based on philosophical arguments, but people are inventive. ;-)

@gabriellespanke

3 күн бұрын

I prefer the theory that the builders of Atlantis took advantage of an existing geological feature rather than digging up three enormous concentric harbors from level ground. It might not be this area, though they have shown that the sea level would have been high enough that a small canal would have flooded the rings. This area, and the rest of the North part of the African continent, still shows signs of an immense flood that then receded. I never understood the story about Atlantis sinking to the bottom of the ocean like it was built on a shelve of land that sunk. I'm sure that's possible but the ruins would still be closer to the modern shore than the middle of the ocean.

@haiperbus

3 күн бұрын

@@gabriellespanke you know atlantis was a fanfiction written by plato right?

@whiskeymonk4085

3 күн бұрын

was Plato a nutter too? Tell us your wisdom oh-great-one in the comment section. Surely you know more than everyone else.

@the_algorithm

3 күн бұрын

@@gabriellespanke Atlantis is a fable. It was literally used as a FABLE. "a short story,... , conveying a moral"

@TheDanEdwards

3 күн бұрын

​@@whiskeymonk4085 Atlantis was a fable Plato used to teach about the problems that hubris brings. This fable then served as inspiration for Tolkien's Numenor.

Excellent posting. Thank you for spelling Pangaea correctly - it is often spelled incorrectly.

This is an awesome feature. Those time frames are mind blowing 🤯. How close it to the equator?

I truly hope all the people who think this is Atlantis see this video.

@b.a.erlebacher1139

3 күн бұрын

Alas, from the comments it has no effect on their beliefs.

@whiskeymonk4085

3 күн бұрын

As if this kid is the final authority in the matter. No disrespect to him. Disrespect to you for coming up with a final answer based on a four minute video you saw online.

@b.a.erlebacher1139

3 күн бұрын

@@whiskeymonk4085 This is a science channel. The "kid" is a geologist. The Eye of the Sahara is a beautiful and interesting geological structure well explained by established geological concepts. If you want to talk about Atlantis, I'm sure you can find folklore/mythology or conspiracy theory channels that will welcome you, especially if you are less rude.

@paulisfat8077

3 күн бұрын

​@@whiskeymonk4085even if he was the final authority you'd shift the goalpost again. Facts don't care about your feelings.

@LuisAldamiz

3 күн бұрын

Atlantis had to be some 10km (50 stadia) away from the sea, and that's not at all where the Eye of the Sahara is or was ever in any known chronology. I have a much better candidate but lacks the rings, so bummer!

Hi can you do video on UK extinct volcanos and one interesting Cheviot hills Northumberland park England Scottish border

An upload about the formation of a landscape feature and you have people arguing in absolutes on either side of the whole atlantis thing, oof

hi, can you make a video about Port Chamlers and Mount Cargill next? (As Its 2 Extinct Volcanoes and far from the Southern Fault. Its kinda like Banks Peninsula)

@gonebush1000

2 күн бұрын

Out There Learning channel has some info on it.

@GeologyHub I like this video. I, too, have an interest in geology. I also have an interest in archeology. I'm just curious what your opinion is on this matter: Do you think that it is possible that a natural geologic formation, like the Eye of the Sahara, could also be the site of a major civilization in ancient times?

The Jaw Breaker of the Sahara

@StuffandThings_

2 күн бұрын

Erosion is just mother nature licking away the rock layers to get to the center

Have you done a video about the possible connection between the island of Santorini and the mythical Atlantis?

Cool…I always assumed it was an impact structure…

The orangatang and capt slow drove smack bang right in the middle of it

There's an interesting mountain just NE of Pontarddulais, in South Wales, UK. I found it while looking at google earth. It kind of looks like an impact crater, but is more likely a very old volcano I think. I don't know though, because I can't find any information about it. Google earth doesn't even name the mountain. From what I can tell it's just called Pontarddulais Mountain, but all the info I can find is just about walks in the area. The lack of information probably means reality is very boring, but I'd still like to know the origin of the mountain, and its shape.

@jimmcintosh9045

3 күн бұрын

On the Ardnamurchan peninsula in West Scotland there is a crater rim which is more obvious from satellite. About 60 million years ago many volcanoes erupted down the west of the UK as the American plate split from Europe.

@axmajpayne

3 күн бұрын

That area is in the middle of the South Wales coalfield. It's carboniferous period sedimentary rocks interspersed with coal seams. No volcanos or anything interesting.

@FriedEgg101

3 күн бұрын

@@axmajpayne so Pontarddulais mountain is probably just a massive sink hole then lol. I'm prepared to accept it's the shape it is by coincidence, but I feel like that would be the least likely explanation. Go look at it.

Imagine 20k year's ago must have been weird with all the water

Odd. I thought you already made a video on this one.

Aww, so you're saying this isn't Atlantis =/ (Fascinating and high quality scholarship as usual!)

Eyegotchyah

Do you think it has anything to do with the Canary hotspot? The composition of the second intrusion and the location seem to match up nicely.

Thank you. °~•.☆.•~°

Morocco has the souss massif looks the same.

@the_algorithm

3 күн бұрын

I could only find Souss-Massa, not massif And I could not find any image of geologic concentric circles What exactly are you referring to?

@owenjackson2390

3 күн бұрын

Omg so Atlantis2 😂

@LuisAldamiz

3 күн бұрын

Do you mean a (not too circular) double-ring feature around Tagawat Ajda (Essaouira) at coords: 31.311139831190236, -9.349309328315874 (per Google maps)?

It’s clearly a tropical storm that lagged out and got stuck in the ground

Kimberlite, should this feature contain diamonds? Is it worth looking now that manufactured diamonds are becoming common?

How did it form a near perfect circle???

Jimmy Corsetti, triggered...

I love hearing about this ... the first time someone mentioned it, it was to suggest it was the "real" site of Atlantis ... lol ...

What about the desert landscapes on Greek islands?

@christopherlee627

3 күн бұрын

I think they're the result of millennia of deforestation and overgrazing combined with climate, so not actually geological feature.

@Furry-xr4hp

3 күн бұрын

@@christopherlee627 welp that might be true but I want him to make a vid lol

Would the Eye be similar to the coronae of Venus?

didn't you already make a video on this?

@InfinityZ808

3 күн бұрын

He's been reuploading old videos with new formats and info

@tornadomash00

2 күн бұрын

@@InfinityZ808 oh cool

Because of Microsoft Flight Simulator someone rediscovered a old ford on the edge of the eye. The flight simulator autogenerated a building so it was more noticeable.

I read that its slowly being engulfed in sand though. I mean can take thousands of years but still.

@paulisfat8077

3 күн бұрын

More like thousands of thousands. The sand of the sahara is constantly shifting from wind.

Ive always thought it was an electric geology feature after watching some andrew hall lectures something that occured during planetary formation

دیارە لەوقۆناغەدا زەوی زۆربەهێز بووە لەژێرکاریگەری دەوروبەرەکەیدا بووە خەریک بووە جارێکی تر تووشی کۆمەڵەیەکی تازە دروست ببێت چونکە ئەڵێن دروست بوونی کۆمەڵەئەستێرەی تازە لە ئەنجامی تەقینەوەی ئەستێرەیەک دروست دەبێت ئەگەر دیقەت بدەین ئەو کرۆکی چاوەکە زۆر لە ڕۆژ دەچێت وئەو بازنانەش مادەی خاوە و دووکەڵ بووە بۆ دروست بوونی کۆمەڵەیەکی تازە بەڵام لەبەر هەر هۆکارێک بێت ئەو کارە تووشی سست بوون بووە بەوشێوەیە پاشماوەکانی ماوەتەوە .

That's just the Chasm from Genshin

#JimmyCorsetti

Is the Earth exactly the same size as it was 200 million years ago or have its dimensions changed during the period since then?

@Jimjolnir

Күн бұрын

The expanding Earth theory is exciting, it would be fantastic if true. I like it as a thought experiment... still, the age of the sea floor perplexes me. But I'm just a dude, so, meh.

@b.a.erlebacher1139

18 сағат бұрын

It's the same size. It's accreted more meteorite material and lost some gas from the top, but these amounts are insignificant.

I've heard of this before, but I thought it was just some idiom or myth...

This video makes Atlantis proponents sad

@williamtomkiel8215

3 күн бұрын

they;ll just turn up the drama and volume . .

@tigersharkzh

3 күн бұрын

*mad, not sad.

@chesterfieldthe3rd929

3 күн бұрын

Not even close. There is a 99% chance this is Atlantis. Atlas was the name of the king and the mountains next to the eye are named Atlas mountains. Exact place on the map its supposed to be.......

@trollcountrywoodworking

3 күн бұрын

This area was all tropical and filled with rivers, plant life, and animals for many years after this geologic formation finished. I would almost bet when this was found it was a hot spring, which is why Atlantis was here.

@Odin5men

2 күн бұрын

​@@chesterfieldthe3rd929those mountains were named the atlas mountains as this area, and all of north Africa, at one point were colonies of Atlantis. The Caucasian people that once inhabited these areas, all had higher concentrations of the rhesus negative trait which is an indicator of Atlantean and later, The Aryan colonist ancestry. This most definitely isn't the exact point on the map that Atlantis was as that map you are referring to was denoting Atlantean colony areas. There are flat seamounts where Plato describes Atlantis, that were named Atlantis seamount. They are located just south of the azores plateau and drill core samples showed them to have been above water 12000 years ago. Cro magnon man was the Inhabitant of Atlantis and introduced many first to the Mediterranean colonies and carried a weapon with a specific nane, The AtlAtl. Coincidentally we also find these letters in use across the ATLantic with the Maya who called the word deluge Atl and was also the name of their third month. While I enjoy hearing new ideas and theories, this one is not grounded in truth because Plato describes it as just beyond the pillars of Heracles in the true ocean which leaves a structure that is not only thousands of feet in elevation and a thousand miles from the Atlantic ocean, completely ruled out. Even if it were at that time much more lower in elevation as to be at sea level then it would've been accessible by the Mediterranean also and thus Plato would have no need to mention "Beyond the pillars of Heracles" This structure is not 99% but 100% not the true Location of Atlantis.

so the shape is coincidental then

like " Joe Friday" : just the facts but but but why didn't noahs flood deposit sediment layers? what might be wrong?

So thie eye is not the atlantic city

Some people say it's Atlantis! 😂

soooooooooooooo, not Atlantis?

@paulisfat8077

3 күн бұрын

Correct

Great video! I'd like to see what you think about the claims made about a tsunami draining over west Africa. A lot of pseudoscience videos about this topic. They usually involve the eye of the Sahara being the location of Atlantis. But the specific claims of the erosion patterns on the landscape not being made from wind is what I'm more curious about.

Atlantis isn’t what it used to be, very eroded today

I felt sure it was an impact ! Looking at that glass like the outer rim can't help it but think of the blasting area. Never dreamed it was a slow creation from a lava pool. I heard how people have mentioned it could be Atlantis but the people digging to check out this theory never came across bones, pottery are any sign of what would be left behind from a civilization. That time period would put them at least in the direction of Gobeki Tepe. Now if we could figure out what caused it to rain for close to 2 million years before the dinosaurs.

@paulisfat8077

3 күн бұрын

The Carnian Pluvial episode isn't a mystery. It was due to volcanic activity. I'll let you look the rest up for yourself (it's better than hearing it secondhand from me). Also it was around the middle of the triassic, the first dinosaurs, as well as the ancestors of mammaliaforms and other recognizable animals already existed and were well established. Hope this helps.

@paulisfat8077

3 күн бұрын

Also the richat structure has evidence of loose habitation, I remember reading they've found hand axes and similar stone tools. Just no evidence of an 'advanced civilization'

@user-rr4wg6dh6f

2 күн бұрын

@@paulisfat8077 I know there were theories as to why! Like large volcanoes erupting , and a dust ball effect from the plant eaters causing the oceans to warm up. This in turn caused large monsoons. My thoughts are an asteroid hit the ocean which triggered the large earthquakes and the vapors could have went to the stratosphere. However could this cause it to rain for millions of years during the wet period?

Oh man, you mean it isn't the long lost city of Atlantis? 🙄😂

What!...you mean it's not Atlantis...now I'm disappointed.

Atlantis :) The conspiracy theories are fantastic about this being Atlantis. As the comments show, this is a great video on one of the more hotly talked-about geostructures.

Bright Insight channel believes this is Atlantis. He's done many videos about it!

@Techno_Idioto

Күн бұрын

It is not. Atlantis does not exist and has never existed.

Someone clearly has not been listening to the Come From Away soundtrack nearly enough. It's pronounced NOO-f'n-lind.

It can be both a natural formation AND Atlantis ❤ How long until the GeologyHub movie?

@christopherlee627

2 күн бұрын

Not really as the location is nothing like Plato described and Plato was very clear when he said that Atlantis no longer exists, that it was completely and utterly destroyed and that it was sunk beneath the ocean - so, the Richat structure doesn't fit that description. Also, it's too far from the sea, was never an island, is too far from Athens, etc, etc.

No, sir 🤦🏼 it's cus earth is a transformer and the other eye is somewhere and the feet are also hidden somewhere 🙄.

Imagine, arguing that Atlantis is real and not being able to read ancient greek to do your own research.

@whlewis9164

3 күн бұрын

It’s fun to dream and speculate, but yeah that’s always subject to scientific data popping your dream bubble. I’ll leave translation of ancient and modern languages to the experts though.

@Techno_Idioto

Күн бұрын

It is not. Atlantis does not exist and has never existed.

Of all the potential Atlantis sites, I'd say this is the most interesting one. It's got a wealth of information regardless if it's Atlantis or not. Though to people still laughing at Atlantis, Troy also never existed. Oh wait, it does.

@omegastar19

Күн бұрын

Problem is, Troy was referenced by countless ancient sources from multiple historic periods, and its location was fairly well-described (i.e. travellers back in the 17th century guessed a spot that turned out to be only 20 km away from the right spot without even really investigating it). Finding it was a simple matter of investigating various obvious archaeological sites and figuring out which one was actually the city. With Atlantis we have literally one single reference, the context of which makes it more likely to be a fictional place than a real one, and the description is so vague that people can’t even decide what continent its supposed to be in. There is absolutely no evidence for its existence, and this idea that its located at the Richat structure is just grasping at straws. There’s no justification for it at all.

Atlantis.