Arizona Had Another Recent Volcanic Eruption!

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  • When people think of Arizona, they tend to not think of volcanoes. Yet, the state contains two active volcanoes, one of which recently erupted in the town of Flagstaff. The volcano I am referring to is called the San Francisco volcanic field, which contains a wide variety of vents not seen elsewhere in the United States. It contains a stratovolcano, explosion craters, cinder cones and more! Scientific evidence just recently re-dated one of its many young lava flows, meaning that this volcano has erupted twice in the last 10,000 years. This video will discuss this volcano, the latest scientific development, and discuss the newly dated SP Crater.
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  • @GeologyHub
    @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    I was all too excited to make this video. I just knew that SP Crater had to be younger than its "reported" 70,000 year old age :D. Thus, the San Francisco volcanic field is a bit more active than we initially thought.

    • @stephenrickstrew7237
      @stephenrickstrew7237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There is A lot going on ….what with the Canary island eruption … some great footage of the lava Fountains 😊

    • @garvoink345
      @garvoink345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun fact I was born there’s and I lived for 8 years

    • @TheSpiralAim
      @TheSpiralAim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So this is more reason to go check out Shit Pot crater :D

    • @nbound_
      @nbound_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How great news

    • @clousetechworkshop7597
      @clousetechworkshop7597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm so happy you did, I commented on your earlier video on this volcanic field. I had heard recently that SP-crater was younger than previously thought. I'm stoked you were able to confirm that. I love your videos and never miss them. Keep up the amazing work.
      I know your schedule might be packed but have you ever investigated the geology regarding Stoneman Lake in AZ?
      I used to spend a lot of time in that area and that lake basin remains a mystery to me, and the consensus as far as I can find online is mixed. Having seen the lake myself and knowing the area I am still hoping it's an impact crater, the raised rim and back tilted layers make it really seem like it is. But I've also read that it could be a phyrratic type crater or even a sinkhole. It would be cool if you have access to any information that would be more definitive. It's definitely a feature that doesn't fit in with the surrounding landscape.

  • @kevinslater4126
    @kevinslater4126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    We studied this volcano in my geomorphology class. It's name is actually Shit Pot crater and yes, that's it's official name on maps. Most call it SP crater because of ... well, it's called Shit Pot

    • @bananacat4945
      @bananacat4945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Who got drunk and named a mountain?

    • @TheSpiralAim
      @TheSpiralAim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@bananacat4945 Never been to Arizona? We have a town called Why, and another called Chloride.

    • @turdferguson814
      @turdferguson814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      TheSpiralAim don’t forget about “Cornville”, off of I-17, just north of Camp Verde lol

    • @ninjaswordtothehead
      @ninjaswordtothehead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@TheSpiralAim Still more creative than "No Trees, TX".
      Also, Tuscon is a testament to the arrogance of man. It was like living on the sun.

    • @KaiserStormTracking
      @KaiserStormTracking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bananacat4945 some guy thought it looked like a shit pot. We know the rest

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The first time I visited the Grand Canyon, I drove there from Las Vegas. I could see what I now know to be the San Francisco Volcano Field and, probably, San Francisco Mountain as I drove up Rte. 64 towards the Canyon. I could tell immediately they were volcanos, but this video fills in a lot of gaps. I will definitely have to book a trip to Flagstaff sometime and really explore the volcanos.

    • @bigdaddytrips6197
      @bigdaddytrips6197 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who cares

    • @JohnDrummondPhoto
      @JohnDrummondPhoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bigdaddytrips6197 you took the time to write that, so I guess you do.

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Glad I could help. If you are interested, I have a separate and longer video on this volcanic field. It’s a beautiful place to camp, and some areas have lots of obsidian!
      Video in question: m.th-cam.com/video/J0SFgO29TUc/w-d-xo.html

    • @waynefatguyinakayak7408
      @waynefatguyinakayak7408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you're going to take a trip to see the volcanic fields of Northern Arizona, make sure you set aside a day to travel a little further east to visit the meteor crater.

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bigdaddytrips6197 why would you write that? Why are you even on this channel, where one of the points of it is to provide an opportunity to share sites one has been so others can read and relate?
      Guessing you haven’t come out of your post-covid hole yet.

  • @Gobl_943
    @Gobl_943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Wow, crazy to think that this volcano is far more active than everyone thought. Now it really IS a matter of time before it erupts again.

    • @rudra62
      @rudra62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah. We live on a geologically-active planet which is most certainly unsafe. :)

    • @Dana-ki6vs
      @Dana-ki6vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rudra62 *living room is on fire* “haha! It’s fine!”

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I find that this video is a bit more interesting than others as it gives the casual enthusiast a peek behind the geologists curtain in that it showcases the implications of an age adjustment across multiple categories (volcanic explosivity index and eruption frequency).

    • @Bdurden892
      @Bdurden892 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You said all that to not say shit at all.

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I have no idea why I find these videos so fascinating. My geologic knowledge is limited to "being pretty sure the bluffs along the Great River Road, where I grew up, are made of limestone".

    • @dolphincliffs8864
      @dolphincliffs8864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Minnesota?

    • @tristantimothy1004
      @tristantimothy1004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dont beleive these so called "experts". They work on "theories" & have been proven wrong countless times. From crap evolution to creation to misreading geologic time compleatly. Check out " Is Genesis history" channel. Modern science is still just " guesstimating".

    • @dolphincliffs8864
      @dolphincliffs8864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tristantimothy1004 Sure. Keep telling yourself that flat earther.
      Believe. That's how it's spelled.

    • @lennapelayo3252
      @lennapelayo3252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      4yrbef3s

  • @atomdent
    @atomdent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    My family and I have visited the Flagstaff and northern Arizona many times this is a great place to hike and observe the volcanic features, the summit to San Francisco peak(mt Humphreys)is an moderate clime ,and at Sunset Crater Park you can clime on cider cone see lava flows and even look into a crater or two,great video, thanks

    • @MsZfactor
      @MsZfactor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm hoping to travel there sometime this fall. SP volcano and meteor Crater have been on my bucket list for a long time.

    • @atomdent
      @atomdent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MsZfactor It's awesome, the grand canyon is an hour and a half away to the north, Sedona is about the same to the south ,oak creek canyon is beautiful, there is hiking skiing mt biking, or just driving around site seeing ,hope you get there and love it we always have!

    • @MsZfactor
      @MsZfactor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@atomdent , is SP easy to get to? Looks like just a dirt road.

    • @atomdent
      @atomdent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MsZfactor yes there are paved roads ,maybe a few dirt side roads,ample parking and trails to the top of many of the cones, it's hot in the summer and can be really cold in winter (including snow), it is a national monument, sp crater in in sunset crater national monument, and it's never been crowded when we were there.

    • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
      @golden.lights.twinkle2329 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can no longer climb Sunset Crater, it is off limits.

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really enjoy how you pack a bunch of information in a clear concise manner within a 5 minute video. Thanks for sharing!

  • @paigeyap4082
    @paigeyap4082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! I never knew Arizona even had volcanos! 🌋 I guess you learn something new every day!

  • @Mike-tg7dj
    @Mike-tg7dj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fascinating! I have had the good fortune to fly over Sunset Crater twice. It is awesome to see the cinder cones from the air twice and took full advantage of view. They are beautiful and I can only imagine what they are like up close. In 1988 and I was a lot younger I went on a field trip for college credit. It was awesome in that we traveled through 13 states that included the Badlands of SD, Arches UT, culminating with the Grand Canyon AZ. Yes, I hiked to Phantom Ranch down the Kaibab trail and up the Bright Angel. It was one of the most difficult adventures in my life. At the bottom of the canyon it's a whole different world. I couldn't get over how they grew fig trees around the ranch watering it from the Colorado River. I got explore the volcanic forces that ar active all across the west.

    • @aldenconsolver3428
      @aldenconsolver3428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was also fortunate in traveling a lot of the lower 48 with geologists (my undergrad is geology). Three different times I took several week long car trips (twice just by myself). My memory has stored hours and hours of the most wonderful videos in my head (this was mostly before real video cameras). With what I have visited in the US a lot of it on backroads and some on dirt roads :) and I know how other people travel - I remember something Charles Osgood wrote 'The interstate highway system is a wonder - it allows you to go coast to coast while seeing nothing'. I am right now remembering the night I pulled into craters of the moon idaho in October after dark, pitched a tent and spent damn close to the coldest night I have ever had. Then I woke up to discover that I was setting on a raw fresh lava flow complete with pumice scoria and lava tubes, it was just like waking up on the moon.

  • @Cwra1smith
    @Cwra1smith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Been there and climbed it. It is every bit as fun as the Cinder Cone at Mt. Lassen. You get a great view of the lava flow and the graben from the top. You have to drive through part of Babbit's cattle ranch to get there but if you don't disturb the cows they don't mind. You'll need a 4-wheel drive vehicle to get there unless you like real long walks.

    • @Cwra1smith
      @Cwra1smith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@35mm21 Right you are!

    • @imout671
      @imout671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fascinating. Is the lava all one monolith or is it bits and pieces you can just pick up? Is it porus and lite or is it dense and heavy ? Is it obsidian?

    • @Cwra1smith
      @Cwra1smith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imout671 The cone is all pea-gravel type cinders. There is a thick basalt flow that came out of the base where you can pick up some big blocks. There are lava bombs scattered about also.

    • @ShannonLH1108
      @ShannonLH1108 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hiking this was such a nightmare! lol

    • @Cwra1smith
      @Cwra1smith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ShannonLH1108 Yup, two steps up and slide back one step. LOL. Typical cinder cone.

  • @antoniapaulinadelgado1680
    @antoniapaulinadelgado1680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, I love the way you speak. I liked listening to you because of your nice voice. It was like being there and you were the tour guide 🌋 Thanks👍🙂

  • @deborah5763
    @deborah5763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I lived in Phoenix for many years and raised my son in the desert. We would go to Flagstaff twice a year to cool off in the summer and to enjoy a weekend of snow in the winter.
    Until I moved to Flagstaff in 2008, I had no idea the San Francisco peaks were part of a volcanic field!
    We lived there for 13 years and about 2 miles from Sunset Crater at one time. I experienced 2 earthquakes and never felt comfortable living so close to the Peaks. Back in the desert again!!

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m more so assuming the cold weather of flagstaff and snow was an issue :). It’s quite a beautiful area, glad you got to live there for some time. Did your son attend NAU?

    • @deborah5763
      @deborah5763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GeologyHub
      yes, he did and remained there and my 2 grandkids were being raised there. I broke my ankle in 3 places in 2011 so after that I didn't enjoy the snow and ice.

  • @jdotsalter910
    @jdotsalter910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shit pot crater is it’s full name. Recently moved to Flagstaff. There are so many cones and lava flows here it will take me quite a while to explore them all. There is even a lava tube to the west of the peaks, and the temperature stays about 40 degrees year round. I visited there a few weeks ago and the cold air blasting out of there in mid summer is amazing.

    • @buckroger6456
      @buckroger6456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like free A.C. lol. Run some of that down here in lower AZ for me.

  • @stephenrickstrew7237
    @stephenrickstrew7237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wow I get to be the first one to say thanks for another great Episode….does the lunar crater Tycho rate worthy of considering

    • @Tech-Sig
      @Tech-Sig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tycho Crater is beyond our imagination. my friend It may have been a crater at one time but since has been repurposed.

  • @bigrooster6893
    @bigrooster6893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Some scientists at the USGS and other geologist say the stratovolcano there will erupt from the summit again and it could be explosive VEI-4-5. There’s new research coming out on this.

    • @trudyvrana840
      @trudyvrana840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mt. Humphreys is a stratovolcano. SP is a cinder cone.

    • @tristantimothy1004
      @tristantimothy1004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@trudyvrana840 , And whats to keep that "cinder cone" from erupting again? A weak spot in the mantle dosent heal itself. It only builds up more pressure & eventually blows again. Mt St. Helens wasent expected to blow either until the readings came alive & it blew w little warning & it blew WAY BIGGER then expected. The entire earth is groaning as w labor pains of a woman giving birth. ALL prophesied in Revelations just before the end of this earth age. Prophecy has NEVER been wrong, now will it ever be. Craps coming you cant even begin to imagine in your worst nightmares.

    • @trudyvrana840
      @trudyvrana840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tristantimothy1004 Mt. St. Helens is a dacite stratovolcano on a sunducting oceanic plate (a remnant of the Faralon Plate). Cinder cones rarely erupt again.

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@trudyvrana840 correct. I know of only a few cinder cones that have erupted twice. One example is the Tseax cone in Canada. I suspect some unusual fault lines are involved there, however

    • @jessemills3845
      @jessemills3845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@trudyvrana840 may I remind you of the RIM is a form of a subduction zone. Still active vents in NE AZ, N Mex. Just saying.

  • @ValeriePallaoro
    @ValeriePallaoro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Using Potassium/Argon dating is where the problem lies; it's upward limit is about 100,000 years before the present, after which finding enough Argon to date any closer time frame is problematic. So trying to date anything younger than that is impossible. You're so right, too, the cinder cone and the lava flow look more recent, so the date should have been suspect right from the start. Good bit of geology in this video. Thanks so much!

  • @jajssblue
    @jajssblue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would love more videos getting into the technical aspects like how chemical dating is done. That was a really interesting part of the video. But I feel like it was just an aside.

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just learned that a young, 24-year old, geologist went missing from his job-site in Arizona in June and little media attention was paid and little was done to find him. As a fellow geologist, it really upsets me. He was so young, and possibly this was his first job, so tragic! Ours is the most dangerous profession of all and we hope we can count on lifesaving search and rescue services if we need them. Apparently, his disappearance has strong evidence suggesting murder, the crash of his car was staged. His name is Mr. Cawley-Robinson, and by googling his case, a petition can be signed to help find him at last. I did, and hope all other geologists and rockhounds will. I’m sorry I couldn’t add the link, being an older geologist lacking the computer savvy of the young ones, I don’t know how.

  • @_A4A
    @_A4A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I live near Mt. Saint Helens volcano in Washington and I'm always up there hiking & exploring the area. Some parts of the forest were so badly damaged from the eruption back in the 80's that it literally looks like the surface of the moon or another planet!.... So cool!... 😉

  • @58209
    @58209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "take a look at how young these lava flows look"
    i appreciate that you think highly of my geological skills, but i don't have a damn clue what i'm looking at
    edit: oh good, you actually explain what to look for right after that

  • @AdventureNomadforNature
    @AdventureNomadforNature 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, I was in that volcanic field last fall, and looked on Google Earth while camped there, and noticed that black lava flow and wondered about it. It's great to have an explanation.

    • @mikenewtonninja9379
      @mikenewtonninja9379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      black lava flow - it's nice to see mother nature embracing the newest culture of promoting anything black. these things matter.

  • @howardfreeland5595
    @howardfreeland5595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was able to climb up Sunset Crater volcano many years ago and before foot traffic was banished. It's a great feeling to actually stand inside a volcano!

  • @aw9680
    @aw9680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your presentation style. It's perfect for the subject matter. Great job.

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m glad you enjoy my content! I try and keep things clear and concise.

  • @sireninception8568
    @sireninception8568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First time viewer, this is a great video! I look forward for more AZ geology videos ✌️

  • @makadutaarzola9453
    @makadutaarzola9453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, had no idea. This is a great video. So many volcanos erupting and waking up along with earthquakes. Can't help but think something is coming.

  • @Dranzerk8908
    @Dranzerk8908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Question, can they with a certain degree of accuracy, show the depth and size of volcanic chamber under this volcano? Or is ground penetrating radar not that accurate? Do they have a database that you can see all these chambers if they do?

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only possible if magma is in the volcano. It sort of makes its own space as it intrudes into the crust.

    • @Helezhelm
      @Helezhelm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I recall correctly, they have few methods to measure size & depth of magma chamber via seismic waves like those geologists mapped several magma chambers with one deep reservoir under Long Valley Caldera. Although there is newer technology from Japan in 2011 or later, has surfaced to have ability to see magma chambers or conduits via cosmic radiation (muon rays mainly), IIRC.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Helezhelm Earth's Magnetic field is used in this video to map liquid magma, it doesn't see solids like rhyolite.
      th-cam.com/video/DBiZP1Lc-Ms/w-d-xo.html

  • @cdweyer
    @cdweyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For a future video, might I suggest Indian Heavan volcanic field in Washington state. It has erupted within the past 10k years.

  • @TheScottbb1
    @TheScottbb1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for making these videos. I turn in to a big geology nut every time I watch a video and I look forward to the next. Will support your channel monetarily soon!

  • @randallbates9020
    @randallbates9020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes it is impressive just how many cones are in AZ. I live in Apache County Arizona between St John's/ New Mexico border and due north of Springerville on the high mesas looking south southwest. The road we locally call the St John's/Springerville connector runs by several cinder cones and right through a lava flow that is unmistakable in appearance. I figured that they were still fairly young as they are just now starting to grow vegetation and no Junipers have grown on them at all yet and they grow on everything. The highway that connects Springerville to Show Low is also through thus type of setting but much older all of it is the Northeast side of the White mountain range and is beautiful country and very empty country only a handful of us live out this way. Our small ranch is approximately 7300 ft above sea level and I watch the sun set over this region every evening from my living room window and it is stunning. Thank you for such an informative video I enjoyed it very much.

  • @paddyt4043
    @paddyt4043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please update on the lá palma 🙏

  • @cyankirkpatrick5194
    @cyankirkpatrick5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I get excited when I see that you uploaded

  • @philipcallicoat3147
    @philipcallicoat3147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's volcanic cinder cones all over the desert in the Western States of the US... I used to drive the area years ago... South of Las Vegas NV, there's many cinder cones that you are able to see from the highway... Very much a part of the landscape in our western most states...

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't believe I lived in Flagstaff for years in the early 90s and never knew about SP Crater. To be fair, I also didn't visit Sunset Crater until this summer.

  • @timothyyaroshuk3371
    @timothyyaroshuk3371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm really curious if there are any stories passed down by the indigenous populations in the area that relate to the volcano and potentially provide additional routes of research.

    • @campbellrob1919
      @campbellrob1919 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately no, they are all buried in lava and rubble.

    • @Helezhelm
      @Helezhelm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like Campbell Rob said, there is no written documents or anything from the site near SP Crater as most of them is likely to be destroyed by lava flows. However, there is an trend that it is very possible that Native Americans may have witnessed this eruption. Their historical observation via oral stories is likely to be lost as well. I don't recall if there is any still living natives in Arizona had same oral stories on this eruption passed down by generations, free to correct me if I am mistaken.

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s a geological museum just on the outskirts of Flag that may provide a starting point, and I wanna say there’s also one related to anthropology as well.

  • @gatorbackradial
    @gatorbackradial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For anyone wondering what SP stands for in SP Crater, it stands for S***pot, with the s-word being another word for poop. The old-timer geologists likened the area visually to an overflowing waste container. The name stuck, but the USGS and many other mapmakers refuse to spell out the entire name on maps, using the abbreviation of SP Crater instead.

  • @tinamenard5320
    @tinamenard5320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Raised in AZ as kids we gathered lava rock. Thought it so very cool..New Mexicos desert is riddled with lava stones as well.. thanks,, enjoyed this vid

  • @alinag3831
    @alinag3831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New and subscribed , interesting thanks for sharing

  • @wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034
    @wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    SP's full name is from its appearance of a bathroom disaster, according to the person who first observed it.

    • @Raptorman0909
      @Raptorman0909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, the original name was Shit Pot Crater which was sanitized into SP Crater.

  • @helenpruzan6970
    @helenpruzan6970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never knew there were volcanoes in Arizona.....and I've been there!!!Thank you!

    • @njl51
      @njl51 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me either. Duhh. I lived there for a short time and never got to visit the grand canyon etc..That was a long long time ago. You really do need to be cautious about driving. Sure the road may seem empty but you never know the condition of the drivers who are out there.

  • @kiheirc3195
    @kiheirc3195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So interesting I would love to see your Analysis of lava falls in the Grand Canyon

  • @kennethschroeder2789
    @kennethschroeder2789 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job on the video. Completed unrelated question.... your manner of speaking the last phrase of your sentences is interesting. Do you have a regional accent from somewhere in the US?

  • @dylwhs
    @dylwhs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:57 Shape of the lava flow is like Godzilla!

  • @CarlandCrez
    @CarlandCrez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The volcanos don't move its the land above that has moved

  • @drscopeify
    @drscopeify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always. There are so many feature left to date it is a very long list like here in WA I just visited White Chuck that has no date.

  • @ViperTango
    @ViperTango 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do a video on the Mt Taylor, Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Fields near Grants, NM. I read somewhere that one of it's flows is only 500 years old. I'm from the area.

    • @tristantimothy1004
      @tristantimothy1004 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You ever hear of the gigantic Spanish gold stash in thoes lava fields? TONS of stolen spanish gold is hidden in thoes fields north of Grants. Only found once but well documented by historical records. The Apaches tracked & killed all the spanards who came onto their land & took their gold. Only a single gold cross was ever brought out. The guy who found it never found the same stash again & died looking. Said its in a massive rattlesnake den. That cross was so heavy it was all he could carry out. Its in some lil church somewhere in New Mexico.

  • @kimberleeswisher3414
    @kimberleeswisher3414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for Sharing interesting information.

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No problem! I love sharing geologic info about my home state.

  • @ShannonLH1108
    @ShannonLH1108 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh god I hiked that crater the night before I hiked Humphreys Peak thinking it would be a good warm up hike. Hiking the loose volcanic rock meant one step forward, sink a foot, and slide back a foot. it was completely exhausting. I got so beat up on the rough rocks and it took FOREVER. we were literally running down the peak and sliding because it was well after dark when we were finished.

  • @YoChiggerGetoutMyEar
    @YoChiggerGetoutMyEar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I did not know there was volcanos in Arizona! Thx!

    • @YoChiggerGetoutMyEar
      @YoChiggerGetoutMyEar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But alot don't know Kentucky was a volcano and blew and all entered and built the river and mined till no dig law and can buy anything they want or like now! Our ancestors felt running river on your half of united states would be todangerous and flood mexico where should cough and someone sharted them out but all deny it! Then terminator movie Stahl's! So new gen what's the prediction all will do? Carry bottled water or flood them back to America?

  • @thedarkmoon2341
    @thedarkmoon2341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have found many heart shaped pebbles, cobbles and even boulders in my wanderings, wondered how they come to be that shape.

    • @mikenewtonninja9379
      @mikenewtonninja9379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      cos that was the shape they were when they was made!

    • @thedarkmoon2341
      @thedarkmoon2341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikenewtonninja9379 Profound!

  • @edn6671
    @edn6671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could you do a video on the geology and volcanism of the Isle of Skye in Scotland? It's fascinating, it has so many volcanic features and also one of the mountain ranges (black cuilins) is a giant volcanic plug I believe, it's incredible
    There's also another set of volcanic features made of different materials visible from it (the red cuilins)
    I would love to learn about these from your video and infographic style

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1075 AD seems rather specific. How did someone pick that number out of the air?

  • @fredfarquar7679
    @fredfarquar7679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU!! Spotted that lava flow while flying to LAX many years ago and always wondered about it, having no knowledge of vulcanism in that area. Now I know! Thanks again!

  • @krimskrams
    @krimskrams 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very fascinating features of Arizona I wasn't aware of!

  • @SongOfSongsOneTwelve
    @SongOfSongsOneTwelve 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I grew up in Arizona and knew that the mountains were formed by volcanic activity but had no idea they were active. Wow.

  • @jamesellsworth8147
    @jamesellsworth8147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good work ,keep it up thanx

  • @craigthescott5074
    @craigthescott5074 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What’s amazing is there we’re probably Native American alive living in the area when this volcano erupted.

  • @timcarlos
    @timcarlos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great information. Please pay more attention to your diction. I had to rewind this video several times to figure out what you were saying. Before others ask, English is my native language.

  • @melissacastillo1073
    @melissacastillo1073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just when I was running out of things to worried about.

  • @jonminer9891
    @jonminer9891 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most viewers will not agree that 5,000 years ago should be called "Recent." It may be true geologically, but not conversationally. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      when talking about geology, ie in conversation, the appropriate term is 'recent'.

  • @alfredosolano5317
    @alfredosolano5317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you talk about Cerro Galan (it is considerated one of the world largest calderas and i would like to learn more)

  • @albertusmagnus7239
    @albertusmagnus7239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a cinder cone near the town of Jacumba in San Diego County, very close to the border with Mexico. I would like to see the geology and history surrounding that formation, and any other nearby cinder cones in the region.

  • @tatjannaandrews3659
    @tatjannaandrews3659 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is kool. What do you think about LaPalma?

  • @aimlesslost
    @aimlesslost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like seeing its little volcanic barf field . I didn’t notice that on google earth previously .

  • @tomolson1320
    @tomolson1320 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My favorite cinder cone! E Geology students would jump off the rim into the four feet deep cinder flow and sink down! It was Soo much fun digging ourselves out!

  • @lindaseel8633
    @lindaseel8633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One time, as we were flying into Phoenix airport, the lady sitting next to me commented on the landscape. I told her they are volcanoes. Her eyes got almost as big as the craters!

    • @mikenewtonninja9379
      @mikenewtonninja9379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      one time? like at band camp?

    • @lindaseel8633
      @lindaseel8633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikenewtonninja9379 Bawahahaha! 😅😅😅😅

  • @brasstard7.627
    @brasstard7.627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At Sunset crater archaeologist have found corn imprints in the lava flow from offerings thrown by Indians

  • @robincupp6087
    @robincupp6087 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This area is right outside Flagstaff AZ. It’s quite popular with Motörhead’s because of the quite consistent, marble sized pumice stones to drive around on. I spent a long weekend with friends once.

  • @KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking
    @KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:35 : *Geologist Dad:* _Take it from me...talk to any girl this way, son...they'll swoon!_

  • @thomastaylor6511
    @thomastaylor6511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    According to a seismologist I talked to the volcano located in woodruff az was the last to erupt in az about 275 years ago

  • @Raptorman0909
    @Raptorman0909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The name, SP Crater, is a sanitized version of its original name 'Shit Pot Crater'.

  • @solarnaut
    @solarnaut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "ERUPTION THREAT" . . . I'm not sure that would exactly be a great topic, but maybe ? Before Mt. St. Helens blew there was at least one guy living on the side of the mountain who refused to move, despite geologists warnings . . . he disappeared in the blast. Some years ago there was a, by then elderly, couple (both life long volcanologists) who "disappeared" into the haze while studying lava flows (I've wondered if it was an accident or how they decided to "go out"?
    Visiting Kilauea Nat'l Park and observing a slow moving surface flow, a ranger approached warning "sometimes lava flows can contact pockets of buried organics that have become gases, causing an explosion which can be very dangerous! When the ranger was asked "are you saying it is very dangerous and I must leave or it is very dangerous and I should leave?" the ranger replied "I'm saying it is very dangerous and I am leaving" and he walked away. B-)
    RISK = Risk x Time (window of exposure) .

  • @aaronandrews3059
    @aaronandrews3059 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really cool. We always drove past those cinder cones when headed down to Mesa to visit My grandparents. Lets hope they stay dormant.

  • @silicon212
    @silicon212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The area is seismically active. There is no doubt there will be a future eruption here. I just hope it happens in my life. It will likely be east of where Sunset Crater is, and will look spectacular. As you mention for SP in the video, it's expected to be a Strombolian type event when it happens.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice cinder cones there!

  • @MamaGypsyFelice
    @MamaGypsyFelice 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did enjoy your video very much good job I'm doing it I must say the title had me excited to think that somehow there was a volcano going off here in the US because I know once you getting ready to go off

  • @kathypriest95
    @kathypriest95 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    And I thought reading food labels was a mouthful 😯well done sir😊

  • @lIlIANONYMOUSIlIl
    @lIlIANONYMOUSIlIl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would have to go back and research and see, so I am guessing and asking if the activity is due to ancient Pacific rifts that have long since subducted? I know there is some other geology to account for down South so I am not sure because I don't know much this far South. Basaltic components lead me on this line of belief.

  • @mrbard1
    @mrbard1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live close to these volcanos so i just wanna thank you for giving us some insight on them. How can we tell if a volcano wil wake up?

    • @ghostexploring3438
      @ghostexploring3438 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Soon

    • @silicon212
      @silicon212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A lot of seismic activity in a singular area over days / weeks / months and an uplift of the ground near here signifies an imminent eruption.

  • @touncy1533
    @touncy1533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    as a layman found this very interesting.

  • @freddyw4555
    @freddyw4555 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good one. Do twin Buffalo pks in Colorado Was the ground level 3000’ higher than now

  • @bradleyheathhaysable
    @bradleyheathhaysable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Change the voice on this video/channel to one that doesn’t drone so much and you might get better audience.

  • @RILRIL1
    @RILRIL1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about a video on the extinct volcano in Maine near Katahdin? Magnificent area!

  • @beautexter2283
    @beautexter2283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Try the Volcano that occurred at Amboy, Ca. Last time it was active was 1988. This area is known for mining calcium carbonate aka salt

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here you go: m.th-cam.com/video/Kb1wXARvu5Y/w-d-xo.html

  • @CATownsend777
    @CATownsend777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd name it "little squirt".
    Would be a great backdrop for a sifi movie, "Giant Fireants" !

  • @Amber-ex3en
    @Amber-ex3en 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Age around 6000 to 5000 fits creation very well

  • @jessemills3845
    @jessemills3845 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting, back in the 1980-90s the park was showing eruptions around 1480-1490s. With natives putting offerings of corn an such in the lava. Where you can see the impression of the corn in the lava.

  • @iczesmv
    @iczesmv หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've climbed sp crater before, cool little hill.

  • @mariaaldama2824
    @mariaaldama2824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting to know how we have them in the USA and we really don't know

    • @rudra62
      @rudra62 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was taught in elementary school in the 1960s that we didn't have any active volcanos in the Continental United States. Hawaii was the only state that had them. Wrong!

  • @benflips7462
    @benflips7462 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wander what would happen if a bunch of people went into the crater of the volcano and just started digging

  • @stevenwiederholt7000
    @stevenwiederholt7000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Learn something new everyday! Thumbs Up!

  • @squidelleotious6362
    @squidelleotious6362 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The image that he shows when he says San Francisco Field is the Sunset Crater volcano, and as far as I know, that volcano has no more future eruptions, I am aware that there are volcanos that are just sleeping, but volcanos like Sunset Crater or Crater Lake, are completely lifeless, the hotspot that used to lay beneath the mountain has moved somewhere elsewhere, just like Yellowstone didn't used to be in Wyoming, the lava that we see around Spokane Washington was from Yellowstone because Yellowstone used to be closer to the west side, and there is a pattern of every place that Yellowstone used to be at and so I believe Sunset Crater is in the same boat the volcano is actually somewhere else leaving that mountain.., well.., just a mountain. So with all that being said, if you are interested in visiting Sunset Crater, it is safe and it is an amazing place to visit, and pro tip, do not attempt to clime up it, I tried and immediately got caught and was told to get down immediately, so don't get yourself in any trouble by attempting to do what I did, but just enjoy it and take some good pictures ;)

  • @elisemoore8044
    @elisemoore8044 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please discuss the formation of Tucson? I've heard it is basin and range but also that it is a volcanic caldera. Also Signal mountain known locally as A mountain is basaltic but not from a volcanic eruption. I'm thinking it might have been a volcanic fracture like in Iceland. I'm very interested in your opinion

  • @hollynoellewallen5607
    @hollynoellewallen5607 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the update! ❤
    Liked 👍. Shared on MeWe 👍.

  • @bertplank8011
    @bertplank8011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I hope you enjoyed this VIDEOOOOO".
    Yes emphatically ....the Canarias eruption prediction was a superb bit of prediction.....A Congressional Medal of Honor is in the post!.

    • @arkandrada3305
      @arkandrada3305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That prediction was a long way better than those made by meteorologists in my neighbourhood…🤣🤣🤣

  • @mlt6322
    @mlt6322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why do people keep insisting on using a computer to narrate their videos? It sounds so stupid when the computer stretches the last word of every sentence.

    • @kennethschroeder2789
      @kennethschroeder2789 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for that. I was suspicious that something was wrong about the phrasing of the sentence, but was not 100% sure it was computer generated.

  • @stonew1927
    @stonew1927 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know that Mt. San Francisco was a volcano! Driven past it numerous times. Interesting!!

  • @jasonp9340
    @jasonp9340 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never new there was volcanoes in Arizona. Now Im curious if there is any in my state of Illinois.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In comparison, cinder cones in very wet areas in Hawaii can get covered by vegetation far faster and don't look as fresh as this even though they're younger.

  • @michaelel8602
    @michaelel8602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thumbs up family 👍🏿