Milo, I love you, but I have to correct you on one thing: the limestone at Tonto isn't from the Western Interior Seaway, but an ancient Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) ocean. You weren't terribly far from a fossil reef, a metric ton of brachiopods, and some shark teeth sites! if you make it out here again, give me a holler and I'd be happy to take you to them and buy you a drink or several. Also, in nearby Payson, you can find exposures of a PRECAMBRIAN ocean bed, a unique geologic feature called an ophiolite, dating back 1.7 billion years. There are mountains in Arizona near where you were standing that have been islands three times, twice by sea, and now in the sky. Pretty sure that this comment will be lost in the ether, though. (also stoked for Agua Fria, Perry Mesa there at the National Monument is one of my absolute favorite places in AZ other than the Payson-Strawberry-Young area)
@sarasmr4278 Thankfully we had flood insurance and were able to get a new place, this time on a hill. Lol So many weren't as fortunate. We're slowly replacing what items can be replaced.
as a floridian who got hit directly by ian a few years ago, i wish you the absolute best. i know just how devastating these hurricanes can be. people in my area are still recovering, (though thankfully in the tail end now)! i truly hope you and your loved ones are safe and have clean water/food!!
Fact: Yucca are Agave, and both are indeed in the Asparagus Family, Asparagaceae. Used to be lumped into the Lilies (Lilium), another monocot, but botanists are now trying to clean up past mistakes.
I love that the jawbone in the floor tile ( 18:54 ) was found by a dentist. Bro was visiting his parents and was like 'I've been working so much lately I've been seeing teeth everywhere I look. See? Even in the.... WTF!'
I wish I could post a pic of my own limestone floor. I have a fish jaw that is roughly the same size right in front of my refrigerator door. Looks like it was a 2-footer.
This was the bit that blew me away. Like first of all, someone was completely encapsulated in rock. Then got sliced up to become part of someone's floor. The jawbone is probably pretty identifiable, but the rest of this person has gotta be in several other floors, and people are just walking over it unawares.
dark routes may not pull the types of numbers that something like a google debunking video might, but this series has been my favourite on this channel
So glad you stopped here! I used to be a park ranger for Arizona State Parks at Kartchner Caverns (before becoming a wildlife biologist) and a lot of conferences were held here. It made a lot of people who had just moved to Arizona really appreciate how diverse in geography the state is.
@@dnvnnck massive column in one chamber, still active and warm. I visited back in April! Fascinating cave, especially compared to the cold, inactive caves I'm used to in the PNW!
Dark Routes!!!! also the little side tangent about the skulls/bones encased in stone; every time I hear of someone finding ancient bones, I always get a little emotional. Here's the remains of someone none of us could ever have known, whether they were one of us or one of our close relatives, their lives and who they are is totally unknown to us. but we're always so excited to meet them in the ways we can, even if all we can meet is bones. we're always so excited to learn about how they lived and loved and how they interacted with the world. the little marks left on their bones from how they used their tools, or from how they were loved enough to heal from something that should have killed them. we're so happy when we find out something new about our long-gone relatives. we don't know their names, we don't know if they had names, but we love them more than they could ever have imagined
I worked an archeological dig in a Lithuanian forest this summer of a sacred site dating to about the 14th or 15th century (young compared to a lot of content here). Taking a break from digging, I would sweep with a metal detector. Aside from a horde of over 60 coins (!), I found a lot of twisted metal. Shrapnel from WWII. Once back at our lodgings, I did some research and learned of a Soviet sweep of the forest for partizans in that area. Two men were killed, 6 captured, and one sentenced to death. It was humbling to hold those pieces of a bomb that may have killed these men. I've also handled ancient cremations (including part of a skull and knuckle bones), and it is quite sobering.
FINALLY!!!! Maybe Awful archeology will be back soon too. And then I hope he starts posting that peru series he promised. And obviously the rest of dark routes
No, it's a clandestine conspiracy of something ambiguous and unprecedented. Here's the grainy footage and skewed pictures from an unreliable source! ...😂😂😂😂😂
So excited for the return of Dark Routes! Milo's videos are always fun, educational, and an all around great time and this is no exception. So excited to see where this series goes
Well done, my friend! I made the classic mistake of "taking a year off to travel" after two years of college. Evidently I'm still traveling, because that happened in 1999. I had a great, great time during my 20s and 30s, but nowadays I crave TH-cam channels like Milo's more than anything else on the platform. I LOVE learning. Correction: I LOVE learning about the sciences, history, anthropology, etc. Business Management, Accounting, Law School crap, anything even remotely similar or related to algebra . . . HARD PASS!
@6:35 the juxtaposition of me knowing about something Milo doesn't while I'm over here learning something new from him is unmatched in levels of entertainment
Man it must be nice to have so many patrons that you have to show their names in 4k to even read them all. Good on you Milo, get that dollar, you earned it.
quick PSA: that part with “closed captioning courtesy of terrible audio” isn’t actually closed captioning! closed captioning is when captions are separate from the video & can be toggled, since the captions are directly on the video and can’t be turned off, those are open captions! Also, closed/open captions are essential for deaf/hoh/apd people to have the same access to information, so please try to include them whenever possible :))
I personally did not know - though it sounds obvious when laid out like this - that the corresponding terminology of "open captions" existed! Thank you for the explanation, I'm going to go research where the "open" and "closed" convention came from 😁
I'm not HOH ("Yet," whispers my drum kit conspiratorialy), but I watch everything with closed captioning turned on. I find that it's easier for me to learn and retain new information if I've seen it spelled out.
@@MikeP2055 It’s actually very similar for me! I’m not deaf or hoh, but I have some auditory processing issues that mean while I *can* watch/listen to things without captions, it is much easier for me to process the input that I am getting and understand what is going on if I have them. that’s why I decided to use this opportunity to spread awareness about captioning! :D
15:35 Thank you Milo & Googledebunkers!! My neighbors here in WNC have such a HUGE need right now, and with the news cycles moving on for the most part, I worry that folks will forget about them as the hardest season of the year rolls in. We in NC **truly appreciate** all the help and support and love from all around the world!! I hope we can continue to remember that we are ALL neighbors on this tiny blue dot together. 🌎 Stay safe, be blessed. 🤓💪🏽⚖️💋
Thanks Milo, for this fabulous video and especially for your generous fundraising and disaster awareness for our beloved Asheville, NC! I live an hour east in Rutherford Co. NC, and my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter live in Asheville. My family and I were exceptionally fortunate in somehow dodging the worst effects, but as you showed your faithful audience, this catastrophe will be many years in healing. Asheville is Strong and again, I'm MOST Grateful.💙☮💙
So happy to see another installment in the Dark Routes series!! It's genuinely my favorite series you've done so far, aside from the Graham Hancock analysis/debunk.
4:44 this part about the colorado plateau is not correct. the western interiot seaway is 100 million years old and the sandstone of much of the colorado plateau is nearly twice as old. for instance the navajo sandstone is 190 million years old and came from an ancient sand sea that dwarfed the sahara. that sand originated from the appalachian mountains. this is just the super basics of it and it is of course much more detailed and complex. (I'm a former professional geologist and grad student of geological science)
I love when people discuss how many millions of years old this continent is and the changes it has undergone. People living in Appalachia (who emigrated from overseas a few hundred years ago) today usually claim that since the Appalachia mountains were once connected to the coast of Scotland during the supercontinent era that basically makes them Indigenous to North America not knowing that it was millions of years before humans appeared.
This reminded me of that jawbone in the tile from reddit earlier this year so I went and spend 20 minutes googling to see if there were any updates on it and then you go and bring it up in the video.
Yes yes yes it's back! I have been eagerly awaiting the return of Dark Routes! And what a beautiful topic to return to! Those diagrams were incredibly helpful in understanding how this place formed and why it's so special!
We have something kinda like this in Virginia, pretty close to where i call home, We call it Natural Tunnel, a Massive, Naturally carved out tunnel that is SO big, that It has a Railroad running through it that has existed since 1893. It is a absolutely amazing sight to see and personally, Id love to see the Line that runs through it turned into a Tourist Railroad, since the Coal Traffic in the area is Drying up fast, and the line is seeing less, and less use. Barely a train a month at this point.
Great to see another video from you! I only discovered your channel a few weeks ago (the Doggerland video -- that bit of natural history ENTHRALLS me!), and have made my way thru all your previous videos, so I've been keeping an eye out for anything new. Yay! And BTW... the opening of these Dark Route vids, with the classical guitar and the red lines growing, reminds me EXTREMELY of the opening of The Last of Us. Great job!
7:00 you're not so wrong though! Yucca, agave, and asparagus are in the same family(Asparagaceae)! Also fun fact, the plant puts all its energy into the shoot, and dies after it blooms.
Great stuff as always! I just love your holistic approach to it, bringing in the geology and meteorology with the archeology and paleontology. You are just an amazing communicator
fantastic content as always. Looking forward to more content like this series. And also excited to see your camera and composition work improve. Don’t stop making videos and you’re gonna do this for a long time
@13:00 honestly as someone who has stumbled upon your content fairly recently its kind of refreshing how "grassroots" and genuine you are in your productions. but I do understand the benefits of being able to hear and actually see what you're talking about 😆
Sidenote: If yall liked the card infograph at 7:54 then you should totally look into other species of whiptails. Some species do some sick awesome genetic splicing to make sure they aren't all clones. Real sci-fi stuff
Lmao, I'm on mobile, and this is the top comment, and my thumb kept on accidentally pressing the timestamp and going back without realizing it. I thought maybe the editors and Milo fecked up and added this segment in like 5 times before I realized what was up lmao. 😂😂 But thank you for the tip! The card graphics were pretty cool.
I've seen a Javelina a good 3 feet from my front bumper as I had to make an abrupt stop. The Javelina completed it's crossing without incident. I had to catch my breath.
Just want to add to the pile of comments about this being a great video, because you and all your hard work deserves it. Great job! It was so entertaining and educational!
Yo parts of this feel like Eyewitness, that show with the wicked intro. And I love it! Milo you've truly come so far. I love that you get to do what you get to do, and that's truly inspiring. It's amazing to see how you've incorporated not just music but a score. And dude, this soundtrack is killer! It really gives it the feel of a documentary television program (such as Eyewitness). You can really feel the love and compassion that went into this whole series.
Is the audio kinda crunchy/wobbly, or is it just me? On another note tho, so excited that this series is back! (To clarify, I mean the sections in the studio)
Ooo dark routes! It's 100 percent the best series you have, your b roll for it is always amazing, and we actually get to see what it looks like through your eyes, while we learn together
Cool how you drove through where i live (Payson AZ). The natural bridge is pretty cool. I recommend the Anna Mae Trail because it takes you the long way around and you walk to the bridge from the bottom and feels like you're discovering it. Another fun fact, you can see the very edge of the Colorado plateau from town (Payson). Its called the Mogollon Rim and you can camp on the very edge of its 1000ish ft cliff.
Glad to have another episode of dark routes, its been like almost a year since the last one, I thought there would be no new ones, but I am glad you are still working on this project
i’ve been planning a camping trip with my dog all week in this exact place and you released this video at the perfect time. i love learning this kind of stuff about the places i get to travel to
So glad to see the return of this series! I know linear series in general don't do well on TH-cam, but thank you so much for the wonderful documentarianism ^^
I love the motion graphics and animations in this series. I'm currently trying to cook up ideas for a demo reel and THIS is the kind of stuff I want to do, science and history stuff, so I'm all inspired right now. Also, I don't know if the animators are down to answer questions here, but I'd like to ask if those red roots were made using Advanced Lightning or something else.
Hi! I made most of the animations and all the root animations. They are done in 3ds max with tyflow. Pretty much animated tapered splines. Awesome to hear it inspired you! Maybe I should do a behind the scenes for the holidays... Would you watch that?
@CaleOglesby Oh shit, hi! While I'm not familiar with 3ds Max and do most of my animation work in After Effects, I really ought to get back into using true 3D software. So yeah, I'd watch that.
@@sydc3667 yes you are now limited in what you can do is your only using after effects. I'd you have 'particular' you can do some 3d stuff but you probably aren't going to be able to get 3d branching vines like the ones i made. But you can totally get some good results still with precomping various vine assets and a 3d camera track! I wish you the best and encourage you to keep trying! I'll try to record some BTS for Patreon or my channel in December!
@@CaleOglesby Trapcode is outside of my budget right now, unfortunately, and I have experience with Maya but don't have access to that anymore either. I'll have to make do with free AE plug-ins and maybe Blender for now. Thanks for the tip about layered precomps! Making them look right in the context has been the tricky part. I'll definitely stay tuned for the BTS vid.
This reminds me SO MUCH of Prohodna Cave in Bulgaria, also known as "The Eyes of God" Milo, could you perhaps spend some time on that marvel of nature as well? 🙏🙏
Milo, I love you, but I have to correct you on one thing: the limestone at Tonto isn't from the Western Interior Seaway, but an ancient Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) ocean. You weren't terribly far from a fossil reef, a metric ton of brachiopods, and some shark teeth sites! if you make it out here again, give me a holler and I'd be happy to take you to them and buy you a drink or several. Also, in nearby Payson, you can find exposures of a PRECAMBRIAN ocean bed, a unique geologic feature called an ophiolite, dating back 1.7 billion years.
There are mountains in Arizona near where you were standing that have been islands three times, twice by sea, and now in the sky.
Pretty sure that this comment will be lost in the ether, though.
(also stoked for Agua Fria, Perry Mesa there at the National Monument is one of my absolute favorite places in AZ other than the Payson-Strawberry-Young area)
Hopefully it doesn't get lost cause that sounds like an interesting video
Responding to stop this from getting lost! This is a fascinating tidbit.
Also responding so this doesn't get lost!
This
Same here
At 15:18 you're half a mile from where my house once stood. Thank you for bringing attention to our area. So many are still in need.
Are you still in the area? How are things now? Much love, fwiw, wish I could do more 💜
@sarasmr4278 Thankfully we had flood insurance and were able to get a new place, this time on a hill. Lol
So many weren't as fortunate. We're slowly replacing what items can be replaced.
I don't wanna rain on your parade but please be careful to not doxx yourself. Stay safe!
@@balbalofficial8212 I appreciate your concern, but I did say "where my house once stood". I didn't say where I currently live.
as a floridian who got hit directly by ian a few years ago, i wish you the absolute best. i know just how devastating these hurricanes can be. people in my area are still recovering, (though thankfully in the tail end now)! i truly hope you and your loved ones are safe and have clean water/food!!
8:42 I love the little info cards in this episode.
Milo better continue doing this... No matter what video it is.
I’m laughing my fucking ass off
The pic on the right should be his profile pic on his YT.
It also presents us with a new piece of information, that Miniminuteman is, in fact, Milo's scientific name
The insect one that cut him off mid sentence made me holler 😂
Fact: Yucca are Agave, and both are indeed in the Asparagus Family, Asparagaceae. Used to be lumped into the Lilies (Lilium), another monocot, but botanists are now trying to clean up past mistakes.
and the sugars that we use to make tequila are used to produce the shaft. It flowers once and dies.
thank you 2 for these Informations i didn't know i needed, and yet am thankful for recieving.
I was just about to comment this!! Glad someone else is thinking on the same weird wavelength as me!
I eat those things in fallout new vegas
I knew someone was going to correct him on this. Lol, I can thank Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't for already knowing that info.
I love that the jawbone in the floor tile ( 18:54 ) was found by a dentist. Bro was visiting his parents and was like 'I've been working so much lately I've been seeing teeth everywhere I look. See? Even in the.... WTF!'
I wish I could post a pic of my own limestone floor. I have a fish jaw that is roughly the same size right in front of my refrigerator door. Looks like it was a 2-footer.
This was the bit that blew me away. Like first of all, someone was completely encapsulated in rock. Then got sliced up to become part of someone's floor. The jawbone is probably pretty identifiable, but the rest of this person has gotta be in several other floors, and people are just walking over it unawares.
dark routes may not pull the types of numbers that something like a google debunking video might, but this series has been my favourite on this channel
The cut to insect ID interrupting you at 8:13 is so damn funny
I cackled so hard that my cats were all staring at me lol.
that whole section with the several cuts is HILARIOUS
So glad you stopped here! I used to be a park ranger for Arizona State Parks at Kartchner Caverns (before becoming a wildlife biologist) and a lot of conferences were held here. It made a lot of people who had just moved to Arizona really appreciate how diverse in geography the state is.
kartchner... Is that the one with the massive column? Saw a lot of caves as a kid and it always stuck out in my memory.
Kartchner caverns are absolutely spectacular. Thank you for your work to help preserve these incredible places.
I loved those caves, and I'm not comfortable underground! I salute you!
I just had a friend get married at Kartchner! I'm always so fascinated by how above and beyond the park goes to conserve the natural ecosystem!!
@@dnvnnck massive column in one chamber, still active and warm. I visited back in April! Fascinating cave, especially compared to the cold, inactive caves I'm used to in the PNW!
Dark routes is back y’all
It’s finally here
Unlike Atlantis episode. cant wait for that
Dark Routes!!!!
also the little side tangent about the skulls/bones encased in stone; every time I hear of someone finding ancient bones, I always get a little emotional. Here's the remains of someone none of us could ever have known, whether they were one of us or one of our close relatives, their lives and who they are is totally unknown to us. but we're always so excited to meet them in the ways we can, even if all we can meet is bones. we're always so excited to learn about how they lived and loved and how they interacted with the world. the little marks left on their bones from how they used their tools, or from how they were loved enough to heal from something that should have killed them. we're so happy when we find out something new about our long-gone relatives. we don't know their names, we don't know if they had names, but we love them more than they could ever have imagined
I worked an archeological dig in a Lithuanian forest this summer of a sacred site dating to about the 14th or 15th century (young compared to a lot of content here). Taking a break from digging, I would sweep with a metal detector. Aside from a horde of over 60 coins (!), I found a lot of twisted metal. Shrapnel from WWII.
Once back at our lodgings, I did some research and learned of a Soviet sweep of the forest for partizans in that area. Two men were killed, 6 captured, and one sentenced to death. It was humbling to hold those pieces of a bomb that may have killed these men.
I've also handled ancient cremations (including part of a skull and knuckle bones), and it is quite sobering.
aw man now im going to get emotional whenever i see bones /pos
Actually no way, I’m so glad that Dark Routes is back
FINALLY!!!! Maybe Awful archeology will be back soon too. And then I hope he starts posting that peru series he promised. And obviously the rest of dark routes
"embrace your roots, become a Neanderthal" is such a good quote i need it on merch!
“Return to neanderthal”
Listen to "Combat Mosh" by Lich King if you want a soundtrack for t hat saying. The lyrics are spot on.
I love the combination of Professional Documentary Presentation and Comedic Anecdotes. Keep up the good work, Milo.
19:44? Agua Fria? Where the ranger with the big iron on his hip ended Texas Red?
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day,
Abso fuckin lutley I'm so stoked lmao
Beat me to it
Milo is the Arizona ranger
Immediately came to the comments when I heard that
Googledebunkers assemble
No, it's a clandestine conspiracy of something ambiguous and unprecedented. Here's the grainy footage and skewed pictures from an unreliable source! ...😂😂😂😂😂
Sir yes sir O7
Yes
Archdebunkers?
@@j0hn00 we have types of debunker now , IM IN
So excited for the return of Dark Routes! Milo's videos are always fun, educational, and an all around great time and this is no exception. So excited to see where this series goes
Petition for Milo to change the "Conspiracy debunker" in his channel description to "Googledebunker"
signed!
I've signed and so's my wife
Singed
Signed :3
Both is good
Between you and askamortician reigniting my love for learning, I’m glad I’m pursuing a degree in anthropology
his videos make me wanna change my major to anthropology 😭
Well done, my friend!
I made the classic mistake of "taking a year off to travel" after two years of college. Evidently I'm still traveling, because that happened in 1999. I had a great, great time during my 20s and 30s, but nowadays I crave TH-cam channels like Milo's more than anything else on the platform. I LOVE learning. Correction: I LOVE learning about the sciences, history, anthropology, etc. Business Management, Accounting, Law School crap, anything even remotely similar or related to algebra . . . HARD PASS!
Milo and Caitlyn would be an amazing collab, actually!
Take note Discovery/ History channel..
This is how documentaries should be made.
As a Coloradin myself, I can confirm that the Colorado plateau is called that because it has the least amount of space in Colorado.
Motion to change its name to the Utah Plateau!
All in favor?
(I haven't even watched the video yet. I was instantly distracted by the comments, haha.)
Edward Abbey's stomping grounds and some of the most beautiful places in America.
I want to bleed out in Arches Monument National Park. LOL
It's named after the Colorado River, not the state.
I totally thought you were lost in the desert my dude. Glad to see this series finally pick back up!
I was initially disappointed when I saw the video was only 20 minutes but it really didn’t feel that short lol. Great video Milo.
Love tonto bridge, been here multiple times its absolutely gorgeous.
You know what Tonto means in Spanish rigth?
@@noellopez4341doesn’t it mean something like idiot?
As someone who was born and raised in southern Arizona it is really fun watching people experience our borderline alien landscape and ecosystems.
The wait for this video is driving me googledebunkers
Fr
**googledeBONKERS 🤪🤪
I agree!
I think Milo's going to make it big. To be this great a communicator and this confident at his age is definitely remarkable. Love these videos.
First Dark Routes video in a while and it has the UwU sound effect at 6:07. Peak.
@6:35 the juxtaposition of me knowing about something Milo doesn't while I'm over here learning something new from him is unmatched in levels of entertainment
I can never state this enough, but I love the dark roots series so much. It’s so interesting learning about the geological history of North America. 💛
Your editing team has stepped up their game. That makes watching even more informative and fun!
Man it must be nice to have so many patrons that you have to show their names in 4k to even read them all. Good on you Milo, get that dollar, you earned it.
quick PSA: that part with “closed captioning courtesy of terrible audio” isn’t actually closed captioning! closed captioning is when captions are separate from the video & can be toggled, since the captions are directly on the video and can’t be turned off, those are open captions!
Also, closed/open captions are essential for deaf/hoh/apd people to have the same access to information, so please try to include them whenever possible :))
I personally did not know - though it sounds obvious when laid out like this - that the corresponding terminology of "open captions" existed!
Thank you for the explanation, I'm going to go research where the "open" and "closed" convention came from 😁
I'm not HOH ("Yet," whispers my drum kit conspiratorialy), but I watch everything with closed captioning turned on. I find that it's easier for me to learn and retain new information if I've seen it spelled out.
@@MikeP2055 It’s actually very similar for me! I’m not deaf or hoh, but I have some auditory processing issues that mean while I *can* watch/listen to things without captions, it is much easier for me to process the input that I am getting and understand what is going on if I have them. that’s why I decided to use this opportunity to spread awareness about captioning! :D
15:35 Thank you Milo & Googledebunkers!! My neighbors here in WNC have such a HUGE need right now, and with the news cycles moving on for the most part, I worry that folks will forget about them as the hardest season of the year rolls in. We in NC **truly appreciate** all the help and support and love from all around the world!! I hope we can continue to remember that we are ALL neighbors on this tiny blue dot together. 🌎 Stay safe, be blessed. 🤓💪🏽⚖️💋
Thanks Milo, for this fabulous video and especially for your generous fundraising and disaster awareness for our beloved Asheville, NC! I live an hour east in Rutherford Co. NC, and my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter live in Asheville. My family and I were exceptionally fortunate in somehow dodging the worst effects, but as you showed your faithful audience, this catastrophe will be many years in healing. Asheville is Strong and again, I'm MOST Grateful.💙☮💙
So happy to see another installment in the Dark Routes series!! It's genuinely my favorite series you've done so far, aside from the Graham Hancock analysis/debunk.
4:44 this part about the colorado plateau is not correct. the western interiot seaway is 100 million years old and the sandstone of much of the colorado plateau is nearly twice as old. for instance the navajo sandstone is 190 million years old and came from an ancient sand sea that dwarfed the sahara. that sand originated from the appalachian mountains. this is just the super basics of it and it is of course much more detailed and complex. (I'm a former professional geologist and grad student of geological science)
How did Appalachian sand get to Arizona?
I love when people discuss how many millions of years old this continent is and the changes it has undergone. People living in Appalachia (who emigrated from overseas a few hundred years ago) today usually claim that since the Appalachia mountains were once connected to the coast of Scotland during the supercontinent era that basically makes them Indigenous to North America not knowing that it was millions of years before humans appeared.
I climbed through this with flip flops as a child which was unbelievably stupid lol
I love how some backpackers make a big stink about trails that unhinged children also trek in flip flops or while holding a random rock 😂
Jandals are a normal tramping footwear down here in New Zealand
This is my proper foot attire for all of the warm months in Canada. Boots for the none sandal weather but would hike this any day in my flip flops
Naw you can pretty much wear those everywhere in AZ.
At least you didnt break your tailbone because you wanted to slide down the steep part under the arch 😭
The Dark Routes opening is one of the few I never skip, it just hits so hard
I’m up at 6am. Here in Australia. You’re such a tease Milo.
Well, it's about time. Glad to be back on the Dark Routes.
So glad dark routes is back
This reminded me of that jawbone in the tile from reddit earlier this year so I went and spend 20 minutes googling to see if there were any updates on it and then you go and bring it up in the video.
The species pop ups with the music are so cute and cosy
Thankyou so much Milo for all your support for the hurricane relief after Helene.
Heck yeah! The return of Dark Routes! I am so normal and not Googledebunkers about this!
Yes yes yes it's back! I have been eagerly awaiting the return of Dark Routes! And what a beautiful topic to return to! Those diagrams were incredibly helpful in understanding how this place formed and why it's so special!
We have something kinda like this in Virginia, pretty close to where i call home, We call it Natural Tunnel, a Massive, Naturally carved out tunnel that is SO big, that It has a Railroad running through it that has existed since 1893.
It is a absolutely amazing sight to see and personally, Id love to see the Line that runs through it turned into a Tourist Railroad, since the Coal Traffic in the area is Drying up fast, and the line is seeing less, and less use. Barely a train a month at this point.
We also literally have Natural Bridge, Virginia. Which I actually thought this video was about when seeing the thumbnail
Great to see another video from you! I only discovered your channel a few weeks ago (the Doggerland video -- that bit of natural history ENTHRALLS me!), and have made my way thru all your previous videos, so I've been keeping an eye out for anything new. Yay!
And BTW... the opening of these Dark Route vids, with the classical guitar and the red lines growing, reminds me EXTREMELY of the opening of The Last of Us. Great job!
Wow! It was such a cool experience to watch this at the live premiere!
So glad Dark Routes is back
1:20 hell yeah
This is an incredible video. Greta production and super informative. Thanks Milo.
7:00 you're not so wrong though! Yucca, agave, and asparagus are in the same family(Asparagaceae)!
Also fun fact, the plant puts all its energy into the shoot, and dies after it blooms.
This video was incredible. Thank you!
I already bought your book! It's wicked awesome!
Love from Rhode Island, USA. 💜
Great stuff as always! I just love your holistic approach to it, bringing in the geology and meteorology with the archeology and paleontology. You are just an amazing communicator
fantastic content as always. Looking forward to more content like this series. And also excited to see your camera and composition work improve. Don’t stop making videos and you’re gonna do this for a long time
Milo Rossi is considered a lifeform on or around the Tonto Bridge. This makes him a cryptid as it humanely impossible to be in two areas at once.
@13:00 honestly as someone who has stumbled upon your content fairly recently its kind of refreshing how "grassroots" and genuine you are in your productions. but I do understand the benefits of being able to hear and actually see what you're talking about 😆
Sidenote: If yall liked the card infograph at 7:54 then you should totally look into other species of whiptails. Some species do some sick awesome genetic splicing to make sure they aren't all clones. Real sci-fi stuff
I think you’re really burying the lede here- most whiptails ‘round these parts are all ladies, and they reproduce by wrestlin, all sexy-like.
Lmao, I'm on mobile, and this is the top comment, and my thumb kept on accidentally pressing the timestamp and going back without realizing it. I thought maybe the editors and Milo fecked up and added this segment in like 5 times before I realized what was up lmao. 😂😂 But thank you for the tip! The card graphics were pretty cool.
Wow, Travertine Falls is absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you for reminding us about the communities affected by Hurricanes Helène and Milo!!
I've seen a Javelina a good 3 feet from my front bumper as I had to make an abrupt stop. The Javelina completed it's crossing without incident. I had to catch my breath.
Just want to add to the pile of comments about this being a great video, because you and all your hard work deserves it. Great job! It was so entertaining and educational!
Very awesome geology. It is stunning how just water can create such stunning creations.
Yo parts of this feel like Eyewitness, that show with the wicked intro. And I love it! Milo you've truly come so far. I love that you get to do what you get to do, and that's truly inspiring. It's amazing to see how you've incorporated not just music but a score. And dude, this soundtrack is killer! It really gives it the feel of a documentary television program (such as Eyewitness). You can really feel the love and compassion that went into this whole series.
Is the audio kinda crunchy/wobbly, or is it just me? On another note tho, so excited that this series is back!
(To clarify, I mean the sections in the studio)
Milos mic was clipping, so it got crunchy. We're trying to record backup audio and float audio to avoid it on the future! ❤
What a jump in production level! Keep up the good work!
15:42 Thankyou for being an amazing human being and an exceptional example of a Good American.
Ooo dark routes! It's 100 percent the best series you have, your b roll for it is always amazing, and we actually get to see what it looks like through your eyes, while we learn together
Mad hyped to see Milo at my fav hiking trail in my home state!
I am so hyped to have a new episode of Dark Routes
I love the little animal inserts! They bring me great joy!
This video has Saturday afternoon PBS travel show vibes and I love it
Glad to see dark routes is back
Living the dream, Marco.
Keep up the A1 content on your life defining journey! Godspeed.
Cool how you drove through where i live (Payson AZ). The natural bridge is pretty cool. I recommend the Anna Mae Trail because it takes you the long way around and you walk to the bridge from the bottom and feels like you're discovering it.
Another fun fact, you can see the very edge of the Colorado plateau from town (Payson). Its called the Mogollon Rim and you can camp on the very edge of its 1000ish ft cliff.
Glad to have another episode of dark routes, its been like almost a year since the last one, I thought there would be no new ones, but I am glad you are still working on this project
9:07 Love water, man. Can't live without it
i’ve been planning a camping trip with my dog all week in this exact place and you released this video at the perfect time. i love learning this kind of stuff about the places i get to travel to
Finally!
We've been waiting for so long!
So cool that you're an actual archeologist and you can go, in person, to places like Gobekli Tepe ... Arizona ...
I just want you to know, "The Anime Trail" moment absolutely destroyed me. Bless.
A great video, with a perfect balance of humour and education!
@6:40 agave mckelveyana 😉
Northern Arizona is so beautiful! It gets so overlooked!
WOOOO! DARK ROUTES IS BACK!
I like your suspenders with big pockets on them. I like how you design and produce your kit.
Milo "Drip by drip. But enough about me, check out this rock formation!"
So glad to see the return of this series! I know linear series in general don't do well on TH-cam, but thank you so much for the wonderful documentarianism ^^
this is some national geographic quality type of documentary or even better than that! well done
YES! Dark Routes is back!
i have been hoping you would come back to this series! I really enjoyed the first few episodes ✌️❤️🤘
DARK ROOTS IS BACK BABY!!!!
I love the motion graphics and animations in this series. I'm currently trying to cook up ideas for a demo reel and THIS is the kind of stuff I want to do, science and history stuff, so I'm all inspired right now.
Also, I don't know if the animators are down to answer questions here, but I'd like to ask if those red roots were made using Advanced Lightning or something else.
Hi! I made most of the animations and all the root animations. They are done in 3ds max with tyflow. Pretty much animated tapered splines.
Awesome to hear it inspired you! Maybe I should do a behind the scenes for the holidays...
Would you watch that?
@CaleOglesby Oh shit, hi! While I'm not familiar with 3ds Max and do most of my animation work in After Effects, I really ought to get back into using true 3D software. So yeah, I'd watch that.
@@sydc3667 yes you are now limited in what you can do is your only using after effects. I'd you have 'particular' you can do some 3d stuff but you probably aren't going to be able to get 3d branching vines like the ones i made. But you can totally get some good results still with precomping various vine assets and a 3d camera track!
I wish you the best and encourage you to keep trying! I'll try to record some BTS for Patreon or my channel in December!
@@CaleOglesby Trapcode is outside of my budget right now, unfortunately, and I have experience with Maya but don't have access to that anymore either. I'll have to make do with free AE plug-ins and maybe Blender for now. Thanks for the tip about layered precomps! Making them look right in the context has been the tricky part. I'll definitely stay tuned for the BTS vid.
You can make it with blender for sure! Use what you have. Don't spend anymore money just start creating!
Reminded me of Steve Irwin here and there, wasn't expecting that! Keep it up, this is the type of quality content we need on TH-cam
Life is good when Milo posts another video!
The genuine passion Milo has for nature and teaching is the reason I will always keep coming back.
Love what you do :D
This reminds me SO MUCH of Prohodna Cave in Bulgaria, also known as "The Eyes of God"
Milo, could you perhaps spend some time on that marvel of nature as well? 🙏🙏
Hey, Milo, I have a request for a video topic; Homo Naledi! I think it would be a really interesting topic to cover.
2:38 he’s in my state?!!
By far my favourite series on TH-cam