Ok, Thank you all. Cant believe how far I missed the mark on the pounds -per-cubic - foot weight of sandstone ☠☠☠Turns out these things are WAY heavier than I calculated. On a magnitude of 12x. The first object weighs closer to 1,354,500 lbs, about the same weight as a Giant Crane. The second object probably weighs 5,356,800 lbs which is about the weight of 4-5 Giant Cranes.
I am an adventurous soul in a disabled body. As I lay here in bed, where I've spent the majority of the last 34 years, I watch this completely enthralled and transported into a dream of life as I would have loved it to be. THANK YOU for this great gift!!!
Your comment helped me more than you know. I'm laying here about to give up but I really do forget there's people with much less opportunities than me.. thank you
@@XboxOriginal1321 Thank YOU so much for your comment. I have been where you are in mind and spirit. Life can be very challenging! It took me a long time and a lot of tough experiences to realize that even my seemingly insignificant life can be helpful to someone else. It seems we all have a basic need to matter, to make a difference somehow, to have a purpose. It's hard to feel one's purpose when we have so many barriers in our way. Right? I have learned to think of my barriers as channels instead. Channels that guide my energy into where it needs to be. I have come to believe my life is meant for being thankful and having a good spirit. Thankfulness has taught me many things and brought me great blessings, like YOU! Others may have the ability to make a larger impact but my little service can be part of the glue that helps hold us all together in times of trouble. I send you a big warm squeezy hug and encourage you to hang on tight! Every little thing's gonna be alright. Thank you for helping me reflect on my blessings! I absolutely LOVE moments like this. ❤️
@@the_pov_channel Hello, you filmed everything so clearly, showed it, but didn’t leave the coordinates! so that they can also look through Google here! If it’s not too much trouble, post the coordinates of interesting places!
As a structural and architectural engineer I am super sensitive to geometry and you have given me the absolute best video I have ever watched....late in my 70s I can't go there to see it for myself so thank you for your great adventure
@@momof2plusotaku657 well I feel that machu Pichu was all man made geometry and I sense that this is natural geometry.... either way I am amazed....thank you for mentioning Machu Pichu because I have always felt that it is my launching place
government wont let you, the secret planes and heli will appear from the canyon which is also a no fly zone restricted my the goverment, I forgot the name of the people who 1st recorded it 1980-1990 I think {based off info from prior archeologist around the 1930s who found buddist and Egyptian evidence pre dating the "Natives" The Channel WHYFILES did a deep dive on the topic as well
I think these cubes weigh a LOT more than you are estimating. A cubic foot of sandstone weighs about 150 pounds. Regardless of their mass.....this is another stunning video. You are putting out some very unique and amazing content.
You are correct, I calculated that solid sandstone to weigh approximately 145.02 pounds per cubic foot. Awesome video , even if the numbers where off , very impressive .
@@joshg4009because he confuzzled cubic feet with square feet... a measure of 3-dimensional volume vs. A measurement of 2-dimensional area. Simple mistake.
@@carolinewhite6010It was not split by fire, rock is not the same as wood. I think the comment aims to show that patterns like these can have a natural cause.
@@carolinewhite6010 they are split by ice. Every winter water will freeze between the rock, water expand when freezing so it slowly wedges the rock apart. There's a video where water is contained in a steel tube and let to freeze, the steel tube exploded with great force.
Hi, dieses Video ist tief beeindruckend. Ich bin schon eine Weile auf Spurensuche von der alten Zivilisation vor unserer Zeit (allerdings nur über TH-cam). Etwas hat mich allerdings fast um den Verstand gebracht: dein Hund. Er ist wie ein Zwilling von meinem geliebten BIKO. Der war auch überall unterwegs, allerdings war er ein "See-Hund" und sehr selbständig und in Amerika geboren. Danke für dieses wunderbare Video. God bless you 🙏
From the UK, I just want to say how incredibly envious I am of this excursion and how brilliantly shot and narrated it is. Having been through Monument Valley twice and always wanted to get on top of the cliffs there, this is a real thrill to see this. Look forward to watching more of your adventures.
Fascinating video! So breath taking! If someone had described what your video shows - there's no way I could have believed it! At times the cubes look like perfectly baked loaves of bread with soft rounded tops and other times the imagination is going everywhere at once! Sooo much evidence of a MASSIVE VIOLET TORENT OF A FLOOD!
@@the_pov_channel I'm not envious. Looks like you discovered things they don't want discovered. But, are these guys still in control? Have you watched David wilcock ?
Scabland looking too though, when the great flood happen when the ice melted it took away a lot of material, Randall Carlson have talked about this, but don't know if this is in the same area but it sure looks like it.
It *does* look like a quarry from some angles, but from the ground it's clearly natural. If you look at the actual spot you'll see that the cracks go much deeper and spread far wider than any quarry and there are no signs of drilling or hammering The drawings, however, are man-made and *spectacular*
Those drone shots sure make these cubes look like they are part of some sort of man made antedeluvian construction ? Incredible views Thank you for posting.
@@yelenalena125да, странно, что никто не говорит о том, что все эти блоки были вырезаны и установлены неизвестной доисторической цивилизацией. В принципе, артефакты этой цивилизации находятся на всех континентах, включая Антарктиду
What magical sounds? His breathing? The wind? You can't hear any "magical sounds" besides the noise he's making walking or touching stuff. I mean, saying thanks for not adding music is one thing, but adding some nonsense that just isn't there is comical. For "that location, he could recreate that audio anywhere, you act like there were some distinct sounds or wildlife🤦🤦
Andrew, I know of many formations around the world of polygonal Basalt columns, but this is really amazing, I mean WOW. Looking at the edge of that cliff from high above, and the perfect square blocks that had fallen away was mind blowing. Look I am 70 years old, and have done my share of off roading, back packing in the High Sierras, and hiking in the Sonoran Desert, but this is other worldly. Your'e going to be at 300,000 subscribers in short order if you keep this up, and I have no doubt you will. Thank You So Much for Sharing.
It is absolutely amazing that I have seen my share of the world and have only seen stuff like this but in something that used to be something to say this is natural is like saying you are crazy I don't know you so I can't make that assumption. Maybe this is natural but I highly doubt this but that would be saying that whoever made this was way more advanced than we will be in the next 200 years we don't know our past because everything that we should know was taken from us when our captures won is how I will say this do you feel free or do you feel like your past was taken from you like I do. That is Coral 🪸🪸
You are exactly correct! That is fossilized coral. This entire region was once an inland sea, and when Earth changes happened long ago, the land rose, the water fled to the current oceans, and what was once at the bottom of the sea is now high above the current sea level.
@@thebuff1611 So where's all the water now? If the planet was engulfed in enough water to float a ginormous boat and the weight of the occupants and their life support inside, then where did all the water go?
@@annakeyethe water rise (great flood) was caused by the giant meteor that struck Greenland. They found the crater already to prove it. It also wiped out the ancient Egyptians but eventually the water washout around the globe returned to normal
First of all the story of the "ark" is a metaphor. we should assume that it was some kind of vessel. Second, the water on earth does not increase or decrease. It only changes form.@@annakeye
Why? This video convinces you that it is man made? Or giant made? Or alien made? That’s very telling if you see evidence here of any of that. Makes one think about how the human brain makes connections where there are none… when they really want to believe it.
I went out to this formation in the mid 1970's while a student at UNM. This area has been studied by geologists and geo students more than a few times. Am sure there is a PhD thesis or two which examines the sandstone, the under laying formation and what it went through over time with pressures. There are lots of examples across the planet of fracturing along , more or less, angular lines then movement occurred as underlying formations shifted. You make a cool video and get people thinking about the real world that surrounds us. A note: stone masons have split sandstone along angular lines for millennia. Some sandstone's split that way be it small or massive.
It is an incredible place and alot to learn from it. Thanks I am glad to hear that. The splits that travel through sandstone remind me so much of a brittle wood like cedar. Would the action that splits the sandstone along the faults occur when it is very deep underground and subjected to high pressure?
The splits occur long after sandstone was initially laid down during a desert environment (dont recall which epo period). A very complex scenario to long too explain here. @@the_pov_channel
What always captures my imagination are the forces that cause these huge blocks to separate and fall from the formation. Water and freezing temps. Water seeps into the initial hairline crack, freezes causing expansion of water into ice and pushes on the block, moving it away ever so slightly. Ice melts, more water enters crack, freezes, pushes block. It's referred to as freeze-thaw erosion. Eventually gravity is the greater force that tumbles the block.
I’m close to a panic attack just watching you and waiting for you to fall or get stuck in a crevice. The dog has no fear either. That is an unbelievable place to explore. Thanks for sharing and staying alive!
There are similar rock companies in Poland, they are called Szczeliniec Wielki and are being studied by geologists. I recently watched an explanation of how such forms are created in Szczeliniec Wielki and what I remember is that these rocks have been in constant motion since they were the bottom of the sea.
It looks like you’ve actually found coral fossils, similar to the affects which created the nearby petrified forest. All of that land was once under water. Great work, by the way!
@stephenlivingstone1682 Exactly! But that would mean believing the Bible and that means people will do anything to try to convince themselves there is another explanation.
This was clearly the most interesting thing I’ve seen today. Had no idea such a place existed - absolutely spectacular. I live in Rockwall, Texas named for an odd and once supposedly ancient wall unearthed in the 1850s and later supposedly confirmed to be a completely natural geologic phenomenon. Perhaps what you discovered is similar but on a colossally grander scale. I love the shot where doggo is watching the drone.
Your videos, your expressions, your dialog helps one understand what the first explorers, the mountain men must have felt when they first ventured into the whole western US after the Louisianna Purchase. For me, I have nothing but admiration for those explorers.
I am well aware that indigenous tribes explored the whole of North America many thousands of years before Europeans arrived. My comment was intended to say "the first European explorers, the mountain men, who came after the Lousanna purchase". I assumed the words, ""mountain men" would be enough, but I errored. Please note the phrase, "the mountain men". I should have placed a comma after the word "men" to be clear. Some should read the entire script before jumping to conclusions and trying to find errors. @@WRLDWIDEWEST
Nolan, just found your channel and enjoyed this video so much. Your skill with the camera and the drone, not just getting pictures/shots, but getting great shots makes for a really watchable adventure. Thank you for taking us along, for letting us hear the silence and the natural sounds. Thanks also for letting those of us who can’t get there see the beauty and majesty of that special place. May your continued curiosity yield more such videos and may you find great success in the sharing.
@@MrCazjdalso the actual way the stones have been split, separated and made; seems to be up for debate, interesting geology or architecture is in the works. Personally, I sway towards ancient humans, but will not throw the consensus to the side it very most likely is a coral reef; yet somethings off about this location, no doubt.
Great Comment!! Totally agree. So many videographers mess up a great shoot with incongruous very annoying music which totally destroys the ability to imagine!!
Thanks. It's something I have really enjoyed learning. The fact that technology allows me to fly a personal drone still blows my mind every time I fly the drone. We live in a sci fi reality
@the_pov_channel Impossible for the blocks to be natural. I'm not touching this with a 10 foot pole. I'd be taking down the video if I were you. You got a whole life ahead of you bro.
Thanks for putting in the effort to film all this, great material. Would be great to have some geologist, mineralogist, archeologist, etc... to look into this. Plenty of them on TH-cam. Will follow you in case you get some follow up, as a quick Google search doesn't bring mainstream explanations.
Honestly ~ this is the most incredible video I've ever seen. I'm 67 and spent many years hiking and traveling, and have never seen anything like this!! I can't thank you enough for your fantastic videos. The area looks as if it has been mined. I was a Miner, from an AZ mining town. At app'x the 20:25 mark, there's a pyramid. Also- when you're at the cedar tree, looking at the odd 'coral' rock, I noticed perfect bricks. I am absolutely blown away. Sharing your video to my friends!!! 🏆
Bar none, one of the best, most watchable, most exciting and most fascinating "travel" videos I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
I love you for doing this - it took great courage for some of the things I just witnessed. great job documenting this - I am amazed at the drawings, the blocks, the "engineering" of this location
Absolutely AMAZING! Being claustrophobic AND acrophobic your investigation (climbing, navigating, and standing atop) would scare the hell out of me makes me grateful YOU have the abilities! This is one of the BEST things I've seen on TH-cam....EVER!
Sorry for your phobias. I have had stiff-person-syndrome for the past 12 years, and it comes with startle syndrome, and it has done a number on my sanity. My PTSD from commercial fishing for 23 years has had a field day with me, and the ruptured Cochlea has my vertigo going to the Olympics. So, I feel for you.
The wide shots with the thunder off in the distance are so peaceful. You could make an hour-long video just with cuts like that and I'd play it in the background just for the feeling it invokes. Also, can I ask what kind of shoes you are wearing? They seem to be very grippy. I'm guessing something with a minimal sole, like Merrells?
Sandstone is usually between 145 to 160 pounds per cubic foot. Usually sandstone doesn't naturally cleave like that. This is more indicative of a Halite. This level of accuracy makes me wonder about past civilizations and ancient quarrying techniques.
They would fracture just like that, but only according to the crystalline structure of the rocks that formed in that area. Maybe plus a huge electrical storm
Being sandstone, it is the same kind of stone you get in Egypt, in the desert, so these look to me exactly like the kind of thing the pyramids were made out of. I've been watching a lot of stuff about ancient aliens and giants and ancient civilisations and this to me, looks like yet more evidence of an ancient pre--flood / glacial civilisation involving giants and lost technology we don't know about today. That just looks like a quarry no doubt about it. Even the petroglyphs look similar to those found in Sinai. Look up ancient pre--flood megaliths, you'll find loads of similar advanced technology stonework all over the planet.
You scare the crap out of me when to traverse narrow pathways on high cliffs, or go too close to the edge. Shudder! Yet I can't look away. I love what you do! I just found your channel and I'm fascinated! Love your dog!
Amazing find! I will suggest you carry around with you a GPS Beacon like a Garmin InReach mini just in case you don't already have one. If you got stuck you could use it to save your life.
Reminded me of David Paulides, "Missing 411" documentary's, where people go missing never to be seen again. What he's doing there could explain why some people go missing in parks all across America, I bet if he explored more around there he might've found a missing person. Cause if I could explore like he does, I'd do just like what he's doing but the difference is I'd get stuck and become a blerp in one of Paulides documentary's.😅
@@Calamity_Leo if I remember correctly a few people went missing carrying one of them, but later found miles away in a spot that had already been searched sometimes multiple times. It's been awhile since I've watched one of his documentaries so I may be wrong. With one or without one it doesn't count for all the strange ways people just disappear in front of others, it's creepy how someone is there than they're not. This kid has some big gonads to go out all alone and explore in some of those hair raising places.
Same thoughts! What if something happens to you or your dog? Remember the adventurer from years ago who became stuck between 2 huge rocks and ultimately severed his arm to get loose and get help. He did survive but with an amputated arm! It's called being smart!
OMG! Starting at 1:45, your silence and this recording of rumbling thunder in the vastness of nature had me trembling. Simply stunning. Perhaps the most wondrous recording of nature I've ever seen. Thank you!
How is there some shots that are completely clear and you hear thunder in the background? Seems to be that some of the wind sound and thunder sound was added
@@brunycastro9023 ME too!!! I was petrified he (the dog), was going to follow his dad and fall off the edge!!! I didn't breath until the end of the video!
Hey I live here! It never gets old. So much to find. Petroglyphs, pottery, fossils, even gemstone quality agate, agatized fossils, petrified wood. And of course some of the most unique rock formations on earth.
@@desertstonestudio3315 im going to salt lake area for the 4th May in a row for a week. Ive seen a lot that’s within 1-2 hours from SLC but haven’t been down to the desert yet because it’s a bit of a trip. If you were coming for one day, and could do whatever you wanted - what would it be?
It IS posible to find perfect cubes and other perfect shapes in nature but that doesn't exclude supernatural stuff from being involved with miraculous stuff found in nature
Zero chance its natural as the compositions of minerals change throughout the blocks. Most likely been cut with diamond tipped chains. They still use those in Egypt today. You can see the whole top level is laid with them.
@@gmaulpker4765 can you explain why the compositions of minerals changing would be proof its not natural also, diamond tipped chains doesnt by itself explain the logistics of cutting so much rock in such a remote place and for no apparent reason and god knows how long ago
@@hristoborisov3713, It’s relevant because sedimentary layers have different density and grain patterns. If the stone had broken free from the cliff naturally due to temperature changes, or erosion you would expect the rock to break unevenly. These stones appear to have been quarried.
Im just pleasantly amazed that there isnt piles of garbage everywhere. Since i was a young boy i loved to explore, to see an interesting rock outcrop or geological feature and hike to it in hopes that id be the 1st person to set foot on the site and perhaps discover something incredible. Without fail, EVERY single place ive ever visited dissapointed me to find remnants of others carelessness and disrespect for nature. Broken beer bottles, cans and trash around an accompanying fire pit was all i found. It used to make me so angry that people could be so lazy and apathetic to the beauty of nature. To see such a spectacular place unmolested by careless people is so refreshing. Beautiful cinematography btw. Thank you for sharing. Youve got quite a talent.
Looking around on google earth/maps. These straight lines are all over the area, but limited to just this peninsula. 1918: those are fossilized corals which are often found in the area.
@@teresadvorak6145 the whole area, during the Cretaceous period, was an inland sea. As the Rocky Mtns were forming, the sea was pushed south by the rising landmass into what is now the Gulf of Mexico.
@@the_pov_channelWell I would say insane is putting it mildly at best. When you learn/discover the multitude of limestone cliff faces, not all that dissimilar to this sandstone cliff, all formed in marine environments of reef building, it becomes infinitesimally unimaginable how long it took to build and how much sea life it took to do it. Check out the Capitan Reef of the Guadalupe Mountains in Southern New Mexico. Of course there are hundreds more all over the world.
he is not adventure men he just know her country or place or passafic reaigon like north america may be can be a person like him know your actual history where you live in
This video made me remember how much curiosity and wonder I felt when I was a kid going on hikes, and how much I wanted to be archeologist. We all need to find time like you do, to go out and explore more.
I know nothing of filming anything. But i see skill in the way you operate. Wonderful video. To see those petroglyphs, thank the universe for that moment
I too am so appreciative of the cinematography skills. I especially love that he does so many close ups, and gives us glimpses deep under crags and crevices. It’s the stuff I’m always gagging to see. Thank You so so much.
It reminds me of Devil's Postpile near Mammoth, but square instead of Hex shape. Is there a Geologic explanation for this phenomenon? The most impressive thing though is your dog. Aussies are naturally intelligent and yours has a good sense to follow you and be safe. Very interesting content!
Its natural. The straight edge 'blocks' you see in this video are caused by water seeping into cracks and then freezing, causing stress fractures which make these flat planes. from there its just a matter of weathering an a hell of a lot of time to have them fall.
But the flat planes intersect and create perfect rectangles.. That wouldnt make sense if it was just water freezing lol... They would come out in all different kinds of shapes not just perfect blocks. @@sicksock435446
Yes, I am afraid of heights, I got butterflies in my stomach every time you point your camera down the cliff or your dog walks to the edge. Awesome site🎉 thanks for sharing🎉
Just drove through here on the way back from Montana for the first time and OH MY GOD. It was one of the most special moments of my life. I was driving through the woods in a super winding road for what seemed like forever, then all of a sudden I pop out, I see the long straight road, and to my left is the cliff. HUGE. My breathe was GONE. It was the most beautiful drive of my life. I had NO IDEA it was coming!
The mass of little round rocks that look like coral could be oolites. This area was a sea at one time, oolites form from a couple of different natural processes, Google oolitic or oolite sandstone/limestone. I'm envious, really cool exploration and video, consider sharing your discovery of the petroglyph's with nearby tribal leaders or rangers. Thank you!
Those bubbly rocks at 18:17 are what I believe to be petrified corals. They be OLD, man. Possibly, way back when the sea floor was way up there where you were.
@@travisconover4762 it could be Noah's flood but the whole flood thing lasted for 150 days or so (if you read Genesis). Can these "petrified corals" form on stones within just 150 days? actually curious maybe one day i will make a test myself but then again it be impossible because even sea/ocean water back then was different
Great drone work, especially through the ‘cubes’. Also appreciate you explicitly saying they are natural, which I think is correct as well. Really shows the integrity of the channel, not pandering to low probability ideas.
Dry Pan lake beds form the same square patterns but on a much smaller scale. The area you were in was once a shallow inland sea, so it is possible that what you found was actually petrified coral. The southwestern rim that formed the shore of the inland sea broke and all of the water flowed out which is what carved Monument Valley.
@@the_pov_channel not if you believe in alien tech. So many huge rocks in very old buildings all over world. If you own laser tech and defy gravity it’s easy. Doubt it were native Americans that cut em. But we never know.
Fascinating footage! The precision in the sandstone cuts is incredible. It makes me wonder if these are remnants from Ancient Pyramid construction, like the leftovers of a massive building project, from a time when all the lands were closer.
So weird that a stone that cleaves universally is cut in 90° angles! Quarry of nature. And the crow flying over head was the coolest part of this video!
@aerokasyeal4840 one God agreed but I think they were referring to God and angels or eloheim, if I am spelling correctly. Technology of fallen angels.
when It just got quiet and you were just showing amazing shots of the area; it felt like I was in a different world man. I didn't even notice till I looked up cause I realized how quiet it got and I was only hearing the sound of wind blowing. Absolutely great work man.
When thinking about the geological processes, the time scales involved. Starts to blow my mind. Those boulders that look like they’re on the edge. Could be sitting there for the next hundred thousand-million years. Our life span is barely a blip.
I agree, but the fact that they are so high up goes to show how quickly the landscape from the plateau is raising. The sheer energy potential that forces water and salt down the cracks, yet dry so they remain for soo long. Insanity. Mesa mountains never cease to amaze.
Though I don't deny the obvious fact that there are geologic processes at work here, it would be a misnomer to state that these rock formations are natural or geologically formed. Clearly, these mirror the ancient megaliths found the world over from Egypt, South and Central America, Central Asia, China, Greece,... Even Vietnam. This is one of the most incredible sites I've ever seen, to be honest. You had not only evidence of ancient stonework of cutting out giant symmetrically perfect cubes from the hillside, but also a dolmen head, at the same site. And you also had ancient hieroglyphs. This site is absolutely fantastic. These are not ancient American Indians, these are pre younger dryas impact event megalithic structures... Unknown in both date and origin. But that impact event was 12,800 years ago. And it ended the ice age, in a virtual blink of the eye. These particular megaliths, with the dolmen head, could literally be hundreds of thousands of years old. Check out chimney Rock in North Carolina. Similar views and almost all cases.
Exactly. So while I understand there are a multitude of geological processes that could create these formations, I dont think its completely insane to believe that wayyy before modern recorded history this was some type of quarry. Regardless its still cool to think about at least.
Those "coral" stones are likely just the same sandstone that's all around, but with a mineralized layer of what I believe is calcite that has created a kind of shell over the sandstone. I had it explained by a geologist once ages ago, so I may be wrong saying calcite... But if you were to look at the cliff right where you saw those, I would wager you could find more of that stuff as well as evidence of water. You find those "shells" often on cliff faces where you can tell there used to be a drainage of sorts. I believe the water deposits minerals on the sandstone as it moves over it, and over time this hard layer builds up, often with little annoying bumps for some reason. (I'm a rock climber, and that stuff hurts when its on your hold!) I think its a similar idea to how stalactites / stalagmites form in caves. In some spots, you can see the shell layer has broken away from the sandstone, and you can even grab little flakes of it if it's loose enough. So I would guess that those rocks you found on the ground either fell off of the cliff, or were dripped on, or perhaps were sitting in a puddle of mineral rich water for ages. All that being said, in certain high areas in the desert like that you can indeed find ancient sea life! I see it most often in limestone. There are little shells and mini "shark jaws" stuck in the rock sometimes 7-8k+ feet above see level! Nature is so cool.
Yes, the fossilized sea shell life on the stones. I visited the Coba pyramids in the Yucatan and saw small fossilized shell on the stones there as well.
Amazing!! There is truly no shape sandstone cant take. Thanks for this great explanation. I was getting alot of conflicting answers but this seems in line with my limited understanding of geology.
6:38 !!! You can see everything is already pre-cut ! By looking at the Vegetation growth. Shows where water formations and grooves drain the water. So the stones are already pre cut or fabricated. They just have to be uncovered or picked up. Take a look at your drone footage, the lines going across like a grid
I noticed that too, if you look at his shots from above you can see marks where they were going to cut off the next blocks. They are all consistently the same size and shape as the ones that have already broken off. And nature did that??? I’m saying no. And people saying in comments ice or whatever does make cube shapes, that’s true but this is not ice. Can you recreate this exact effect with the same materials? Science is consistent so show us this somewhere else with the same rock, weather etc?
i’m not claiming these were constructed or not but ice is to water as lava is to rock; the basic process is the same they just happen at differently temps
it's the whole, if aliens were real, they'd be untraceable unless they wanted to be discovered... did you know some ways of machine cutting doesn't leave trace of tool marks??? @@johnnovotny5074
Found something for you. Not for this exact site, but for similar rock patterns. It is an open access article, maybe that is interesting for you, the title is: A new interpretation for formation of orthogonal joints in quartz sandstone by Le Li, Shaocheng Ji
Standing at the edge of the cliff looking down you can see what happened there. You filmed this on top of a massive geological uplift, right at the edge of the uplift. Isostacy clearly pushed the high ground straight upward and that caused massive earthquakes. The sandstone is very uniform in density and shock waves from the upward Isostatic force caused the uniform fractures. The uniformity originates from a 90* force emanating from beneath the earths crust. Gravitational forces dont do twists and turns. Very interesting footage, the landscape is fascinating.
Been a builder all my life, Stone is about the same as concrete 150 pounds per cubic foot. Some stone a little lighter , some a little heavier. The 12.5 could only be a board foot,, 12X12x1 inches 21.5X21X20 yields 9030 cubic feet, weighs 1,354,500 pounds 677.25 tons. edited,, When my comment was entered,, it landed on my screen immediately below your correction. Same answer. Thought I was seeing double for a moment. (That is the San Juan down below? Not far from Goose Neck. I have never been up on that ridge,, I have paddled the full length of the San Juan,, That cliff is visible and distinctive from below,)
I’m a Stonemason and I’m interested to know your thoughts on these rocks, please. Do you believe they are natural formations or cut by Humans or an Ancient Advanced Life?
@@user-hb1ve6mc6f Interesting. Strictly natural, no question. I may even be able to guess why and how. A guess, based upon personal observation. I have traveled that area a few times,, mostly via canoe on the river. Trust me,, traveling at the astronomical pace 2+ mph, you have lots of time to think. That same regularly broken plateau covers thousands of square miles. Bring your google maps or Google Earth to look at the Confluence of the Colorado and the Green Rivers, you will see that same corrugation and the fractures in the same or similar directions. And,, if traveling I-70 somewhere near Grand Junction,, I don't remember exactly where. Earthquakes ripple ground like waves on the ocean. It has been reported many times, people looking across a flat expanse can see the waves as the Earth undulates. The waves are a regular spacing,, such that a 5 story building, or a 10 story or 15 story building, develop a rhythm,, every 50 feet or 5 stories. A 7 story building will survive an earthquake that demolishes a 5 story building. Take a rigid flat plate and ripple it into waves, I can easily imagine fractures regular at half the wave length, the rock gets bent from peak to peak with a trough in the middle. 21.5 X 2 MIGHT imply a 43 foot wave form. Fractured in the other direction,, my first guess is a separate earthquake. It IS of interest to note,, that approximate fracture direction? NE to SW is perhaps exactly perpendicular the to dinosaur killing event of 68 million years ago,, the impact that formed the Chixalub (sp?) Crater. The strike was so fierce it rippled the earth in waves like a storm at sea. A guess. (With a very high probability of being correct.) That interesting feature along I-70 ? Earthquakes can semi liquefy the earth. Sand 'blows' are a common occurrence. A sand blow is like a temporary sand geyser. At that point along I-70 is a line, approx north/south of sand hills,, all the same size. The earthquake that could have created that line of sand blows,, must have been huge. Something I just looked up Hudson Bay, northern Canada. There is a strike crater there.. scientists will say it could not possibly be,,, but sorry, no,, the shape is too exactly a meteor strike crater 350 miles in diameter. Sanikilauq And it IS almost exactly at right angles to the fractures from the Chixalub Crater to that point in the Southwest. Those fractures are from an earthquake,, a very, very, very large earthquake. Oh. I should have said. I do some stone work, not much, but some. One of may favourite jobs over the years. Set up a sturdy bench, and stand in the jobsite, 2.5 or 3 pound jack, a 2 to 3 inch chisel, and comb, and point and whack away at rocks to fit the need, to size and shape,, hour after hour, day after day,,, good work to have. I have thoroughly enjoyed that work. I may have a stone house , structural, coming up next winter. Native stone on site,, have not yet done some test cutting to see if the stone is suitable. We'll see.
@Sailor376also When he said square feet i thought instantly that it should have been cubic feet if he was wanting the weight so i scrolled down to see if anyone else had picked up on it an low and behold i saw your comment. And i'm just a retired UK fisherman.
I wouldn’t bet the bank those multitude of “cubes” are natural formations. One thing they are for certain is very old. That whole area looks more like a quarry than anything natural. I’d be looking very closely for any type of marks within the “cuts” or “breaks” on every stone where feasible. Possibly even taking some high resolution, very close photos too. I’m quite certain we’ve all been lied to about (at least) some history. I’m not certain why, just that there are things we have been led astray from! Thank you for the video!
7:50 i had never felt claustrophobic until I had to squeeze through a deep slot in the granite at the Alabama Hills outside lonepine CA. Great find! Excellent footage 🌵👍🏻 i think you're blessed to be doing this and not wasting away at a gaming console.
Lone pine!!! I've driven past there many times on my way to Mammoth Lakes CA! Stopped there late at night on one trip and the town was all but shut down. OFC this was in 1996... LOL
Search the area near Train Rock, Utah and find many of the same fracture patterns and also at 37º0'6.97"N 109º 6'25.16"W as well. One can find hundreds of instances of natural fracturing by observing the vegetation growing atop many of the mesas. The plants have found the natural fissures and take root there giving the appearance of tree lines or fence lines.
Wow ! This is beyond amazing. I forwarded this to LA Marzuli , I been following ancient archaeology for decades. Straight lines are very rare in nature. This blows my mind. Good job finding this. I love your videos, I wish I had time to investigate this.
How wild would be if it were a buried megalithic zigurat? I was in a flatbed truck with a Navajo shaman in Chinle AZ about 2002 or so and he was telling us that the Plainstriders were extremely active in this area. It's why the Anasazi and later the Navajo built so many dwellings in the walls and near caves. I would LOVE to hear LA's take on this.
This rock formation is the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member of the Permian Cutler formation. The Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member consists of two totally unlike facies- a sandstone facies present only in the area near Cedar Mesa and a gypsiferous facies. As typically exposed on Cedar Mesa, the sandstone facies consists of a sequence that is dominantly sandstone having minor interbedded siltstone. The sandstone is grayish orange, very pale orange, and yellowish gray and shows at places pale-reddish-brown and very light greenish-gray mottling. It consists of rounded to subangular very fine to medium quartz grains and minor accessory minerals and is generally well cemented by calcium carbonate. The sandstone occurs in thick prominent ledges as much as 125 feet thick that consist of individual beds from 5 to 35 feet thick. Many sandstone beds are cross laminated, and the inclination of the laminae is dominantly eastward (Read and Wanek, 1961, p. 7). Sears ( 1956) rnapped and described a "lower soft" part of the sandstone facies, which is locally present and contrasts markedly with the typical sandstone facies of the Cedar Mesa Sandstone noted above. This lower softer zone forms a steep slope and is overlain by remnants of cliff-forming grayish -orange cross bedded sandstone in all respects similar to typical Cedar Mesa exposed at the type locality near Cedar Point. From s structural standpoint, the area in this video falls along the fold axis of the Cedar Mesa Anticline which is referred to in the literature as "Essentially the summit of the Monument Upwarp ". The monument upwarp is considered to be a large structural element of the Colorado Plateau, and is characterized as a broad northward trending uplift about 35 miles wide and 100 miles long extending from near the junetion of the Green and Colorado Rivers to near Kayenta, Ariz. The upwarp is asymmetrical and has a gently dipping west limb and a steeply dipping east limb. I think that the regional structural deformation and local surface conditions, consisting of relatively brittle sandstone over the "lower softer, gypsiferous" member of the Cedar Mesa Standstone, produced thenearly perfect symmetrical joint sets shown in this video. Some references- Structural geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau George H. Davis Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Alex P. Bump BP Exploration and Production Technology, Houston, Texas 77079, USA Geology of the Cedar Mesa-Boundary Butte Area San Juan County, Utah , ROBERT B. O'SULLIVAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1186 Geologic Map of the Cedar Mesa-Boundary Butte Area, San Juan County, Utah (GIS reproduction of USGS Bulletin 1186 [1965]) by Robert O'Sullivan 2019 PERMIANLAND: THE ROCKS OF MONUMENT VALLEY by D. L. BAARS Department of Geology Fort Lewis College Durango, Colorado
Massive respect for anyone that does actual research on a subject and then adds references so others are able to reach their own newly educated conclusions.
Of course you would, your professional reputation prevents you from contemplating anything other than a natural cause. Show me another example of this anywhere in the word.
Really fantastic piece!! I live in the mountains in Canada and find similar natural anomalies - massive stones with perfect 90 degree angles. The scale of what you have discovered here, however, is truly mind blowing. I agree with the many other commentators who have noted that Mother Nature simply does not work in straight lines of this nature. It is not geologically possible… After having worked as a professional researcher and university historian for 15 years, I came to the conclusion that “history” as we know it does not exist - and that there are “more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of” in most of our philosophies and worldviews…
History isn't geology Sarah. Nature 100 percent creates straight lines. Ever seen basalt pillars, they are hexagon shaped structures that are formed during volcanic activity. Also check out a snowflake under a microscope or a grain of sugar.
I do like the mystery in your opinion but the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. However impossible it seems, it is natural. I do agree that history as we know it is very confusing and lots of missing information etc though.
Nice vid but it's almost as if you are hoping something would happen...tempting fate. 😅 0:41 Also, your dog seemed to have slipped backwards. Would've been very bad if he was right next to the cliff.
This is fascinating, but as an elder now (66) I am really struggling to watch. Vertigo overwhelms! Oh for the confidence of youth again. What on earth are these rock formations all about? The ancients really knew their stuff. And we've forgotten all about it. Thanks for intriguing if somewhat headspinning journey.
The cliffts are cool but hearing the thunderstorm... they were amazing to listen to. Almost like the one outside my house right now. Now back to the video. :P
I don't know anything about rocks or geology and I don't even like climbing a 6 ft ladder but for some reason I can't stop watching your videos! Unbelievable footage. Big screen TVs are awesome! Lol
@@TexasGrlmy late buddy always spooked me with edges and I honestly think he noticed it made me nervous/upset so he'd always keep a little more distance and look at me approvingly
@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164nah but it's a really special natural formation either way , nature hardly ever does flat , straight or corners so it's rare to see perfect or not and these are pretty darn close
@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164sir, if you’re going to say they’re not perfect 90 degree angles because he didn’t go check, you can’t sit there and type that they ain’t because you, yourself, infact, did not go check.
Those big blocks of sandstone are amazing! I have a garden and every time I turn the ground under, I find these diamond shaped rocks. They literally look like a diamond that is on a deck of playing cards. The larger the diamond the thicker the stone is. I have no clue what would cause these rocks to form this way but now after seeing those giant blocks, I'm going to do a little research. Amazing video. Definitely proves a catastrophic flood happened.
Another incredible video. I’m addicted now. Your videos make us feel like we’re there with you and I know I’m not unique in saying how grateful I am watching these. Thank you so much.
The formation at the top of the mesa is the Cedar Mesa sandstone member of the Cutler formation. The vertical "cuts" are naturally-occurring fractures (aka joints) that are formed during gentle warping of the Earth's surface. One such fold (the Halgaito anticline) is southwest of the mesa. It is not unusual joints to occur in orthogonal patterns in a given stress field (conjugate joints). See "Photogeologic map of the Bluff-12 quadrangle, San Juan County, Utah" by the USGS. The rocks @19:00 look like calcite probably formed by spring flow at some point in the past.
@extx Thanks for the information. I wasn’t nearly this knowledgeable about the formation but recognized some of the attributes. I love geology and am glad you had more info on it!
When adventuring alone I would never try to go into tight spaces like you were doing when in between the gigantic sandstones. I got anxiety watching you. But great video and amazing views. Thanks
What was that movie about the dude getting stuck in a hole like one of these in the vid ? I think the dude had to bite part of his arm of or something lol. That was the vibes i was getting while watching.
Thank you so much for showing us, how incredible our wonderful world is! I am from Germany, 68 years old, and I am so happy, for this wonderful gift, you brought to me with your adventure! Stay allways blessed and I wish you all the best for your whole life, deep from my heart! With love, Gertrud from Germany 🙏♥️
Gorgeous landscape. Unbelievable formations. Drone footage really show it off. Well done, thank you. I don't blame your friends for taking off, and pardon me if I skip the part where you squeeze along a crevice. Claustrophobic me can't deal with that. I'll stay top side with the dog.
The strangest part I noticed at 6.40 into the video, the aerial view show's the background. The whole are has outlines of these pre-cut lines. Have you ever tried to ask a geologist or someone what could have caused these naturally ? I'm thinking, in Ireland there is the Giants Causeway, but they are tiny compared to these but there are over 40,000 interlocking square columns over there. This is amazing though, i'd love to have come on this adventure with you !!
With basalt, its cracks caused by cooling. You see it in the Devil's tower, Fingal's Cave, and elsewhere too. Someone above calls this due to isostacy shockwaves - could be - but also rock can exfoliate like onionskins due to repeated heating and cooling in desert regions, when they fall off in sheets (like at e.g., Half Dome. When you see ice sheets breaking off in Antarctica, you see lots of straight lines. Basically, when something breaks off, a flat break is the simplest response, with perhaps a little curvature here or there. What's curious here is that its breaking off in 2 directions at right-angles. The "pre-cut" lines basically indicate that the whole area is heating and cooling, expanding and contracting, and occasionally something goes *ping* and it snaps. After that, you wait for erosion to allow the blocks to be undercut and fall.
Anunaki built the pyramids using the same technology we see here in cubing stones. People still believe these perfect straight lines resulting in almost perfect cube dimensions are naturally occurring 💀
Sandstone has a way of breaking in perfect planes but this has to be the biggest example of it I have ever seen and possibly some of the most perfect breaks.
I was thinking like a car window bust into little cube like structures. Also when sandstone has a lot of moisture then super heated like in a fire. It explodes. And on the other direction, hot to cold will crack.
@zacriley8946 I call bs on that ''theory'' for one simple reason - if there's no examples of this happening to sandstone anywhere else on planet, than it's simply bs explanation. As 2 other people said here: 1. nature doesn't cut - nature's forces break things yes, but they don't cut 2. it's a vertical ''break'', as in cut - sandstone has layers in horizontal lines which could explain breaking in straight lines, but these are very CLEARLY vertical CUTS, not HORIZONTAL BREAKINGS
"the Giants have left the Playgound, but left their Toys behind" -one of my favorite B5 quotes & always in my mind, when isee crazy formations/stuff like this
Ok, Thank you all. Cant believe how far I missed the mark on the pounds -per-cubic - foot weight of sandstone ☠☠☠Turns out these things are WAY heavier than I calculated. On a magnitude of 12x. The first object weighs closer to 1,354,500 lbs, about the same weight as a Giant Crane. The second object probably weighs 5,356,800 lbs which is about the weight of 4-5 Giant Cranes.
When you say giant crane, I'm assuming you mean Big Blue. There are only a few cranes in the US that heavy. Look at the counter weight on big blue
Where are you exactly?
Looks like Mega Giant Cutten CUBE BLOCKS of an Mega Giant Tempel
WOW thank you Bro for showing us
IDA HO = IDA FIELD i think, very similar the names in old NORRS the Book of EDDA IDAFIELD was the Place of YGGDRASIL
I am an adventurous soul in a disabled body. As I lay here in bed, where I've spent the majority of the last 34 years, I watch this completely enthralled and transported into a dream of life as I would have loved it to be. THANK YOU for this great gift!!!
Thank you
Your comment helped me more than you know. I'm laying here about to give up but I really do forget there's people with much less opportunities than me.. thank you
@@XboxOriginal1321 Thank YOU so much for your comment. I have been where you are in mind and spirit. Life can be very challenging! It took me a long time and a lot of tough experiences to realize that even my seemingly insignificant life can be helpful to someone else. It seems we all have a basic need to matter, to make a difference somehow, to have a purpose. It's hard to feel one's purpose when we have so many barriers in our way. Right? I have learned to think of my barriers as channels instead. Channels that guide my energy into where it needs to be. I have come to believe my life is meant for being thankful and having a good spirit. Thankfulness has taught me many things and brought me great blessings, like YOU! Others may have the ability to make a larger impact but my little service can be part of the glue that helps hold us all together in times of trouble. I send you a big warm squeezy hug and encourage you to hang on tight! Every little thing's gonna be alright. Thank you for helping me reflect on my blessings! I absolutely LOVE moments like this. ❤️
@@XboxOriginal1321I hope everything okay!
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Hello, you filmed everything so clearly, showed it, but didn’t leave the coordinates! so that they can also look through Google here! If it’s not too much trouble, post the coordinates of interesting places!
THANK YOU, for slow smooth camera panning, and no lame ass background music!
I guess you didn’t hear the rain and thunder soundtrack playing the entire video?
@@gmp203that’s just wind boomer
@@tyrusmfrechs7025 Its added in tho. its not OG audio
@@Thomas-Skaayou're added in.
@@gmp203even if it's a soundtrack. Not music, just nature sounds
As a structural and architectural engineer I am super sensitive to geometry and you have given me the absolute best video I have ever watched....late in my 70s I can't go there to see it for myself so thank you for your great adventure
Wouldn't this just be the same concept of machu picchu
@@momof2plusotaku657 well I feel that machu Pichu was all man made geometry and I sense that this is natural geometry.... either way I am amazed....thank you for mentioning Machu Pichu because I have always felt that it is my launching place
@@Colorado81401 there's nothing natural about this cuts xD
Have you seen Amazing Aliens on Machu picchu? It's really interesting!! Very recent and on demand😊
@@derrickmcadoo3804 Fractured, not cut
Now look for the pyramid, it must be somewhere nearby...
government wont let you, the secret planes and heli will appear from the canyon which is also a no fly zone restricted my the goverment, I forgot the name of the people who 1st recorded it 1980-1990 I think {based off info from prior archeologist around the 1930s who found buddist and Egyptian evidence pre dating the "Natives" The Channel WHYFILES did a deep dive on the topic as well
I was thinking the thing. That is not done by nature
19:54 maybe
Exactly
There’s no straight lines in nature
I think these cubes weigh a LOT more than you are estimating. A cubic foot of sandstone weighs about 150 pounds. Regardless of their mass.....this is another stunning video. You are putting out some very unique and amazing content.
😂 the blocks are over a million lbs. how could you think that block weighed the same as a tank.
You are correct, I calculated that solid sandstone to weigh approximately 145.02 pounds per cubic foot. Awesome video , even if the numbers where off , very impressive .
@@joshg4009because he confuzzled cubic feet with square feet... a measure of 3-dimensional volume vs. A measurement of 2-dimensional area. Simple mistake.
Thanks for the correction haha. Wish I could sneak that into the video somehow
@@BigPubez69 regardless it should click a solid block of mass can’t possibly weigh the same as a empty metal can at witch point you redo your math.
The way a log burns in a fire, then falls into separate square/rectangular pieces is what this reminds me of, just on a massive scale. Awesome find !
Best and most reasonable explanation!!
This clip is amazing!! Ty very much for sharing it! Nature is the number one of the creators!!!
So if these split by fire, imagine the intensity of the fire to split them like that 😲
@@carolinewhite6010It was not split by fire, rock is not the same as wood. I think the comment aims to show that patterns like these can have a natural cause.
@@carolinewhite6010 they are split by ice. Every winter water will freeze between the rock, water expand when freezing so it slowly wedges the rock apart. There's a video where water is contained in a steel tube and let to freeze, the steel tube exploded with great force.
Every now and then there's this video that reminds me of what TH-cam is all about. Awesome.
Truth. No corpo-slop, nor unnecessary music. Just video, some commentary. Perfect.
Hi, dieses Video ist tief beeindruckend. Ich bin schon eine Weile auf Spurensuche von der alten Zivilisation vor unserer Zeit (allerdings nur über TH-cam). Etwas hat mich allerdings fast um den Verstand gebracht: dein Hund.
Er ist wie ein Zwilling von meinem geliebten BIKO. Der war auch überall unterwegs, allerdings war er ein "See-Hund" und sehr selbständig und in Amerika geboren.
Danke für dieses wunderbare Video.
God bless you 🙏
From the UK, I just want to say how incredibly envious I am of this excursion and how brilliantly shot and narrated it is. Having been through Monument Valley twice and always wanted to get on top of the cliffs there, this is a real thrill to see this. Look forward to watching more of your adventures.
Thanks a ton. Even though it looks over monument valley it is still quite far away. Lots more headed your way 🤙
@@the_pov_channel Keep up the great work!
Stupendo!
Fascinating video! So breath taking! If someone had described what your video shows - there's no way I could have believed it!
At times the cubes look like perfectly baked loaves of bread with soft rounded tops and other times the imagination is going everywhere at once! Sooo much evidence of a MASSIVE VIOLET TORENT OF A FLOOD!
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I'm not envious. Looks like you discovered things they don't want discovered. But, are these guys still in control? Have you watched David wilcock ?
Not gonna lie, even if there is a perfectly reasonable geological explanation for this, those damn sure look like a quarry..
Almost as if the Earth had been ravaged for resources in its history.
Scabland looking too though, when the great flood happen when the ice melted it took away a lot of material, Randall Carlson have talked about this, but don't know if this is in the same area but it sure looks like it.
It *does* look like a quarry from some angles, but from the ground it's clearly natural.
If you look at the actual spot you'll see that the cracks go much deeper and spread far wider than any quarry and there are no signs of drilling or hammering
The drawings, however, are man-made and *spectacular*
But nothing cut could cut that.
It was a civilization called annunaki. Look it up. They chewed our earth up with great machineries, yes like a quarry.
Those drone shots sure make these cubes look like they are part of some sort of man made antedeluvian construction ?
Incredible views Thank you for posting.
They are natural fissures
Это карьер другой мегалитической цивилизации.такой же в Турции.
@@yelenalena125да, странно, что никто не говорит о том, что все эти блоки были вырезаны и установлены неизвестной доисторической цивилизацией. В принципе, артефакты этой цивилизации находятся на всех континентах, включая Антарктиду
@@yelenalena125 nope.
@@nodnodwinkwinkV не нет а да.надо быть очень глупым чтобы прямые линии ,отшлифованные поверхности принять за природное.
Fantastic footage my friend.
Thank you for not adding any lame soundtrack and obscuring the magical natural sounds of that location.
This.
What magical sounds? His breathing? The wind? You can't hear any "magical sounds" besides the noise he's making walking or touching stuff. I mean, saying thanks for not adding music is one thing, but adding some nonsense that just isn't there is comical. For "that location, he could recreate that audio anywhere, you act like there were some distinct sounds or wildlife🤦🤦
@@TheConstitutionState Are you ok? lol
Andrew, I know of many formations around the world of polygonal Basalt columns, but this is really amazing, I mean WOW. Looking at the edge of that cliff from high above, and the perfect square blocks that had fallen away was mind blowing. Look I am 70 years old, and have done my share of off roading, back packing in the High Sierras, and hiking in the Sonoran Desert, but this is other worldly. Your'e going to be at 300,000 subscribers in short order if you keep this up, and I have no doubt you will. Thank You So Much for Sharing.
Thanks a ton. Stay safe out there! - Andrew
where do you guys see "perfect" squares? What's your definition of "perfect"?
Those lines go a good ways they had big plans to move all that but why did they stop the question
CHECK OUT MUD FOSSILS UNIVERSITY AND THE ROCKS WERE ALIVE.
It is absolutely amazing that I have seen my share of the world and have only seen stuff like this but in something that used to be something to say this is natural is like saying you are crazy I don't know you so I can't make that assumption. Maybe this is natural but I highly doubt this but that would be saying that whoever made this was way more advanced than we will be in the next 200 years we don't know our past because everything that we should know was taken from us when our captures won is how I will say this do you feel free or do you feel like your past was taken from you like I do.
That is Coral 🪸🪸
You are exactly correct! That is fossilized coral. This entire region was once an inland sea, and when Earth changes happened long ago, the land rose, the water fled to the current oceans, and what was once at the bottom of the sea is now high above the current sea level.
Yeah the mountains arose and the water ran off...at the end of the Flood
@@thebuff1611 So where's all the water now? If the planet was engulfed in enough water to float a ginormous boat and the weight of the occupants and their life support inside, then where did all the water go?
@@annakeyethe water rise (great flood) was caused by the giant meteor that struck Greenland. They found the crater already to prove it. It also wiped out the ancient Egyptians but eventually the water washout around the globe returned to normal
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It went into the subterranean aquifers
First of all the story of the "ark" is a metaphor. we should assume that it was some kind of vessel.
Second, the water on earth does not increase or decrease. It only changes form.@@annakeye
This is so cool. The earth has so many untold stories. Really makes you think about what youve been told and “learn” im school
Why? This video convinces you that it is man made? Or giant made? Or alien made? That’s very telling if you see evidence here of any of that. Makes one think about how the human brain makes connections where there are none… when they really want to believe it.
"I can't even get to where I want to go, I just can't stop finding things."
Same.
Life imitates Skyrim
Should have played Starfield instead of Skyrim. Then you wouldn't get distracted by anything remotely interesting during miles of walking.
Or death stranding. It's like a wasteland meets a UPS delivery simulator @@hotfightinghistory9224
"Thou shalt not get sidetracked by bullsh*t" 😅
I went out to this formation in the mid 1970's while a student at UNM. This area has been studied by geologists and geo students more than a few times. Am sure there is a PhD thesis or two which examines the sandstone, the under laying formation and what it went through over time with pressures. There are lots of examples across the planet of fracturing along , more or less, angular lines then movement occurred as underlying formations shifted. You make a cool video and get people thinking about the real world that surrounds us.
A note: stone masons have split sandstone along angular lines for millennia. Some sandstone's split that way be it small or massive.
It is an incredible place and alot to learn from it. Thanks I am glad to hear that. The splits that travel through sandstone remind me so much of a brittle wood like cedar. Would the action that splits the sandstone along the faults occur when it is very deep underground and subjected to high pressure?
The splits occur long after sandstone was initially laid down during a desert environment (dont recall which epo period). A very complex scenario to long too explain here. @@the_pov_channel
@@santafecanon Cool, thanks for the info I will look up this process
What always captures my imagination are the forces that cause these huge blocks to separate and fall from the formation. Water and freezing temps. Water seeps into the initial hairline crack, freezes causing expansion of water into ice and pushes on the block, moving it away ever so slightly. Ice melts, more water enters crack, freezes, pushes block. It's referred to as freeze-thaw erosion. Eventually gravity is the greater force that tumbles the block.
I’m close to a panic attack just watching you and waiting for you to fall or get stuck in a crevice. The dog has no fear either.
That is an unbelievable place to explore. Thanks for sharing and staying alive!
he really should watch 72 hrs at least I think that's the movies name
Yeah he is a bit of an idiot for climbing down in that crap. We'll probably read about him disappearing one day.
Scared me too. Could have easily gotten stuck between the rocks.
@@bryantaylor948 the move name is 68 Hours Of Peril.
@@abbottsplace8080 if you get stuck it's no big deal. eventually you'll burn enough fat while you're stuck there you'll be able to slide out again.
There are similar rock companies in Poland, they are called Szczeliniec Wielki and are being studied by geologists. I recently watched an explanation of how such forms are created in Szczeliniec Wielki and what I remember is that these rocks have been in constant motion since they were the bottom of the sea.
It looks like you’ve actually found coral fossils, similar to the affects which created the nearby petrified forest. All of that land was once under water. Great work, by the way!
Не знаю кораллы или нет, но нарезано очень ровно.
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Imagine a 300 ft high block of ice expanding through sandstone and granite would not take much to crack its way through.
A great flood. In the days of Noah
@stephenlivingstone1682 Exactly! But that would mean believing the Bible and that means people will do anything to try to convince themselves there is another explanation.
@@MrErad2008there are stories of an ancient flood in cultures all over the world
This was clearly the most interesting thing I’ve seen today. Had no idea such a place existed - absolutely spectacular. I live in Rockwall, Texas named for an odd and once supposedly ancient wall unearthed in the 1850s and later supposedly confirmed to be a completely natural geologic phenomenon. Perhaps what you discovered is similar but on a colossally grander scale. I love the shot where doggo is watching the drone.
Your videos, your expressions, your dialog helps one understand what the first explorers, the mountain men must have felt when they first ventured into the whole western US after the Louisianna Purchase. For me, I have nothing but admiration for those explorers.
They were far from the first more like the last. Indigenous tribes lived here thousands of years before the Louisiana purchase
I am well aware that indigenous tribes explored the whole of North America many thousands of years before Europeans arrived. My comment was intended to say "the first European explorers, the mountain men, who came after the Lousanna purchase". I assumed the words, ""mountain men" would be enough, but I errored. Please note the phrase, "the mountain men". I should have placed a comma after the word "men" to be clear. Some should read the entire script before jumping to conclusions and trying to find errors. @@WRLDWIDEWEST
Nolan, just found your channel and enjoyed this video so much. Your skill with the camera and the drone, not just getting pictures/shots, but getting great shots makes for a really watchable adventure. Thank you for taking us along, for letting us hear the silence and the natural sounds. Thanks also for letting those of us who can’t get there see the beauty and majesty of that special place. May your continued curiosity yield more such videos and may you find great success in the sharing.
Looks like a prehistoric oceanfloor. With the corals and dried up, petrified mud and everything. Amazing video! Thank you
There were many in the area. Might be right.
That's exactly what this is.
@@davidbintliff2852yeah, cant believe he didnt get the idea when he literally picked up an ancient coral reef
That wasn’t coral reef, you could see the different stages of the stone changing
@@MrCazjdalso the actual way the stones have been split, separated and made; seems to be up for debate, interesting geology or architecture is in the works. Personally, I sway towards ancient humans, but will not throw the consensus to the side it very most likely is a coral reef; yet somethings off about this location, no doubt.
Beautiful! I have to agree with others, thank you for not adding music and extensive editing, just gorgeous footage all on its own.
Great Comment!! Totally agree. So many videographers mess up a great shoot with incongruous very annoying music which totally destroys the ability to imagine!!
Okay, I'm just going to admit it, I'm really, really impressed with the drone footage that you shot. Truly top quality. Very professional.👏
I agree ..
Thanks. It's something I have really enjoyed learning. The fact that technology allows me to fly a personal drone still blows my mind every time I fly the drone. We live in a sci fi reality
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Impossible for the blocks to be natural. I'm not touching this with a 10 foot pole. I'd be taking down the video if I were you. You got a whole life ahead of you bro.
yeah like thats the most interesting part lmao, clown
Thanks for putting in the effort to film all this, great material. Would be great to have some geologist, mineralogist, archeologist, etc... to look into this. Plenty of them on TH-cam. Will follow you in case you get some follow up, as a quick Google search doesn't bring mainstream explanations.
Best aerial photography I've ever seen. I had goose bumps on my scalp on several occasions. Wish I was fearless of heights like you.
Honestly ~ this is the most incredible video I've ever seen. I'm 67 and spent many years hiking and traveling, and have never seen anything like this!! I can't thank you enough for your fantastic videos. The area looks as if it has been mined. I was a Miner, from an AZ mining town. At app'x the 20:25 mark, there's a pyramid. Also- when you're at the cedar tree, looking at the odd 'coral' rock, I noticed perfect bricks. I am absolutely blown away. Sharing your video to my friends!!! 🏆
Thanks a ton. You must have seen some pretty incredible stuff!
❤😅@@the_pov_channel
Exactly what I was thinking. Thank you, it's incredible, enlightening and your bravery in going there makes it so very interesting to watch.
A pyramid?! Where, in the center of the scenery? If so, erhm….🤨
I thought mining too...and maybe not so old?
Bar none, one of the best, most watchable, most exciting and most fascinating "travel" videos I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
I love you for doing this - it took great courage for some of the things I just witnessed. great job documenting this - I am amazed at the drawings, the blocks, the "engineering" of this location
Absolutely AMAZING! Being claustrophobic AND acrophobic your investigation (climbing, navigating, and standing atop) would scare the hell out of me makes me grateful YOU have the abilities! This is one of the BEST things I've seen on TH-cam....EVER!
It's freaking ME out too lol
I agree. This is one of the best things I've ever seen on TH-cam and I watch a lot of TH-cam 😅
Sorry for your phobias. I have had stiff-person-syndrome for the past 12 years, and it comes with startle syndrome, and it has done a number on my sanity. My PTSD from commercial fishing for 23 years has had a field day with me, and the ruptured Cochlea has my vertigo going to the Olympics. So, I feel for you.
So you're afraid of being alive?
The wide shots with the thunder off in the distance are so peaceful. You could make an hour-long video just with cuts like that and I'd play it in the background just for the feeling it invokes.
Also, can I ask what kind of shoes you are wearing? They seem to be very grippy. I'm guessing something with a minimal sole, like Merrells?
Vivo Barefoot shoes. My absolute favorite shoes. Very good for slippery surfaces and increasing foot strength
@@the_pov_channelif you’re do see this, the thunder sounds would be great to fall asleep to 💤
The thunder sound is the wind into the microphone... perfectly clear skies.
@@tamaradeeks2707I think that sound is wind.
Sandstone is usually between 145 to 160 pounds per cubic foot. Usually sandstone doesn't naturally cleave like that. This is more indicative of a Halite. This level of accuracy makes me wonder about past civilizations and ancient quarrying techniques.
My first thought. Looks so similar to quarry’s I have seen in in my travels…
CHECK OUT Mud Fossils University and the Rocks Were Alive
@@future8796 I will check it out! On here?
I wonder what the H2O levels would have been?
They would fracture just like that, but only according to the crystalline structure of the rocks that formed in that area. Maybe plus a huge electrical storm
Being sandstone, it is the same kind of stone you get in Egypt, in the desert, so these look to me exactly like the kind of thing the pyramids were made out of. I've been watching a lot of stuff about ancient aliens and giants and ancient civilisations and this to me, looks like yet more evidence of an ancient pre--flood / glacial civilisation involving giants and lost technology we don't know about today. That just looks like a quarry no doubt about it. Even the petroglyphs look similar to those found in Sinai. Look up ancient pre--flood megaliths, you'll find loads of similar advanced technology stonework all over the planet.
You scare the crap out of me when to traverse narrow pathways on high cliffs, or go too close to the edge. Shudder! Yet I can't look away. I love what you do! I just found your channel and I'm fascinated! Love your dog!
Yeah, exactly. It reminded me of Neil Moss incident.
Amazing find! I will suggest you carry around with you a GPS Beacon like a Garmin InReach mini just in case you don't already have one. If you got stuck you could use it to save your life.
Reminded me of David Paulides, "Missing 411" documentary's, where people go missing never to be seen again. What he's doing there could explain why some people go missing in parks all across America, I bet if he explored more around there he might've found a missing person. Cause if I could explore like he does, I'd do just like what he's doing but the difference is I'd get stuck and become a blerp in one of Paulides documentary's.😅
@refind4God yeah Dave has good tips with that personal location beckon and a glizzy
@@Calamity_Leo if I remember correctly a few people went missing carrying one of them, but later found miles away in a spot that had already been searched sometimes multiple times. It's been awhile since I've watched one of his documentaries so I may be wrong. With one or without one it doesn't count for all the strange ways people just disappear in front of others, it's creepy how someone is there than they're not. This kid has some big gonads to go out all alone and explore in some of those hair raising places.
Yep! Stays in my pocket always.
Same thoughts! What if something happens to you or your dog? Remember the adventurer from years ago who became stuck between 2 huge rocks and ultimately severed his arm to get loose and get help. He did survive but with an amputated arm! It's called being smart!
This reminds me of the “giants causeway” and other places where geometric shapes occur naturally in stone. But this is really strange. Great work!!
That's the first thing I thought of too.
Go to: MUD FOSSIL UNIVERSTY
its not just strange, its an obvious sign of a an advanced civilization. Open your eyes. What would creat 60t square blocks in nature except humans ?
@@Frenchy78ify grow up ffs!
@@jamesmcgowan3296 son of a
OMG! Starting at 1:45, your silence and this recording of rumbling thunder in the vastness of nature had me trembling. Simply stunning. Perhaps the most wondrous recording of nature I've ever seen. Thank you!
How is there some shots that are completely clear and you hear thunder in the background? Seems to be that some of the wind sound and thunder sound was added
You really need to share this with the show “Ancient Aliens”. This is very interesting.
Your dog getting so close to the edge and wanting to follow you is KILLING me!
I'm with you. It's one thing to go out onto a cantilevered ledge oneself - _risky!_ It's another thing entirely to bring a dog with you.
Me too......................................... ARGH!!!!!!!
I too was worried about the dog
So
@@brunycastro9023 ME too!!! I was petrified he (the dog), was going to follow his dad and fall off the edge!!! I didn't breath until the end of the video!
@6:35 you can see that the pattern of fracture has already formed...!
Good video, interesting, and beautiful view...!
Hey I live here! It never gets old. So much to find. Petroglyphs, pottery, fossils, even gemstone quality agate, agatized fossils, petrified wood. And of course some of the most unique rock formations on earth.
CHECK OUT MUD FOSSILS UNIVERSITY AND THE ROCKS WERE ALIVE
@@offthegridMarbella Moab, UT is the hub. The area surrounding it is Arches national park and Canyon lands.
@@desertstonestudio3315 im going to salt lake area for the 4th May in a row for a week. Ive seen a lot that’s within 1-2 hours from SLC but haven’t been down to the desert yet because it’s a bit of a trip. If you were coming for one day, and could do whatever you wanted - what would it be?
May the fourth be with you
Hey are these really natural? They are so perfect.
It IS posible to find perfect cubes and other perfect shapes in nature but that doesn't exclude supernatural stuff from being involved with miraculous stuff found in nature
It boggles the mind to believe this is natural. There are so many lines that look like precise cuts.
😂😂 il est plus fou de croire que cela viens des humains ou des extraterrestres.
Il arrive que la roche ce decoupe en cube PRESQUE parfait
Zero chance its natural as the compositions of minerals change throughout the blocks. Most likely been cut with diamond tipped chains. They still use those in Egypt today. You can see the whole top level is laid with them.
@@gmaulpker4765 can you explain why the compositions of minerals changing would be proof its not natural
also, diamond tipped chains doesnt by itself explain the logistics of cutting so much rock in such a remote place and for no apparent reason and god knows how long ago
@@hristoborisov3713, It’s relevant because sedimentary layers have different density and grain patterns. If the stone had broken free from the cliff naturally due to temperature changes, or erosion you would expect the rock to break unevenly. These stones appear to have been quarried.
@sobaze THIS☝🏻💯...But people will still swallow some ridiculous narrative of this all being "Natural"
Im just pleasantly amazed that there isnt piles of garbage everywhere.
Since i was a young boy i loved to explore, to see an interesting rock outcrop or geological feature and hike to it in hopes that id be the 1st person to set foot on the site and perhaps discover something incredible.
Without fail, EVERY single place ive ever visited dissapointed me to find remnants of others carelessness and disrespect for nature. Broken beer bottles, cans and trash around an accompanying fire pit was all i found. It used to make me so angry that people could be so lazy and apathetic to the beauty of nature.
To see such a spectacular place unmolested by careless people is so refreshing.
Beautiful cinematography btw.
Thank you for sharing. Youve got quite a talent.
Give it time. Humans always find a way to ruin this planet.
Aren't*
@@zacharysherry2910 -aint.
Well you could pick up the trash so the next guy doesn’t find it. Just a thought
Looking around on google earth/maps. These straight lines are all over the area, but limited to just this peninsula. 1918: those are fossilized corals which are often found in the area.
That’s insane.
Yeah... it makes me think this was pre flood 🤔
@@teresadvorak6145 the whole area, during the Cretaceous period, was an inland sea. As the Rocky Mtns were forming, the sea was pushed south by the rising landmass into what is now the Gulf of Mexico.
@mhicaoidh1 Yep! I love searching for crinoid stems in the foothills of Appalachia. Hundreds of millions of years old!
@@the_pov_channelWell I would say insane is putting it mildly at best. When you learn/discover the multitude of limestone cliff faces, not all that dissimilar to this sandstone cliff, all formed in marine environments of reef building, it becomes infinitesimally unimaginable how long it took to build and how much sea life it took to do it. Check out the Capitan Reef of the Guadalupe Mountains in Southern New Mexico. Of course there are hundreds more all over the world.
What an adventure man.
18:40 aww doggy’s just as amazed as you are 😂
he is not adventure men he just know her country or place or passafic reaigon like north america
may be can be a person like him know your actual history where you live in
This video made me remember how much curiosity and wonder I felt when I was a kid going on hikes, and how much I wanted to be archeologist. We all need to find time like you do, to go out and explore more.
OMG .. me too ….❤
I know nothing of filming anything. But i see skill in the way you operate. Wonderful video. To see those petroglyphs, thank the universe for that moment
This is one of the most incredible finds I've ever seen! And your cinematography skills are super!
I hope your friends have recovered.
Haha they are getting there. Thanks a ton
I too am so appreciative of the cinematography skills. I especially love that he does so many close ups, and gives us glimpses deep under crags and crevices. It’s the stuff I’m always gagging to see. Thank You so so much.
@@the_pov_channel It may not be so much they're mad at you for leading them down the cliff, but that they made the choice to follow you.
18:35 The dogs expression when you picked up the “coral” rock is priceless 😂😂😂
It reminds me of Devil's Postpile near Mammoth, but square instead of Hex shape. Is there a Geologic explanation for this phenomenon? The most impressive thing though is your dog. Aussies are naturally intelligent and yours has a good sense to follow you and be safe. Very interesting content!
It's completely unnatural
@@osamabeenlacking source? did the ancient giant cyclops aliens beam the schematics of their abandoned quarry into your brain?
Its natural. The straight edge 'blocks' you see in this video are caused by water seeping into cracks and then freezing, causing stress fractures which make these flat planes. from there its just a matter of weathering an a hell of a lot of time to have them fall.
But the flat planes intersect and create perfect rectangles.. That wouldnt make sense if it was just water freezing lol... They would come out in all different kinds of shapes not just perfect blocks.
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Yes, I am afraid of heights, I got butterflies in my stomach every time you point your camera down the cliff or your dog walks to the edge. Awesome site🎉 thanks for sharing🎉
Me too. I had to look away. He was giving me the Willie's. Especially because, he said his friends had fled and left him alone.
Haha! Yes, me too!
I can't get the image out of my head of Wile E. Coyote prying one of those blocks up to smash the roadrunner. Thus is a great video.
That was good beep beep 🙃
Well, and end up smashing himself😂
Or when he stood on the overhanging rock, which for Coyote, usually cracked off at that specific point from the main rock face))
Just drove through here on the way back from Montana for the first time and OH MY GOD. It was one of the most special moments of my life. I was driving through the woods in a super winding road for what seemed like forever, then all of a sudden I pop out, I see the long straight road, and to my left is the cliff. HUGE. My breathe was GONE. It was the most beautiful drive of my life. I had NO IDEA it was coming!
The block you measured weighs 600 TONS. That is 1,323,000 LBS. A typical tank is 50 tons, so this rock weighs 12 military tanks.
Pretty American way of weighing things 😂😅
@@oth2091 hahaha that's true
One mile is 1000 paces in any direction, at least it used to be that way.
Anything but the metric system
That sound more accurate.
The mass of little round rocks that look like coral could be oolites. This area was a sea at one time, oolites form from a couple of different natural processes, Google oolitic or oolite sandstone/limestone. I'm envious, really cool exploration and video, consider sharing your discovery of the petroglyph's with nearby tribal leaders or rangers. Thank you!
It's actually rocks formed when lightning(electricity) hits sandstone. Called *'drigg fulgurite'*
I believe you're correct after viewing on a larger screen, it's a better example than online specimens and I hope he brought it back? @@03stmlax
Yes they should be reported to local tribes and local colleges for them to record or something so it's not lost!!
@@03stmlaxso does it essentially melt pieces of the rock to glass causing the bubbling effect ?
Just watched it again with my hubby, great video...thank you so much!!😊
Those bubbly rocks at 18:17 are what I believe to be petrified corals. They be OLD, man. Possibly, way back when the sea floor was way up there where you were.
Noah's flood
My first thought as well, but looking at it again...sure looks like a moss that's been petrified.
@@travisconover4762Movement of lithospheric plates ☝🏻
@@Svirepij187 what do you mean? could you please elaborate further im interested to hear your point
@@travisconover4762 it could be Noah's flood but the whole flood thing lasted for 150 days or so (if you read Genesis). Can these "petrified corals" form on stones within just 150 days? actually curious maybe one day i will make a test myself but then again it be impossible because even sea/ocean water back then was different
Great drone work, especially through the ‘cubes’. Also appreciate you explicitly saying they are natural, which I think is correct as well. Really shows the integrity of the channel, not pandering to low probability ideas.
I like how you and your dog both have the same energy. And your dog is having as much fun as you lol
Dry Pan lake beds form the same square patterns but on a much smaller scale.
The area you were in was once a shallow inland sea, so it is possible that what you found was actually petrified coral.
The southwestern rim that formed the shore of the inland sea broke and all of the water flowed out which is what carved Monument Valley.
I've seen wonders in Egypt and alot around the world but this is something that left me speechless.
Cheers. Would love to go see the pyramids someday
There might be a connection. They build them with rocks from usa.
Interesting theory 🤔
@@surfman88 Imma be honest- Thats quite the stretch 😂
@@the_pov_channel not if you believe in alien tech. So many huge rocks in very old buildings all over world. If you own laser tech and defy gravity it’s easy. Doubt it were native Americans that cut em. But we never know.
Fascinating footage! The precision in the sandstone cuts is incredible. It makes me wonder if these are remnants from Ancient Pyramid construction, like the leftovers of a massive building project, from a time when all the lands were closer.
Great editing. The back and fourth drone fotage gave a great perspective. You standing that close to the cliff makes me uncomfortable.
No more jumping from rock to rock...it's too much on my nerves , thank you for thinking of us out here
You both sound like moms, lmao
I sure and heck didn't do that while we were there. lol
I bet his views would’ve went up
( Urban warfar , jumping between buildings and destructions ) has entered the chat
So weird that a stone that cleaves universally is cut in 90° angles! Quarry of nature. And the crow flying over head was the coolest part of this video!
So glad you noticed that detail. They are the masters of the landscape. Always watching you.
Nature can be unbelievably weird.
@@perigee1275this is an ancient quarry
only one God, not Gods
@aerokasyeal4840 one God agreed but I think they were referring to God and angels or eloheim, if I am spelling correctly. Technology of fallen angels.
The cube shape occurs naturally in nature more than you would think. Cube pyrite, amethyst, diamonds and quartz are a few examples.
when It just got quiet and you were just showing amazing shots of the area; it felt like I was in a different world man. I didn't even notice till I looked up cause I realized how quiet it got and I was only hearing the sound of wind blowing. Absolutely great work man.
When thinking about the geological processes, the time scales involved. Starts to blow my mind. Those boulders that look like they’re on the edge. Could be sitting there for the next hundred thousand-million years. Our life span is barely a blip.
I agree, but the fact that they are so high up goes to show how quickly the landscape from the plateau is raising. The sheer energy potential that forces water and salt down the cracks, yet dry so they remain for soo long. Insanity. Mesa mountains never cease to amaze.
Though I don't deny the obvious fact that there are geologic processes at work here, it would be a misnomer to state that these rock formations are natural or geologically formed. Clearly, these mirror the ancient megaliths found the world over from Egypt, South and Central America, Central Asia, China, Greece,... Even Vietnam. This is one of the most incredible sites I've ever seen, to be honest. You had not only evidence of ancient stonework of cutting out giant symmetrically perfect cubes from the hillside, but also a dolmen head, at the same site. And you also had ancient hieroglyphs. This site is absolutely fantastic. These are not ancient American Indians, these are pre younger dryas impact event megalithic structures... Unknown in both date and origin. But that impact event was 12,800 years ago. And it ended the ice age, in a virtual blink of the eye. These particular megaliths, with the dolmen head, could literally be hundreds of thousands of years old.
Check out chimney Rock in North Carolina. Similar views and almost all cases.
Exactly. So while I understand there are a multitude of geological processes that could create these formations, I dont think its completely insane to believe that wayyy before modern recorded history this was some type of quarry. Regardless its still cool to think about at least.
Those "coral" stones are likely just the same sandstone that's all around, but with a mineralized layer of what I believe is calcite that has created a kind of shell over the sandstone. I had it explained by a geologist once ages ago, so I may be wrong saying calcite... But if you were to look at the cliff right where you saw those, I would wager you could find more of that stuff as well as evidence of water. You find those "shells" often on cliff faces where you can tell there used to be a drainage of sorts. I believe the water deposits minerals on the sandstone as it moves over it, and over time this hard layer builds up, often with little annoying bumps for some reason. (I'm a rock climber, and that stuff hurts when its on your hold!) I think its a similar idea to how stalactites / stalagmites form in caves. In some spots, you can see the shell layer has broken away from the sandstone, and you can even grab little flakes of it if it's loose enough. So I would guess that those rocks you found on the ground either fell off of the cliff, or were dripped on, or perhaps were sitting in a puddle of mineral rich water for ages.
All that being said, in certain high areas in the desert like that you can indeed find ancient sea life! I see it most often in limestone. There are little shells and mini "shark jaws" stuck in the rock sometimes 7-8k+ feet above see level! Nature is so cool.
But what about my intergalactic people making quarries theory?
Yes, the fossilized sea shell life on the stones. I visited the Coba pyramids in the Yucatan and saw small fossilized shell on the stones there as well.
Amazing!! There is truly no shape sandstone cant take. Thanks for this great explanation. I was getting alot of conflicting answers but this seems in line with my limited understanding of geology.
I think it still holds up! @@cinderbones
Oxidation was my first thought
Wow that was a great video. Probably the best I have seen in such a long time. I was worried to drop my phone over those cliffs 😅
6:38 !!!
You can see everything is already pre-cut !
By looking at the Vegetation growth. Shows where water formations and grooves drain the water. So the stones are already pre cut or fabricated. They just have to be uncovered or picked up. Take a look at your drone footage, the lines going across like a grid
I noticed that too, if you look at his shots from above you can see marks where they were going to cut off the next blocks. They are all consistently the same size and shape as the ones that have already broken off. And nature did that??? I’m saying no. And people saying in comments ice or whatever does make cube shapes, that’s true but this is not ice. Can you recreate this exact effect with the same materials? Science is consistent so show us this somewhere else with the same rock, weather etc?
i’m not claiming these were constructed or not but ice is to water as lava is to rock; the basic process is the same they just happen at differently temps
If there were signs of tools or tooling patterns the would be definitive.
it's the whole, if aliens were real, they'd be untraceable unless they wanted to be discovered... did you know some ways of machine cutting doesn't leave trace of tool marks??? @@johnnovotny5074
Found something for you. Not for this exact site, but for similar rock patterns. It is an open access article, maybe that is interesting for you, the title is:
A new interpretation for formation of orthogonal joints in quartz sandstone
by Le Li, Shaocheng Ji
Standing at the edge of the cliff looking down you can see what happened there. You filmed this on top of a massive geological uplift, right at the edge of the uplift. Isostacy clearly pushed the high ground straight upward and that caused massive earthquakes. The sandstone is very uniform in density and shock waves from the upward Isostatic force caused the uniform fractures. The uniformity originates from a 90* force emanating from beneath the earths crust. Gravitational forces dont do twists and turns. Very interesting footage, the landscape is fascinating.
THANKS
It is a wonderful geophysical explanation
Yeah that could work for my mind
Straight lines don’t happen no matter what explanation you throw at it
Causing earthquakes too? Not buying it.😊
Been a builder all my life, Stone is about the same as concrete 150 pounds per cubic foot. Some stone a little lighter , some a little heavier. The 12.5 could only be a board foot,, 12X12x1 inches 21.5X21X20 yields 9030 cubic feet, weighs 1,354,500 pounds 677.25 tons. edited,, When my comment was entered,, it landed on my screen immediately below your correction. Same answer. Thought I was seeing double for a moment. (That is the San Juan down below? Not far from Goose Neck. I have never been up on that ridge,, I have paddled the full length of the San Juan,, That cliff is visible and distinctive from below,)
I’m a Stonemason and I’m interested to know your thoughts on these rocks, please. Do you believe they are natural formations or cut by Humans or an Ancient Advanced Life?
@@user-hb1ve6mc6f Interesting. Strictly natural, no question. I may even be able to guess why and how. A guess, based upon personal observation. I have traveled that area a few times,, mostly via canoe on the river. Trust me,, traveling at the astronomical pace 2+ mph, you have lots of time to think. That same regularly broken plateau covers thousands of square miles. Bring your google maps or Google Earth to look at the Confluence of the Colorado and the Green Rivers, you will see that same corrugation and the fractures in the same or similar directions. And,, if traveling I-70 somewhere near Grand Junction,, I don't remember exactly where. Earthquakes ripple ground like waves on the ocean. It has been reported many times, people looking across a flat expanse can see the waves as the Earth undulates. The waves are a regular spacing,, such that a 5 story building, or a 10 story or 15 story building, develop a rhythm,, every 50 feet or 5 stories. A 7 story building will survive an earthquake that demolishes a 5 story building.
Take a rigid flat plate and ripple it into waves, I can easily imagine fractures regular at half the wave length, the rock gets bent from peak to peak with a trough in the middle. 21.5 X 2 MIGHT imply a 43 foot wave form. Fractured in the other direction,, my first guess is a separate earthquake. It IS of interest to note,, that approximate fracture direction? NE to SW is perhaps exactly perpendicular the to dinosaur killing event of 68 million years ago,, the impact that formed the Chixalub (sp?) Crater. The strike was so fierce it rippled the earth in waves like a storm at sea. A guess. (With a very high probability of being correct.)
That interesting feature along I-70 ? Earthquakes can semi liquefy the earth. Sand 'blows' are a common occurrence. A sand blow is like a temporary sand geyser. At that point along I-70 is a line, approx north/south of sand hills,, all the same size. The earthquake that could have created that line of sand blows,, must have been huge.
Something I just looked up Hudson Bay, northern Canada. There is a strike crater there.. scientists will say it could not possibly be,,, but sorry, no,, the shape is too exactly a meteor strike crater 350 miles in diameter. Sanikilauq And it IS almost exactly at right angles to the fractures from the Chixalub Crater to that point in the Southwest.
Those fractures are from an earthquake,, a very, very, very large earthquake.
Oh. I should have said. I do some stone work, not much, but some. One of may favourite jobs over the years. Set up a sturdy bench, and stand in the jobsite, 2.5 or 3 pound jack, a 2 to 3 inch chisel, and comb, and point and whack away at rocks to fit the need, to size and shape,, hour after hour, day after day,,, good work to have. I have thoroughly enjoyed that work. I may have a stone house , structural, coming up next winter. Native stone on site,, have not yet done some test cutting to see if the stone is suitable. We'll see.
@@user-hb1ve6mc6fim pretty sure it has to do with the glaciers/ocean eating away layers underneath breaking it off clean
@Sailor376also
When he said square feet i thought instantly that it should have been cubic feet if he was wanting the weight
so i scrolled down to see if anyone else had picked up on it an low and behold i saw your comment.
And i'm just a retired UK fisherman.
@@jayseaem My opinion is,,,, You are not "just" a retired fisherman. You are a man after mine own heart,, for I am 'just' a carpenter. Are you Mensa?
I wouldn’t bet the bank those multitude of “cubes” are natural formations. One thing they are for certain is very old. That whole area looks more like a quarry than anything natural. I’d be looking very closely for any type of marks within the “cuts” or “breaks” on every stone where feasible. Possibly even taking some high resolution, very close photos too. I’m quite certain we’ve all been lied to about (at least) some history. I’m not certain why, just that there are things we have been led astray from! Thank you for the video!
7:50 i had never felt claustrophobic until I had to squeeze through a deep slot in the granite at the Alabama Hills outside lonepine CA. Great find! Excellent footage 🌵👍🏻 i think you're blessed to be doing this and not wasting away at a gaming console.
Lone pine!!! I've driven past there many times on my way to Mammoth Lakes CA! Stopped there late at night on one trip and the town was all but shut down. OFC this was in 1996... LOL
@@chefscorner7063 I grew up in a family with little luxury and skiing was out of the budget
Lovely. love how you film. no music, companion doggie friend & scout. just simply naturally adventurous.
Search the area near Train Rock, Utah and find many of the same fracture patterns and also at 37º0'6.97"N 109º 6'25.16"W as well. One can find hundreds of instances of natural fracturing by observing the vegetation growing atop many of the mesas. The plants have found the natural fissures and take root there giving the appearance of tree lines or fence lines.
18:32 When you said oh my god what is this 😳🐶 the look of your dogs face 🤣
Wow ! This is beyond amazing.
I forwarded this to LA Marzuli , I been following ancient archaeology for decades. Straight lines are very rare in nature. This blows my mind.
Good job finding this.
I love your videos, I wish I had time to investigate this.
How wild would be if it were a buried megalithic zigurat? I was in a flatbed truck with a Navajo shaman in Chinle AZ about 2002 or so and he was telling us that the Plainstriders were extremely active in this area. It's why the Anasazi and later the Navajo built so many dwellings in the walls and near caves. I would LOVE to hear LA's take on this.
@@HonkyKong777 What is a plainstrider? Never heard of it. Can you point out a good resource to learn about them?
This rock formation is the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member of the Permian Cutler formation. The Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member consists of two totally unlike facies- a sandstone facies present only in the area near Cedar Mesa and a gypsiferous facies. As typically exposed on Cedar Mesa, the sandstone facies consists of a sequence that is dominantly sandstone having minor interbedded siltstone. The sandstone is grayish orange, very pale orange, and yellowish gray and shows at places pale-reddish-brown and very light greenish-gray mottling. It consists of rounded to subangular very fine to medium quartz grains and minor accessory minerals and is generally well cemented by calcium carbonate. The sandstone occurs in thick prominent ledges as much as 125 feet thick that consist of individual beds from 5 to 35 feet thick. Many sandstone beds are cross laminated, and the inclination of the laminae is dominantly eastward (Read and Wanek, 1961, p. 7).
Sears ( 1956) rnapped and described a "lower soft" part of the sandstone facies, which is locally present and contrasts markedly with the typical sandstone facies of the Cedar Mesa Sandstone noted above. This lower softer zone forms a steep slope and is overlain by remnants of cliff-forming grayish -orange cross bedded sandstone in all respects similar to typical Cedar Mesa exposed at the type locality near Cedar Point.
From s structural standpoint, the area in this video falls along the fold axis of the Cedar Mesa Anticline which is referred to in the literature as "Essentially the summit of the Monument Upwarp ". The monument upwarp is considered to be a large structural element of the Colorado Plateau, and is characterized as a broad northward trending uplift about 35 miles wide and 100 miles long extending from near the junetion of the Green and Colorado Rivers to near Kayenta, Ariz. The upwarp is asymmetrical and has a gently dipping west limb and a steeply dipping east limb.
I think that the regional structural deformation and local surface conditions, consisting of relatively brittle sandstone over the "lower softer, gypsiferous" member of the Cedar Mesa Standstone, produced thenearly perfect symmetrical joint sets shown in this video.
Some references-
Structural geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau
George H. Davis Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Alex P. Bump BP Exploration and Production Technology, Houston, Texas 77079, USA
Geology of the
Cedar Mesa-Boundary
Butte Area
San Juan County, Utah ,
ROBERT B. O'SULLIVAN
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1186
Geologic Map of the Cedar Mesa-Boundary Butte Area,
San Juan County, Utah (GIS reproduction of USGS Bulletin 1186 [1965])
by Robert O'Sullivan 2019
PERMIANLAND:
THE ROCKS OF MONUMENT VALLEY
by
D. L. BAARS
Department of Geology
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Thank you.
Massive respect for anyone that does actual research on a subject and then adds references so others are able to reach their own newly educated conclusions.
Sweet info and links to sources, cheers much 👏
pin this lmao
Of course you would, your professional reputation prevents you from contemplating anything other than a natural cause. Show me another example of this anywhere in the word.
Really fantastic piece!! I live in the mountains in Canada and find similar natural anomalies - massive stones with perfect 90 degree angles. The scale of what you have discovered here, however, is truly mind blowing. I agree with the many other commentators who have noted that Mother Nature simply does not work in straight lines of this nature. It is not geologically possible… After having worked as a professional researcher and university historian for 15 years, I came to the conclusion that “history” as we know it does not exist - and that there are “more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of” in most of our philosophies and worldviews…
History isn't geology Sarah. Nature 100 percent creates straight lines. Ever seen basalt pillars, they are hexagon shaped structures that are formed during volcanic activity. Also check out a snowflake under a microscope or a grain of sugar.
I do like the mystery in your opinion but the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. However impossible it seems, it is natural. I do agree that history as we know it is very confusing and lots of missing information etc though.
Mud Fossil University ... fascinating discovery!!
I really like your comment, want to believe you, hesitated, saw you're a blonde, hesitated again...idk...
@@swordfish356dt Yes, but that is human history and humans lie. Rocks don't lie and she's trying to connect two completely unrelated things.
Nice vid but it's almost as if you are hoping something would happen...tempting fate. 😅 0:41 Also, your dog seemed to have slipped backwards. Would've been very bad if he was right next to the cliff.
This is fascinating, but as an elder now (66) I am really struggling to watch. Vertigo overwhelms! Oh for the confidence of youth again. What on earth are these rock formations all about? The ancients really knew their stuff. And we've forgotten all about it. Thanks for intriguing if somewhat headspinning journey.
The cliffts are cool but hearing the thunderstorm... they were amazing to listen to. Almost like the one outside my house right now. Now back to the video. :P
A total visual odyssey. The cube cliffs made me dizzy. The drone footage is awesome. Loved the full 360 degree 3-D immersion.
I don't know anything about rocks or geology and I don't even like climbing a 6 ft ladder but for some reason I can't stop watching your videos! Unbelievable footage. Big screen TVs are awesome! Lol
Bro...your dog near the edge of these cliffs gives me anxiety. 😅
I try to mitigate as much risk with him as possible, but he's been like this since he was a puppy. He is now 8 years old
The dog is smarter... it's you that gives me anxiety. Why try and get stuck...
@@TexasGrlmy late buddy always spooked me with edges and I honestly think he noticed it made me nervous/upset so he'd always keep a little more distance and look at me approvingly
Was going to say the same thing 🤐
It’s safe…..as long as no one throws a stick 😂😂😂
They're so straight with perfect angles. Definitely looks like a quarry, like someone cut the cliff side with technology that's foreign to us.
Did you go there and check the Angles? No! They are NOT perfect 90* Angles!
@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164nah but it's a really special natural formation either way , nature hardly ever does flat , straight or corners so it's rare to see perfect or not and these are pretty darn close
@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164sir, if you’re going to say they’re not perfect 90 degree angles because he didn’t go check, you can’t sit there and type that they ain’t because you, yourself, infact, did not go check.
Old man so triggered! Does the formation remind you of the box you're trapped in?
? foreign technology? Humans have been quarrying rock for thousands of years 😂
Those big blocks of sandstone are amazing! I have a garden and every time I turn the ground under, I find these diamond shaped rocks. They literally look like a diamond that is on a deck of playing cards. The larger the diamond the thicker the stone is. I have no clue what would cause these rocks to form this way but now after seeing those giant blocks, I'm going to do a little research. Amazing video. Definitely proves a catastrophic flood happened.
Maybe this helps for your research:
A new interpretation for formation of orthogonal joints in quartz sandstone
by Le Li, Shaocheng Ji
Another incredible video. I’m addicted now. Your videos make us feel like we’re there with you and I know I’m not unique in saying how grateful I am watching these. Thank you so much.
The formation at the top of the mesa is the Cedar Mesa sandstone member of the Cutler formation. The vertical "cuts" are naturally-occurring fractures (aka joints) that are formed during gentle warping of the Earth's surface. One such fold (the Halgaito anticline) is southwest of the mesa. It is not unusual joints to occur in orthogonal patterns in a given stress field (conjugate joints). See "Photogeologic map of the Bluff-12 quadrangle, San Juan County, Utah" by the USGS. The rocks @19:00 look like calcite probably formed by spring flow at some point in the past.
How is the sandstone created? its almost like loafs of bread getting baked up and then separating.
Thanks for putting them in perspective. It would be good to see and compare the different areas.
Naturally occurring 90 degree angles? Bro you serious
Photogenic map of the Bluff-12 quadrangle , San Juan County Utah, by the USGS..sounds engrossing. I'll get right on it...
@extx Thanks for the information. I wasn’t nearly this knowledgeable about the formation but recognized some of the attributes. I love geology and am glad you had more info on it!
When adventuring alone I would never try to go into tight spaces like you were doing when in between the gigantic sandstones. I got anxiety watching you. But great video and amazing views. Thanks
People have disappeared that way only to be found years later. I wouldn't even walk on a lot of those rocks.
Ditto
And I worry about hi beautiful puppy and get anxious about dog following into tight spaces
Yeah, he was making me nervous af. NGL.
What was that movie about the dude getting stuck in a hole like one of these in the vid ? I think the dude had to bite part of his arm of or something lol. That was the vibes i was getting while watching.
Thank you so much for showing us, how incredible our wonderful world is! I am from Germany, 68 years old, and I am so happy, for this wonderful gift, you brought to me with your adventure! Stay allways blessed and I wish you all the best for your whole life, deep from my heart! With love, Gertrud from Germany 🙏♥️
Gorgeous landscape. Unbelievable formations. Drone footage really show it off. Well done, thank you. I don't blame your friends for taking off, and pardon me if I skip the part where you squeeze along a crevice. Claustrophobic me can't deal with that. I'll stay top side with the dog.
Spectacular views! I find it hard to believe those perfectly straight cuts and geometrically shaped rocks were formed by natural processes.
😂 they're not perfectly straight
The strangest part I noticed at 6.40 into the video, the aerial view show's the background. The whole are has outlines of these pre-cut lines. Have you ever tried to ask a geologist or someone what could have caused these naturally ? I'm thinking, in Ireland there is the Giants Causeway, but they are tiny compared to these but there are over 40,000 interlocking square columns over there. This is amazing though, i'd love to have come on this adventure with you !!
you are partly right. but, they are HEXAGONAL (not square) basalt.
Check on wikipedia List of places with columnar jointed volcanics. It's absolutly not a rare thing around the world. But this is someting.
With basalt, its cracks caused by cooling. You see it in the Devil's tower, Fingal's Cave, and elsewhere too.
Someone above calls this due to isostacy shockwaves - could be - but also rock can exfoliate like onionskins due to repeated heating and cooling in desert regions, when they fall off in sheets (like at e.g., Half Dome. When you see ice sheets breaking off in Antarctica, you see lots of straight lines. Basically, when something breaks off, a flat break is the simplest response, with perhaps a little curvature here or there. What's curious here is that its breaking off in 2 directions at right-angles.
The "pre-cut" lines basically indicate that the whole area is heating and cooling, expanding and contracting, and occasionally something goes *ping* and it snaps. After that, you wait for erosion to allow the blocks to be undercut and fall.
Anunaki built the pyramids using the same technology we see here in cubing stones. People still believe these perfect straight lines resulting in almost perfect cube dimensions are naturally occurring 💀
@@Amabinadd oh yeah) and Ancient Egypt was ruled by aliens with animal heads)
Sandstone has a way of breaking in perfect planes but this has to be the biggest example of it I have ever seen and possibly some of the most perfect breaks.
I was thinking like a car window bust into little cube like structures. Also when sandstone has a lot of moisture then super heated like in a fire. It explodes. And on the other direction, hot to cold will crack.
I doubt nature cut
This isnt a plane cut its verticle
@zacriley8946
I call bs on that ''theory'' for one simple reason - if there's no examples of this happening to sandstone anywhere else on planet, than it's simply bs explanation. As 2 other people said here: 1. nature doesn't cut - nature's forces break things yes, but they don't cut 2. it's a vertical ''break'', as in cut - sandstone has layers in horizontal lines which could explain breaking in straight lines, but these are very CLEARLY vertical CUTS, not HORIZONTAL BREAKINGS
At right angles? NO WAY. This was done intentionally and accurately by "someone" with significant technology.
"the Giants have left the Playgound, but left their Toys behind" -one of my favorite B5 quotes & always in my mind, when isee crazy formations/stuff like this