I was kidding myself. Amazing how interesting it is to find something that i have personally found truthfull and factual from when i was a kid. A kid from the Sonoran desert.
Your channel is proof that, if what you're talking about is interesting enough, there's no need to turn it into some television event drama. This was so good!
@@myroncook Myron ! What a great journey you took us on ! It's truly amazing that so many clues are still visible to anyone, in plain sight ! Now, there is just one tiny issue, and I hope that you take this as a form of well-mannered constructive criticism, sir. The title is just every so slightly misleading. To me, in my mind, "How Geologists Discovered [the Seaway]" would lead me to think that the video would be about those specific geologists and the actual specific discoveries made by them over time, in a historical context. This was especially true for me since you mentioned the 1869 expedition by John Wesley Powell. I expected more specific historical details to follow in his footsteps. Alas, we did not get that. Now, I know that this is not a true historical channel, in the normal sense. Instead this is a great, shall I say spectacular, channel about geology over a much vaster historical timeline. Keep up the amazing work, and I speak for everyone when I say, NEVER STOP !!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UNITS CONVERSION! It’s the little details that show your empathy and respect for the viewers. Most youtubers don’t notice how much the units impact the understanding of scale!
It's also nice that he says one unit and writes the other. Hearing both each time makes it more difficult to compare. I can choose to remember just the ones I read, or the ones I hear.
@@krispycool1 How so? If someone who is hearing impaired is watching this video, then they're reading the captions already anyway. The audio as spoken is transcribed. So, they'd see both units.
@@krispycool1 So, what are you saying? Hearing impaired people aren't hearing the words, and now you're saying the auto-generated captions are often not accurate. So, it wouldn't matter which units he says aloud. My original point seems as valid as ever, and your complaint seems to make no sense.
Right on. So if the fossils/remains are that close to the surface soil then it's clear that they are a relatively new feature on the landscape. So the question becomes - what process drove all of that water so far inland and how often does this happen on Earth? The evidence of sudden global flooding is overwhelming and it's urgent that we understand the processes that create that condition
@@dilldowschwagginz2674 People who go to a place known as "college" unanimously disagree with flooding. The crust is lifted up by magma/tectonic plate movement. The sea floor is lifted along with that. Deep water life forms were not carried to dry land in a flood as you posit, as there would only be one layer. We see many layers all over the world. "And on the seventh day, you should have studied."
LOVE your channel! My elderly mother and I enjoy learning about geology, astronomy, and geography. I am her caregiver and we love to watch educational videos as part of our daily routine to keep her mind active. Thank you for making and sharing your outstanding videos.
I’m 62.. I took Geology in high school and college.. I love watching documentaries, and Video Lectures on the same subjects including History.. I really feel TH-cam should have full school curriculums from preschool to college.. and testing at public libraries, schools and testing centers.. walking around in the mountains and deserts with MC is the pathway to a great education!!!
This video is so fascinating! I love when you address “how do we know that?” kinds of questions! And the photography is always sooo stunning! Thank you for educating us!
The level of academic storytelling in these videos is absolutely amazing. The way he slowly reveals the information that allows you to make observations and come up with theories about geology for youself before he unveils the truth like a detective at the end of a murder mystery is so engaging. I need a geology book written by him!
Hi Myron! I am an engineer with a railroad out here in Grand Junction and my route goes through Thompson Springs, Helper, and all along the Bookcliffs. I get so excited riding along these beautiful features every day and wondering about the ancient landscapes that made these mountains into what they are today. So glad to see you made a video about them. I just bought a book about this very thing by Ron Blakey! PS, you met my boyfriend, Jason at a restaurant while you were here in town, thanks for the photo! We were so excited! If you ever make it back to GJ, I hope to meet you, too!
Myron: I greatly appreciate the free education you are handing out here. Your style of leading one to the points of the lesson are wonderful to listen to and learn from. The natural world needs more story tellers like you. Thank you.
I spent fifty years in construction, I wish I would have been a geologist. I really love geology, who would have thought geology would be so fascinating.
I went the other way. I used to work at the Schoellkopf Geological Museum in Niagara Falls, NY. where part of my time was spent teaching geology of the area. Now I am an Environmental Compliance Officer in Georgia where my main charge is maintaining environmental compliance and construction inspections.
Thank you Myron! This is my favorite channel in TH-cam and you have completely transformed my understanding of the Earth. Learning geology the last few months since I found your channel has given me so much joy! Keep doing what you’re doing partner!
@@myroncook i found a channel that you might enjoy watching for amusement, relaxation, or some information. it is not a geology channel in the purest sense, but it does occasionally hit on geology in a tangential manner. the creator has a very soothing voice, and the visuals are amazing. the channel name is, *_"Desert Drifter"_*
@@myroncooki eatvhed your video about the fans coming from river deltas and how far they go out to see, as well as the channels you noted running across the bottom of the ocean. I believe you said they were caused by the rivers and underwater currents, but it wasnt fully understood. I disagreed, its my understanding that the paths the major rivers follow were not originally carved by the rivers themselves, the eater just took the path of least resistance. I adhere to the electrical model of the universe, in said model its understood from accounts of the ancients that great cataclysms of an electrical nature happened. These events occured before life even existed here. These planetary scale electrical storms literally carved out huge swaths of land and killed untold numbers of species in the known catacylsms (it wasnt a meteor it was a global electical storm and a scale we can hardly imagine). Look at electrical excavation experiments done by many experimentalists. It shows the exact same fratures we see on he surfaces of every celestial body we observe.
Truly a great geologist, with vast knowledge and ability to communicate. I am a subsurface geologist, and have drilled lots of sand shale sequences in the last 40 years - this video gave me some new insights ! Thanks
Wait I can’t be the only one that got excited it was just a narrator but the cutest most wholesome bearded man in a cowboy hat. Made me miss my grandpas. Thank you kind sir for your service .
I live in northern Kentucky and have always been fascinated by finding fossilized coral and sea shells in field stones. Amazing to think of how our earth has changed over the ages.
For me, it’s not just the great knowledge you have but the enthusiasm you show that makes your videos as enjoyable as they are educational. Thank you for sharing these
I feel we are lucky to have drone technology available to help grasp the size and scale of these layers. Some awesome footage and that final stop was simply amazing. Still loving this channel and all the fascinating geology stories Mr. Myron. Thanks!
As an European I really appreciate the unit conversion. Sometimes I struggle to follow american educational contents because I'm not familiar with the imperial system. It's a small thing but really appreciated. Also your content is pure gold, you manage to go really deep but with an easier vocabulary that makes it understandable for anyone, you really have a gift. Thank you for your videos!
We actually use the metric system frequently in the fields of medicine. Remember 1 in = 2.54 cm exactly. 1 foot is 12 inches or approximately 30.48cm. For example 1foot which is actually 12in* 2.54 cm/1in = 30.48 cm I mile = 5,280 feet 1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers. Definition: A mile (symbol: mi or m) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. It is currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or exactly 1,609.344 meters. By using stoichiometry, u just cancel matching units until you can’t cancels any other units. Now multiply across and divide. You get the answer with the correct dimensions. 3 teaspoons tsps = 1 tablespoon = 14.787 ml.
@persephone342 well more or less I know about the imperial system but it's not immediate and it doesn't make following an education video smooth at all. Plus honestly my brain is already so full of information that I really don't need to learn an extremely bad measurement system. I'm sorry for the honesty ahah
@@nicolodalmonego2785 That's not honesty, buddy, that's just arrogance and laziness. You should take a look at how the freedom units came into being. They're not great for scientific measurements, but they were never meant for it.
How many times have I driven through boring landscapes and just couldn't wait to get to somewhere interesting? Myron, you should have made these videos 50 years ago. What great videos for kids to watch while travelling cross country.
I spent about 25 years in Utah. It's a nature-lover's paradise. I hope everyone has a chance to visit the beauty of southern Utah. It's truly amazing. Thank you, Mr. Cook. I don't know why you don't have a million subscribers by now.
My average attention span for a TH-cam video is ten minutes or so. But there is so much in this video that forty-five minutes passes really quickly. Fascinating subject, awesome scenery, and clear narration from someone whose enthusiasm is infectious. Time very well spent.
As a recent transplant to Denver I’m fascinated by the story of the Seaway and the geology of the west. Thank you for your excellent and understandable presentations. Love the trees!
I took a geology class in college and recall learning about this ancient sea. I appreciate your additional insight. Your videos are fantastic! Thank you for sharing your passion.
I’m one minute in and I can already tell they need to bring back the good documentaries on history channel with you narrating. Some people just have the voice and presence for it
Thank you so much Myron your geography content is seriously unmatched I use it to help teach my children about the great Appalachians around from here in central Pennsylvania
Hello there sir , Myron we really enjoy your geology. Always in lightning and joyful love your humor keep them coming. I have a high understanding of the topic and I love the way you break it down Thanks again, Damon
You make it so interesting! Every time I look at different areas as I drive around and travel, I contemplate the things I've learned from you. Thank you so much for being so generous with your time 🤗
It wasn't until I learned about the inland sea that I understood why the access roads next to the irrigation canals here in southern NM have tons of little clamshells. They aren't big with some the size of a pea and others as big as a nickel, but they're fun to pick up.
After an exceptionally rough week, Im stoked to sit down and hear about the Great Seaway from everyone favorite Geology Santa! Theres a lot of comfort in the humility of seeing a glimpse of the age of the world we live on and Im forever grateful for everyone that shares this passion.
Respect for your work. I have found a shocking number of Creationists on youtube making videos about how the grand canyon was formed in a few weeks. It's horrifying to me to see such ideas get so much traction and support and your work really shines as a powerful and insightful informative array of data against such delusions. Great work! Liked and shared.
And then they come to a channel like this where much hard work was done over many years and toss out quotes from a silly book that "disproves" all the evidence we've just been shown.
My goodness...Ive learned so much watching your videos. Sadly in my lifetime I'll never see this part of our country. Truly amazing area. Never have I thought about rock formation until I started watching....thank you
North of San Antonio, TX. Sea shells and related fossils in my backyard. Honeycomb rocks with sea shells and fossils embedded in them. Yep, I will most certainly buy it. In the same area I stood in a dinosaur track back in the 60's. It was on private land and cannot be accessed now.
Myron, you've done it again, sent my imagination off spinning into the depths of time. What a treasure for the curious - thank you so much for these thoughtful, amazing and inspiring videos.
Myron is the best! With all the crazy nonsense on the internet this guy's videos are a so refreshing. Such fascinating information about the landscapes we live in and pass through without thinking, delivered in a calm but intruiging manner by such a wonderful person. Had I seen these videos when I was young I would have definitely pursued a career in geology but I am so happy that I can still enjoy learning though I am nearing retirement. Thanks Myron!
I love the way you explain the changes in topography. Really helps to imagine what it used to be like. I live in the Uk and I look at the landscape in such a different way because of your teaching. Thankyou for opening my eyes to a much bigger picture. 💚
Good to see you again Myron! Love your videos. As it so happens, I live on the boundary of the coastal plain and Piedmont Plateau in Maryland. Now, I find myself trying to imagine what my neighborhood looked like during the Cretaceous.
I love how the drone flights put the details into perspective, showing it all in its real, large scale. You visualize everything so well that i can feel the joy of discovery too, as we really have a look into the memories of this planet and imagine it "growing up".
Mr. Myron thank u so much for content such as this. I sit here on my couch completely fascinated and engaged with what I’m learning from your video. You and your channel show the power of doing something meaningful with a you tube channel. Thanks for all you do to enlighten and educate those in the online community. It most definitely helps us to stay curious:)!
Myron has a perfect score for his geology videos as far as I'm concerned. Such a pleasant voice and pacing of speech plus his enthusiasm and questions to the viewers throughout the video. Extremely well done Myron. i bet that there are some future geologists watching these videos. In the future, professors will ask, "how did you get involved in geology?" and the student will reply, "I watch Myron Cook discuss geology in videos on TH-cam." The student will think and mutter softly, "I sure wish this professor was as good as Myron."
Quality content, Myron. Thank you for putting out such wonderful videos on the beautiful subject of geology. I graduated with my geology degree back in 2017 and came across your channel while studying for my Professional Geologist license exams. Since then I have been an avid viewer of your channel. Keep up the great work!
I'm surprised you didn't include images of Virgin River Gorge, AZ as an example of sedimentary layers and shale formations. There are sections lifted out of the ground that are as tall as small skyscrapers. The tectonic energy needed to lift these sections are mind numbing. Great video, thanks.
Dr. Cook, I find the flow of your presentations very welcoming. I have had a lifelong but pedestrian interest in all things related to Earth science - - mainly focused on botany and biology. Having visited places like Capitol Reef in younger days, I found that I was easily overwhelmed by the various landscape formations, not able to understand the subtle clues of structure - so I simply remained in awe of the aesthetic beauty of such places... And now, many decades further, I am able to virtually revisit these in a new light even though I may not be able physically to do so. A subscriber thanks you!
Loved this one. Was just in Capitol Reef last week looking at the formations, the oyster fossils and such. This pulled a lot of information together. Thanks!
The deep time scales... of the shale fields depth.The time it spans to take to accumulate the sea mud, cover it up, and erode it back down to present day is freaking me out. Makes one wonder what world was like so far back. If there was intelligent mammals that came and went.
Recently recommended this channel and can’t say enough nice things. From the lovely visuals, informative content and most of all the inviting, soothing and, I cannot help but make the connection, Mr Rogers evoking cadence and intonation, I’ve been loving to listen to these presentations. Thank you for sharing!
Very interesting subject and channel. Despite the fictitious timeline's being promoted which Myron backs up with "Circular Reasoning" starting at the 19 min mark.
Love the videos! I have described you to my wife as "the Bob Ross of geology". I'm not a painter and have never intended on painting anything creative, but I can watch Bob Ross talk about and demonstrate his talent for hours. I'm not a geologist and do not intend on becoming one, but I can also watch you talk about geology and demonstrate your knowledge in the field for hours because even though I won't ever be a geologist, you give me just a little bit more knowledge to understand the world around me just a little bit better. Thank you!
Thirty minutes in, and I just had to pause to say Thank You. From a retired Brit with an interest in geology ever since my first visit to Scotland. (edit: and reading John McPhee too!) Living on the South coast, on a dark chilly evening but a very good Scotch to hand, it's good to be in your company. Just as absorbing as any David Attenborough, bless him. edit2: and what a poetic ending. If there was ever a poetic science, perhaps geology is it, because it can be directly observed, but only with understanding. which comes from teaching.
This reminds me of the inland Sea that Australia once had. One thing I love most about this ultimate favourite geology & palaeontology channel of my is it encourages me to ask questions that I both would not have thought of, or have been reminded of that I already thought of.
Absolutely wonderful video, me and my family used to go camping all the time when I was a kid and I never cherished the vast knowledge and deep care park rangers had for the lands around them. Now that Im older I find my self missing that, and this fulfills that curiosity in such a calming way. I think its all to easy nowadays to get swept up with life and forget to slow down and enjoy what nature has to offer, and this has helped me take a breath. Thanks myron, you've brightened many days, and filled many minds.
I love the content, and you clearly do too. You sound and look more happy to reveal knowledge to people than anyone I've ever heard. Traveling through the west for the first time, these are all the things I was thinking about. I love it.
I have been married for 56 years. My wife’s father was Dr. Stephen Clabaugh. Listening to you reminds me so much of him, a wonderful teacher and father in law. Everyday was class in session when I was around him on trips with the family, and vacations on the ranch. Thanks so much for this channel and your wonderful talents.
Myron. Your great! I love watching your videos and teachings. You are definitely the Bob Ross of Geology. Your drawings are a great tool to help people understand the lesson or topic that your explaining. Keep up the good work!
That area of the country has always facinated me. I could hang out with Mr Cook and talk geology for months. Thank you for this presentation have always wanted it someone to explained it in detail.
Every video of yours that I watch just blows my mind. It’s difficult to imagine the layers that we see on a horizontal plane. But I’m seeing the mountains that I live in totally different thanks to your videos. I’m so thankful.
Well explained, I love this channel because you not only teach, you take us on an adventure. Your words are precise and easy to understand. It must be rewarding when these guys or groups get all those puzzle pieces together, I hope you have been apart of those.
If rocks could talk… what a history lesson they’d share. Love your stuff and how you dumb it down for folks like myself. Just amazed the amount of time and forces involved, just boggles my mind.
I was born in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. In the capital city of the same name you can climb/drive up to the top of the surrounding hills (mind you the city sits at over 8 thousand feet above sea level) and you can find small shells 🐚 that seem completely out place. I was fascinated when I first discovered this.
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Finally, something worth watching on a Sunday night.
I was kidding myself. Amazing how interesting it is to find something that i have personally found truthfull and factual from when i was a kid. A kid from the Sonoran desert.
Same here
Here
how about a flood, a big flood
Shut your mouth
Your channel is proof that, if what you're talking about is interesting enough, there's no need to turn it into some television event drama. This was so good!
Thanks!
You don't even have to blame aliens for a single thing, amazing stuff.
@@myroncook Myron ! What a great journey you took us on ! It's truly amazing that so many clues are still visible to anyone, in plain sight ! Now, there is just one tiny issue, and I hope that you take this as a form of well-mannered constructive criticism, sir. The title is just every so slightly misleading. To me, in my mind, "How Geologists Discovered [the Seaway]" would lead me to think that the video would be about those specific geologists and the actual specific discoveries made by them over time, in a historical context. This was especially true for me since you mentioned the 1869 expedition by John Wesley Powell. I expected more specific historical details to follow in his footsteps. Alas, we did not get that. Now, I know that this is not a true historical channel, in the normal sense. Instead this is a great, shall I say spectacular, channel about geology over a much vaster historical timeline. Keep up the amazing work, and I speak for everyone when I say, NEVER STOP !!
So true!
I've gotten to the point where I absolutely cringe at the over-dramatization on Nova, National Geographic, etc.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UNITS CONVERSION! It’s the little details that show your empathy and respect for the viewers. Most youtubers don’t notice how much the units impact the understanding of scale!
It's also nice that he says one unit and writes the other. Hearing both each time makes it more difficult to compare. I can choose to remember just the ones I read, or the ones I hear.
@@GregConquest that can be an issue for hearing impaired people though
@@krispycool1 How so? If someone who is hearing impaired is watching this video, then they're reading the captions already anyway. The audio as spoken is transcribed. So, they'd see both units.
@@GregConquest have you read youtube captions? they are the worst ever! most of time the words make no sense
@@krispycool1 So, what are you saying? Hearing impaired people aren't hearing the words, and now you're saying the auto-generated captions are often not accurate. So, it wouldn't matter which units he says aloud.
My original point seems as valid as ever, and your complaint seems to make no sense.
sometimes I hesitate to click on your videos because I know I'll be so glued to them for the entire duration I won't get anything done. I love them
Yup.
Yep you got that right me too.
Dang, you are so right. I like this better than bingeing on Bosch and Perry Mason.
I grew up in Kansas on a small farm. In our pasture in the limestone rock I found many fossilized clams and other shellfish.
Our family has a ranch in Texas and we have limestone rocks with sea shells and other aquatic fossils
that’s so sick i’d be out there for days searching ha
Right on. So if the fossils/remains are that close to the surface soil then it's clear that they are a relatively new feature on the landscape. So the question becomes - what process drove all of that water so far inland and how often does this happen on Earth? The evidence of sudden global flooding is overwhelming and it's urgent that we understand the processes that create that condition
@@dilldowschwagginz2674 People who go to a place known as "college" unanimously disagree with flooding. The crust is lifted up by magma/tectonic plate movement. The sea floor is lifted along with that. Deep water life forms were not carried to dry land in a flood as you posit, as there would only be one layer. We see many layers all over the world. "And on the seventh day, you should have studied."
@@dilldowschwagginz2674 Don't ruined things here with a stupid essay.
@jackshaftoe1715 ignore the troll or whatever
LOVE your channel! My elderly mother and I enjoy learning about geology, astronomy, and geography. I am her caregiver and we love to watch educational videos as part of our daily routine to keep her mind active. Thank you for making and sharing your outstanding videos.
That is awesome!
🌷🏔️🪻🪨🌾
I’m 62.. I took Geology in high school and college.. I love watching documentaries, and Video Lectures on the same subjects including History.. I really feel TH-cam should have full school curriculums from preschool to college.. and testing at public libraries, schools and testing centers.. walking around in the mountains and deserts with MC is the pathway to a great education!!!
The little tree 🌲 (not to scale) is the cherry on top of these fine lessons you produce.
Keep up the great work sir!!
Many thanks!
Great use of tree.
@@myroncook you were born for this gig !
The future geologist is going to be astonished to find dam machinery in his core samples. 😮
A total Bob Ross move to fill out the best geology videos on TH-cam
This video is so fascinating! I love when you address “how do we know that?” kinds of questions! And the photography is always sooo stunning! Thank you for educating us!
I'm so glad!
Great sound too!
The level of academic storytelling in these videos is absolutely amazing. The way he slowly reveals the information that allows you to make observations and come up with theories about geology for youself before he unveils the truth like a detective at the end of a murder mystery is so engaging. I need a geology book written by him!
Thanks!
Hi Myron! I am an engineer with a railroad out here in Grand Junction and my route goes through Thompson Springs, Helper, and all along the Bookcliffs. I get so excited riding along these beautiful features every day and wondering about the ancient landscapes that made these mountains into what they are today. So glad to see you made a video about them. I just bought a book about this very thing by Ron Blakey! PS, you met my boyfriend, Jason at a restaurant while you were here in town, thanks for the photo! We were so excited! If you ever make it back to GJ, I hope to meet you, too!
Cool job! I enjoyed meeting your friend, very pleasant fellow. I studied geology under Ron Blakey.
Myron: I greatly appreciate the free education you are handing out here. Your style of leading one to the points of the lesson are wonderful to listen to and learn from. The natural world needs more story tellers like you. Thank you.
I appreciate that
And outdoors yet!🕊️😎🎵❤️🐦🗻♥️🗽
I spent fifty years in construction, I wish I would have been a geologist. I really love geology, who would have thought geology would be so fascinating.
Geologist prob would have thought.
You still have time to start, even a year or two.
I went the other way. I used to work at the Schoellkopf Geological Museum in Niagara Falls, NY. where part of my time was spent teaching geology of the area. Now I am an Environmental Compliance Officer in Georgia where my main charge is maintaining environmental compliance and construction inspections.
The mysteries that our great land holds run deep my brother.
In some states universities allow older folks to enroll for a reduced fee or even free. You can check in your area. Maybe go study geology?
Thank you Myron! This is my favorite channel in TH-cam and you have completely transformed my understanding of the Earth. Learning geology the last few months since I found your channel has given me so much joy! Keep doing what you’re doing partner!
Wonderful!
@@myroncook i found a channel that you might enjoy watching for amusement, relaxation, or some information. it is not a geology channel in the purest sense, but it does occasionally hit on geology in a tangential manner. the creator has a very soothing voice, and the visuals are amazing. the channel name is, *_"Desert Drifter"_*
@@myroncooki eatvhed your video about the fans coming from river deltas and how far they go out to see, as well as the channels you noted running across the bottom of the ocean. I believe you said they were caused by the rivers and underwater currents, but it wasnt fully understood. I disagreed, its my understanding that the paths the major rivers follow were not originally carved by the rivers themselves, the eater just took the path of least resistance. I adhere to the electrical model of the universe, in said model its understood from accounts of the ancients that great cataclysms of an electrical nature happened. These events occured before life even existed here. These planetary scale electrical storms literally carved out huge swaths of land and killed untold numbers of species in the known catacylsms (it wasnt a meteor it was a global electical storm and a scale we can hardly imagine). Look at electrical excavation experiments done by many experimentalists. It shows the exact same fratures we see on he surfaces of every celestial body we observe.
I will correct my typos when i get home from work... Yt app is glitching out and making it impossible to do so.
Have not watched yet but I know it will be interesting, informative and well done. Thank you, Professor Cook.
Truly a great geologist, with vast knowledge and ability to communicate. I am a subsurface geologist, and have drilled lots of sand shale sequences in the last 40 years - this video gave me some new insights ! Thanks
great to hear!
Blessed to find your channel. You’re a good teacher with a soft voice. I hope you Keep up the excellent work!
Both you and Bob Ross have a great way with trees. Thanks for another fine lesson.
Love the little tree 🌲
“Happy” trees!
Agreed
Little trees and little fish, 100 million years ago, ha. Love it!
exactly, they both paint what they want to paint.
Myron I love your enthusiasm! From one geologist to another, you are a geologists, geologist!
Thank you, Bob
@@myroncook geology isint real its just concrete painted by my buddy bob
If Geology could talk, this is what it would sound like. Thank you Myron. This is my first time you were recommended.
Welcome aboard
Wait I can’t be the only one that got excited it was just a narrator but the cutest most wholesome bearded man in a cowboy hat. Made me miss my grandpas. Thank you kind sir for your service .
That's not exactly a cowboy hat. 🤠
Why can’t you sleep sorry trying to learn about geology at 2am
You just spoke to my soul.
Totally 😹
4 am now.......!!!!
Same from me.
I’m not alone 👊
I live in northern Kentucky and have always been fascinated by finding fossilized coral and sea shells in field stones. Amazing to think of how our earth has changed over the ages.
Doesn’t Kentucky also have Egyptian ancient artifacts that were found.
@@Elijah-hv4pi not to my knowledge. I've found lots of fossilized coral and other sea artifacts over the years thou.
For me, it’s not just the great knowledge you have but the enthusiasm you show that makes your videos as enjoyable as they are educational. Thank you for sharing these
I appreciate that!
I feel we are lucky to have drone technology available to help grasp the size and scale of these layers. Some awesome footage and that final stop was simply amazing. Still loving this channel and all the fascinating geology stories Mr. Myron. Thanks!
drones help a lot
Myron...you have definitely got that Bob Ross delivery going on. Thank you for the fun informative videos.
You are very welcome
As an European I really appreciate the unit conversion. Sometimes I struggle to follow american educational contents because I'm not familiar with the imperial system.
It's a small thing but really appreciated. Also your content is pure gold, you manage to go really deep but with an easier vocabulary that makes it understandable for anyone, you really have a gift. Thank you for your videos!
We actually use the metric system frequently in the fields of medicine. Remember 1 in = 2.54 cm exactly.
1 foot is 12 inches or approximately 30.48cm.
For example 1foot which is actually 12in* 2.54 cm/1in = 30.48 cm
I mile = 5,280 feet
1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers.
Definition: A mile (symbol: mi or m) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. It is currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or exactly 1,609.344 meters. By using stoichiometry, u just cancel matching units until you can’t cancels any other units. Now multiply across and divide. You get the answer with the correct dimensions.
3 teaspoons tsps = 1 tablespoon = 14.787 ml.
@persephone342 well more or less I know about the imperial system but it's not immediate and it doesn't make following an education video smooth at all. Plus honestly my brain is already so full of information that I really don't need to learn an extremely bad measurement system. I'm sorry for the honesty ahah
@@nicolodalmonego2785 That's not honesty, buddy, that's just arrogance and laziness.
You should take a look at how the freedom units came into being. They're not great for scientific measurements, but they were never meant for it.
Wasn't the metric system first mandated by Emperor Napoleon?
@@wolfeboronian4795 I don’t know, tbh.
How many times have I driven through boring landscapes and just couldn't wait to get to somewhere interesting? Myron, you should have made these videos 50 years ago. What great videos for kids to watch while travelling cross country.
I agree. When I was a kid we took some really long trips across the US and I could have used this info! lol
Have you bought any of the “Roadside Geology” series. They describe the stuff you along the roads…
A superb master teacher with a "big picture" clarity rarely equalled and probably never excelled.
I spent about 25 years in Utah. It's a nature-lover's paradise. I hope everyone has a chance to visit the beauty of southern Utah. It's truly amazing.
Thank you, Mr. Cook. I don't know why you don't have a million subscribers by now.
You sir are surely not lying!
...And I'll call you Shirley! Grrl!
My average attention span for a TH-cam video is ten minutes or so. But there is so much in this video that forty-five minutes passes really quickly. Fascinating subject, awesome scenery, and clear narration from someone whose enthusiasm is infectious. Time very well spent.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Myron - This is the stuff that did (and still does) fascinate me and why I became a geologist 40 years ago. Never seems to get old... Great job !
As a recent transplant to Denver I’m fascinated by the story of the Seaway and the geology of the west. Thank you for your excellent and understandable presentations. Love the trees!
You need an award simply for carrying that whiteboard for miles. Great stuff!
Dude Uses more whiteboards than Katie Porter on cocaine
A pretty good day is now an awesome day because a new Myron video just dropped ~ thank you!
I took a geology class in college and recall learning about this ancient sea. I appreciate your additional insight. Your videos are fantastic! Thank you for sharing your passion.
I’m one minute in and I can already tell they need to bring back the good documentaries on history channel with you narrating. Some people just have the voice and presence for it
Thank you so much Myron your geography content is seriously unmatched I use it to help teach my children about the great Appalachians around from here in central Pennsylvania
Wow, thank you
@@myroncook no sir thank you
Hello there sir , Myron we really enjoy your geology. Always in lightning and joyful love your humor keep them coming. I have a high understanding of the topic and I love the way you break it down
Thanks again, Damon
Thanks, Damon
You make it so interesting! Every time I look at different areas as I drive around and travel, I contemplate the things I've learned from you. Thank you so much for being so generous with your time 🤗
It wasn't until I learned about the inland sea that I understood why the access roads next to the irrigation canals here in southern NM have tons of little clamshells. They aren't big with some the size of a pea and others as big as a nickel, but they're fun to pick up.
After an exceptionally rough week, Im stoked to sit down and hear about the Great Seaway from everyone favorite Geology Santa! Theres a lot of comfort in the humility of seeing a glimpse of the age of the world we live on and Im forever grateful for everyone that shares this passion.
thank you!
Respect for your work. I have found a shocking number of Creationists on youtube making videos about how the grand canyon was formed in a few weeks. It's horrifying to me to see such ideas get so much traction and support and your work really shines as a powerful and insightful informative array of data against such delusions. Great work!
Liked and shared.
And then they come to a channel like this where much hard work was done over many years and toss out quotes from a silly book that "disproves" all the evidence we've just been shown.
It is so fascinating to just sit a try to see what was in the past. Thank you for adding so much to that pleasure.
My goodness...Ive learned so much watching your videos. Sadly in my lifetime I'll never see this part of our country. Truly amazing area. Never have I thought about rock formation until I started watching....thank you
Thirty plus years ago i had a college geology professor that was just mesmerizing to listen to. He was an excellent teacher.
Just like you, Myron!
This is a person that knows how to present his case.well worth watching.
You are a genuinely gifted educator. Thank you!
North of San Antonio, TX. Sea shells and related fossils in my backyard. Honeycomb rocks with sea shells and fossils embedded in them. Yep, I will most certainly buy it. In the same area I stood in a dinosaur track back in the 60's. It was on private land and cannot be accessed now.
neat!
When I lived in Jackson Wyoming, south in the snake River canyon there were sea shells way up on the hill sides in the canyon
Around Coralville, Iowa, there’s plenty of evidence of a huge Coral Reef, with the Coral Detail clearly evident.
I live north of SATX. Have seen more marine invertebrate fossils in Cibolo Creek bed than I could ever count.
I live near bulverde but all I've unearthed is some amber calcite in my garden
Myron, you've done it again, sent my imagination off spinning into the depths of time. What a treasure for the curious - thank you so much for these thoughtful, amazing and inspiring videos.
Many thanks!
I had a "wow" moment with the explanation of how ammonite fossils are used to correlate time with volcanic ash deposits! super cool! Thank you.
Myron is the best! With all the crazy nonsense on the internet this guy's videos are a so refreshing. Such fascinating information about the landscapes we live in and pass through without thinking, delivered in a calm but intruiging manner by such a wonderful person. Had I seen these videos when I was young I would have definitely pursued a career in geology but I am so happy that I can still enjoy learning though I am nearing retirement.
Thanks Myron!
Wow, thanks!
I love the way you explain the changes in topography. Really helps to imagine what it used to be like. I live in the Uk and I look at the landscape in such a different way because of your teaching. Thankyou for opening my eyes to a much bigger picture. 💚
I love this!
Good to see you again Myron! Love your videos. As it so happens, I live on the boundary of the coastal plain and Piedmont Plateau in Maryland. Now, I find myself trying to imagine what my neighborhood looked like during the Cretaceous.
I am very pleased. A new Myron Cook video. 🎉🎉
i’ve been looking for a comprehensive video on this. thank you! i loved it :,)
Glad it was helpful!
I love how the drone flights put the details into perspective, showing it all in its real, large scale. You visualize everything so well that i can feel the joy of discovery too, as we really have a look into the memories of this planet and imagine it "growing up".
I love "memories of the planet" great term
Mr. Myron thank u so much for content such as this. I sit here on my couch completely fascinated and engaged with what I’m learning from your video.
You and your channel show the power of doing something meaningful with a you tube channel.
Thanks for all you do to enlighten and educate those in the online community. It most definitely helps us to stay curious:)!
You are very welcome
Yup, I love hiking in the mountains of New Mexico and finding seashells at around 7000 ft. Really gets the brain working.
Thank you for adding meters and kilometers in your videos, us Europeans appreciate it .
Myron has a perfect score for his geology videos as far as I'm concerned. Such a pleasant voice and pacing of speech plus his enthusiasm and questions to the viewers throughout the video. Extremely well done Myron. i bet that there are some future geologists watching these videos. In the future, professors will ask, "how did you get involved in geology?" and the student will reply, "I watch Myron Cook discuss geology in videos on TH-cam." The student will think and mutter softly, "I sure wish this professor was as good as Myron."
Quality content, Myron.
Thank you for putting out such wonderful videos on the beautiful subject of geology.
I graduated with my geology degree back in 2017 and came across your channel while studying for my Professional Geologist license exams.
Since then I have been an avid viewer of your channel.
Keep up the great work!
hey, are you willing to offer some geologic input on something I've recently found on google earth?
That is awesome!
Love your channel- and thank you for adding metric measurements on screen for those of us who are most fluent in that :)
You are so welcome!
This geology makes my retirement life a lot more interesting.
mine too!
Very interesting and professor here explained it and kept it interesting on a level which I think most of us can follow
Excellent teaching in every way. The content, on site, presented by an expert, clearly and politely. The evidence for this seaway is compelling to me.
I'm surprised you didn't include images of Virgin River Gorge, AZ as an example of sedimentary layers and shale formations. There are sections lifted out of the ground that are as tall as small skyscrapers. The tectonic energy needed to lift these sections are mind numbing. Great video, thanks.
No way my boy Myron Cook dropped another banger
You are appreciated Myron. I didn't even realize I was stressed and then you started talking geology and I suddenly relaxed.
Ocean front property in Indiana
Dr. Cook, I find the flow of your presentations very welcoming. I have had a lifelong but pedestrian interest in all things related to Earth science - - mainly focused on botany and biology. Having visited places like Capitol Reef in younger days, I found that I was easily overwhelmed by the various landscape formations, not able to understand the subtle clues of structure - so I simply remained in awe of the aesthetic beauty of such places... And now, many decades further, I am able to virtually revisit these in a new light even though I may not be able physically to do so. A subscriber thanks you!
Thanks!
Loved this one. Was just in Capitol Reef last week looking at the formations, the oyster fossils and such. This pulled a lot of information together. Thanks!
When you find skeletons of giant sharks and sea reptiles in the middle of nowhere, chances are at some point there was water there. :)
Sharknado.....
The deep time scales... of the shale fields depth.The time it spans to take to accumulate the sea mud, cover it up, and erode it back down to present day is freaking me out. Makes one wonder what world was like so far back. If there was intelligent mammals that came and went.
The Bob Ross of geology.
Recently recommended this channel and can’t say enough nice things. From the lovely visuals, informative content and most of all the inviting, soothing and, I cannot help but make the connection, Mr Rogers evoking cadence and intonation, I’ve been loving to listen to these presentations. Thank you for sharing!
4 A.M watchers can gather here.
@amcguigan2389 Lol even better.
What in the world?! How?! How did you know, it is literally 4 AM for me right now
Now you know why the Great Plains is so fertile.
Very interesting subject and channel. Despite the fictitious timeline's being promoted which Myron backs up with "Circular Reasoning" starting at the 19 min mark.
Love the videos! I have described you to my wife as "the Bob Ross of geology". I'm not a painter and have never intended on painting anything creative, but I can watch Bob Ross talk about and demonstrate his talent for hours. I'm not a geologist and do not intend on becoming one, but I can also watch you talk about geology and demonstrate your knowledge in the field for hours because even though I won't ever be a geologist, you give me just a little bit more knowledge to understand the world around me just a little bit better. Thank you!
Thirty minutes in, and I just had to pause to say Thank You.
From a retired Brit with an interest in geology ever since my first visit to Scotland. (edit: and reading John McPhee too!)
Living on the South coast, on a dark chilly evening but a very good Scotch to hand, it's good to be in your company. Just as absorbing as any David Attenborough, bless him.
edit2: and what a poetic ending. If there was ever a poetic science, perhaps geology is it, because it can be directly observed, but only with understanding. which comes from teaching.
Love this feedback...thank you!
Who else thinks North America would be better if that seaway still existed?🖐
No but it could do without the coasts
I cannot express how much I love your energy sir, you radiate that of a heartwarming professor who's class you do not want to leave.
This reminds me of the inland Sea that Australia once had. One thing I love most about this ultimate favourite geology & palaeontology channel of my is it encourages me to ask questions that I both would not have thought of, or have been reminded of that I already thought of.
Absolutely wonderful video, me and my family used to go camping all the time when I was a kid and I never cherished the vast knowledge and deep care park rangers had for the lands around them. Now that Im older I find my self missing that, and this fulfills that curiosity in such a calming way. I think its all to easy nowadays to get swept up with life and forget to slow down and enjoy what nature has to offer, and this has helped me take a breath. Thanks myron, you've brightened many days, and filled many minds.
I love the content, and you clearly do too. You sound and look more happy to reveal knowledge to people than anyone I've ever heard. Traveling through the west for the first time, these are all the things I was thinking about. I love it.
I have been married for 56 years. My wife’s father was Dr. Stephen Clabaugh. Listening to you reminds me so much of him, a wonderful teacher and father in law. Everyday was class in session when I was around him on trips with the family, and vacations on the ranch. Thanks so much for this channel and your wonderful talents.
Myron. Your great! I love watching your videos and teachings. You are definitely the Bob Ross of Geology. Your drawings are a great tool to help people understand the lesson or topic that your explaining. Keep up the good work!
Fascinating stuff! A genuine educator. You can tell it comes natural to Mr Cook teaching.
Glad you think so!
New subscriber currently binging your content. 😅
I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much for producing these for us Geology lovers!
Thanks again, Myron! Great discovery and such helpful explanations of how the rocks and soils were formed.
You're one of my favorites on youtube. I watch a variety of things, but you're factual, and interesting. Thank you for your work.
This was wonderful! I grew up in Minnesota and I am happy to see that she had a shoreline on this great seaway. Great job, Mr. Clark.
The Bob Ross of geology with his little tree on the white board😺😺
That area of the country has always facinated me. I could hang out with Mr Cook and talk geology for months. Thank you for this presentation have always wanted it someone to explained it in detail.
Every video of yours that I watch just blows my mind. It’s difficult to imagine the layers that we see on a horizontal plane. But I’m seeing the mountains that I live in totally different thanks to your videos. I’m so thankful.
I LOVE to hear this!
I dont consider myself interested in geology but you are just such a fantastic teacher and communicator that I enjoy learning from you!
Thanks Myron, for another great video. It looks like you have a lot of fun out there!
This is incredible: the scenery, the concepts, the way you tie it all together…it might be the perfect video.
Thank you!
Well explained, I love this channel because you not only teach, you take us on an adventure. Your words are precise and easy to understand. It must be rewarding when these guys or groups get all those puzzle pieces together, I hope you have been apart of those.
If rocks could talk… what a history lesson they’d share. Love your stuff and how you dumb it down for folks like myself. Just amazed the amount of time and forces involved, just boggles my mind.
I was born in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. In the capital city of the same name you can climb/drive up to the top of the surrounding hills (mind you the city sits at over 8 thousand feet above sea level) and you can find small shells 🐚 that seem completely out place. I was fascinated when I first discovered this.