I discovered a Monolith in the Desert on Google Earth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ธ.ค. 2023
- A tall, reflective object in a desolate land appeared on Google Earth, leaving me wondering if it was the result of man, nature, or perhaps something else..?
I needed answers and the Monolith beckoned. I hiked far into the desolate wilderness and unique Geologic landscape.
When I finally gazed upon its true form, the origin of the Monolith was made clear.
If anyone could help confirm my suspicions about how this Monolith was created, or any other observations you made about the unique Geology of this area during the course of the video, I would love to read it in the comments.
Honestly, thank you all so much for watching this video. I have my absolute favorite Google Earth Discovery coming for you all next week.
#googleearth #hiking #exploring #ancientdiscoveries #geology
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There was a cave with ruins on the other side of the ridge.
...Would you mind leaving a timestamp for when you saw this?
@@the_pov_channel around 3:40 in the video on the other side of the ridge in a cave. and around 5:50 in the video on the cliff above the boulder. On the left side
@@justinlynn6428 WOW. I can see what you are saying regarding bottom left corner of screen at 5:50. I can't tell for certain if that is a ruin but the semi-circle shape and the cliff-top location seems almost spot on. amazing find either way. This is why I love sharing with this community.
@@the_pov_channel keep it up. Wished I could afford to get out to some of these spots
You walk to the cave entrance. It is closed with a stone slab with the inscription: "Ruins to ruin, words to pass".
Just found your channel. I am 72 years old and am loving your adventures. I especially loved your music choice on this one. Please be careful and be sure to let others know where you are going and when they should expect you back. Many people die in the wilderness. I live in Colorado and have great respect for the dangers in the mountains. I especially love the drone footage.
sweet :)
Looks like an old waterfall. There's probably a ton of gold in the soil.
doubt it, the rock is too young for hydrothermal intrusions to deposit the gold
I lived in southern Utah for 18 months back in 2016. Broke as hell but I found my real self,started to get in shape hiking every day.Best year of my life.Met some of the best people too.
Great footage, I like when you pan around a rock or formation so we get a good view, very satisfying to my curiosity. Too many camera operators annoyingly turn away juuuust short of the interesting bit, or only show a single angle and zoom in and out all the time. The slow tilt/rotate/elevate really works because you see the actual perspective and depth. Well done.
As someone who lives in a flat, grassy country these landscapes are beautiful and terrifying.
Seeing those cracked rocks I would expect there to break off massive chunks all the time, but I have no idea how likely that even is.
So, I really have been LOVING your stuff since I found your channel a couple months ago. DO NOT STOP what you are doing. Keep doing it like a fanatic. Nolan, you have some mojo here. Thank you!
Thanks legend @DesertRascal. I got more stuff headed your way
@@the_pov_channel You're ROCK star dude! My wife and I live right under the Superstitions...you ever need a base or want to entertain us with your stories, you're sure as hell welcome. 💯
That was a crazy beautiful place. Thanks for taking us there.
Thanks for taking us someplace we would never have seen otherwise.
The amazing effect of wind, water and temperature, over time, relentlessly chiseling solid rock into fantastic geometries, is stunning to behold.
All of this obvious activity set against the stillness and silence experienced by the observer in the moment seems paradoxical.
The fact that you saw it on Google and actually went there is brilliant. Excellent drone footage, humorous tack and commentary.
Some of those geometries are the natural geometries of the rock as it fractures under shear stresses. The jagged edged rocks are likely a result of this occurring. Often, a lower layer is softer which makes it erode quicker. Over time the lower layer will erode out from under the upper layers and this causes massive internal stresses in the stone, and eventually fractures which typically occur along the weakest geometries of the stone itself.
There's a number of locations near where I live in Southern Utah with columnar basalt cliffs like what you saw where you were at. I've always been fascinated with these types of rock formations ever since I moved out west. Western geology's pretty freakin' incredible! Quite the awesome spot you found there!
I live in Western Wa State and we have this kind of rock here but ares comes in dark black, a black with white stripes, and a rust brown color. I was told it’s a magma being pushed through an old lava tub like a play do press. As the magma cools the ?? Molecules ?? crystalize into long 6 or 8 sided columns.
I think if I’m remembering that right, Imma gunna go find the WSU Geological UTube channel they have several great videos about how it forms. ✌️
Metamorphic rock
I always think those are sedimentary rock layered over millions of years, then some seismic or volcanic force either pushed it up vertically like when tectonic plates or crust collide, or it sank into a massive magma chamber and then got stuck that way when the magma cooled.
Fantastic location and filming!!!
You have the coolest videos. You're mature as to how you go about showing your videos and the narration.
Appreciate that a lot.
Wow, what an amazing location. It's either volcanic or the last remnants of a giant petrified tree stump. LOL
My thoughts exactly: giant petrified tree stump 💯👍🏻
Great work here, Nolan! The drone footage was superb. The circular channel at the top of the canyon you were in, really puzzles me. If that was cut out, with years of wind and water, why don't the rocks on the floor of that area look weathered? They are as sharp and angular, as the stones, that haven't fallen yet. They should be semi polished, or worn a little bit. Anyway, great work. I can't climb around on boulders anymore, so I'll leave it to you, to take me there.
Im going through all of your videos. Enjoying thoroughly. You need your own show, my friend. Thanks for the adventures. Ill be commenting. Great stuff!!
Untouched beauty. I hope it stays that way. Those formations are millions of years old. Just breathtaking. Thank you for showing us this beautiful landscape. You go places that most people can't. Once again, thank you.
I'm so jealous you get to go here, such a beautiful landscape. Keep up the great work!
Great photography and music.. thanks for showing these off-road places.
That’s beautiful area. Those slabs are massive. Thanks for your vids. Really enjoy your work 🫡
Thank you x1000. Yeah, huge columns. More to investigate in this area I think
So beautiful man. One of the most beautiful geologic formations I have ever seen, just absolutely spectacular. Thank you so much for sharing
Lol it is so funny and interesting to see someone like you, following up on weird things that stand out in nature. We all would want to visit, but don't. Nice to see you do, and lovely that you video it, edit it, produce it and upload it. That is really nice of you and makes this channel, really interesting. I hope there is enough anomalies to keep it interesting :) I also hope this helps so people stay out of danger, and don't overrun nature too much. And surely not all that stands out (glitters) is gold. But that is part of the journey and adventure and surely sometimes can be also less interesting than we thought it could be. So really good job doing this. You seem to have a talent for it :D hehehe Good luck!
That is some really excellent videography and editing. Well done!
Nice work there. I enjoy watching your adventures and work as I do nearly the polar opposite on lakes and film underwater. Keep it up man. Good stuff.
That landscape was Super interesting to look at. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for the video. I had never seen cliffs like that. You gave us some really beautiful imagery.
A lot of effort for a big rock... but kudos, miss the desert landscape. Now living in Midwest being unable to see the forest for the trees. There was a monolith, an obelisk in the center of town. Towering over the city... Nobody knew how old it was, where it came from or why it was there. It just always was... Made of red brick of some day gone by, Tatarian style alongside the river... It was demolished in the latter 50's with great difficulty... 17 foot thick walls, no entrance nor window, and I was curious as to why. There is very little evidence it ever existed to this day and why...? Seen one postcard:🤔
There is a channel, My Lunch Break that shows a lot of old world buildings that are Tartarien style and there seems to be a pattern of demolishing them, erasing history. And why would you(who) want to erase history?
So short...so disappointing! Loved every moment of it, could watch your drone videos for ever. Excellent shots, so much appreciate your observations.
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for filming it!
Love your stuff! Waiting to see what you're going to discover next 🖖!
Imagine 25 years from now , being able to go out there and put on an electric backpack motor and fly wherever you want for 6 hours, see a cave , fly up a depression , go down in it.
thanks for sharing it.
Great work. Beautiful spot. I like how you worked so hard to get there, found out it wasn't an obelisk and were cool about it.
Очень красиво и познавательно! Благодарю, что делитесь таким чудесным опытом природной уникальной красоты!❤❤❤👏👏👏
FABULOUS Drone footage on all your videos! THANK YOU!! We love watching ❤
Thanks for taking the time and effort to go look. The land looks amazing
I just found your channel from X, you are doing an amazing job discovering this unbelievable places.You are a real archeologist.
Petroglyphs at 5:40! If they are authentic that's a huge deal. Looks like someone stood on the monolith just below. There must have been another big rock (to the left of it) that collapsed which was used to draw (or scratch) the petroglyphs farthest to the left. Nice drone shots!
In Utah and Wyoming, you can be out prospecting or just being alone and not see another petson for days. So pack accordingly.
Truly a LOT of peaceful fun.
I love living in Wyoming....as my gold nuggets, Iolite crystals and garnets of all colors attest😊
The KSP music in the beginning! I absolutely love every about your videos man
The metal monoliths found in the desert, were placed there by an ""artist"", totally not alien, basically the ""artist"" was littering when he didn't take his art project out of the ground.
Fabulous channel man. Love your work 👐❤️
I lived near Canyonlands back in the day. Your videos take me back there. Love your stuff!
Another wonderful flying visit to an amazing place. Without your super videos. we would never see such things. Thanks so much.
Thanks for Living my explorer dream life! Makes me feel good inside to see what these things I see on satellite are like up close. I can’t wait for imaging to get closer and more detailed.
Brilliant . Simple unforced quality, a treasure . Thanks mate.
great drone shots and. wow what a mistik soundtract to it ! Well done man !
I love the addition of music to this video. It's mysterious and makes me think about time and us. Adding any sound to drone shots make them so much better. Wind and distant thunder is cool also. As a video gamer I often think that sound gets overlooked, and that's too bad because sound is another space and dimension.
That last drone view….zaaayyyyuuummmmm zzaaaddddyyyiiiiieeszzzz…there was water up there…..I agree that water ripped through there at some points
water always wins
Beautiful location, very interesting!
Stunning drone footage, Nolan! The geology is magnificent. Thank You for sharing! 😊
Nolan you take where we cannot go and see things that are so interesting. Love your channel. ♡
😊 thanks for the new episode
no u
Very unique looking place. Love the music you paired with it.
That thing looks so different from the air, and so much smaller when you showed the side that lit up. Hope there’s a pic from the drone of you standing by it, to really understand the scale. Cool find, and what a beautiful circular amphitheater that looks like!
Love your videos dude. Especially as someone from the Netherlands where people have been and seen EVERYWHERE.
Mega respect to you! Keep it up, love what you show.
Yes for real, that was awesome. And place was amazing. Makes me scratch my head and wish I could have watched the process that formed that... Awesome
That is one of the most incredible landscapes I have ever seen! (And your hat is too cool 😉)
I luv watching ur videos n I appreciate u going out there to show these pool places.. I look at the rocks n mountains.. I'm a "Mudfossiller" n I have seen some Very Interesting things during ur hikes..thank u.. be careful out there..🤘
Great stone. I could watch the drone coverage all day, especially exploring the great stretches of stone.
I wonder if you had outtakes of just the continuous drone footage over the massive stone cliffs. Just put it up sometime somewhere, just it, minus music, etc.
👍👍👍 the second time was as great as the first ! Good job !
You are a remarkable human. I never watch TH-cam videos in sequence or even more than one video per channel- you can check, I don't follow much. I have watched them all. You need your own show. I hope you get sponsored soon because I want to see more from you. Also, does your mom worry about you? I feel like she does 😂
"You are a remarkable human." You too.
I'm not his mom, but I worry about him! And you're right, he is remarkable. His thigh muscles alone could be declared lethal weapons and his endurance is
miraculous. From Trek Planner, to POV to Desert Drifter, they all rock and we all get to perch on their shoulders and go along for the journey. I love them all!
Very cool location and enjoyed the music combined with the drone footage of the formations!
Killer rock and formations. I would explore the opposite side too. Thanks.
I was planning on hiking to the other side. Its a steep climb. Definitely some unfinished business, especially if the above comment is true and people have spotted ruins in this video.
Dude; I love these videos! Almost feels like I'm there.
I’m not a geologist; I believe you’re correct in the volcanic nature of the rocks, however I don’t think it’s basalt. I would say it’s definitely granite, which is igneous (volcanic) based on the texture of the “monolith”. What an interesting area, there also appears to be a large amount of sedimentary rock as well! Glacial striations are visible in the top.
This area was hell on earth, once upon a time. Fire, then ice. Where is this?
Looks like granite, almost like columnar basalt, sitting on top of a different color of igneous origin ash and lava. Beautiful rock canyon, wicked granite monolith!
Truthfully, it looks like it is ready to drop in any direction, and not just little boulders. Looks dangerous. I have stood on massive slabs that teetered…. It took years for them to fall, but eventually the did….
Water went through once, how much idk, Perhaps placer in the pit below?
ok, thank you for the feedback. Can granite splinter into long columns like this?
@@the_pov_channelOne word: Yosemite. (i.e. YES!)
@@the_pov_channel I couldn't find any examples of columnar granite. Perhaps @-108- could provide a link to one or more examples.
Nice find. That was cool to get eyes on it botg
Definitely something satisfying about seeing it irl after only having a blurry image on a screen
I wanted a channel like this to exist for so freaking long
Im so glad this exists! Thanks for doing this lol
IKR
Hello, what I believe you are seeing in the area around 4:09 is the result of a lava flow that results in a unique basalt cooling formation called Columnar Basalt. It looks like tall hexagonal columns of rock. If you are old enough the Band Led Zeppelin featured similar on their Album Cover Houses of the Holy- Photo taken on Giant's Causeway, Northern, Ireland. I'm still watching..but this part is awesome and I had to comment!! edit- so happy to see at the end you knew it was Basalt. And a very beautiful and unique example of it too! Thanks so much for taking us along!
That's a pretty neat place people probably would have never seen if they were just walking around
If not for the monolith structure, I would have never noticed the surrounding area and how cool it is.
This is amazing terrain. Great video. Thx for showing parts of these areas that probably never have been shown before, mainly because they are very difficult areas to visit. Yeah, these drones are incredible tools to use in filming these areas. They can go were humans can not. I'm 77 and just got a mini 3 pro.
I love your videos. Such a cool idea. Wish I thought of it first. haha
Its so beautiful with your drone 😊 merci du Québec! I have enjoyed the voyage 😊 oh and i have subscribed!
Brother you got some absolutely beautiful shots in this video!!
I just loved loved ❤❤❤ this the scenery is amazing.. thank you so much.
Cool. All I can say is be safe, and be prepared for animals, accidents, and weirdos. That was amazing footage.
looks like fibers from an ancient giant tree
Looks a great area to rock climb!
Really cool spot, thanks for sharing 😀
Awesome content dude, keep it up
This was outstanding in every way 😊
Love your videos! Keep up the great work! Any chance you might look into places in Canada?
Typical spot for a waterfall should a flash flood occur. I like your theory of how that sliver of the cliff got there... heads up ! ❤😊
Gorgeous spot! It does have a basalt look to it.
Awesome . Ok it was not the great revelation but the point is you went to look and shared the results . That is cool . In looking at the area of incredible geology , with is crystalline in structure , I feel there are some things yet to be found in that area . Keep up the search and share my friend . :O)
This channel is amazing.
Wow! Incredible! Great drone footage!
Vertically bedded sandstone, that’s why it has eroded out as slabs. Reminds me of that set on A Space Odessey: 2001. Primordial!
Very cool looking place,mother earth amazing.
i used to hike white rock canyon arizona.. it the most beautiful place ive ever been... it a 3 hour hike throught a mystical canyon and it ends at the colorodo river with a sandy bank and nice places to camp for a night or 2...tons of wild life to watch .. ive seen bighorn sheep skunks racoons and some amazing lizards and birds ..
Gday from australia mate,your vids have scored yeah a new sub
So cool! The views are incredible!
That was amazing. Super nice
Awesome rock formations. Stunning, actually.
Looks like basalt to me too. Thanks for all of your great vids👍
I bet there would be gold sitting in cracks and crevices on top of that bedrock along the bottom of those washes. Intensely altered and fractured basalt is a common host rock.
That place is gorgeous!😊
These drone footage videos bring new sidnificance to birds eye views. I love the Southwest.
That’s a cool looking place. Thanks for going.
Cool place to find.
That was way cool geology. Perhaps a fault made the canyon. Need a geologist input.