Incredible Natural Formations that Look Artificial
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- Join us on an adventure to explore four of the world's most extraordinary natural formations that are so unique, they almost look man-made. From the Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania, with its mysterious concentric circles, to the snow-white terraces of Pamukkale in Turkey, discover the geological secrets behind these awe-inspiring locations.
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I like that you had other examples of these structures, just to push home the point that they are natural formations
but please stop converting units please please just use metric! Converting units is super distracting and anyway, 867 feet is 264.26 meters and 265 meters is 869.4 feet --- you are just making things worse
You had me in the first half... Not goina lie. ..
Come on that’s totally Atlantis
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Who's saying otherwise? Lol
@@pdeniro57 Look at these comments bro
Blatantly
I remember reading last year that someone proposed this theory. That Plato heard about the remains of these "great walls", concluded that they must have been built by a great civilization, and logically "deduced" what said civilization must have been like.
Certainly makes a lot more sense than most of the other theories I've heard about Atlantis
There are very similar hexagonal pillars in the Pacific Northwest, here in the US. Known as the Columbia River flood basalts, they're present in various places along the Columbia River Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. They truly do not look natural unless you understand the mechanism.
Thank you for FINALLY mentioning The Eye of the Sahara in connection to Atlantis. Please do a full Decoding the Unknown video on this.
This
There's one!
He did one on Atlantis and quickly explained why it’s not connected to Atlantis and focused on other more plausible inspirations instead
@@joecorsaro1381 I saw that one. He mentioned it in passing as part of a list of “other” places some people connect to Atlantis, but didn’t say anything much about it. I believe there’s a lot more to the story, and The Eye of the Sahara” deserves its own deep dive video.
@@jonathonlong5796 you’re missing the rest of the sentence
A nice cleanser after into the shadows
Another one is Hanging Rock in Victoria, Australia. It has several unusual rock features including a tessellated pavement on a prehistoric creek-bed.
the eye of the sahara is really cool looking :)
There is some pretty strange geological surfaces around the Sulphur Springs in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.
The basaltic columns remind me of the same type of columns that formed from the giant basaltic lava floods in the Inland Northwest USA. My dad, being an anthropologist with a specialty in historic archeology had to often tell people who would dig them up at construction sites that they had not discovered the remains of an unknown civilisation (if there had been one, I would think the indigenous peoples would have had some sort of oral tradition concerning said culture). Much of the exposed basalt in the area are the result of the ice age Lake Missoula floods that scrubbed the landscape free of soil and left all sorts of features that are giant versions normal water features left behind by the vast amounts of water released by the breakup of a periodic glacier that closed off the exit of the lake that covered what is now Missoula Montana. The giant features carved by the floods cover most all of central Washington State and are known as the Channeled Scablands. The indigenous peoples still talk about the vast temporary river that shook the ground. The far older and much more impressive Lake Idaho, the size and volume of one of the Great Lakes, covered much of Idaho and was maintained by geological forces for so long, it has the richest biodiversity of fish ever recorded in the world based on its fossil record. It also emptied in a great flood that left behind riverstones the size and shape of large watermelons. Both the great Missoula floods and Lake Idaho would make good TH-cam video subjects.
If you're from the PNW, then surely you must have seen or read about the very cool basalt columns in Eugene called "Spencer's Butte"?
I mean, the ricchat probably isn't Atlantis, but I never hear people explain why. It's always "cmon now no way it's Atlantis are you stupid?" And stops there. Same goes for this video
Very true
I think it's because he explained before what it really is. In this case a natural geological phenomenon.
This place seems to be the closest place to resemble Plato’s description of Atlantis. Nowhere else seems to tick as many boxes.
simon will mock you for believing anything he does not
@Rage and whilst I like his videos the way he mocks anyone who thinks "outside the norm" is rather arrogant. Bright insight does fantastic analysis of this place compared to anyone else.
But of course we'll all get laughed at for thinking it could be Atlantis.
@@knallpistolen very true!
In the middle of the friggin desert when sea levels were higher - yeah, great “research”. Oh by the way, Atlantis didn’t even exist.
@@tripbreakerthey said that about the gardens of babylon.
THANK YOU for finally covering devils tower at least a little bit.
I absolutely love that place!
It's almost surreal that standing at the base of it would be the center of the volcano hundreds of millions of years ago. And it took that long for the water to erode all the dirt away.
Don't forget Uluru in Australia 🇦🇺
A massive land based "iceberg" if you will
And in the gulf of Mexico a salt water lake 😏
YES - A heavily concentrated salt water lake 3,000 ft deep roughly on the sea floor!
He's done an entire video on uluru alone. And yeah we have a name for the saltwater lakes connected to the ocean. Seas. You'd have a way better argument for the black sea or Mediterranean than the gulf of Mexico you absolute bell.
@Bryce v It's underneath the ocean, not next to it. It's hypersaline, so it's a very different density than the normal sea water above it. It even has a visible surface where the two bodies of water meet. So no, not a sea. It's nicknamed the hot tub of despair because the salinity and dissolved methane kills any sea life that enters it.
@@vargasbryce You didn't read my comment thoroughly - You bell - 😅
My comment indicated a weird and confusing feature, I suppose asking a question out of confusion is beyond your intellect m8 🧠
First I saw and herd about what I mentioned was on David Attenborough's
- Blue Planet -
Looked it up on Google, BANG there it was!
I knew what I was talking about and it was and is 100% true
Minor correction, it isn't a conspiracy theory just because it's a theory. I don't think that anyone is saying that people are necessarily conspiring. Just that it's a possible overlook in history.
Thank you! I tried highlighting the same thing. Guy’s a robot.
anything simon does not believe in is a conspiracy theory to him he is so gross
In the paraphrase, "modern government cover-ups" re: Atlantis would be considered a conspiracy theory. Though, I hate the colloquial usage of theory. Theories are the best form of explanation/evidence in natural philosophy. Wild speculation or even just hypothesis would be better name for conspiracy 'theory'.
@@ROMAQHICKS the Problem is with the Word Theory that is has two totally different meanings depending on what field of science it comes from, like the quite proven theory of evolution vs. the theory how they transportet the stones for the pyramids
and it doesn't help that many people and all nuts are not familiar with the falsification principle
so awesome this channel helps me lose lots of sleep and gain lots of knowledge :)
I've been to the grand Tetons and Devil's Tower. Both were really cool.
Excellent research! "Geologists however tell a rather different story" great.
Simon, could you please please please do a video on the balvano train disaster in Italy in WW II, was covered up as not to piss off the recently surrendered Italians but was such a weird and unreal disaster its deserving of your touch!
That whole story about the guy being stuck on top of the Devil's Tower is wild because I was like "use a helicopter?" But helicopters had only been in existence for 2-3 years so I can't imagine there were any available or reliable enough XD
Yeah, I’m guessing the Sikorsky R-4 would’ve been the only capable helicopter but those were still being ordered and tested by the military around 1943, and were only seeing service around 1944-45, in Southeast Asia. They were used for rescue and medevac, but I guess they came later than when the guy got stranded, and were being prioritized for military use anyways.
"Gee, he needs ropes and climbing gear! How can we possibly get it to him? Hm...guess we'll just drop him food and water while we figure that out...." Seriously, what geniuses. Oy.
"May the Way rise up to meet you." actually refers to the Giant's Causeway.
I've been to Pamukkale. It was really cool. Recommended.
I remember driving past devils tower driving across country. Was very cool to see
👋Hi Simon
I've heard about all of these. I may someday see the Devils Tower,but I regret I'll never get to see the rest of them especially the Eye of the Sahara. Thank you for all the content you and your writers put out. I'm pretty sure I am subscribed to all of them. I'm just an old nerd that loves all of it ,history, science, crime and the other bits and bobs. Thanks again for it all:)😊
I cannot believe Devil's tower was discussed without any mention of Close Encounters.
the most captivating objects on the planet- DEEZ NUTZ....🥳🕺🏼😁
when sideprojects posts i have a reason to continue living
gross
Don't forget "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
Amazing 🤩
Saw the thumbnail, clicked for the comments!
It was great flying over the eye of the Sharia. The pilot told us and I was on the right side of the plane to see it, beautiful.
How did no one think to try dropping the gear again for the guy on the rock?
Ladies and Gentlemen....They got him.
Atlantis was described as concentric rings with mountains to the north and desert to the south
On Atlantis... Why do people forget that Plato very clearly made it up? He wasn't even subtle about it.
Take a look at the Nastapoka Arc that forms the remarkably circular southeastern shore of Hudson Bay.
Really good, thank you 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
We found Troy. Everyone said that was totally legendary, too.
All I'm saying is can we send an expedition to see if there was ever a city built on the Reichert Structure? Not saying the structure itself isn't natural. Asking if anyone ever lived there, and if so, who?
Every time i hear this accoustic music in the background i think of D4:Dnd Deep Dives.
Please do a whole vid on Devil's Tower. And as always thanks for the content Simon and Co. 🍻
I know you limit what you use on your videos, but you left one out, Australia's Ayers rock, or now known as Uluru, it's massive and worth the mention.
Pretty sure the Eye of Sahara is a deactivated portal to connect with the Big Red Spot on Saturn. We just haven't unlocked this stage of the game yet. Might come back later.
There are several examples of basaltic columns in the US (and I'm sure elsewhere), including the Devil's Postpile in California and in Yellowstone Park. There are also travertine formations in Yellowstone Park though not as large as the ones in the video. Throw in the Devil's Tower, and I'm led to believe that I could retire now, spend the rest of my life exploring other natural wonders in the US, and never finish.
0:50 - Chapter 1 - The richat structure
3:20 - Chapter 2 - Pamukkale
5:20 - Chapter 3 - Giant's causeway
7:35 - Chapter 4 - Devil's tower
That was a wild story to end with. Let’s get a deep dive into the mad lad that was stranded on a rock for 6 days only to have to freeclimb down anyways
10:19 - This sounds odd. If they were able to drop food and water to him, why could they not drop another parachute and/or climbing equipment?
But in eye of sahara u can find ancient ceramic tiles etc...
Bear Lodge is breathtaking. Definitely worth visiting if you're somehow nearby.
It's crazy watching the people climb it. I'm so glad he brought this up because it is very crazy to watch.
But yeah, like visiting the Black Hills and other areas, it's best to make sure you're respecting it as 1st nations spiritual lands first.
This is why you don't watch TH-cam late night. Damn you Whistler, it'll be 3 in the morning before Close Encounters ends......
Wait, this means something.
For reasons unexplained, I've begun making mashed potatoes. (⊙_◎)
Entertaining video mr simon
There is dramatic erosion around the Richat structure. That suggests that water destroyed anything that was there.
There used to be the pink and white terraces in Rotorua that sadly disappeared when a volcano erupted and buried them
The hexagon rock formations are also in Paraguay 👌🏿
WRT Pammukale, what it made ME think of was Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone.
Giant's Causeway. Similar to the LIP in Eastern Wahington/Oregon and the Snake River plain in Idaho.
We have Devil's Postpile National Monument in California. It's on the eastern side of the Sierras near the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area and is easy to visit in the summer. This year the Sierras have had a record snowfall of 700 inches, so it's probably completely buried.
There's a spot here in Northern Cali called columns of giants.
Same hexagonal rock formations
*AND* isolation and *QUIET*
*DON'T FORGET THAT*
Another example of natural formations that look [sort of] artificial are the volcanic dikes around Spanish Peaks in Colorado. They look like the remains of giant walls.
There's another of those travertine pools in Oaxaca, Mexico: "Hierve El Agua"
Most of these places show up in Civ 6 as natural wonders
Weird rocks get the coolest folk tales.
I have been to Devil’s Tower. It is truly impressive.
wow
The second entry looks to be the inspiration for a good chunk of Skyrim terrain in the eastern portion.
You been watching Brightside
Humans didn't need to make the recat structure to build a civilization around it.
The first one is atlantis and was underwater that white stuff is sea salt and has the same amount of rings that Plato said
Did someone realize they where playing Civilization late into a morning right before a dead line?
Just joking, I liked the prestation and people need to know more about our Natural World Wonders.
Re 3: That's also why beehive cells are hexagonal - it's the most efficient shape to use.
Ahhh yes. The handy work of the Lizard Overlords. Cheers
Do you plan to discuss the "ark" near to Mount Ararat?
The Native Americans think of it as sacred, but the Europeans name it the devil’s tower.
Natural Processes: *Exist*
Humans: Is it aliens? Atlanteans?? Government conspiracies??? ALIENS????
Those hexagonal columns are somewhere else in the world that you didn't mention also and the ancient inhabitants use them to build man-made islands and structures I don't remember where though. I want to see Cambodia but I'm not sure.
Nan Madol in Pohnpei?
One of them is in Hungary near lake Balaton. We call them bazalt orgel pipes. :)
Ah yes. I too like playing Civ 6.
Last one is definitely odd...
Why only one formed like that..
If it's natural there must be irregular quantity.. So a single is quite peculiar 👍
Why you hating on George? That’s pretty cool!
Oh no! It’s a giant baby!!
Climbers who have camped on Devil's Tower say there are rattlesnakes on top.
Eye of The Sierra is very possibly Atlantis!!! There is evidence of a great tsunami that passed through the region.
Another place to see basalt columns in the shapes of regular polygons is Devil's Postpile in California.
Simons been bought by the machine.
I wonder if his second parachute was ever recovered?
Is it just me or could early civilized humans have taken that first place and made a community they're using those rocks to make more advanced tools than other places and then eventually becoming the myth of Atlantis
Richart Structure: Comet airburst?
Lol. He should do a Brain Blaze episode using this introduction voice…
He kinda fades to more conversational, not announcing a sports.
Some say it's Atlantis, but I think it was the base of the tower of Babel.
"if you don't want to go to Turkey, there are similar places in China or Iran." Instant classic
No vídeo mentioning the giants causeway is complete without an Irish name being mispronounced
Btw I love your videos and don’t worry even Irish people get confused by Irish
Devil's tower is an ancient tree stump from the era of mankind when we were all giants in the book of Enoch and the book of giants they're described as being 2 Miles tall
As a geologist who's been all over the U.S. seeing all sorts of amazing features, I greatly appreciate this video.
lol, such bs
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Liked for just calling out the ballshit 😂
The pronunciation of Kiowa... just hurt
I'm still sobbing over FEE-on mac dumb all for Finn Mc Cool (the Anglicized spelling of Finn Mac Cumhall)...
100% atlantis
You left out the explanation for how the rings of the eye of Sahara formed
Every one of these has been on the Ancient Aliens channel.
Graham Hancock would have something to say about this
Why didn’t they just airdrop him more climbing equipment? if climbing down was the original plan anyway…🤨
People think the Richat Structure has something to do with Atlantis? That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard.
It's clearly the entrance shaft to the civilization of D'ni