Love this format! You need to team up with some of the other KZbin geologist out there. Spread the word.

Can you talk about Mountain Lake, how it formed and why its level fluctuates so much? One of the most interesting features near Blacksburg. Tons of great lidar work coming out of VT!

I've prospected in very swampy and very sandy areas where it can be difficult to discern float rock from bedrock. But I swear, given some practice you can tell the difference between the two when you strike it with a hammer. Float has a duller reverberation. Bedrock rings longer. I've had several geologists tell me I can't possibly tell the difference with huge float like what you encountered here, but I consistently proved them wrong in the field. Soil beneath rock dulls it's ring.

This what have always waned to since my first archeological dig: WHY IS EVERYTHING OLD BURRED UNDERGROund? No matter where in the world dig a hole and the further you dig the older you go? Where does the dirt come from? I went on a dig in school and at 1" we found native people arrow head flakes everywhere in nh by the river at 2" we found 2000 year old bone tools? Why does dirt rain from the sky and not wash away?

Shhhhh...dont tell anyone about the big horn mntns. 😊

Hey man! I happened upon your channel about a month ago and have been enjoying your videos. I was born and raised here in WNC and have always loved hiking or exploring our local geography/geology. Also, been studying topo maps both new and old looking for out of the way places to explore since I was a teenager. I really like the way you sort of dissect the land, explain the various rock layers and how they contribute to the various landforms. Thanks, also, for explaining how to access the LiDAR maps you use. It's incredible the amount of detail you get when used along with topo maps. I'm still trying to figure out exactly where this giant boulder is though, but I noticed something else nearby. If you look at Mine Branch, a tributary of King Creek, which flows through Brevard College. It has what looks like a circular shaped hanging valley at the headwaters. Where Mine Branch exits the valley is at about 2600' and the rim of the valley is a pretty consistent 3000' to 3200' on all sides. Is that just a result of erosion and different rock layers, or could it be the remnants of some sort of crater? I don't personally know of any other hanging valleys in our area that have such a nearly perfect circular shape. Another facinating thing about the LiDAR images is that you can clearly see the Brevard Fault. I always knew it was there, but have never been able to see it like this before!

7:40 "I'm just visiting" aw man visit anytime!

Here is another theory. Predator birds could have caught and deposited fish from one to the other. We know that birds catch fish from rivers to deposit them into nearby ponds for a captured food source. Let's get you and an evolutionary biologist together to debate.

I never understood why it was called a plateau.

How can i clip the raster file of the 3D imagery in QGIS?

I see a 5 😳

Those are balls

I used lidar to measure/assess some landslides in Idaho a few years back, absolutely love the technology that allows us to do this kind of stuff

These images do give another perspective

They are EVERYWHERE in Sumter County, SC where I live. They used to always have water in the big ones but people are figuring out ways to make better use of them now. I live in one.

oh my gosh ... I haven't even started watching the video and I'm excited! I have so many questions about lidar ... I'll be patient and watch your video first!! lol

You should talk about Veadawoo here in Wyoming. That place has some pretty big and cool boulders.

Thank you. This was very helpful.

You're not a climber are you? All this talk of boulders has my hands sweating!

The sunklands in MO

When I first seen what LIDAR was and could present to map enthusiasts such as yourself and I'm sure alot of your subscribers. It's fascinating and can occupy alot of your time if you're not careful 😊.

Southeast KY is all low res for me….

That it the coolest geologic image I think I’ve ever seen.

I grew up in Louisiana and maybe I was wrong but we had little surface geology. Then we lived in WY and ID for several years and just seeing the surface features was incredible. We're in TN now and it's this cool mixture.Thanks for sharing this tool to help me understand what I'm seeing.

We just got this public in Croatia! But it isnt as accesible as the USA version, you have to give all your data and the exact area you want to receive a map of, then the goverment will maybe send you the lidar scans

Seeing this video im wondering if you can go digging for any precious stones or gold and if so were would someone look Like the most viable place to begin a search ?

Somewhere had to be.

Born in Morgantown WV. I Appreciate your work . Do you have an opinion on 24.8070615, 12.1836548?

I’d love a video on how these layers of rock actually form inside the earth. It seems like you get all sorts of patterns, thin layers, thick layers, layers of rock sandwiched between other layers. What causes all that difference? Why isn’t the inside of the earth mostly just the same stuff?

Very cool

Thank you so much! This is awesome. I peaked over california and there is a 350 mile section that seems to have slowly separated and is being forced out towards the ocean. This tool is going to be fun

Well, that's going to keep me busy for a while! Thanks for the video explaining how to use it.

Thanks for giving up your lunch break to create these lectures!

Have you tried matching the rippling on those there mountains with know recent landslides.

What do Indian burial mounds look like on Lidar? How about strip jobs in Eastern KY, Southwest VA, and WV?

Awesome! Still would love for you to explore near Altoona PA for me! Cool curved mountains.

Great content! I love the information! *****Side notes: watching you use the paint program was painful for me. But hey, I’m no artist neither.

That's a baby compared to what we have at Cooper's Rock State Park just outside of Morgantown W.V....

So I was randomly looking at a phenomenon that occurs in Patagonia on Google Earth and noticed how extremely similar the vast number of circular and oblong lakes look like carolina bays and these playas... I couldnt help but wonder if the lakes south of Beunos Aires are the current bays with water and some overgrown with vegetation? Does anyone know?

Excellent resource! Thanks for posting.

Have you thought about doing classes? I’ll buy a ticket

Probably someone's mentioned this but a good way to check out a lowcountry bay environment is at Wood's Bay State Park.

There is part of one in the North West corner of Orange Park in Brunswick, Georgia. I have 2 bifaces from the site.

My first hit is gonna be granite city

The Woodbury-Manchester impact crater is very apparent in the stretched LiDAR. That’s so cool.

The Slumgullion Earthflow in the San Juan Mtns of Hinsdale County, Colorado is pretty cool in the LIDAR!

How’d ya skip that half circle in the bottom right of the screen in Illinois?

Well shit… now I want a geology degree

Geology and forestry aren’t so different

Bro! Thank you!