536 AD: The Year That The Sun Disappeared | Catastrophe | Real History

A climatic catastrophe rocked the Earth in A.D. 535, causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease. Was it a comet? An asteroid? A volcano?
Written records from China, Italy, Palestine and many other countries suggest a huge catastrophe blighted the world in 536 AD. But the cause of it has been uncertain. Archaeologist David Keys reveals that a volcano is to blame for the Dark Ages of famine and plague that shaped the world order of today.
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[@tphvictims5101]

19:57 Gi what ? Normous? Really ? 💩💩💩💩💩

[@Rick-ih7wp]

Commercial breaks every 5 minutes? How F6cking expensive was this to produce? This renders it unwatchable.

[@TheDeepening718]

If there was some kind of cloud covering the sun from a volcano, they would have mentioned it.

[@accismusanachronism]

Kungushker

[@overworked1084]

@@TheDeepening718 are you serious? We don’t want anything they teach us nothing in our educational system. And the history they do teach us it’s just a bunch of lies. start learning things on your own. There’s a very interesting world out there, much more interesting than what I learned in high school and college.

[@jimmyglea]

Nothing like a good apocalypse story to drift off to sleep to.

[@onthursday1599]

Exactly.

[@cadillacpojones7316]

😅

[@tammyireland3763]

My nightly ritual Sleep well

[@stephaniebrasefield916]

I totally thought I was the only one who did this, lol. Sweet dreams everyone.

[@dawnmorning]

Exactly

[@dancom3207]

What's fascinating to me is that everybody who survived this, and every other hardship, are the ancestors of everyone alive, today. We are the lucky ones.

[@Julieb615]

Yep. Too many don't appreciate the genes we have inherited from those who struggled through horrendous catastrophes. They lived to pass that strong gene pool on to us.

[@Noisemansoundinsect]

@@Julieb615why do you think you have such strong genes?

[@Julieb615]

Not just me, but everyone alive today is the descendent of people who survived horrific catastrophes. We owe it to them, and to ourselves, to strive to be strong, make a mark on this world, and pass that along to offspring. I believe we should all make an effort to instill in the younger generations an appreciation of how much our ancestors survived to allow us to be here.@@Noisemansoundinsect

[@billyjean3118]

@@Julieb615it’s not popular to be a strong survivor nowadays, it’s popular to be a victim sadly.

[@finished6267]

and the Vatican and secret societies have kept us ignorant about the fact that indeed another reset is coming. and the WEF won't be doing it.

[@kazumahazeuzumaki]

The music guy on this series went HARD.

[@Dev-In-Denver123]

He took that $2000 and it was his time to shine 😂

[@ashuexcel]

There must be a mute background music like its for subtitles.​@@Dev-In-Denver123

[@Mythraen]

The U.S. has a ton of climate deniers.

[@Mythraen]

They deny anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change (and "climate-denier" is much shorter than saying all of _that_ every time)

[@Mythraen]

They deny anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change

[@aflinden555]

I understand his fascination with the mid sixth century catastrophe, but the fact that he works on a computer from the same century is dedication to craft.

[@co7013]

At that point in time it was state of the art.

[@goci5117]

This documentary is from 2000s @aflinden555

[@mountaincarjunkie3307]

​@@goci5117 it was a joke

[@Gloocar]

​@@mountaincarjunkie3307 U never know this day and age lol

[@ssgssgouki8927]

You caught a body with this comment lmao good one 😂

[@ColleenJousma]

"if we were faced with a global event in the future it's not quite clear how we would cope". We would cope poorly, Prof Mike. We would definitely cope poorly.

[@chriswoods662]

every person for themselves, prolly

[@janvdb9258]

Well Covid showed our lack of cooperation and what poor leadership can lead to

[@chriswoods662]

@@janvdb9258 covid was "imagination" gone wild...the Dr.s were killing ppl in panic-treatments(unguided) @ no fault , then wall street saw the Vac-$$...and facci sold it to the world...hysteria in textbook-sense...imo'

[@kirkkirkland7244]

We are in the last days now and humanity won't do very well at all!!! Most will end up in hell!!!

[@Bill_Falsename]

@@kirkkirkland7244 The only people going to hell are you false Christians constantly screaming doom and damnation whilst ignoring the pain and deprivation of your brothers and sisters across the world.

[@tinasmith1391]

I recorded this video on VHS cassette tape when it first aired on PBS in 2000. Hard to believe it's been 22 years.

[@jasonurban3597]

The good old days

[@stevenadams3928]

Hey I know right I'm 31 now Bro. How do you feel about nat Geo now plus the history channel?

[@stevenadams3928]

It's a trip right.

[@thatwasprettyneat]

It’s absolutely surreal.

[@jasonhenn7345]

Good thing there isn't a grand solar minimum occurring from 2021 to 55, nor a planetary alignment in 2024, cus that would really suck, they each, and also combined, then possibly causing global mantel shifting exponential. Just saying,.. If

[@dilly-dally-mations6851]

I cannot imagine what my ancestors had to do to survive that eldritch horror of a year

[@isymfs]

Its so hard to find the perfect voice to completely ignore while I lay down - but this narrator's got it.

[@BelleFlower15]

Yeah but how do you ignore the music 💀

[@chop3999]

@@BelleFlower15 it just spices up the dreams, you know?

[@dmlarry]

Shoutout to the camera man for going back and recording all this for us

[@EQOAnostalgia]

word yo

[@meissnerflux]

And for carefully not disrupting the timeline despite his presence there!

[@scottnyc6572]

Having read and studied climatic events,solar minimums,volcanic eruptions for almost ten years now the analysis done in this video has been the best I’ve seen thus far.I appreciated the thorough analysis without biases and independent scientists worldwide who provided their own research.I wish more of these types of videos will be more like this.Thank you.

[@thegeneralist7527]

I'll give you a nickel for you thoughts on CO2 global warming. After watching this, I think global cooling is much more dangerous than warming.

[@chrisbelvedere6653]

@@thegeneralist7527 CO2 is plant food it causing global warming is a myth for taxation.

[@thegeneralist7527]

@@chrisbelvedere6653 I fully agree.

[@claytonsmoking]

Suspicious observer?

[@DavidStirm]

Probably have a gender studies degree too. 😂

[@kindredspirit617]

You have no idea how often I think about this year of no sun! I struggle with my mental health and another disability, and whenever I'm having a bad day and feeling a bit "woe is me", to give myself a bit of a reality check I remind myself that no matter how challenging my life is, I'm not dealing with those same struggles during these times! Undoubtedly everyone living back then had other struggles going on, and the starvation and no sun would have just made it all so much worse!

[@jackiemack8653]

Yes and at one point they mentioned ivory that ancient people gathered. Poor elephants. Amazing some survived at all.

[@bored.in.california2111]

Every generation or time has their own struggles. I would say that mental hardship is more difficult than a physical one. When a person suffers mentally their whole body suffers. A physical suffering can be accompanied by a cheerful mind. I wouldn't downplay your own struggles by comparing yourself to someone else. Everyone is wired differently.

[@jackiemack8653]

@@bored.in.california2111 Sorry but you're out of touch. I'm completely disabled and in pain every day likely due to antibiotic Cipro a derivative of which killed my dog. Physical suffering leads to mental suffering especially when there's no end in sight. Very little so called cheerfulness. Hope you never experience the same.

[@bored.in.california2111]

@@jackiemack8653 Physical suffering CAN be accompanied by a cheerful mind. You're talking about a physal sickness which led to depression. I'm talking about a struggle with the elements. Especially when its on a wide scale. This is often much easier to endure than individual suffering especially mental. Depression pretty much is loss of hope. It helps if you can cling onto something which leads you through every day.

[@jackiemack8653]

@@bored.in.california2111 Thank you. Believe me I try like seeing a little squirrel out the window eating seeds or hearing my dog running around.

[@rhondaholland719]

This was fascinating. This one man’s dedication and research was amazing. Excellent documentary. !!

[@aspenrebel]

Buy his book "Catastrophe". I have it, read it a long time ago. This is along the lines of was there really an Atlantis, and if so what happened to it; The eruption of Santorini island in the Med.

[@jackiemack8653]

Yes. I loved the UNs definition of climate change saying mostly by man's usage of fossil fuels etc. Man doesn't create volcanic eruptions.

[@aspenrebel]

@@jackiemack8653 Yeah especially since most of the biggest climate change occurred before humans even existed.

[@jackiemack8653]

@@aspenrebel yeah. I was thinking. Where were the climate change activists when this was going on? LOL

[@aspenrebel]

@@jackiemack8653 Probably hanging around Haight-Ashbury smoking pot.

[@SG-js2qn]

It's currently believed that three major volcanos - all unknown - went off in sequence, with one of them triggering this particular crisis. Before things fully warmed up again, another volcano went off, and then another a few years later. So there was an extensive period of chill, from 536-560.

[@jeanneh6361]

Very interesting. That would better explain how this catastrophe was world wide.

[@Pashasmom1]

Vesuvius, Santorini, and Krakatoa? I don't know the timelines for them.

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

Atleast the a/c bill was low

[@SG-js2qn]

@@kiriuxeosa8716 To be sure. Though the real problem back then was plugging in, because the only source of electricity was lightning. 🌩 Oh, now that I think about it, they DID have wind powered AC. 🤔

[@tsriftsal3581]

Bull, it was the climate change deniers and their apathy towards the environment.

[@jamesdalton3082]

Makes one realize our survival on this planet is due to a pretty narrow set of circumstances. We could easily encounter natural events that resulted in us being wiped out completely.

[@colinsmith1495]

Wiping out humanity as a species would take some pretty drastic events. Devastating modern civilization and resulting in the deaths of billions would be easy-peasy.

[@abelis644]

​@@colinsmith1495 If Ebola or HIV/AIDS ever mutates and becomes airborne, humanity could very well be wiped out. It is a long shot, such disease don't just mutate to become airborne, but it isn't out of possibility.

[@patrickgragg5602]

NOT A PLANET

[@memezoffuckery3207]

We’ve survived worse, and it ain’t easy to wipe us all out. We’ve adapted just as competently (if not even better) then the animals that existed in the past and today.

[@nosuchthing8]

@@memezoffuckery3207 we almost died out about 50,000 years ago

[@stevenkeirstead6305]

Keys did the work to put the answers where they are needed--A lot of persistent work went into this. Excellent Documentary

[@Quazi-moto]

Wouldn't it be grand if world leaders were required to have similar levels of perseverance, intelligence, and work ethic, all joined with absolutely no desire for fame (for its own sake), or riches? Dare to dream.

[@Aieieo]

I live in Aotearoa (New Zealand). A few years back the fires in Australia caused the sky’s here to turn red. I can not explain just how red it got, and just how quick it was. You could watch the sky’s getting redder by the minute. It had blown over the ocean. Irs amazing just how powerful the climate is.

[@duke927]

Mt. Tambora’s eruption in 1815 caused the year without a summer. In 1883 Krakatoa erupted with an explosion that could be heard for a few thousand miles and it also caused weather disruptions.

[@simpleman5688]

Thanks, Professor Numbskull.

[@trumpisyourpresident9785]

@@simpleman5688you don’t have to be mean bro

[@Steph-yz4tn]

Awesome

[@radenbagushadiningratsoery7313]

​@@simpleman5688love your reply dipshyit

[@olddog-fv2ox]

A massive asteroid smashed into the Indian Ocean near Madagascar a millennia ago which caused massive tsunamis around that ocean. The atmospheric fallout could have done anything

[@suchendelokidottir5673]

I've always thought that this was the inspiration for the Norse Ragnarok, which, according to the Edda was to begin with a three year long winter.

[@erikhesjedal3569]

That might not be very far fetched. Interesting idea. Btw, being norwegian I know what you're talking about

[@alanwatts8239]

Nah we all know it starts with Surtr duh

[@KornettenJoel]

Bo Gräslund(Swedish archaeologist) agrees with you about this

[@user-ln9dh2bq8j]

Ragnarok is the end of the world, the gods killed each other and left. Thor (literal lightning) came down with the bulls head (mars) to catch jormungandr (the mountain ranges). And that's not even Ragnarok, just one time Thor was acting up. I think the planets (gods) were a lot closer back then. Look up the aboriginal petroglyphs in Australia and compare them to plasma discharge. They saw that stuff in the sky. Also compare the scar on mars to the pitting of welders (plasma discharger) on metal ( you'll have to get a magnified image.)

[@ContactsNfilters]

And George RR Martin's ASOIF.

[@avenaoat]

The consequence was written by David Keyes (Copyright 1999) "Catastrophe. An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World" Arrow Books Limited 2000. Excellent book! Sometimes he wrote exegerations, but I think his book shows true events and root case.

[@sweetbean9218]

Keys was/is an extremely tenacious man, continuing to pursue the answers to these questions.

[@ThatAnimeGuyOG]

Went to sleep music, woke up to a volcano documentary. Can't say I'm disappointed, learned things I never would have known!

[@kennethobrien6537]

Watching this 20 years after it was aired, it should be clear that we have a lot more to discover.

[@michaelkottler]

You might as well have said you have a strong suspicion that Milton write Paradise Lost.

[@ycanimedia9320]

aged extremly well

[@FloridaMugwump]

Same thing happened in the late 1800s with Krakatoa. It snowed in Maine in July.

[@emetanti]

Some vulcano goes off on the other side of the planet: King Arthur: My time has come.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

In another video a study has shown that the supervolcano Ilopango in Central America also erupted in this time period. It's likely that the dust and debris was the result of not one but two major eruptions, Ilopango and Krakatoa.

[@PrincessHoneyBadger]

"A follow-up study that analyzed tree rings and a layer of volcanic ash preserved in a distant glacier placed a new date of 431 A.D. on the Ilopango eruption-a century before the period of global cooling. The analysis suggests that while the eruption devastated the local landscape, it likely had little impact on global climate."

[@shutupavi]

One thing I’ve learned after years of watching all these documentaries is that they raise great questions but then they’re like 90% BS .

[@gayleklein7243]

Ken Woleltz published a rather fascinating paper postulating that the Dark Ages were caused by the massive eruption of Krakatoa during this time frame. Six tons of ash and dust were blown into the atmosphere - a global 'nuclear' winter. Such conditions would have caused vermin to breed prodigiously in the darkened environment, leading to the Black Plague. Isn't history cool?

[@ronaldaguilar3832]

​@@PrincessHoneyBadger

[@bonniemegargift]

@@shutupavi or are they......

[@levistoner]

The yellow dust falling from the sky sorta gave it away. If it’s raining sulfur, chances are a huge volcanic explosion occurred somewhere, above ground.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

I had some brainwashed climate clown try to tell me its strictly CO2 that changes earth's climate. Never mind the many examples in recorded history of volcanoes crashing the climate, then there's the pre-historic evidence recorded in the earth. Even when he was presented with the volcanic eruptions causing extinctions, mass death and geographical changes, he said "Nope a volcano doesn't put out enough CO2 to change the climate". Some people should not be able to vote or reproduce.

[@k8eekatt]

@Janitor Queen did you say you are currently getting yellow dust in your home? There may be an industry of some sort near you not filtering their smokestack correctly. There was a neighborhood in my town that got a whole bunch of toxic dust all over their gardens and homes because a local industry (metal works) didn't spend the money to filter the exhaust. Now they can't plant vegetables in their gardens.

[@sandrahartford9361]

I saw that on my car 2 months ago!

[@k8eekatt]

@@sandrahartford9361 could it have been Pine pollen?

[@sandrahartford9361]

@@k8eekatt No, this was different, no trees around me.

[@robertafierro5592]

All the tree rings around the world were identical!! That blows me away!!

[@HigherStateOfConsciousness]

The events of 536 highlight the interconnectedness of environmental factors and human history.

[@maralfniqle5092]

And guess what? There were no factories, cars, industry, or overpopulation to blame.

[@OkunenSan]

Yes. I'm fascinated by how natural disasters and climatic shifts impact social development in world history.

[@charlesbryson7443]

The worst disaster is the social one over the past couple of years. It’s mind blowing, watching society begin it’s collapse in real time.

[@MH3GL]

I always wondered how the Dark Ages came about. Now I'm getting the answer to my query in a way I never expected.

[@frederickgriffith7004]

The plague of hatred,fear and ignorance. Once again. And this time it is strictly for profit. I truly do see a hunger games scenario for the world. Another cataclysmic climatic event is just going to finish us off.

[@Roylamx]

@@MH3GL I was thinking the same thing, it was a time of darkened minds and darkened sky.

[@CopiousAmountsOfDerp]

@@MH3GL I use to wonder how Rome actually fell, because the lessons in school weren't truly satisfying. Now we know lol

[@CopiousAmountsOfDerp]

@@AR-ym4zh your mom

[@AstaraelDarkrahBlack]

For something from the 90s this is actually surprisingly still mostly up to date.

[@missyyy-]

The 90’s were the heyday for unbiased informative documentaries. Now, everything has a slant or is sensationalized.

[@MH3GL]

We haven't progressed much in the last 20 years...

[@Xirrious]

​@@MH3GLexactly. We have a parasite on society holding us back.

[@Didleeios88]

​@@Xirrious what is it?

[@Xirrious]

@@Didleeios88 the political class, they've been robbing the middle class for decades. Literally. Not leftwing vs right-wing, both of the sides do the same thing. They produce nothing, and take our money. Basically they steal our capital from us and collect it as profit, and by capital I mean human capital, in the form of skills and knowledge. Inflation is a hidden tax caused by their infinite money printers, then we are taxes on top of that, taken to war over so the military industrial complex can profit, sold shitty food so we stay sick and buy drugs so pharma profits, we give away all our data with social media so that Google and FB profit, by directly advertising to us products we don't need so someone else profits again, on and on it goes man. The tech the government has is way beyond what they give to the public. Public funded research is hidden from us, which should be illegal. I mean I could keep going. But the reason nothing has improved in 20 years is the leadership doesn't want it to, they just want to consolidate their wealth and power. It's a perfectly natural drive of human nature but we have been fooled into believing politicians have somehow transcended this hard, cold fact of human nature. Unfortunately that isn't true.

[@pudnbug]

well done - but they didn't mention the 1815 eruption of Tambora, which was an order of magnitude greater than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, and which caused the 'year without a summer' of 1816.

[@doctordef324]

I don't want to see a "brilliant fireball" coming my way!!!😂

[@MichaelFG]

Maybe when the Aztecs said the sun disappeared they weren't joking

[@funnybone2632]

It doesn't really sound much like a joke.

[@JME1186]

Based on the limited available info about those impressive and fascinating people, it doesn’t appear they joked about much lol.

[@Badficwriter]

The Aztecs killed tons of people, all with the excuse they were keeping the sun alive. When the sun appeared to be failing, I bet they killed even more. But people eventually decided it wasn't working and abandoned the altars.

[@GizzyDillespee]

The Aztecs weren't around that long ago... but they were known to be fascinated by solar eclipses, when the sun disappears. Teotihuacan, and also the Mayans, were definitely affected by this series of eruptions.

[@drenrin2120]

It's really fascinating how this catastrophic event preceded the Justinian Plague, much like the great famine and the little ice age preceded the Black Death of the 1300s.

[@arlenebeason3580]

Your analogies of catastrophic events that are possibly/likely tied to other catastrophes tells me that you are an astute and introspective thinker. I believe that you noticed a probable pattern that I am embarrassed to admit did not occur to me. Dear stranger: I am impressed and that doesn't come to me easily. Again: I am impressed with your capacity of reason and attention to human history related to such. WOW!

[@MrInfinitefinality]

The plague and comet occurred simultaneously

[@rbrbdpotts5]

This is one of the most interesting documentaries i have ever listened to! Incredible research. 😮❤

[@HaltDieKlappa]

Why does watching happy things make me uncomfortable and want to cry, but watching suspenseful/violent movies or documentaries about war and natural disasters make me feel at peace and cozy?

[@stefanie7823]

The casual observance of Anak Krakatoa erupting and them calling it a “firework show” was so eerie. Anak Krakatoa’s eruption in 2018 caused the Sunda Strait tsunami.

[@phorn100]

@@goddessflowers146 You OK Sweetie???

[@alanwatts8239]

You fine as hell.

[@lea1234123]

The best part of falling asleep to a topic as interesting as this is you can do it over and over again!

[@user-jw1lm7cl8d]

Lol

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Great way to learn about one of the defining events of modern history.

[@chuckw8391]

😂

[@lecherousjester]

Impossible to fall asleep to this with those random alarm clock beeps every 5 minutes

[@OanhSchlesinger]

Yeah. Just like it was heard for the first time. A gift that keeps on giving!

[@d.4130]

Fascinating research ! Thank you for your diligent work and questioning and more so your caring !

[@pamsimmons3331]

This video is absolutely spellbinding. Stayed up all night watching it.👍

[@johncashwell1024]

This is a proper documentary! So many supposed documentaries these days offer very little deep research and simply restate the facts/information over and over with slight variation without getting anywhere in the end.

[@jybrokenhearted]

Most documentaries usually push an agenda, especially those dealing with the weather.

[@mamaelfian]

Well said , I agree This is food for thought

[@wout123100]

it is the tictoc generation, they want fast results, companies are like that too, more than ever.

[@GizzyDillespee]

it's because this documentary is almost 25 years old.

[@Window4503]

@@wout123100Reverse those. TikTok is training younger generations in how they consume information, paired with parents who aren’t engaged in helping them learn. It’s not what they want. It’s all they know.

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

Wow. Wood samples going back 7000 years. This has barely started and it's already amazing.

[@EJ-zj7tt]

it makes no sense really. The pieces of wood they were showing don't have 7000 rings on them, so how do they know when the tree started to produce rings?? And it is ludicrous beyond belief to think the rings from trees in China can be compared to rings from Ireland, for example. Totally different local conditions.

[@gryph01]

@@EJ-zj7tt You think too linear. Look up dendrochronology before replying.

[@johnowens5342]

Multiple rings can form in one year. It is not 100% accurate. wet and dry periods or warm and cold periods can create multiple rings in one year. The oldest trees alive are about 4000 years old + -

[@SIC647]

​@EJ-zj7tt You very clearly didn't watch the part of the video where they explained dendochronology in detail. Quite embarrassing to criticise a video you haven't watched, and a scientific method you obviously haven't looked into at all.

[@srinivasanvenkatasubramani1670]

Excellent narration and superb analysis. The power of volcanism never ceases and volcanic eruptions in different parts of the world with various intensities. Dormant ones are reactivating now a days.

[@darceyschafer5906]

I love a good documentary, and so many on this channel are the right blend of topic, pacing, imagery and narration.

[@Trista4Prez]

I love how the authors of the study, the producers of this documentary were so methodical! Great job! Very well explains, a fantastic piece of research!

[@donpeterson9282]

Good science. Rather than looking for confirmation of a previously determined hypothesis, the process accumulated data and conducted analysis. I'm sure many had a hunch, however the mark of good science is to delay the hypothesis without rushing to previously held ideas. Some studies stop when the research points to one's biased theory. Impressive.

[@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre]

No. It's editing. These fields are separate disciplines, with anomalies that were discovered separately. The anthropologists who read about the "dark skies and yellow powder that could be scooped up" would have immediately recognized it was a volcano. The arborists that studied the tree rings would have looked for reports of problems around that time. The geologists would have already known there was no a scattering of rare earth elements at that time. Basically the first 2/3 of every documentary that proposes a mystery, is all filler that has been arranged to appear like detective work is being followed to conclusions. In reality, the events were already known and producers just look for a way to fill time between commercials.

[@deathbydeviceable]

@@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre pbs had commercials?

[@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre]

@@deathbydeviceable first off, I don't know if this is PBS. Second, not all docs are only on PBS, and my comment does specify more documentaries than just this, it includes all "mystery" docs. Finally, yes. Yes it does. Or at least it did the last time I saw it. The commercials are either for advertising later shows, advertising their donors, like the bill and Melinda Gats foundation, the Arthur P Sloan foundation, and viewers like you, or its just them begging you for money with a telethon.

[@deathbydeviceable]

@@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre that's all in-between shows. I've never seen commercials during the show, or bill and Melinda paying pbs money commercials. It's funny what people will make up to suit their agenda no matter how small of an argument 🤣

[@wokeness420]

It really amazes me how many different ways scientists have for extracting records of Earth's climate and the events that could cause climatic events.

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[@frankcox1840]

According to the democrats it’s people

[@Inertia888]

I have been following the studies that 'Suspicious Observers' on YT report on. These studies show that the cycles of the Sun (along with other cycles that I am not informed enough to comment on) cause volcanic and quake activity. It would be interesting to see if the Sun was entering the same part of the cycle, at that time, as it is now. We are seeing the Sun's activity ramp up right now, and we are also seeing volcanic and quake activity follow. I don't know or understand enough about it to explain the details, but it is compelling, and I am seeing those studies predict correctly, the rise in volcanic and quake activity that we are seeing now.

[@stacypeterson3685]

I really enjoyed this documentary. I thought it was going to be all the same old stuff we've heard before but it wasnt

[@anandsaundarya]

i love to watch this kind of informative documentaries

[@jasonshumate6456]

What is Amazing is the Mayans wrote about this period It created a Cold Drought, as it push the Rain north. The Mayan Society had Peaked & Collapsed 100's of years before the Spaniards, they held out for 200 years After the Spaniards reached the Yucatán.

[@youniverse6841]

Wow, this was so well put together and they explained it so well, I enjoyed every minute of it! Intriguing, intense, and terrifying all at once! These are such important events to learn from!

[@aspenrebel]

There is a reason why it was called "The Dark Ages".

[@crazyham]

Beautifully Presented 🙏♥️🙏 Thank You 🌞

[@davidmooten6646]

this is an essential knowledge to understand our history.....love this science ! there is so much more to discover with it...

[@bleikrsound6127]

Evidence shows that cultures in North America were also severely disrupted by the event at this time. Those interested might check out the Kolomokii culture of S.E.Georgia, USA., which mysteriously disappeared during this period.

[@Julieb615]

Yes, the time frame is consistent with the results of this event in other areas of the world. People who are malnourished die from simple diseases that well nourished people easily survive. The death of an entire group of people under those circumstances is not unexpected.

[@operatorblack]

This was very well done and informative. I am obsessed with this blackout and this covered all of the major bases. Great production. Thanks for posting

[@ohsnap6585]

What blackout

[@CoincidenceTheorist]

This one

[@barryshaffer2466]

I read the Bible twice cover to cover , you you like to hear our fate?

[@liisahmanni]

@@barryshaffer2466 I would like to hear it. Dance for me.

[@lolaizajazzmin]

This is first time i hear of this.

[@ahmeddawodn1]

Wow. This is one of the best things I have seen in my entire life. It just shows the power of science. From merely exploring patterns in tree rings to unraveling one of the biggest (if not the biggest) changing points in humans' history. All led by one relentless man going through physics, biology, literature, history, anthropology, geology and volcanology.

[@mothman841]

Great podcast. I love the openness and friendly combativeness

[@jeanbloom7513]

Excellent program. Cinematography was beautiful. This is the way history should be taught. Not with a snippet of information, but how one event influenced wide ranging events; cause and effect. How research, the ruling-in and ruling-out of theories, tells the story; making "snippets of information" make sense.

[@Irish_Georgia_Girl]

Thank you for posting this video! I've never heard of this event and I found it VERY interesting! It's scary how close we probably come to this in OUR lifetimes! I can't imagine how those people even survived. The first time I watched this I fell asleep about halfway through, not because I was bored... because I wasn't...but I was just sleepy. Let me tell you, falling asleep listening to this makes for some very strange and scary dreams!

[@AmberAmber]

Yes!!! I dozed off watching it when it first aired & STILL recall the bizarre dreams!!! Finally a kindred human who gets this!! ☺🤣👍🏽

[@miriambertram2448]

There have been other catastrophic climate events from volcanos. This certainly appears the worst, but there was the year the thames froze

[@AggroPhene]

Ancient memories or dreams?

[@tonitomei6323]

some people refer to it as "the year without summer"

[@cynthg9547]

I wished I dreamed

[@cwavt8849]

All of this was old history to me. But never was it told do well. Love this channel

[@queenrefiloe7287]

Very Informative, Excellent content ❤

[@Gyrfalcon312]

The power of volcanism never ceases to amaze me. The sheer change that this one super-eruption wrought is staggering to conceptualize. But, the dogged detective work of Mr. Keys and his consultants is even more staggering. Now we have a much better understanding of the consequences of one natural disaster... and how to better stave off mass death.

[@michaelkottler]

Indeed.

[@iffatsiddiqui3205]

Agreed. Though, preventable mass deaths caused by humans is the highest number 😥

[@mikedebell2242]

When that Prince was reading he said that Sumatra was created by the Krakatoa eruption. In other words, it was part of Java before that eruption.

[@VunterSlaush1650]

Love these documentaries about The Long Night

[@oopsagain1surname]

To the carpenter, every problem needs a nail. This video gave itself away in the opening: paraphrased "The biggest event in the last 2000 years". Well, when you spend a decade studying one eruption, everything was caused by that eruption. One thing I did not notice being mentioned is sympathetic eruptions. Usually when the plates move, an eruption on one side of the plate has sympathetic eruption on the other side. There could have been several eruptions all contributing to the problem.

[@sethr.c1065]

Such a fascinating and full documentary. Amazing to see how much this one event echoes through time.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

We re all descended from canabils

[@oTroubles]

@@jupitercyclops6521those canadian ducks have nothing to do with me

[@brownskinn8853]

What a blessing to be so intelligent to own & reference all those books . I would be honored just to walk in that room. It’s his life work.

[@ciii1237]

first time i think this documentary is way too old, and after after 10 minutes i never stop amazed to the end of the movie

[@eisande6237]

That was actually fascinating. 10/10 would recommend. The show….not the disaster.

[@marlastar100]

Well done, the amount of research that was put together is impressive. Ty. Knowing this doesn't mean we can stop an event of this magnitude, but now understanding how our past was shaped.

[@froey198033]

Just think this came out in 1999 in the U.K. and 2000 in the U.S.. Imagine how much more information we have now.

[@yashuwasaves2721]

Make you Wonder about y3 days of darkness but I know this ant it but just thought I and makes you think on were we are now in life with this old earth

[@pascualbencosme9958]

That time line is a lie. It happened during 522 and 523. That is the reason the calendar was changed around 525 AD. They throw everybody off because the next big one comes in 2040. 2012 mayan end date is actually 2040.

[@michaelkottler]

Agreed, naturally.

[@colespur]

@@pascualbencosme9958the Mayan calendar was wrong my friend the world didn’t end

[@vidseo3149]

We are all survivors of these people forgotten in time

[@CNYKnifeNut]

"Eighty thousand years of natural selection, coming through" Seriously though, now we have morons who can't string together a cogent sentence thinking they know more than the world's best scientists, so I'm sure we're fiiiiiiiiine.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

We humans have short memories . During the tsunamis that hit Japan after an earthquake, one town found stone markers up on a hill . Carved into them was instructions to never build below the markers . The water went above the markers . Others had instructions that I’d the ground shook to get above the markers asap. They were trying to warn future people of a major danger . But , we humans often view our ancestors with skepticism and contempt . We think we know everything and our ancestors were stupid . They were not

[@aussieginger1960]

My favourite example of this is the building of a new estate in the fork of a river. The developers were told terrible idea it would flood they dismissed it said they'd solved the drainage issue. Three years later we had a minor flood nothing catastrophic just a rise in river levels that happened now and then. The entire estate flooded in the first week, I think more work was needed on those drainage issues

[@NAHAJI133]

Where I live in SW mountains of Colorado one of the most violent volcanos erupted. It is called LaGardia. This area is just amazing from the explosion.

[@draigporffor3288]

This is one of the best docos I've ever watched! Good balance of storytelling, theatrics, and supreme nerds who actually know their shit!!!

[@bodapyy]

I remember watching this on TV, its hard to believe its been 22 years already since then.

[@loulagregg8468]

Incredible to tie all those clues together! Well done!

[@davidfrazier8686]

Really great work it’s amazing how much I’m clueless about the history of our planet very interesting 🤔

[@mobydickhead1]

Love the climate change disclaimer. God forbid someone have a wrong think moment.

[@ruthanneseven]

It's a meme nowadays! 😂😂😂

[@robcooke1956]

Climate Science has been deliberately corrupted. This is a fact!!

[@ManScoutsofAmerica]

I love being reminded that only climate change in the present is caused by human activity.

[@BraydonAttoe-xs4yg]

​@ManScoutsofAmerica it's true though

[@thefryinallofus]

Basically if the United Nations takes a position on something, it's safe to take the opposite position.

[@seamus6994]

Other than the massive amount of commercials during this video. Which drove us crazy. The Historic puzzle that was put together, is incredible. The amount of time, experience and I'm sure, money to create such and undertaking. Is just fantastic. Thumbs up, but can't sub to that much commercial time.

[@AllergicToMakeBelieve]

The video creators have absolutely zero input over the amount of ads. If you see a pitch for a product done by the creator, then that's a sponsor. If you want to watch 100% commercial for KZbin, get KZbin premium. It's worth every penny.

[@julieburright3473]

The immense passion shows through the extensive research in putting this together in such fascinating detail. Thank you

[@michaelkottler]

So say we all!

[@Scorpiopoison321]

That's not true or good draining through the blood

[@judyklein3221]

This is a fascinating documentary that does not prevent a layperson like me from understanding it. Amazing.

[@gigikay1734]

Fascinating! Thank you! 👍

[@easyebrauberbeister4719]

I remember the study of the Stradivarius violin and that the sound could be attributed to the narrow Ring wood he used

[@bigbadmojothebulldog]

Dimming of the sun ⛅️ Wonderful, just another thing to add to my ever growing list of anxieties

[@bsaxton6400]

I know right. I have anxiety over the sun letting go of a solar flare and hitting the earth.

[@bigbadmojothebulldog]

@@bsaxton6400 geez, never thought of that. Im just gonna try not to think about that too much lol

[@goddessflowers146]

Slu%

[@Badficwriter]

@@bsaxton6400 A powerful sun storm wouldn't heat cook the Earth. The only recorded major sun storm is the Carrington Event of 1859. Massive electromagnetic waves would hit like a tsunami. Geomagnetic storms would flow through the air and ground, frying ungrounded electronics, knocking out power over vast areas. Satellites would be disrupted by the magnetic turbulence. Anything reliant on electromagnetism might not work anymore, like radio signal. If the repeaters on undersea cables fail, total internet collapse may occur. Solar flares only last hours, but can have series that go on for weeks. However, Antarctic ice has evidence of a supermassive sun storm in AD 993 called the Miyake Event. All the previous effects, but stronger, and going on for months. The loss of electricity and the internet wouldn't do much directly to humans. Its mostly the side effects of loss of the infrastructure that would be damaging. Subsistence farmers with manual wells would be fine.

[@jj4791]

It wont be that bad. There would be epic Aurora Borealis / Aurora Australis. If you had any idea how far away the sun is. You would not think it poses an alarming threat. At the end of the day, we inhabit a radioactive rock. Hurtling through the milky-way galaxy, its center a supermassive black hole. Orbiting a giant unshielded nuclear-fusion reactor. Protected from it's deadly rays. And from other flying rocks. By nothing except thin air and puffy white clouds. It works pretty good.

[@possumaintdead]

This was absolutely fascinating! I hope to see more like this!

[@Makapida]

Absolument passionnant! I will try and find the book…

[@Dan__S]

5 inches just dropped in Rio Rancho, NM. Can't recall it falling this hard in some time.

[@therockcasserole3563]

Mike Bailey , what a brilliant man! I would love to read his books .

[@miashinbrot8388]

The quote from John of Ephesus made it clear to me: this was Fimbulwinter. More specifically, the Norse myth predicting Fimbulwinter, which was written down in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, was in fact describing the event of seven centuries before when even Syria* had 18 months without a summer. * John of Ephesus was described as a Syrian bishop, so I'm presuming he witnessed it in Syria.

[@alexandriasamaras5342]

Amazing work

[@elizabethwilliams9597]

I would love to know more about the volcano here in Las Vegas Nevada that blew up a long long time ago. Please if you could make a video or find out any information about it please?

[@pinokodayo]

Gurl this is a documentary made in the year 2000 not some KZbin channel making an original video.

[@bigjared8946]

Our current little epoch in history represents a relative low point for stuff like giant volcanoes and space impacts. Sleep well!

[@CNYKnifeNut]

Also war. Incredibly low, for war actually. Everything is temporary.

[@feurigerStern]

Wow! I just discovered a perfect mix of my favorite historical documentaries

[@goddessflowers146]

Tree ring this d!$%

[@tacticalpickle7]

Very interesting... and very eye-opening..

[@liamlewis9866]

great documentary!

[@sassisunshine5420]

Very well done. I love learning about all of this.

[@marilynrigden9666]

Love this series! Fascinating to learn how various sciences are used to understand our history. Thanks

[@michaelkottler]

Agreed.

[@BrianPicht]

How did the Tonga Tonga eruption compare?

[@Imsoconfusedthesedays]

Why is this so relaxing?

[@nym053]

Haha some fellow danes in this documentary. Our english sounds so hillarious 😆 A few years ago there were some volcano dust around the world that made the sun appear red early in the day (here in Denmark). Quite surrealistic to wake up to (I usual wake up around 9-10 am). Some years ago I dreamt about all these dark and stormy clouds suddenly rushing in and covering the sky in a thick and very animated layer. The clouds were red, red-brown and red-black. It gave me this very horrible sensation. The worst that I've ever experienced. I was totally paralyzed standing on a bridge and forced to experience this for what felt like about 2 years. Then in the end of the dream the sky cleared and the storm went away. Made me so happy and relieved that it had finally ended. Odd thing though is that I first recalled the dream a couple months later from when I'd dreamt it. The dream was probably just my subconsious telling me that very transformative transitions can be very chaotic and agonizing, but also that it doesn't last forever. That there will eventually always be "light" in the end, no matter how long a horrible situation might last. Fits pretty well with my life at that point. It had just changed for the better a couple years earlier, but it was still in the middle of transition (transitions never really ends). Since that dream my life have become even better due to all the personal transformations that have happened :)

[@jeanneh6361]

This is one of the best history documentaries EVER!

[@robertnichols78]

Before klaus Schwab if you wanted a great reset you needed a volcano.

[@tomstulc9143]

Yeah "cloud swab" has his great reset plan but God's got his own reset plan and Klaus will crap his pants when the earth opens up and swallows him.

[@alivewithchrist777]

Good one

[@michaelmoser4537]

this documentary has been dated to the turn of the 20th-21st century, judging by the computer equipment used. Great documentary, thank you!.