Explore Numerous Layers of Petrified Trees: Yellowstone National Park

[@OneNationUnderGod.]

Myron I hope you realize how great of a channel you have created, you take us on adventures and have such a talent for teaching us something along the way. I hope you continue to enjoy making them for years to come! Thank you

[@terryt.1643]

I always was fascinated about geology. So happy I can find channels like this to show me although I’m not fit enough to clamber and see it first hand.

[@denniscrane9753]

@@Iwishiwasanoscarmeyerweinerhe only shouted down if your news lies to you!

[@shawnwillsey]

Leave it to Myron, the Steven Spielberg of geology education videos, to make the kind of fantastic video I wish I could make. The depth, breadth, and quality is unmatched. Another gem, Myron. Glad I could help you find the fossilized trees.

[@myroncook]

Thanks, Shawn

[@sandythompson8331]

I love both you dudes.❤ I watch both anytime I can 😊.

[@Heavilymoderated]

Thanks, Myron. You are a true educator.

[@robert-wr6md]

Always good to see another Myron Cook video, strangely I was riding along in Southern Wyoming today near Rock Springs and I thought I wonder if i will see Myron out here today? Well not quite in real life, but I switch on my computer in my Motel and here you are, what a treat.

[@DMLand]

Your storytelling talent continues to blow me away: The way you introduced the Grizzly Bear "mystery" in the intro and closed the loop-with a surprise guest, a humble moth-at the end. I would never have guessed that bears root around in rocks for hidden moths!

[@erinmac4750]

IKR what a storyteller! I didn't expect that twist at all! Now, I want to know more about these moths that make that journey that's not dissimilar to the monarchs. 🦋

[@ruinsandridges]

Mr. Cook, I found 2 geologically unique areas in the Absaroka Range, near Cody, WY on Google Earth. The first looks like a large clump of volcanic hoodoos on the side of a hill, and it's located at 44°15'49.4"N 109°27'05.5"W . The second place is about half a mile to the south and is a huge, perfectly straight wall of rock for almost a mile! This wall is located at 44°15'19.4"N 109°27'25.1"W . Both of these sites are located in the Shoshone National Forest. Just thought you might be interested in visiting these spots and describing how they formed, it would be cool to watch. Great video, thank you for sharing!

[@myroncook]

Thanks!

[@gregm6801]

Best show on all of internet podcast utube etc,! Thank you Myron

[@martincotterill823]

Amazing! The impression of deep time, incredible. The landscapes that must have existed, river valleys full of trees, then blasted out of existance covered in rock, ash and mud. Then old growth forests covering the landscape and of course, rain and ice grinding down the volcanoes. Amazing. Thank you, Myron, and please continue explaining the world to us

[@myroncook]

Well said!

[@harrietharlow9929]

I was fortunate years ago to be able to see the cuts in the Columbia river Flood Basalt group along the Columbia River and looking at all the layers I could only think of all eruptions over millions of years that it took to form them. It really is one awesome piece of geology.

[@sirridesalot6652]

You always sound so enthusiastic as you share your experiences and thoughts within the video. It's always a pleasure to listen to you expounding on the creation of geological formations. You hiking up to these locations is also inspiring for some of us older people to get out and explore and appreciate our areas too.

[@myroncook]

So nice of you

[@rebanelson607]

Myron is old? No way - he's just a kid having fun!

[@sirridesalot6652]

@@rebanelson607 My grand dad used to say t hat a person was only as old as they thought they were. He lived to over 100 years of age and even in his 90s he'd go for long walks.

[@GeologyNick]

Stunning geology! You clearly put a lot of love into this one, Myron. Thank you.

[@myroncook]

Thanks, Nick

[@daise2daise]

Your drones, whiteboard illustrations with cross sections and highlighted stills help clarify your presentations terms and examples. You sir, have a true gift of storytelling combined with thinking exercises of the how and why's that deepen ones appreciation and wonder of on going and past geologic events. Your wonder and delight of our earths history enriches my life with every posting. Thank you so much.!!

[@Babbajune]

I loved these videos. That panorama view from the location of the petrified trees was breathtaking! Thanks so much, Myron! ❤❤

[@oldgeezerproductions]

My hat is off to the amazing drone photography that your brother has created for us to enjoy. Google Earth is fantastic, but there is no comparison with the drone views. I also greatly appreciate and enjoy your enthusasm and your obvious joy at finding, identifying and understanding the natural processes that created such astounding and astoundingly beautiful geologic artifacts that you show us. I feel I understand your sense of the transcendent at seeing nature as she is revealed and amplified by the study of geology and that it resonates with my own sense of that transcendence. Thank you and please thank your brother for me.

[@isabeedemski3635]

I have a geology degree. I learn more from you than I did in my college field trips...

[@RiggyRonnie]

That’s sad

[@dennisstorie4604]

Isn't it sad how many professors are not interested in presenting the curriculum in a entertaining manner that would be easier to process and learn

[@PACstove]

It also the style and tech that makes this much more accessible to us novices. This really is the best way to teach this. Drone views and visits to sites. its wonderful.

[@BWowed]

If you really want to learn some things go on one of Myrons field trips. Incredible.

[@fcukyou2_]

​@dennisstorie4604 it's bc the commies have infiltrated all the schools of higher education and aren't really trying to teach then anything, they want to indoctrinate them, and create the next generation of activists for the left to send out all over America.

[@johnsee7269]

27 layers of healthy forests... (50, 100...) Fascinating! Thank you Dr. Cook! (I'm hereby bestowing an honorary PhD! Any individual who represents the embodification of self-actualization deserves no less.)

[@eliseoeugenin4252]

I am a professor in neurovirology, and I learned and will learn SOOOOOO much with you, how to be a good teacher. Thank you, you are awesome and I am so happy to be your student

[@myroncook]

You are so welcome!

[@SB-qm5wg]

27 different layers of petrified forests... That's mind boggling.

[@sheilatruax6172]

That's a wow!

[@Zulgeteb]

I think i heard at some places it was even 48.

[@johnscanlon8467]

Creationists who rave about 'polystrate fossils' need to know about this, and be embarrassed.

[@sheilatruax6172]

@johnscanlon8467 They won't so don't bother with the embarrassed business. It's not going to happen.

[@brainretardant]

Terrifying

[@rescdsk]

This is a particularly good one, Myron. So many payoffs - the hundred forests built on top of each other, the bears, and the thought of several big stratovolcanoes just gone because of the caldera eruptions. Thank you.

[@Selfleader420]

Thanks again sir!!! Awesome possum!! ✌️🤠🏝️

[@wendygerrish4964]

Brilliant. I had no idea about the absaroca complex or their petrified forests and complex eruptions, or the bears. Love those bears.

[@Guy-Martin]

Yes, this is one of your best videos. The logical steps used to piece it together and even a look back to John Muir. The sheer count of deep layering and standing petrified trees is so cool. Total surprise as to what the grizzly were looking for. Great drone footage .. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@IceLynne]

I almost broke an ankle running to watch my favorite geologist! Hey! 👋

[@denisem.1042]

Myron, you always amaze me. I wish I had a fraction of the energy you have to hike into these unique areas. Thank you for sharing your adventures and your knowledge!

[@Brommear]

Thank you sir! This is amazing. I live 25km from an active volcano and have been on top of several but I wish I has seen these videos before I went there! I would have seen so much more. Greetings from Patagonia.

[@myroncook]

Very cool!

[@zephyrandboreas]

Picturing 27 layers of forests, on top of each other across time, is such a phenomenal image.

[@-Cosmic-Healer-]

The time that passes and the changes that take place is truly mind blowing, thanks for sharing 💚

[@matthewmohr3402]

My interest in geology has exploded since discovering your channel, Myron. Keep up the great work.

[@RiggyRonnie]

Bro always dropping Geology bangers

[@pmm1044]

Thank you Myron! I feel the same wonder and joy in seeing all this beautiful geology,

[@ayjay749]

Thank you, Myron! Another fascinating video with excellent footage and careful explanations. And sooo much leg-work from you too!

[@mellissadalby1402]

Hi Myron! Geology time. I just went back to review Part 1, so now I am ready for Part 2.

[@jeffsiegwart]

You are an excellent and engaging teacher. Thank you.

[@cvmcmanus3763]

Myron, I'm not a geologist, but I love mountains. And I love learning about them and your enthusiasm for all of it. I love watching you explain, question, and share these beautiful things. I love learning from you and Shawn Willsey. Yep, I view his channel, too. Aren't we fortunate to have something like the internet and KZbin to learn from people like the two of you! Thank you for sharing your fun!

[@carygrant8796]

I have flown over the mountains many times into Boseman and wondered their genesis. Thank you for the wondeful two part series.

[@_GntlStone_]

You've convinced me that Geologists are 30% Mountain Goat. I love your videos 💜🤙

[@erinmac4750]

Truth! Looking at some of those slopes, I must respect his stamina and skills. I'm also guessing that the elevation is probably around 6-9k ft. That's a thing, too.

[@stvrob6320]

Im glad you are taking the time to make these videos. Im a geologist myself, just near retirement, and I especially appreciate your idea of bring your profession down to earth as a youtube series for general interest. Keep it up!

[@myroncook]

Awesome, thank you!

[@MrMarkAMartin]

Wonderfully done, it’s good to be with you when seeing a special place that you’ve always wanted to go. I think the other viewers would like to meet your brother that’s your partner in putting these together. Thanks Myron

[@ronaldbroyles9312]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to post these videos. I really enjoy them. So thanks again.

[@LeoDomitrix]

YAY! Part 2! Geology collides with zoology is a great link. Thank you.

[@candified3851]

I'm always grateful to see a new Myron Cook video drop because I know I'm going to learn something interesting.

[@hestheMaster]

What amazing geology you show in this one video Myron! The Specimen Ridge 50 million year old petrified trees are a wonder to behold. Getting to them was a real hike! The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. I guess the writer of the children's song didn't know about the moths! Thanks again for another killer video on volcanic and geological processes average folk don't ever think about.

[@andrewmiller3834]

Myron, I’m not “educated” in a formal way but I can and do understand when you say with wonder in your voice how amazing it would be to witness the life of these profound environs. Massive lahars, pyroclastic flows and petrified trees can send my imagination reeling!! Thank you very much for this video! Awesome!!

[@QUIKB3N]

Always tune in for a new one now!

[@DEMOKRATEN-DEUTSCHLANDS]

You're among the best teachers on KZbin! That's not simply because you are amazed of what you say (that's everyone), but because you have a true content, which is as amazing as you present it!

[@Shade0666-pf5hi]

It's absolutely mind boggling to think how high the Sunshine mountain must have been. To build Lahares that thick over that height.... and the eruptions.... insane. Primordial each is crazy. Thank you! Always a joy!

[@daves3819]

It's great to hear that you are collaborating with Shawn Wilsey. I've been following him also for the past several years!!

[@donthorpe6301]

Thank you Myron for sharing your love of the world around us. I have learned so much watching your videos.

[@TrevorParker-ni4lh]

Thank you, Myron. Growing up here on Vancouver Island. I’ve always been fascinated with the geology. You’re helping me piece it all together.

[@MrTylerStricker]

What beautiful formations & deposits! The Grizzly Bears were just the cherry on the cake! Great stuff!!

[@newtrotony]

You’re the best, man.

[@curly__3]

Isn't he?

[@yadibalderlou1443]

I can not appreciate enough how your geological info taught me individually

[@srameypr]

Great video! I think this was one of my favorites! Thanks, Myron!

[@planted770]

I appreciate the enthusiasm and effort you put into these, it really shows. Great geology, videography, and philosophy!

[@a787fxr]

You Rock! Sorry, I'm a Dad. I share what I learn from you with my friends.

[@intelligentcomputing]

that might be the greatest compliment you can give a geologist -- "you ROCK" -- LoL!

[@jasongarcia2140]

Everyone makes silly jokes it's not just a "dad thing". Give yourself more credit. :) PLEASE

[@dancooper8551]

Love everything related to the GYE! Thanks Myron!🌋

[@TrainLordJC]

Having followed you on KZbin for a couple of years now I fully appreciate your wonderful skills as the best educator of geology on this platform. As a Dutch Australian I travelled from the top of Alaska to the bottom of South America in the late 80's and absolutely appreciated the awesome beauty of the many different landscapes that I witnessed. I was driving a 1969 VW campervan which gave me access to spend time with and enjoy the spectacular scenery everywhere but it was not until my van was stolen that I returned to Australia and started to read books on geology before the internet provided me with access to people like you who have educated me further and truly enhanced my memories and further understanding of this amazing planet and I must say North America and South America with such outstanding and diverse geology over so many millions of years. I am sure that the rest of the planet also has fantastic geology as well but there are few educators out there on KZbin to bring it to our attention like you and Nick Zentner and Shawn Wilsey do, so I thank you for your magnificent effort in each of your absolutely wonderful and thought provoking geology episodes. Regards from South Australia.

[@myroncook]

Thank you!

[@muddkipp_1]

I grew up on the Plains of Saskatchewan, your video made me think of the Geology all over our Wonderful Planet ❤ Thank You Myron😊

[@Riverguide33]

Fascinating history of Yellowstone’s beauty. Thanks, Myron! 👍

[@spincube5734]

Another wonderful geologic time machine adventure into Earths' past. Thanks Myron !!!!

[@raayna6630]

Another great video, Thank You! I LOVE this planet!

[@rodpaget9796]

thank you Myron for your contagious enthusiasm.

[@tim9s]

This was enlightening, especially the part about the petrified trees. Great upload.

[@mikelong9638]

Thanks Myron for taking that time to make another great video. As you alluded to, we are fortunate to live in a time when we (somewhat) understand the processes that created these great features. Not that many years ago people could look at this terrain and only guess at how it formed.

[@jojomillward675]

The soothing sound of your sweet voice, the beautiful landscapes you take us to and the incredible knowledge you share are such precious gifts to us all. Thankyou ✌🏽💚🪨

[@myroncook]

So nice of you

[@jojomillward675]

@@myroncookyou’re just wonderful Myron ☺️

[@sammynorge]

Thanks for part2! It had been awhile, so I watched part 1 first. Glad I did. Thanks for suggesting it. No river crossings this time, but some of those hikes looked rugged and steep!

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Geology is fascinating, you make it easy to understand these formations, very enjoyable and a great teaching technique. Thank you.

[@emjaybee63]

I'm only an enthusiast when it comes to Geology, but your videos give me a better understanding of how this world works than I ever got from school.

[@What1zTyme]

Thank you for your video lectures/ seminars/ field trips.. and wonderment!

[@mr.squanch]

This channel is like a rare, pleasant mix of science and asmr...love it.

[@mikemiller209]

I used to go hiking all the time till my knees started to give out. Now I'm not able to walk much more than a quarter mile and not much downhill... Thanks for taking us on your journey with you it brings me back to better days that i miss very much, Thanks again Myron

[@RT-mn2pb]

My wife was so excited tonight when I told her "We've got a new Myron video to watch tonight. 'Oh boy Myron, wait I'll be right there.' ". She really does perk up when you come on. Oh, and she's very happy you were not dangling near the edge of scary cliffs on this one. You know she worries about you. As she has often noted, Myron you have a wonderful way with words, especially conveying the link between observation and deciphering probable earth processes. All in easy-to-follow language. Quite a knack. This episode got particularly interesting to me when you wove together a picture that involved a series of overlapping nearby volcanoes to explain the complex layering involved. It's like a dance of the volcanoes. This is just fascinating and beautiful, Myron. Thanks.

[@myroncook]

Thank you!

[@shr19964]

Your enthusiasm is contagious! Thank you for helping me understand the world a bit more.

[@KalopsiaVanVliet]

High end quality content here. That kind of content is what KZbin was made for.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Love your videos, Myron. My day is made since I learned something new!

[@Aino66]

So wonderful! Thank you once again for your superb coverage! Really enjoyed it!

[@bluwtrgypsy]

Wonderfully interesting. Terrific channel. Thank you, Myron.

[@JusNoBS420]

Mr. Myron Cook has quickly become my favorite KZbin channel. Love the little cross sectional view 🌲as well.

[@shannonrushing1437]

I wished I could have watched your channel in the 70’s and 80’s when I was a kid !

[@TheArech]

Thank you, Myron, for this great work you do! It just brightens the day

[@WillHarris-f6f]

Thank You such a informative and enjoyable masterclass. Your may fav!

[@tammyphillips6299]

This is so fascinating. I love watching your videos. That area is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 🥰

[@bessiehadley3497]

Oh, the memories you invoked when I saw you standing on the shore of Lake Yellowstone! I worked at Yellowstone two summers while in college in the late 60's (Old Faithful Inn & The Lake Hotel), & often walked that shore at various times of day & night. I loved that place & hiked all over the Park both summers on my days & half-days off. I loved the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the high country & glacial meadows, & the high desert where the elk & buffalo congregate during the winter (also can bighorn sheep more easily then, too - lol) - I made an Audubon tour one winter to see Yellowstone then. So much to soak in. I had no idea about the stratovolcano that had been where the Lake is now - so awesome to learn all of this now, & the part the Absaroka Mts played back then.

[@myroncook]

neat!

[@Tin-j6k]

All Native American land. So beautiful. thanks for sharing Myron.

[@dj-kq4fz]

Thanks Myron. Once again fantastic geologic history amazing drone work!

[@tonywestbrook9876]

Another wonderful video. Incredible evidence of natural history on full display. Thank you for the detailed analysis. You literally translate the strata back into life.

[@shay_box]

One of my favorite videos by you, Myron! Thank you for putting in the time and effort to make it for us.

[@myroncook]

My pleasure!

[@TCook-d3s]

I really appreciate you geologists that post videos. I wanted to make that my major at UNM back in the 80s but was told “there’s no jobs “. Always regretted that decision. Great video. Very informative.

[@nickrider5220]

Wonderful geological detective work, very informative and enjoyable - many thanks 👍🏻

[@AlecFlackie]

Myron I could listen you read out a laundry list but the information you share is fascinating. I always enjoyed geology at school and still regret not choosing it as a profession but I hope you inspire others to take it up.

[@janetholley1004]

I love your videos, thank you! The wildlife, colors & mountains are glorious!

[@myroncook]

Glad you like them!

[@ed.puckett]

What a great video and series. Thank you so much!

[@Jimmysidecarr]

This channel is such an incredible treasure! Thank you Myron!

[@clints7834]

I love your videos. Your calm nature and peaceful scenery are the best way to start my day. Every time I try and figure out or explain geologic formations to my daughter, I try to channel my inner Myron Cook. One day you'll come walking around the boulder and explain it all perfectly. Thank you.

[@artificercreator]

Stunning views!

[@DonnaCsuti-ji2dd]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video really enjoy and appreciate your videos and teaching about geology and nature. I'm a senior who always loved the mountains and it's never to late to learn new things or more on a subject you enjoy. You add a great deal to our lives.

[@myroncook]

So nice of you

[@JBParry]

Hi Myron, this is a fascinating lecture. I remain amazed at the amounts of lahars and lava flows that acccumulated and remain ofter eons of erosion.

[@Katy-Did]

Wonderful video Myron! Thank you for sharing.

[@AdamWatkins-m3c]

Nice! Just what I wanted on a Saturday. Rock on Myron \m/

[@agmartin2127]

Every time I watch one of your videos I think, WOW!, that was the best one yet. And then a new one comes along... fascinating. I do admit that the second you said 'Systems of volcanos..." that I got it... Asking us to think and figure it out works! Thx Dr. Cook.

[@tamjammy4461]

Great stuff Myron. I'm not much of a geologist ( I'm trying to teach myself something about the subject ) but I must say that your videos are truly inspiring . Fantastic scenery and fascinating explanations of how it came to be the way it is. Having said all that , the most astonishing thing for me in this one wasn't the geology . It was the bears going moth hunting. The natural world truly is full of surprises. Thanks.

[@myroncook]

Thanks!