Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains?

[@carlmichaud7916]

The Bob Ross of geology. Never thought I would enjoy Microsoft paint classes🎉

[@TheGeoModels]

thanks! there will be happy mountains with friends in next video

[@sonyagraske376]

Dont leave out those whispy clouds, and happy flowers

[@greenman6141]

The Microsoft Paint Master returns!! These videos about Appalachia are such a treat. When people do videos about the geology of the US, it is almost all well west of the Mississippi. I know so much about the geology of the Pacific Northwest, even though I've never been there. It's grand to get all these looks at things eastern, and the amazing LIDAR images. I wasn't being snarky about the MS paint. Watching the drawings being made , helps greatly in understanding what is being talked about. Almost as though we're seeing the creation of the landscape, very speeded up.

[@kevingabel7315]

As soon as I saw the picture I knew where you were at. I lived st the Setzer Fish Hatchery for 22 years. This bolder is off 475C about a mile from the Hatchery parking lot. I used to walk the dogs on that trail daily and played on that boulder often. It is off John Rock. Another neat thing to experience is during prolonged cold spells huge sheets of ice form on that cliff from the water draining off the top. After a few days of cold weather these ice sheets get huge. When it warms back up huge sheets of ice slide off the side and make a ton of noise. Sometimes they will knock over trees at the bottom of the cliff. Maybe the boulder broke off during a freeze/thaw event?

[@williamtrakas3142]

Hey man! As a lifelong resident of WNC I’ve always found the geology and geography of this area so interesting. Your channel is a gold mine! Thank you

[@killercheesetv9026]

Dude these are my favorite videos to watch. It doesn’t feel like learning, just curiosity! ❤

[@jasonhildebrand1574]

And also Myron Cook

[@robertcushing635]

Fascinating to think of the forces acting on a rock of the size he speaks of being this max size when they cleave and how a number of them of this size are found in Appalachia. Just recently found this channel and this guy presents so well and has such a smooth presentation complimenting his depth of knowledge. Shared this one 2X tonight. Thank you!

[@TheGeoModels]

awesome! appreciate it!

[@idriveastationwagon1534]

It’s not just a boulder. It’s a rock. Pioneers used to ride those babies for miles.

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

We all ride a rock for miles everyday.

[@stacycentral]

Ah, yes. 😄As noted by the great philosopher Sponge Bob who also brought us Brain Coral for challenged star fish, probably found in the Valley and Ridge.

[@james-c6d6n]

This is where the term “rock & roll” actually originates from. Everyone knows that.

[@ernestschultz5065]

What is the difference between a rock and a boulder?

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

@@ernestschultz5065 Bra size!!!!🥴🥴🥴

[@JerrySelbher]

Love listening to this dude. I am a civil engineer and enjoyed my geo class; and now all of these videos! They hydrology videos are awesome as well!

[@kevinw.5149]

One of my favorite youtube channels I've found.

[@gregmulligan2878]

Very interesting. I was intrigued. That was a big rock. Big rocks are cool. I live just down the road from Stone Mountain Georgia. The largest exposed granite outcrop on planet earth. Keep up the good work. More people should be interested in these things.

[@williamcroaff7730]

I was focusing on the details around the border of the image and the eyes got me lol

[@TheGeoModels]

they are out there!

[@lenamccubbin1068]

Thanks for your series on the Appalachians. I’ve wondered about that geology..

[@HelenKempster-t6y]

Fantastic video. You explain everything so well.

[@kolklown]

The whole of the Daniel Boone National Forest on down through the Big South Fork is pure magic.

[@cmcmcmcm2354]

Thanks for the upload, I'm going there this weekend I will definitely be sure to check it out. Great timing!

[@coasteringkid]

I'm very glad I stumbled across this channel! I'm a young geotechnical engineer with an engineering background so I have much to learn about geology. I love watching these

[@TheGeoModels]

nice! been working with lots of geotechs lately. interesting to bring the skill sets together. joints and fractures and slope shape-controlled stresses are a big thing!

[@maryefromky]

i'm an Appalachian living in eastern KY :) thanks for these videos, these are really interesting! i never knew much about the geology, i just figured there had to be some weird stuff going on around here, you can kinda tell by looking at certain features that there's been some stuff happening here, lol. Appalachia is such a weird wonderful mix of things, i love it here so much. but speaking of landslides, i am SO fearful of a landslide happening in the holler i live in. Irvine, KY has pretty similar topography to these places in eastern TN and western NC, i think, and hollers usually have a very similar formula. singular access road, creek running alongside road in the bottom part of the holler, houses along the road in the bottom portion, road goes up a very steep hill to the ridge top with more houses up on the ridge, going back for several miles. that's the basic makeup of a holler. i'm not sure about the soil, but i'd bet that it's very similar here in eastern KY, to the places that got hit by Helene. i can't get the image out of my mind, just the side of our mountain detaching and sliding down to the creek below at like, 70 mph, taking houses, trees, cars and everything else with it, and probably killing a bunch of people in the process. literally makes my blood run cold, watching some of the videos from Helene. thinking about it happening here, and it'd be just as devastating. i'm not sure how landslide risk is evaluated, but i feel that we're vulnerable to them, living where i do. my only comfort is that it seems to be a problem only when it rains a whole lot in a short period of time. i assume its because the soils get so waterlogged, the mountain itself becomes unstable at a critical point, and big sections are just sort of prone to detaching and falling off. not sure if there are any steps land owners could take to mitigate these risks? or if there's at least a way to get our land surveyed for this kind of risk, i'm sure it costs an arm and a leg. but good god, what a scary thought. landslides and sinkholes, that's what keeps me up at night. enough that if it starts raining too much, too fast, i'm not waiting, i'm evacuating to anywhere else but the mountains. scary, scary stuff

[@richardturner6278]

Hey we have one a lot bigger than that here in TN on Monteagle Mt. It's more in the shape of a cube. Many new trails in this area and this rock slid down in the gorge also. Hiking in this area rivals anything in the Appalachian. Very close to Tracy City and Altamont.

[@kateclover874]

your drawings are so good and helpful

[@pwarren31]

You do a wonderful job presenting these interesting aspects of our earth's history! One area I visited while mountain biking was Jakes Rocks in Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania, Warren county, and they seem to have a network of boulders. Have you ever studied them?

[@KevinKimmich44024]

There's a handful of parks (and some private property) around here (geauga county ohio) with enormous boulders, caves, etc... with that same sandstone over shale scenario. There's Nelson Ledges, Thompson Ledges. One of the most impressive ones is on private land on the opposite side of a hill that's used for skiing (Alpine Valley). I'll have to visit some of those places again and see if any of the interfaces between the shale and sandstone are exposed, I think there might be. When I was growing up those were my favorite places to go and climb around and hang out with my friends. Thanks for the explanation for how that formed.

[@MisterFish98]

Great video as usual. I would be very interested in the geology of the Southeast's sandstone boulder fields. Specifically, how they fall along the same band stretching from North Alabama to Middle Tennessee. It's interesting, from south to north you have: Horse Pens 40 Hospital Boulders Rocktown Zahnd Stone Fort Pep Boys Hell's Kitchen Dogwood Laurel Snow Black Mountain Obed And many, many more... All of these are climbing locations, and as a rock climber I would love to know more about the geology of them beautiful sandstone boulders. You mentioned the boulders in your Sequatchie Valley video, so I think it would be an interesting topic.

[@Purinmeido]

I love me some giant Appalachian boulders! There’s some pretty big ones by the Kelletville Recreation Area in Northwestern PA.

[@bruceweaver9514]

Yeah I'm no geologist,but live in Warren Pa. Area ,there are lots of bigger looking ones here!

[@AvanaVana]

One of your most stunning block diagrams yet!

[@1999Valkyrie]

Your presentations always keep me wanting more! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!

[@ImCelestiall]

I’d love to see a video on katahdin sometime soon! Awesome videos

[@lisanadinebaker5179]

Second the Katadin request

[@Celtic2Realms]

Very good. Love driving around the countryside and seeing exposed rocks and the different curves and shapes

[@justin_other_kayaker]

Time for a ranked boulder video. Gotta do it. Top 10 rocks of the blue ridge escarpment for instance.

[@emaglott]

Whoa! I want to visit that boulder!

[@that.schamp]

Very informative, thank you! I had no idea that Grues were native to the Appalachians. I'll be sure to bring a backup torch next time I am out there.

[@kendallturnage9058]

Table Rock, SC on the blue ridge escarpment has some big boulder falls also.But I have not looked at Lidar to investigate off the trail.

[@TheGeoModels]

it does! there a huge one with a plowed path off the main face down towards the reservoir. LiDAR actually thinks it’s a building it’s so big. would love to see if I could evade the watershed personnel!

[@darrelllogan1274]

Also, Rumbling Bald, across from Chimney Rock, NC. I used to climb there. We call it bouldering. If big boulders are your thing, you should check out bouldering guide books.

[@robertunderwood1011]

How does this boulder compare with piano rock at the base of short off mountain in Linville gorge North Carolina?

[@farmerj1]

Thanks for another fascinating video!

[@TheGeoModels]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vhhawk]

Got some steps in while watching today. Virtual field trip. And I need it!

[@shable1436]

The bigfoot pic is great, i live in Radford VA, and not far from the right side of the first ridges of Appalachians, like cloyds mountain, and in my area there two boyscout camps about 100k acres, very steep terrain, and hiking trails, on these trails i have seen several bigfoots, always when the actual camp sections are shut down for winter, i saw one climb on two legs that humans would need ropes to climb. I live 3miles from these camps, so i noticed them on my farm property as well.

[@TheGeoModels]

I though it was a good likeness. Its wild out in that Macks Mountain area

[@amyheltonwalker]

This is amazing!

[@bobqat]

Fascinating! Your skills at diagramming are very good!

[@TheGeoModels]

Thanks! Always trying to step it up!

[@dawgtoons]

I loved this video! I live somewhat near the Blue Wall/Mountain Bridge Wilderness in SC, and I see huge boulders on various hikes. This was fascinating.

[@TheGeoModels]

There's some good ones. Like I told someone else, if you could get to the watershed side of the base of Table Rock, you'd see real sights. There's a boulder down there that the lidar thinks is a building and thus it was processed out. Pearsons Falls area has some monsters.

[@christianhunt7382]

Sick big rocks! Those lidar images are very cool, like lifting up the skirt on the mountains! Theres some big rocks coming over the big mountain outside Morgantown WV, Coopers rock. Love these videos!

[@TheGeoModels]

Coopers Rock is really cool in lidar

[@burrito-town]

The cave eyes at 15:15! Aaaaa!😧

[@TheGeoModels]

people need to be careful out there!

[@brianrose2342]

😂 LoL 😂

[@kkingquad]

You might enjoy putting lidar on Beartown, WV!

[@eerieforest9188]

There's one like this on the side of road up to Bear Rocks at Dolly Sods. The foreman from the job building that road told me about the boulder that was directly in the path of the planned road. They went around it lol.

[@gb57hevy3]

Really good stuff...always.

[@DouglasJenkins]

We lived near Toronto Ohio, north of Steubenville. We lived in a hollow cut by a tlittle ributary of the Ohio River. Above our home was a section of huge sandstone boulders. Our boys called it 'Devil's Den' as it reminded them of that part of the Gettysburg battleground. For adventrue, we would grab vines hanging out of the towering trees and swing from one boulder to another.

[@corneliuswowbagger]

Have you been to Cooper’s Rock in WV? It hasn’t moved far yet, but it is definitely detatched!

[@taesssi]

I sure love the eyes in the crack of the second big boulder. That demon sure looked like he wasn't happy with, I think, you! Nicely done!

[@TheGeoModels]

He can live in there with the rattlesnakes and yellowjackets!

[@georgestirewalt8508]

We've got big Rocks here in Rowan County NC. In the cities of Faith and Granite Quarry. There some so big that they have been Quarryed on top of the ground. Our Granite is some of the hardest in the world? Good video, Thanks.

[@rhouser1280]

There are a bunch like that out in Quehanna wilderness area. Lots of rattlesnakes too, be careful in the summer

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

When I first started hiking in the Blue Ridge years ago, and would encounter a large boulder, I would think to myself -- where did you come from and why are you just free-standing here? I don't think it even occurred to me at first to look up. This was very informative -- thanks!

[@TheGeoModels]

right on!

[@wendyandwalter40]

Would love to get your thoughts on Babel Tower in particular, Linville Gorge in general!

[@kosycat1]

Dude there are some big ones in Maryland in Gunowder state park of similar size! Another notable one is Madison boulder in NH you can see it on good maps

[@tomdchi12]

“So that developed roof feature would probably be a cool climbing challenge…” exactly what I as thinking looking at the scar in the uphill cliff in the LIDAR image.

[@rexduker5820]

Got one of those in my back yard. Water erosion off a cliff cause the softer stuff under it to disappear and then had a collapse. Cumberland plateau south of Lake Tansi

[@lisanadinebaker5179]

Just found your channel, and am loving it. Thank you for putting your time into doing this!! Do you take requests, or answer questions on the side? Some questions might not be of broad enough interest for a KZbin segment but they are things I have not been able to find answers for.

[@zematterhorne]

Good explanations of the Appalachian’s so far. Do you ever explore other areas of America like around monument valley and all the sandstone features out west?

[@bartfoster1311]

There is a massive boulder next to the tallulah river on the road north of turn off for the coleman scenic river pulloff. That whole river valley is interesting looking.

[@TheGeoModels]

Tallulah quartzite can make some big ones, for sure. Rock just has too much structure in it to surpass plateau sandstone. The Tallulah is, however, the steepest river of its size by far on the whole east coast because of the quartzite.

[@robertkish2483]

There are hundreds of bolders along the Allegehny river all the way down to the river. They are not as big but still amazing to retrace there journey

[@TheGeoModels]

definitely an awesome LiDAR cruise!

[@Shipfish]

two!! paint interludes? incredible...

[@F800GSJay]

What about the ones at Clingman’s Dome? The giant ones at the beginning of the paved trail? Those bad boys are massive!

[@rolfrobertson6404]

If you haven't been around Warren Pennsylvania and you want to see big, and I mean big glacial rock. Go to Jake's rocks rim rocks. These are public access areas, but there are some I know about that you could carve a city out of. One set I found in a place called hearts content, has a set of rock's that are 100ft high. And shaped like a amphitheater. Cool video.

[@SethGroover]

Your videos are epic man. Could you do a video about the curved mountains near Altoona PA?

[@TheGeoModels]

Yeah there will be a ridge patterns in Pennsylvania vid one of these days, probly not too long

[@SethGroover]

@@TheGeoModels oh man you just made my day! Getting a reply from the man himself really feels good. Thank you for doing what you do.

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

I have only been aware of and subscribed to your channel for a matter of days. Already, I have surmised you are the 21st Century Bob Ross of Microsoft Paint! ;-) When that happy little creek started flowing downhill @21:40 I nearly wept for joy. (If you like Paint, You would be amazed by Blender haha.)

[@TheGeoModels]

there will be plenty of happy mountains in an upcoming vid!

[@anthonypost8214]

Hell yeah I love giant rocks this is amazing. I wonder what the biggest boulder in Vermont is? Lots of big ole glacial erratics

[@fernwogteveril6935]

RRG has tons of cool boulders, arches and rock houses. I believe the Red has the highest concentration of arches east of the Mississippi. Are you able to identify arches with LIDAR? There are probably almost 200 documented but there are surely a few more out there waiting to be found.

[@timv.885]

That’s interesting. I always wondered about the separations of large rock down here in the Shawnee Ntnl. Frst. in southern Illinois. Was it a slow process or a catastrophic one, such as the New Madrid quake. It also fascinates me how there can be isolated uncommon plant communities atop these boulders. I recall a large rock slide at Larue Pine Hills a decade or so ago near the campground, it took quite a while before the road was cleared, it was an impressive amount of rock. Nowadays you have to look hard to find its location, just another talus slope among the many. The manufacture and quality control testing of dynamite at the Dyno Nobel plant less than a mile away was a contributing factor no doubt.

[@vincentmoore9891]

You should see jump rock in Gladie Creek at the red river gorge to see a decent boulder with some charm.

[@naturebuoys]

Great video! New subscriber

[@TheGeoModels]

thanks!

[@drsuperhero]

Love to see lidar through central Pa to the endless mt and PA Grand Canyon lidar! Use to hunt through that area! Worlds End St park.

[@RumpelFourSkin]

Glad you weighed the rock

[@johncamp2567]

Intelligent entertainment!!🤩

[@bonham4994sts9]

Grayson Highlands state park in Va has some really big boulders but they're near the top of the mtn

[@Bottomfeederonfire]

That’s a nice boulder

[@TheGeoModels]

I thought so too

[@anthonyhill503]

Go to the Owls Head in Tyler County, WV Big boulders on a mountain top pushed there by the glaciers i guess

[@danielholston5445]

There is one like this in a neighborhood in Charlotte NC. It has been called Indian Rock. No one really knows where it came from. Another classic geographical feature is 40 Acre Rock in Chester/Pageland SC

[@JesstheGeologist]

My man, as field and lidar geos we're just practicing our hobbies, getting 'paid to play.' Looking at the cliff lines in the unknown tributary of the Red River Gorge, I noticed that the rectangular shapes of the two sets of cliff lines are perpendicular and parallel to the streams underneath each, but are skewed from each other. This might suggest that the joints forming the release surfaces are local to each catchment and are a product of valley release jointing and not regional tectonics (although the stresses may have been loaded during tectonic thickening and burial). If they were failing on regional joint sets I would expect the orientation of both cliff lines would match. Of course, there could be 4 sets of regional joints and the stream erosion is allowing valley release to express the sets locally. It would be interesting to compare the cliff line orientations to joints away from the cliff but in the same area to look for a regional pattern and whether it matches the cliffs. Another important limiting factor on block size is joint spacing, which often corresponds to layer thickness. The thicker beds will have wider joint spacing. There must be maximum bedding thicknesses (or metamorphic layers, for your Blue Ridge example) that limit how widely spaced the joints can form. There may be some compositional homogeneity in the granitic gneiss that allowed a certain chunk to fall as a cohesive piece. Often the wider joint spacing in those rocks will correlate to more massive layers, just like in a massive sandstone. Anyhow, another banger of a video!

[@tengoindiamike]

This was super cool to watch! Is that lidar a layer on Google Earth? I’m in SE Michigan and while we have some pretty huge glacial erratics here, there isn’t anything (that I know of) that comes close to the scale of these. I’d love to explore our local area with lidar

[@TheGeoModels]

Check out the "how to see things with lidar" vid on this channel. Thanks for watching!

[@ledraps22]

Where can i find the LiDAR tool or similar that you use? (edit: spoke to soon you just made a new video on it!) Weird recommendation, i know it's not in the general area you're in, but Inman Gulf in Tug Hill State Forest, NY, was a very interesting visit and the gorge/gulf it forms is stunning. Wondering if you're curious to make a video explaining the beautiful formation there, or if you know of similar.

[@lynneholdaway5133]

Theres a place called flat rock in Independence,Va. I'd be courious to know if or how it came to be.Or if any unusual circumstances.Love this study, thankyou.

[@youregonnaattackthem]

You're basically the Bob Ross of MS Paint Block Diagrams now

[@TheGeoModels]

I am telling you the happy friends are coming soon

[@Dragrath1]

@@TheGeoModels todays "friends" didn't seem so happy with you what with the glowing red eyes...

[@DavidSmith-jj7ll]

So IIRC from my undergrad days there are some paraglacial features in the Broad River gorge near Bat Cave that might very well be near where Big Ol' Rock is. Curious if that shows up in the LIDAR. It was along the south wall of the gorge in the north-facing slope so while true glaciation didn't happen in the southern Appalachians on that slope you could get some small cirques forming and some outwash deposits etc. This was many many years ago so I don't recall any more details, but it was unexpected having grown up thinking glaciers were for places like Pennsylvania or Maine.

[@Theonixco]

Reminds me of Hospital Rock in Jones Gap State park in SC

[@StElmosFire53]

Is the cap rock in the area in TN the teepee looking mountains around Knoxville ?😊

[@LoreTunderin]

Not sure if it's technically part of the Appalachians, but in Nova Scotia there's some incredible boulder fields near Peggy's Cove, most were apparently carried and deposited by glaciers. Some are absolutely massive, using the local LIDAR I'm measuring some over 200 feet long!

[@ericscottstevens]

There has to be displacement of massive rock from the Wells Creek Basin meteor in Tennessee. 10 miles radius impact, chunks have to be somewhere. Yet it was seen as a shallow water impact.

[@philipoakley5498]

~9:14 "Transition gneissly down the slope " 😁

[@Dragrath1]

I see you have inserted some paint monsters into your pictures of these boulders there. I used to do that back in highschool so I can relate much less draconic and or alien than my paint monsters tended to be never seen any red eyed sasquatches. XD Interesting from those cross sections you have a straight transition from the blue ridge escarpment to the piedmont in the southern Appalachia? Here in (Northern)Virginia the Piedmont is separated by a large graben known as the Triassic basin which is full of sedimentary rocks and ultramafic intrusives/volcanics dating to the late Triassic and lower Jurassic when Pangaea was breaking up. I didn't realize that didn't extend all the way down the Appalachia Piedmont boundary. Looking it up yeah it seems they stop in the northernmost zones of South Carolina barely extending south of the border and have the formal geologic name of the Newark supergroup and the placement near the edge of the Piedmont seems limited to parts of the formation as the series of failed rift grabens cross cut the piedmont and only in the area of Northern VA to southern Pa does it fall close to the blue ridge escarpment transition with the bulk of the grabens both to the north and south moving closer to or intersecting with the costal plain . Well I'll be damned I learned not to generalize my local perspective here.

[@TheGeoModels]

We have some normal faults that are probably rift basin boundaries, but the basin fill has already eroded away. You are correct that you just get a tiny whiff of Triassic rock in SC sort of southeast of Charlotte. There are a couple below the Coastal Plain, though...according to subsurface studies. The basins run at angle to the Appalachian trend, so they cut through the east Valley and Ridge in PA and Maryland, the eastern Blue Ridge in NoVA, then the Piedmont further south. They're interesting. I mapped some of the Richmond Basin near Hallsboro VA. Weird to see sed rocks in such a landscape.

[@jesusgarcia8427]

I don’t love but maybe 40 minutes away and I go to looking glass falls a couple times a year… ima have to check out this spot at some point if there’s any trails near it

[@timothyconover9805]

Ah, I believe I found the Big ole Rock in regular Google terrain view. It isn't near as distinct, but the nearby creeks appear to match your Lidar version. I was up on the escarpment above a few times, some years ago. Sadly a place where yahoos throw a tremendous amount of trash.

[@PavelDatsyuk-ui4qv]

Can we get a top 10 appalacoan boulder championship video . The world wants to know lol.

[@mcchuggernaut9378]

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

[@Dirty-Olds-Man]

Does the usgs have a link to view Lidar ? Would love to explore my area.

[@derrickvarnadore1682]

Is any of the lidar available to the public? I live in polk co. Nc. I work with the forest but I’m quickly growing jealous of your job. I feel like this tech could be useful for my job as well

[@TheGeoModels]

There's an email address if you scroll down at this link: princegeology.com/about-philip-prince/ Holler at me...you can get some really high-test stuff for Polk. I have used it at length!

[@derrickvarnadore1682]

Sweet!

[@RPSchonherr]

I don't know. The scree from the retreating glaciers further north left some really huge boulders in NY, NJ and PA

[@ClyDIley]

Hey Mister, I'm new around here. How do I get that LIDAR overlay on my google earth pro?

[@kennethsimmons5235]

For the love of it............. where do I find lidar on google maps....... Or do I need to go to a web page to see the lay out of my land? Semper Fi. and Peace be with you.

[@TheGeoModels]

you can do a lot off a USGS site. I might do a quick vid tomorrow to demo it.

[@zanisvaldmanis1755]

9:16 "...it was kind of able to transition gneissly."😂

[@TheGeoModels]

I wonder if the closed caption picked up on it…

[@williamtrakas3142]

Is there anything video worthy about Big Bradley Falls in Saluda, NC? The place is really severe and it seems geologically interesting!

[@TheGeoModels]

In a shocking algorithm moment, I'm probably about to head out there today. In short, the orientation of the layers (they are aligned mineral layers as it's metamorphic rock) is close to flat, which is good for making big falls in steep streams. Cove Creek is carving into the landscape to try to "keep up" with the Green River Gorge, but it's a slower process because Cove is smaller. The result is a monster, gigantic falls that makes the little creek powerful enough to carve up the rock well.

[@williamtrakas3142]

@@TheGeoModels Crazy!! Hope you had fun. That’s a great bit of info and I appreciate you taking the time to answer!

[@thirstfast1025]

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.

[@TheGeoModels]

I would believe it

[@ronaldpaul3703]

Is it possible to see on lidar and predict land slides like just happens in western NC or how much rain water it would take to cause the land slides?

[@Android480]

Why are the thrusts and folds in Virginia so much more pronounced than Tennessee? and the actual blue ridge smaller?

[@TheMattC9999]

@ 0:00:25 hiker -"Holy crap it's a bigfoot! " Bigfoot- "Wow, that's mighty nice of this random human to do the splits across that gap and offer to make himself into a bridge for me.".....

[@TheGeoModels]

just another day at the office for the beast