Monumentality

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Music in order of Appearance:
Home - Finally Landing
Torsion - Blues Patrol
Nero’s Day at Disneyland - Eulogy for Nick Galvas
Kevin MacLeod - Heavy Heart
Gavriel - Thangs
Moonlight In Vermont (Soft Jazz Version)
Super Smash Bros Melee - Jungles Japes
Kevin MacLeod - Crinoline Dreams
Red Haze - Ozymandias
Boards of Canada - Transmisiones Ferox
Dead Melodies - Haunted by Whispers
Kevin MacLeod - Style Funk
Haircuts for Men - Jerking off to heavens gate
Autechre - Notwotwo
S H O P P I N G M A L L 1998 Michellini
Converted Missile Train - Goldeneye
Kevin MacLeod - Morgana Rides
Boards of Canada - Aquarius
Boards of Canada - B12 Side B Audiotrack
Kevin MacLeod - Bossa Antigua
Oneohtrix Point Never - Behind the Bank
PilotRedSun - Deady Mission
Oneohtrix Sleep Mix
Yume Nikki Fangame sleep mix - bgm044
b o d y l I n e - sheltered
Sci-fi City Music Ambience
PilotRedSun - Deadly Mission
Star Wars City Ambience
Star Wars Battlefront OST - Jakku Loading Loop B
Halo Ambient Music Mix
Von Hohenhelm - Silicon Soul - 3000 Years (Special thanks check out their channel: / @hohenheimstudios )
Boards of Canada - 5978 Retic Remix
Aphex Twin - Weathered Stone
Aphex Twin - Blue Calx
Boards of Canada - Roygbiv (COVER by Pece)

[@SolarSands]

Edit: Got rid of the rant. It was pointless. Here are the metric conversions: 1 in = 2.54 cm 1 foot = 0.305 meter 1 mile = 1.61 km

[@SomeGuyPF]

what are these ancient texts

[@lurji]

ppl should stfu about measurements and just enjoy the rest of this amazing video

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

@@kindlytv1097 This is honest to goodness the pettiest comment I have ever seen. And this is coming from someone who dislikes mister metokur. When did he ever say this? How long ago was it, under what context? And why do you feel the need to bring it up under such a vastly different subject?

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

@@kindlytv1097 Have you considered it has been five years and people’s opinions change? Solar has changed a lot in the time he has been on KZbin, personality and content wise, from what I’ve noticed. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to assume his stances on other content creators and humor of that nature have changed.

[@Nagatoyuki49]

what a way to expand the reach of your content

[@contaantiga5397]

This is the first one million special that I ever saw where the creator makes justice to the size of the achievement

[@miguelol2169]

Pse man

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

RATIOOOO

[@dino4812]

same

[@abby9448]

@@MC3DGoldSeto L

[@plantinapot9169]

Team trees beat it for me, but it’s def the second. Though ‘makes justice’ might be the wrong word, since it’s pretty subjective to whichever creator in question

[@whyrubuyingclothesatasoupstore]

I can't believe "Take a journey with me through the unfathomable" and "There's Grubhub LORE?" are phrases said by the same person

[@LarsTonguesInAspix]

Sometimes, the wisest say the stupidest and funniest shit

[@blugastidiofable9517]

When did he say that because I’m almost done with the video and I didn’t hear it yet?

[@devonstaggs9470]

@@blugastidiofable9517 completely different video, give me a minute and ill come back with a link and timestamp :p Edit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onfFaHWFfsSEfMU

[@lautre8313]

@@devonstaggs9470 ommmmm 🔥m 🔥🔥mmmm 🔥🔥m 🔥mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 🔥🔥mm 🎉🎉🎉🎉mmmmmmmm 🎉🎉m 🎉m 🎉mmmm 🔥mm 🔥m 🔥m 🔥mm 🔥m 🔥🔥mm 👌👌👌👌m 👌mmmm 👌m 👌👌m 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉m 🎉🎉🎉🎉m 🎉🎉🔥🔥mmmm 🔥mmmmmm 🔥mmmm 🔥m 🔥mm 🔥mmmmmmm 🔥👌m 👌mmm 👌👌mmmmmmm 👌mmmmmmmmmm 🐔m 🐔🐔mm 🐔m 🐔🐔mmmmmmmm 🐔🐔🐔m 🐔mmmmmm 🐔m 🐔🐔🐔mmmmmm 🐔🐔🐔mmm 🐔mmmmm 🐔mmmmmmm 🐔mmm 🐔mmmmmmmmmm 🐔mmmmmmmmmmmm 🐔mmmmmmm 🐔mmmmm 🔥mm 🔥mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 👌👌👌👌mmmmץץ 🔥🔥ץmmmmm

[@ryanthoms]

@@devonstaggs9470 You’re so sick for this that was perfect 😂

[@thespidermanoftheottomanempire]

39:39 When I clog the toilet with my monumental shit burger

[@ii8thecookies]

I give you my reddit gold, stranger.

[@AuriofTheHooligans]

This joke was so monumental that solar sands literally hearted it holy shit

[@bush6770]

@@ii8thecookiesew

[@poogissploogis]

You are the yin to Vsauce's yang. If the two of you collaborated I don't think the world would be ready for it.

[@d00d22]

Apples and oranges really, solar sands is an art channel and vsauce is a science channel. This video was sort of vsauce-like, but it was the first of its kind from this channel, and its like 4 times as long as a vsauce video. Vsauce is sort of the father of this beautiful genre of video, which solar sands and emplemon are both kind of trying to do now. Even tho solar sands started as a deviantart review channel and emplemon started as a ytp channel

[@adrianbenedictmendoza6818]

Ch3ck out Library of the untold if youre looking for wholistic perspective of reality

[@Green_Bean_Machine]

@@d00d22 idk about trying, they are frankly past that and well into succeeding (especially emplemon) and thats even assuming you can call the stuff these fellas are making v-sauce like in the first place.

[@muserweaver]

"The City" is just a Tony Hawk's mausoleum

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

RATIIIO

[@beterotato6757]

Dick Gumshoe pfp epic

[@AmbrosiaPoly-yolkEgg]

@@MC3DGoldSeto commence the chirping of the crickets

[@an_annoying_cat]

@@MC3DGoldSeto this aint twitter bud

[@moonboogien8908]

Or a level in a DOOM mod

[@cuttlefishlife4379]

I've been subscribed to your channel for you a while now, and seeing you grow from deviant art reviewer, to art analyser, and now this. This video is your skyscraper. Your pyramid. Everything you've been building up to, and oh my god was it a fun journey. And like you said, there's a 0% chance that this will remain your biggest skyscraper. You're my favourite KZbinr and I look forward to seeing what else you build.

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

RATIOOOOO

[@totallyrealname8849]

@@MC3DGoldSeto can you not

[@memememr46]

@@MC3DGoldSeto L

[@extremedrumming3393]

@@MC3DGoldSeto that was... really cringe.

[@nate.draws.things]

I learned because of John Green that there's a term for the mix of fear, awe, amazement and smallness you feel when you witness something very large. It's called "Mysterium Tremendum," and I felt a strong sense of it when I first visited Chicago. I was in Millennium Park when I looked up at one of the skyscrapers and it felt like the breath was just drawn out of me. The only way I could describe it was, "Things aren't meant to be that big" lmao.

[@blacky6552]

The writing is top-notch. "It isn't just big things in a vacuum that interest people" he says, while there are planets on screen. That's already a like from me.

[@einekartoffel2490]

Dang, really hitting me in the Vsauce nostalgia and existential feels. This is a well-made video.

[@tulip_hysteria]

Especially him starting off the video with a big number. Definitely vsauce inspired

[@an_annoying_cat]

i think solar sands is better than vsauce, sure michael makes really interesting videos but not to this scale

[@eeaahh]

@@tulip_hysteria A lot of transitions with one common word linking to separate concepts (What is the biggest work of art?), very Vsauce inspired

[@Ifgodscouldbleed70times]

I don't know, all these vsauce inspired channels have gotten to the point that they don't even reassemble vsauce even if it still f e e l s like it.

[@kuyans3889]

@@_DF_ what

[@baacloud]

It's been a wild ride seeing the transition from showcasing odd art while creating some art here and there to making entire 80-minute videos which can be considered art in themselves. Congrats on 1 mil, you earned it

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

REATIOOO

[@marcelburdon9795]

@@MC3DGoldSeto useless reply to a very heartfelt and genuine comment.

[@OmarGarcia-zx2yl]

It all started from a minute long mspaint robot voice of undertale in a nutshell, to critiquing weird art of characters from deviantart to this

[@kirtil5177]

@@marcelburdon9795 what does his comment even mean. you sound like you know

[@creeperhunterD]

@@kirtil5177 "ratio", a Twitter meme where a reply tries to get more likes than the original comment by just saying "ratio".

[@kulfoa_1328]

This is probably one of the greatest videos on this platform imo

[@tortis6342]

I know. It feels like a Jacob Geller video at points.

[@shlokwaghela9560]

Watch some of Super Eyepatch Wolf's

[@Iachesism]

don’t mind this just gonna make some time stamps for myself n my mom 19:37 - the radiant city 21:12 - that’s a cool wording 31:43 - Étienne-Louis Boullée 32:58 - John Martin 38:46 - Statue of Unity 40:05 - Christo and Jeanne-Claude 46:48 - city

[@cookiemons9097]

Lol, just to hear him go from philosopher, to art historian, to ranting on about your disliking of star wars plot holes makes this video deserving of at least 10 million views.

[@dreadedworld8864]

The Leonardo Da Vinci of our time

[@cookiemons9097]

Bruh, this video doesnt even have 10 million views; im shaking and crying

[@serbanandrei7532]

Also find time to complain about women prefering tall men, he is a real chad

[@taco2422]

true

[@subzepl125]

I put off this video for nearly a year and now that i’m watching it, I regret that.

[@OtaKing77077]

I was actually animating Star Destroyers whilst watching this. It came as quite a surprise when he started mentioning how cool all the little windows are, since I was adding all the individual specks of light at the time.

[@dazza2350]

Blimey mate

[@igonatangi]

Hey you animating Star Wars again? Yass! Btw, do you have any Star Wars wallpapers besides Tie Fighter Short Film poster? Cuz its on my desktop for such a long time.

[@taco_xd1725]

Ayyy otakingits here

[@physical_insanity]

Yo, you're the guy who made that TIE fighter animation, right? That's so sick that you're doing Star Wars again.

[@speedycube3239]

is that very complicated to open a linux software?

[@forgottensoles3673]

This channel is like Vsause but in a longer format. I'm in love.

[@Weeman2541]

I'm so happy you've mentioned BLAME! It was constantly on the back of my mind throughout this video being my favourite piece of sci-fi ever created, partially thanks to it's incomprehensible scale

[@hereliesviktor1570]

from deviant art ranter, to a sophisticated art historian. that's character development right there. edit: this is a war zone, my god.

[@Zedoy]

True dat

[@pastorofmuppets9346]

i kinda miss his old stuff but yeah

[@Notposting0]

True glow-up.

[@aturchomicz821]

God he was so toxic and defiant back then, thank god he grew up...

[@monbub]

@@pastorofmuppets9346 His old videos were immature bc all he did was make fun of random people's bad fetish art. I prefer these videos, you can tell he puts a lot of effort into them.

[@JC19021]

I love how this feels like 10 separate videos in one. All centering around the broad theme of big things. It’s so bizarre and sometimes jarring, but I love each section.

[@zayseeu8337]

I love that you love jake

[@karltanner3953]

Would you say that it's... monumental?

[@NexusBecauseWhyNot]

A video about monumentalism has to be monumental in some ways ;^)

[@RichConnerGMN]

if the flag is intentional, nice pfp

[@lurji]

space serbia?

[@kaffii]

words cannot explain how much I love that intro sequence

[@Katie29Archive]

The fact, that Solar Sands started from stupid browsing deviantart videos to THIS is... I don't even know, how to describe it! That huge improvement is absolutely astounding!

[@corktail7900]

while somewhat forgettable game, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel had incredible looking skyboxes, i actually felt like an ant while looking out to the massive spaceship structures surrounding the playable area.

[@michac.8283]

True. It's not that easy to make a sky box that actually feels monumental and far away

[@Barakon]

I’m the 69th like.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

Half life 2

[@theunknown4648]

dude...i literally thought of that while watching the video

[@theunknown4648]

@@Barakon and thats impressive too

[@bestcombos5945]

The reason why I just LOVE Solar’s videos is that he knows exactly how to put into words what I can only vaguely conceptualize in my head.. Congrats for 1M!

[@abandonedmuse]

Right? I show his video on liminality whenever I want to explain it because he does a much better job than I ever could.

[@landop3320]

I just realized (9 months after my intial view) that Gurren Lagann is the PERFECT example of Monumentality. The mind-boggling size of mechs that only keep getting bigger and bigger until they basically surpass the size of the universe. Its really hard to comprehend the more you think about it. I know this is old but I hope you check Gurren Lagann out if you ever read this lol.

[@nezzivancic3644]

Hearing you talk about the beautiful scale and "pictures don't do it justice" reminded me of the first time I went scuba diving in the ocean, in my case as part of the Great Barrier Reef. It just... Keeps going, in all directions, and you can swim in all directions to look at it. And you can pick any point and swim up to it and see countless life existing. My brain still struggles to make sense of it all. Each tiny sliver of it contains beauty, and there is so so much of it. I will never forget it, and I only saw a tiny fraction of it. I will never know it.

[@Weisz]

This is insanely good, your work inspires me - thanks for all of the incredible videos

[@Weisz]

@@ghdhfgh6125 we get a tiny boost in the comments, idk why

[@goodlightpringles6335]

a crossover we didn't know we needed

[@s0uls4nd]

"tiny"

[@cookiemons9097]

Seeing your comment surpass mine in likes even though I made mine before yours, actually hurt me irl. I think i need to detox from youtube

[@Weisz]

@@cookiemons9097 you'll get good at commenting eventually, trust me -- i used to occasionaly get top comment on salc1 videos or others even before i had enough subs to be verified. but yeah if it effects you that much I think a little break is healthy :)

[@Supremechairuser]

After the Minecraft painting video, Solar Sands completely rebranded himself. He became an incredible art historian and critic.

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

RATIIIOOO

[@user-fz2ef6ls2k]

@@MC3DGoldSeto cringe.

[@loaff6805]

@@MC3DGoldSeto 😐

[@coffeedude]

I don't see him as a critic

[@gage3180]

"City" just seems like a really big skate park

[@realmalcontent1029]

24:15 bro got that minecraft walk lmao

[@sashatotte7080]

This is genuinly one of the best one million sub specials I have ever seen.

[@hannahlennertkristiansen4797]

so true

[@Purriah]

The track at the beginning started it off strong

[@j2323j]

Facts

[@vsauce4678]

The

[@Rickrollmachine23]

I want to see more on this level, so do you have an example?

[@ludoviajante]

The effort put into these videos leaves me speechless. This channel is important not only for me, but for the world. You inspire me to be a better creator. Much love from Brazil!

[@contaantiga5397]

Você por aqui Ludo?

[@JoaoPedro-iw3qd]

Nossa não esperava ver você por aqui ludo, amo seu trabalho!

[@Thenormal880]

Yup

[@Ayahifuu]

cool to see you here ludoviajante (Sou um inscrito seu)

[@lisisttan]

opa ludo

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

"The Bigatron Skybuster" is such a perfect take-down of all these ridiculous conceptual proposals. I almost want to make a proposal video for it with some cheap CGI, engineering final project level graphics just to get it onto some stupid top ten lists and make people think it's a real thing.

[@silasbroehl]

I can’t describe my feelings watching this video. The almost one and a half hours literally felt like 10 minutes because it was informative, fascinating, mind blowing and unbelievably well structured. Without a doubt one of the best KZbin videos I’ve ever watched. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@dashua1735]

"Big things interest me." - Solar Sands

[@crypticshadows]

ThTs what she said

[@pisscvre69]

Someone tell Cooksie we need that clip!

[@rsantana389]

mmmm sexy...

[@jonuhh_]

@@pisscvre69 1:53

[@melon7514]

Me to 😏

[@thekingofmoo4346]

Incredible job. Instead of making a self-congratulatory piece of fluff as many KZbinrs do when passing an important milestone, you took it as a challenge to make your greatest video yet.

[@theunknown4648]

dude this is the best thing i watched this year soo far

[@geeegaewlwlwll9328]

i don't think i have ever been sold on a manga faster than when you started describing blame. one of my favourite podcasts revolves around a colossal city and exploring its depths, so to find something similar, but with visuals... ideal

[@georgerendell7292]

What’s the podcast?

[@selfawaretrashcan4594]

Yo dude you gotta drop the podcast

[@gen2mediainc.577]

BLAME! Confirmed wicked sick, the design is really neat and is just so moody that the staggering scale of things just gets to you every time z

[@bodkie]

What's the podcast, it's important

[@geeegaewlwlwll9328]

@@bodkie @georgerendell7292 @selfawaretrashcan4594 sorry guys its in russian. its called внутренние тени if you know russian by any chance

[@baronvonkek8467]

When you mentioned that, in Blame, there was a room that was roughly the diameter of Jupiter, I audibly went "What!?," and rewound the video so that I could make sure I heard it right. That sinking feeling in the depths of my heart, just realizing that this is just *one room* of this thing...that is more terrifying than any monster ever could be.

[@honestlynuts__]

This video started out as a normal solar sands video but quickly turned into a highly sophisticated documentary that's worthy of being on paid streaming services

[@quentinweidle5550]

What better way to do a video on monumentality than by making said video in the context of its own channel, monumental? Even his more bigger project videos like thalassophobia don't reach near the same extent this video is

[@gatex33d74]

and a star wars rant at one point

[@SkepticCrankMan]

100%. I watch a lot of documentaries on many subjects and I'm incredibly impressed by the scope of this film and the depth of exploration of the subject matter. Great editing, narration, and description of concepts. Seriously, you should enter this in a film festival of some kind. Oh, and by the way, mind blown by the profundity. Thank you for doing this. Looking forward to more.

[@lazydroidproductions1087]

Well, it became big, and then it became a monument, and then it just kept growing

[@DinggisKhaaniMagtaal]

But it sadly ends on a speculation towards a future still dominated by colonialism

[@HOHENHEIMSTUDIOS]

Happy that my score can play a little part in this wonderful piece. Seriously, great job.

[@WobblesandBean]

Was that you who did the intro song?

[@howtoavenge1016]

Very fitting stuff. Great work

[@benjaminnewlon7865]

@@WobblesandBean No, the intro song is "Resonance" by Home

[@kertchoo6831]

@@benjaminnewlon7865 no the intro is we’re finally landing by home

[@iTzic21]

@@kertchoo6831 no, it's darude - sandstorm

[@tinysloth7]

At 5:25 with the strange flashing light sequence, the exact moment it started, my lightbulb started to flicker. You scared me so bad!

[@xavierwedel4691]

8:51 As a Canadian, you can't begin to measure my disappointment of you not including the CN tower. My disappointment was infact of such grandeur, you could call it a testament to Monumentality.

[@Miconazole]

Wait a minute, is this the SAME channel who posted that “Phineas and Verb” in a nutshell??? This is some gourmet character development right there….

[@zyansheep]

And undertale in a nutshell xD

[@vashvalentine4991]

This entire video could have been the greatest set up to a Your Mom joke ever

[@aydankhaliq2967]

OH NOOOOOO! The missed opportunity.

[@jazz8000]

Damn, i'd edit the video and reupload if it were me.

[@theunknown4648]

thank god i didn’t read the comments while watching incase your reading while watching STOP

[@daltonperry517]

quite possibly my favorite video on KZbin. I've watched it at least 5 or 6 times and it's just so dense that I feel like I'm watching it for the first time, every time. And though dense it may be, it's presented in such a way as to never be boring. High quality work, Solar Sands.

[@inkyoggy]

this is legitimately one of the best if not the best informative essay video i have ever seen on youtube. made like a documentary but branching off into many different fields, only held together by the concept "monumentality". incredible

[@iamafish4098]

I love how half way through it just turns into a rant about the sequel trilogy

[@thxu4_the_venom657]

I can’t believe you went from someone who scrolls through weird deviant stuff to making very thoughtful and intelligent videos on different art phenomenons, I’ve been watching your channel since the deviant art days (for some reason I kept subscribing and unsubscribing????) and your channels really one of my favorites, congrats on 1 million, it’s totally deserved!!!

[@daybreak4993]

lowkey reminds of illuminaughty’s channel growth, like they went from making reddit videos to making well researching and well thought out videos about history, shady companies, and much more.

[@thefordlord9893]

@@daybreak4993 Heard there was some controversy around her.

[@beepmoo8771]

@@thefordlord9893 yea, had to do something with mycaw

[@n_worder]

Check out Vsauce's old vids lol

[@taco_xd1725]

This video is a masterpiece of art , the best 1 mil celebrate video ever made , change my mind

[@That-Google-Guy]

Blink and you’ll miss it: 11:39 - turning the train “up” because it’s going to be vertical cracked me up more than it should have

[@calebcouch2597]

This has got to be my favorite video on youtube. I come back and watch it at least once a month. Such an entertaining project you've put together my man. Keep up the great work.

[@whynotart6657]

This itself could be considered a film/documentary level and considering the length and subject matter you didn't lose my focus for a single moment! This video was absolutely brilliant

[@yeehawo7]

"sometimes, evil is glorious" what a fucking raw line

[@sssinfullyyours]

Meh. Pretentious sht.

[@IAmSchwi]

@@sssinfullyyours It's cool though..

[@damienoloughlin6068]

@@sssinfullyyours what does pretentious mean?

[@Z01nkScoobs]

​@@damienoloughlin6068 When it comes to things like this video, it means an excessive or over-exaggerated claim. Although I believe yeah it is somewhat pretentious, its a pretty great quote.

[@damienoloughlin6068]

@@Z01nkScoobs thankyou for the explanation. I can now agree with you 😂

[@darshandhabale143]

I teared up at the end... so beautiful I was never afraid of large, but now I think I have more respect for it Especially the sheer scale of monumentality of dyson spheres

[@Nicht_ein_pelzig]

Same

[@charlestheiner2833]

56:56 "I dream about experiences I know I'll never have." With this subject matter in particular, that hit home real hard.

[@MoldyBagel]

The fact that you took an intermission to promote other channels is godlike. ALSO YOU MENTIONED MATA NUI OMG

[@sonderwaves8059]

but can he beat goku

[@GSTACK57]

It’s pretty well known.

[@doozy5184]

I actually didn't know that Mata Nui was a massive being.

[@Luka1180]

@@GSTACK57 What is? That Solar's a bonkles fan?

[@Luka1180]

@@doozy5184 He's a giant robot with islands inside of him!

[@novadotjar4757]

"a monument to everything" is such an awesome way to end this incredible video. sounds like the name of an achievement you get for beating a game on the hardest difficulty without dying

[@vizzy61]

Halo's the master chief collection has something almost like that. It's got "A Monument to All Your Sins" which is acquired by beating Halo Reach on Legendary, solo.

[@novadotjar4757]

@@vizzy61 i absolutely love the halo games but i would never be able to do that lol

[@danielmurray3871]

When you place the millionth black in a Minecraft world

[@sonder006]

@@novadotjar4757 you can do it, reach is one of the easier games on legendary

[@tylerbrubaker2331]

@@sonder006 I think it's easier than Halo 2, but definitely harder than CE, 3, ODST, Infinite and 4.

[@paperboy6500]

Every so often I sit down and rewatch this video and it never gets old. This is just well done on a level I can’t think of.

[@Kaitivere]

This video is truly one of the best on KZbin. The fact it's closer to the length of a film than it is to the average youtuve video says a lot. The amount of time, editing, and research that went into this is, dare I say, Monumental. Fantastic work, Solar Sands. I look forward to you continuing to create and cant wait to keep watching your growth and videos as you continue your journey on KZbin.

[@michac.8283]

Photos of the cosmos never fail to fill me with awe. The fact that every one of them contains billions, if not trillions of stars, orbited by even more planets, each as complex and beautiful as Earth... it's something else. And we will never be able to reach them and experience their beauty first hand. Really makes you think how insignificant we really are.

[@redeye4516]

Reminds me of Job 38. I'd post it but it's honestly so long.

[@user-qh5jk1mn5i]

and each one of those planets we won’t ever really know either, even something as small as an ant on this earth right now we may never truely know because of the atoms that make up it. and it may even go further, so we don’t even know how much we don’t know. wild, isn’t it

[@amanimazlan]

The way you just segway into different but related topics is just so vsauce-esque 👌🏼

[@majora36]

reason I instantly subbed. good vids for my adhd mind.

[@porple4430]

*segue

[@amanimazlan]

@@porple4430 terima kasih cikgu

[@Mr_Rabbit]

Vsauce was the cause of my youtube addiction, I still get goosebumps when I watch some of his videos. Solar sands is the same. The quality is hard to compare to anything else.

[@ainou6676]

Even two+ years after you posted this, this is my absolute favourite video on the internet! It has been in the back of my head all this time and inspired me. Especially as a future artist I find this a very influential and thought provoking video for me .

[@adriandunn6652]

Love the inclusion of The Angel of The North @30:20 one of my favourite sculptures from my home, North East of England. This video speaks to me in ways I do not fully understand, and taps into my love for architecture. Every now and again I pop back into this channel to find something remarkable. Props dude, keep being you.

[@smeminem1258]

The utility is honestly something that really elevates some of these megastructures, because a kilometer long monolith is sorta cool but it really can't compare to those super refineries, where every centimeter has a meaning that was thought about and designed

[@KookieDanish]

The intro of monumentality really scares me. It looks like it has no ending and keeps increasing in size. Nice job, Solar Sands!

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

RATIOO

[@cottoncherry2177]

@@MC3DGoldSeto what

[@Eye-Of-The-Beholder]

@@MC3DGoldSeto good luck cause no one cares about ratio my dude

[@Nutlicker683]

@@MC3DGoldSeto you’ve commented ratio 22 times on this channel, get a life

[@CalikoFirearms]

I don’t understand?

[@nataroonytrontime3976]

Probably the best video essay on KZbin. If I could watch this for the first time again I would. Thank you very much for the experience

[@twinphalanx4465]

The video gave me an epiphany, decided I want to be an architect, I want to make my mark on this world not just in my name but in humanitys name, each building a monument of artistic design for the beautification of humanitys.

[@99SuperKiller99]

One of the few hour plus videos I can watch fully without any drop in interest, and will continue to come back to watch many times over. I love the way this video makes me feel.

[@jelly4790]

So cool that you've found something so fascinating that you can write an insightful script spanning nearly 90 minutes

[@hairscythe2257]

The most beautiful character development ever. I have so much nostalgia from Browsing DeviantArt, and I learned so much about art l. I really bonded with someone very important to me with the series, but now I know that the cringe culture of Solar's past is obsolete. Nevertheless, Solar Sands was the channel of my childhood. Being like 11 and sitting down and watching Browsing DeviantArt I'd what I looked forward every day coming home from school. I don't know if Solar knows how much he meant to me, but my admiration for him has only grown. Thank you Solar, for growing from a sardonic redditesque web critic, to one of the internet's smartest, most revered scholar. Thank you for being what I look forward to watching every month. I squee with joy when a blue dot appears next to your channel name. Thank you, Solar.

[@moosesues8887]

Old head

[@bruhinator1805]

@@moosesues8887 ???

[@Wintyyyy_]

I think a lot of us can relate to this

[@itslapisnotbob8368]

I appreciate your pfp

[@martinimate4336]

@@bruhinator1805 old head

[@joeystracener9804]

He went full circle while talking about a sphere. Mad props! Instant Subscriber. Thank you!

[@lauge222]

I've watched this video so many times. They way you talk with passion and the high quality editing is so addicting. Thank you for making this.

[@iTMG]

this video was absolutely fascinating and awe inspiring, great job! :)

[@abandonedaccount123]

THE funi ITMG???? wait, YOU just reached 1 mil too :DDD

[@luke_222]

Ay u guys got 1 mil at the same time nice

[@eliquen]

congrats on 1 mil too!

[@aturchomicz821]

It is kinda hopium seeing Society should be dead by about 2040 though🤔

[@maho9139]

Mfw when no checkmark ;")

[@watermelonseeds3652]

This is definitely a monumental occasion

[@mammakstolltv]

This is definitely a monumental occasion

[@le9038]

LIVE STREAM IS STARTING

[@trentthen642]

Yeah

[@alioramusman5650]

True

[@mcchickenbaptistchurch.org2]

Or in other words, this really be a bruh moment

[@jaeden7060]

i'll be honest, i keep coming back to this video. it's such a good video explaining, defining, and bringing the scope of 1 million into reality. this video is an amazing exercise of scale. for having monumental numbers thrown around so carelessly now, and being desensitized to how imposing those numbers actually are (thanks to billionaires, trillions of dollars of debt, cookie clicker, etc), it's really hard to understand the reality of those numbers when you exist in the realm of "staying in your home and exploring the world through the internet." the achievement of 1mil subs really is huge. i'm happy for you. and thank you for, well, probably your biggest, and your best video so far. this was an achievement by itself, honestly.

[@jonny_bloozit]

A monumental achievement from a young indie filmmaker. This video rivals any documentary I've ever seen, including those made by creators with far larger budgets, and decades more experience.

[@Diabl0Mask]

- Rich in content, justified long duration. - Top notch editing. - Brings up many different topics but ties them up under one theme. - No dragging out, despite the duration. - Kept my attention through the whole video. - No pretending and over-dramatization, despite the thought-provoking topics. - Shout outs to other interesting youtubers. - High rewatch value. This goes down as one of the best youtube videos I've ever seen, these million Subs are well deserved!

[@crazedaze7256]

⭐Same although I can say the same thing for almost every other video on this channel, some of the best content on the whole platform in my opinion, that never ending monumental platform⭐

[@Bejaardenbus]

Yet still uses miles and feet, as if they're meaningful in any way. Just fucking move into the 16th century already.

[@ethansexton2590]

-Mentions Bionicle

[@zed12-ui4jy]

What's the intro song called? Because it's really nice

[@ebraheemrana]

This man literally walks you through comprehending art I fucking love it

[@namate1285]

This is by far the best video KZbin has to offer, i find myself often coming back to rewatch it from time to time, such a banger

[@jewellier]

I'm rewatching this video sixth time already, from the beginning 'till the end. A truly monumental one for me, pun intended. Gives unreal emotions each time. Thank you for your work, Solar Sands

[@sbwm5500]

The fact that this achievement of a video isn't getting millions of views gives me a monumental sadness. This is an amazing video, thank you for putting so much effort into this Solar Sands

[@drunkensailor5771]

Its half way

[@negative6442]

I think a video this long will definately take time to gain views, since not everyone has the time to sit down and watch a video the length of a movie. It's been on my watchlist since it came out, but I only just got around to watching it. I've no doubt it'll hit a million, but it'll take time, just like everything else.

[@Santiago-sh3cq]

This comment was posted just after it was posted bro. Obviously it's going to take time to reach a million. More than half way there now.

[@jacobhowie532]

@@negative6442 yeah i think this is the kind of video that will sit around on youtube for a long time steadily gaining views, since it cant really get dated, like a vlog video might do maybe in 10 years it will have 10 million

[@idontneedaname318]

It's just super long it was a while before I had the commutteny to watch an hour long video

[@conorfeldman]

I love how the scale naturally increased throughout the video from ants to large buildings to cities to spaceships to planets to megastuctures.

[@RealSHOOTA_G.A.M]

Actual movie theater block buster tier video insanely good you really delivered

[@THEPUG_GAMER]

In my opinion, this is truly the best video SolarSands has ever made. And the ending with the dyson sphere does not disappoint. Solar, if you're reading this, your content is truly amazing. keep it up, man.

[@Acidfrog475]

How did we go from _Browsing Deviantart_ to _Monumentality?!_ This is insane! Your essays really are works of art. They are _monumental._ Thank you for making these.

[@shifty1927]

As an elevator mechanic these buildings sound terrible to build. Makes me thankful be work in DC and only have to do 12 or 13 floors . Walking those stairs with material and tools sounds like a nightmare.

[@bernds6587]

such buildings usually have more than just one elevator, though. if going such heights even faster, pressure difference becomes a problem aswell :(

[@VoidplayLP]

At that point you'd have to take a helicopter up there

[@MrCmon113]

You mean walking the 780km high elevator in Blame?

[@ethylead]

When your friends talked I was super caught off guard at how high their voiced were lol. Great video as always. Keep it up.

[@Echo-qk5sb]

That was an amazingly great video, congrats on the million sub! It has been amasing seeing this channel grow bigger and bigger and change over the time, going from art tips and reviews to theories and philosophy and concept analysis. Your channel is really grandiose

[@DaMoK7757]

10% Human Engineering 10% Art 10% Star Wars *70% BIONICLE LORE*

[@JustSnowglow]

I'm going to watch the rest of this video after work today and you better be telling the truth...

[@Venus-yt8dd]

And 15% concentrated power of will

[@MrCmon113]

@@JustSnowglow More like 1% Bionicle Lore.

[@Lemon-wk9ds]

When you mentioned BLAME!, I was instantly reminded of the great manga Girls' Last Tour and especially the bonus chapter following the last one (43.1). Throughout the whole manga, two girls basically try to get to the top of a gigantic city left deserted after a war. It has some really good architecture and would really recommend reading it, or at least check chapter 43.1 which is relatively spoiler free. Really great video!

[@10C45E]

This has become my favourite piece of content to ever be created, thank you for creating this masterpiece!

[@theonefreeman3375]

Hi Solar Sands, someone plagiarized your work in a video called "Megalophobia: Fear of the Huge" by a channel called Cresendex. Specifically, the segment on the manga "Blame" where he recites the exact same sentences as you do in this video word for word.

[@imenhashim6943]

this video feels like watching the thoughts of a really clever ADHD historian on coke

[@georgeptolemy7260]

What do you know about anything you said in this comment?

[@hyleslineata]

@@georgeptolemy7260 ?

[@fulana_de_tal]

Try watching exburb1a, everything he does feels like this

[@imenhashim6943]

@@fulana_de_tal oh ive been subbed to him for ages.

[@fulana_de_tal]

@@imenhashim6943 great

[@jodiecalussi]

this is the best video I've ever seen

[@waddalup6436]

Really weird seeing a verified commenter without likes

[@klunkymunkey9425]

agreed

[@kobayashidragor4564]

Watch transhumania's humanism, transhumanism and posthumanism documentaries

[@crisismoon880]

Verified user = free likes

[@someoneirrelevant1518]

wow endlich ein verifizierter KZbinr den ich tatsächlich kenne!

[@starry4471]

I have to say that this documentary is truly one of the best, if not the best; on the internet. Everything about it screams quality, time, care. Its length, monumental like its subject matter. Fantastic work.

[@blondejack6045]

Genuinely one of if not my absolute favourite video on this ridiculous site. So much effort and compassion is put into your work and it clearly shows, such re-watchability is scarce on KZbin imo.

[@jamodieus1416]

Good choice using that bit of Bionicle lore, the first time I realised the whole Bionicle story had taken place inside a planet sized robot was amazing and is a testament to monumentality

[@theenderclops]

bionicles were the best. did you by any chance read greg farshteys graphic novel series?

[@Darker4807]

I accidentally watched the whole thing, holy crap, every minute was even more interesting than the last one, this is just amazingly put together, I love your channel and I'm always really happy to see your uploads, congratulations on 1000000 subscribers!!!

[@JamesSmith-vc7ef]

man i always find myself coming back to this and all of your other videos at least once a year, keep on goin and don't widdle yourself down too much

[@PitzkeMP]

I am showing this to every one of my friends! what an absolutely incredible video. Solar Sands may perhaps be the most criminally underrated channel on the platfrom. From the impressive use of underground music ( something I was pleased to notice from the very first video I watched, Liminal Spaces, where Windows96 could be heard faintly in the background) to the utterly fascinating and deeply contemplative content matter, Solar Sands delivers literally some of the best media I have ever consumed. What a gem, so glad I found this channel

[@Nurpus]

This is pretty much word-for-word what goes through my mind at 2 AM.

[@berntz]

I feel the thought process about seeing an area that you may never get to explore. You wonder what went on, how things came to be in that area, what experiences were made there. But you'll never know since you only have so much time to discover it. For instance passing by small towns or seeing giant office buildings and just imagining being there living another life.

[@internetvictim4147]

You captured a feeling i get whenever i think about these kinds of things. For example, a new year's eve party and the places that are left all but empty when the countdown to midnight approaches. Or the classrooms in school during graduation ceremony. It's such a weird sensation that i can't put a name to it. But it relates to the scale of things and how we can't be everywhere, at the same time.

[@AlexReynard]

This is why I love traveling by train. Glimpse a place, and know you'll never know it fully.

[@CharlieTangoYankee]

I'm a musician, and thusly don't know much of the technicality of physical art mediums. Its kinda weird I even gravitated to a (mostly) art history kind of channel. But I do know one thing. THIS is art. 👏🙌🖤