An Unusual Sandstone Monument: Where Did It Come From? Where Did It Go?

[@austinobambino1360]

I love that so much of the field geology you show in these videos is puzzle solving and investigation. Working through understanding how massive physical features got to be the way they are now through millions of years of history is awesome.

[@prankmonkeyxs650]

He is an extremely good teacher IMO

[@kehenabeach4418]

You left out conjecture and assumptions.

[@jamebrooke894]

FIELD WORK IS ALWAYS EXCITING!!

[@brianshissler3263]

It is awesome! Probably my most nerdy pleasure lol

[@mudfossiluniversity]

I do Research on these things and have DNA tests etc...discussion is real science and Myron will not????? Why?

[@laughingoutloud5742]

I want to let you know you and other Geologists have inspired me to go back to school at 56 and pursue a geology degree! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@myroncook]

Wow...congrats!

[@zekeabercrombie3583]

By far the best geology lessons on the internet. I could listen to Myron all day.

[@perguto]

Rob Butler is also excellent!

[@maxwellking3326]

AGREED!

[@donnavorce8856]

Thank you Myron for another adventure. So much amazing beauty is found in that area.

[@calvinallen9508]

Another great episode Mr Cook. Thank You for doing all the work and creating such a wonderfully educational program.

[@CodyShell]

6:49 this has to be the best drone shot ive seen in a really long time, really spectacular stuff!

[@stevenm3141]

I can't believe that is Wyoming! The repeating forms on the edges are fascinating and the size of the entire area is awesome. 😊

[@myroncook]

It really is!

[@PunCraft]

That is a gorgeous area of land. Thank you for the scenery and information :)

[@myroncook]

It really is!

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

​@@myroncook@6:37 Looks like a giant battleship in a rough sea. Beautiful view! Definitely a land to inspire thoughts of dinosaurs, without a doubt.

[@garrickgraydon1084]

How wonderful! Just hours ago I subscribed and shared your wonderful KZbin channel. I am so excited to watch your new video. I will commence that endeavour now.

[@OneNationUnderGod.]

Thank you Myron for taking us on another geology journey with you, I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

[@wrp3621]

Wonderful adventure, thanks M.C.

[@shellyharry8189]

Absolutely fabulous presentation! I've been to Dinosaur National Monument and it's very sad to see all those poor dinosaurs. I don't know if they were caught crossing the river or perhaps swept away in a flash flood, but it had to have been horrible for them.

[@santoshr2984]

One of the best channels for geological enthusiasts like me. Thank you for such great videos.

[@dj-kq4fz]

I'm guessing, since Morrison, CO is somewhat famous for the fossils much like the ones you are describing, that the formation and town have something in common. By the end of the video I'll likely know the answer ( I'm about to google it actually). Back with an edit in a few. Yep, named after the town. Sorry if I spoiled anything! Thanks! Dave J (I live SW of Morrison and used to bike on Dinosaur Ridge many years ago). One more edit, beautiful photography!

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

The first stegosaurus ever discovered was at Morrison, CO in 1877. The stegosaurus is the Colorado State Fossil.

[@Ryan-ow2bq]

I grew up just SE of Morrison in the mid- '80s~early '90s and hunted fossils between the excavation and construction of C-470 at the time. Road crews dug and blasted through many of these layers along the hogback, leaving shale-embedded fossils exposed for miles during the brief window before they built the highway. Made for a great field trip!

[@mixolydian2010]

Absolutely stunning scenery myron. All the best.

[@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation]

I hope some day you could visit the Grand Junction - Bookcliffs-Gunnsion Buffs - Grand Mesa etc, and show us its Geological history and its formation. Also look up the Canyons lands on JE Ranch in S.E. Colorado. Lots of new discovery's being found there.

[@OsadabwaMoto]

Thank you Myron. Love your videos, especially about the Big Horn Basin as I grew up in Worland. Next time I'm home I have to visit Sheep Mountain. Your videos have finally driven it home how unique that area is, geologically. The longer video of you going back in time was really eye-opening. I'm on the other side of the planet now, just finished climbing a volcano in Tanzania called Oldoinyo Lengai. It formed only about 15,000 years ago, and most recently erupted in 2008... some of the cone is only 15 years old! Down on the plains are human footprints frozen in the mud from the early eruptions. Talk about cool. But now it's interesting to think that when that volcano was being formed everything in the Big Horn Basin was already very old and eroded. Thanks again.

[@HH-xyz123]

Worland local here. Totally agree. Myron's videos are fascinating.

[@myroncook]

adventurous you are!

[@Babbajune]

Thanks for sharing, the history of our planet is so interesting! ❤❤

[@ramonaharrold8996]

I would like to see you do a show about the Rock Springs/Green River area. Love your show!

[@a787fxr]

I am truly impressed with your ability to figure out what took place and then explain it in your incredibly well done videos. More please !:- )

[@secretsquirrel6718]

Yeah.... I find it truly AMAZING that HE knows that happened 50 to 100 MILLION years ago....😂 Give me a break.

[@a787fxr]

@@secretsquirrel6718 Ok. I'm giving you a break. After your break take some time to address your comprehension of this topic. It may be helpful for you.

[@keirfarnum6811]

@@secretsquirrel6718 Have you never taken a geology class? The land can tell us a great deal about what happened in the past; you just have to look for the clues.

[@Rs-bm1gy]

​@@secretsquirrel6718you just keep following the sky squirrel

[@adambailey156]

Ask the ”expert" why there is no biological matter trapped in the sandstone. It's only sand, no seaweed, fish, pebbles nothing...

[@18Bees]

You are my favorite geology channel.

[@riverbender9898]

The perspectives given by your excellent camera work lead us nicely to ask the questions. The various ideas you propose help guide our responses. In short, your videos are uniformly excellent. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

[@myroncook]

Merry Christmas

[@higherresolution4490]

Not only was this a fascinating video on some of the most beautiful geological structures I've seen, but this is a great lesson in how to reason things out and come up with a logical conclusion. Appearances are so often deceiving, and when it comes to geology, the untrained eye can really get things wrong. Here we have true science, not the masquerade parade of corporate science we see today.

[@bjnslc]

Well done, as always. And that's a spectacular anticline. Lovely lighting in your footage.

[@SB-qm5wg]

Well done as always.

[@mikelong9638]

Doctor, just another great video! I learn so much every time I watch one. Have a great holiday. Looking forward to next year.

[@peteloader4194]

Another great video, Myron. I love the way you explain these natural phenomena using the scientific method. Another one to share with my students.

[@joehopfield]

Richard Feynman agreed - curiosity and deep understanding make the beauty of the world more profound,. Thank you for showing us a more deeply beautiful world.

[@craighoover1495]

Thank you Myron. I can only imagine how these places speak to you and am profoundly grateful that you are taking the time to share how they do.

[@myroncook]

You are very welcome

[@4coryw]

I've only recently discovered your channel, but you've quickly become my favorite geologist. Great job with the video and all the explanations.

[@johnlord8337]

Soooo .... you going to make a part 2 of this and discuss those background anti-tank "dragon's teeth" formation that looks like a mile long dinosaur spine and its formation, inclination, and origin ?

[@fennynough6962]

Was wondering how these symmetrical tombstone, like Dinosaur spline's, could be each so similar in shape?

[@alaskanight940]

I am very curious about those also, hard to beleave he did not mention them. I hope there is a second video on them.

[@kimklinzman2919]

@@fennynough6962Myron has an older video on those. I don’t recall the title, but I know you will enjoy looking for it!!!!!!

[@pcatful]

I made the same comment myself. @@alaskanight940

[@myroncook]

sometime

[@nitahill6951]

Once again you have revealed the most awesome explanation of the our wonderful world!

[@Chiamex]

It's always so amazing to watch these videos and to learn about the earth's past. It sure does humble a person and leaves one with a sense of awe. Our own human history is but a blip in time.

[@myroncook]

indeed

[@higherresolution4490]

The awesome, yet humbling timeframe you mention seems to be one of Nature's returning themes, almost like a fractal phenomenon. It makes me think of certain short-lived cells of the human body versus the capability of the entire organism to live more than a century. For example, in the GI tract, the outermost cells of the lumen are called enterocytes or brush border cells. Their maximum lifespan is 2-3 days. And yet the entire organism can live well over 36,500 days!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Wow!! That is one of the most interesting geological areas I've ever seen. Thanks for explaining how this beautiful area came to be.

[@DroneLifebyChristie]

I love that you use your drone often to see it all from different perspectives. I’m always amazed by your knowledge and ability to teach and show in such an interesting way!

[@jerrywills]

You are a terrific educator/Teacher. I just learned so much from this ONE video! Thank you for taking the time to help us all know more.

[@myroncook]

You are so welcome!

[@cameron7356]

I love these videos so much. Please don’t stop with them. You inspire at least one person here

[@Nrc3neallyo]

Another masterpiece, Myron! Gorgeous scenery. This is going on my bucket list. Keep-a-rockin! 🤘😎🤘

[@lisajahn6839]

Thank you for making and sharing this wonderful video! Be well, stay safe all.

[@myroncook]

Thank you, I will

[@tommunyon2874]

My childhood friends and I would take day hikes in the Jemez Mountains (Valles Caldera complex) and would stop to speculate about various formations that we came across. I like Myron's questioning approach to geology. Life's path took my education on a different path, but I appreciate these videos as a way to get back to learning about geology. The geological variations on the drive from Los Alamos to Albuquerque always captivated my imagination. There is so much to know anywhere one goes in the West.

[@myroncook]

Los Alamos is an interesting area

[@higherresolution4490]

Although I'm from Laguna Beach, Ca, I worked at Los Alamos in 2014-15, and lived in Santa Fe for 6 months a few years prior. You're not kidding the geology in that area is fascinating! I was in awe the whole time, especially not having a car and doing a tremendous amount of walking and hiking. Many days from the patio of Smith's Market in Los Alamos it seemed like the ancient ocean down on the level of the Rio Grande River and the highway from Santa Fe to the exit for Los Alamos was almost perceptible, like some sort of mirage. Oddly enough, prior to Los Alamos, I worked in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, at the same altitude, also in the shadow of a caldera whose last eruption was the same time period as the one that created the lava flow basement for Los Alamos.

[@silva7493]

It must be very satisfying to be able solve these mysteries. I'm often completely stumped by nature, and the Earth. The scenery there sure is dramatic. I'm also captivated by the many uniform looking double or triple lines of small, almost (but not quite) pyramid like shapes that were frequently in the background on the left side of the screen, for example at 1:17, 9:40, and 19:34. And there are also some curious deep red looking small forms to the immediate left of the base of "Sheep Mountain", starting at about 6:06 that remind me of beehive kilns. This was great! Thank you.

[@kimklinzman2919]

If my elderly brain is working correctly, I believe Myron had a video about those “sawtooth” triangular formations. I know you will be pleased to search his videos for that one! He also has another one about stream deposit rock formations that look like giant petrified logs, but are not!😊

[@silva7493]

@@kimklinzman2919 Haha! If my elderly brain is up to it, I might find those!!! That sounds great. Thank you.😊

[@myroncook]

I will do a video on those in the future

[@silva7493]

@@myroncook Oh, Thank you!!!

[@jrcather5196]

@@myroncook dino's fake like water curving only when you dont look

[@noone-ft9lw]

Good stuff Myron

[@hughgray4199]

Excellent presentation Myron; what might present an even more fantastic image.... would be to describe the existing environment, (winds, rain, flood, heat or cold) that contributed to the demise of the inhabitants and the "erosion" of the planet (beside of course, the immensity of time)? By the way, I always enjoy your chalk board explanations....

[@jonarment1229]

I love sandstone. Southern Illinois has some really beautiful formations, and it's tough enough that you can rock climb if you're into that sort of thing.

[@oldgeezerproductions]

I didn't make it my career, but my geology studies have enriched my life and it was time well spent. Knowing something about the how, what and when of what I'm looking at makes the natural world so much more beautiful and interesting rather than just being "pretty," as you have observed yourself Myron.

[@wolkenbummler]

Your geology videos are my absolute favorites. Thank you very much.

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

Brilliant as always. Thank you Myron

[@michaelwaterdragon]

Another interesting trip! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Would love to hear your insights on some of the Mars footage available, and how some of those formations came to be.

[@killakoala10]

I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

[@myroncook]

My pleasure!

[@WIBBS75]

Happy to see you have a video up!

[@johnlord8337]

You find some of the most-amazing geological sites that continually spin my mind. All these soft geologies vs my Pacific NW hard geologies of volcanoes, glaciers, ice floods, migrating hot spot trails, and geological scraping of the seabed flooring and making new coastal accumulation and accretion ....

[@stephenspreckley8219]

Always intrigued by your shows Myron, and thank you too for creating them.

[@Chris.Davies]

Thank you sincerely, Myron, for the amazingly smooth 60fps, and your gorgeous slow panning. So much detail and and such clarity makes watching a genuine pleasure. And that's before you hit us with your euphonious voice. :)

[@atoz4399]

Since you explained some of this now I have an interest in geology. I never found any interest in to it prior to. Now watching you I have to re-examine how I look at things. Very great show. Keep up the great work.

[@matildamarmaduke1096]

Think trees

[@overdoneone]

Thank you Myron for another great video/geology lesson. I do agree, you live in a beautiful state with so many colorful formations.

[@JoeZorzin]

Thanks again Myron for another superb geology video.

[@mattrowland473]

Thanks Myron, I always enjoy very much your great videos of our natural history!

[@Anne5440_]

At the beginning, I looked at the aerial view, and it didn't make a lot of sense. Now, after your explanation, I can see the river through the valley. The monument now makes sense to me. I lived in Colorado for 14 years and would drive I-25 through your area. I was fascinated and wished I could explore that area of Wyoming. I so enjoy your teaching about the land forms there. I did get to Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison when they had tour days. I also many years before got to go to Dinosaur National Monument. Now, I am home in Eastern Washington and learning geology by youtube. Thank you for teaching me about the Rockies that always made me courieous (sp) when I was living around them. I'm 75 and homebound now but finally learning about geology.

[@rdaugherty52]

I had a geology class in college that was the most boring class ever no one could stay awake I’ve learned more in your short videos than a whole year in geology class thanks for explaining this where a human can understand.

[@k-mparker]

LOL!!!!! The exact same thing here with me. Oh my gosh, my teacher lacked the enthusiasm and passion that Myron has, and provided no white board/chalk board explanations and analogies. It my most boring class EVER!!! Now, if I had Myron as my geology teacher, theres zero doubt, I would’ve become a geologist!!! 👍😃🍻

[@billwilson-es5yn]

Sounds like my high school's economics teacher in 1972. His name was Mr. Soderquist but was called Mr. Sominex since he put everyone to sleep while talking in a monotone while pacing back and forth slowly waving his hands. He kept a wood yardstick on his desk that he would slap on it to wake everyone up when he was done with a lecture. Three of us long-haired hippies that actually knew something about politics and economies would ask him questions about how current affairs affected segments of the economy so he would start explaining things in lectures that would last 10 to 20 minutes (we asked more questions during the lectures) to prolong their naps. While they snoozed, we listened to him predict the collapse of the steel industry, OPEC creating oil shortages to increase the price of petroleum and rampant inflation.

[@josecarloscassiano1846]

Another magnificent video from Master Myron. As previously mentioned, I'm from Brazil, but I've already visited several places mentioned by the master in Utah. It's a pleasure to attend these enlightening classes!! Thank you very much Master! Big hug!! Jose Carlos

[@myroncook]

Interesting!

[@tb4876]

Wow I always learn so much from your videos! Thanks so much for sharing you knowledge and the beauty of our planet!

[@myroncook]

So nice of you

[@zenseed75]

What an interesting place! Ty for sharing! ❤

[@danzac1857]

HI Myron. I'm just curious if you have ever done a video on that formation to the left of the monument that looks like a double row of tilted half moons that continues way off into the distance. What is that?

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Yes, I'm interested in that too. Amazing stuff going on around this location.

[@georgegrader9038]

Erosional Flatirons of the Basal Morrison Fm overlying the red Triassic ?

[@myroncook]

future video

[@dancooper8551]

Another excellent and fascinating video Myron! Thank you.

[@TrentonR]

I seriously love your content. you are providing such an indispensable service. Your presentation and explanations are educational and fun. - I thank you sincerely.

[@BGMBliss]

I love watching your videos! My love for geology has been growing each day!

[@Turbohh]

I love your joy and peace in explaining this subject. Very interesting and amazing. Thank you.

[@7inrain]

I watched your video about ancient river beds being eroded slower than the neighbouring grounds and thus standing out in the landscape. That already was fascinating. This one is on a whole new level. A river bed that had been dipped into vertical - really amazing to think of. Thanks for this video.

[@charlesmiddleton3247]

Myron, thanks for all your expertise and knowledge in bringing so much joy and excitement regarding geology and our "Mother Earth's" wonders of discovery. I love how you present your subject matter to reveal its ancient history and story. I've always been a curious and knowledge hungry "being" since childhood and marveled in rocks, minerals and the secrets they hold. Took Earth Science in Jr. High and I was hooked. At 70 years old... I'm still in the forests and trails searching and identifying thanks to individuals like yourself. I finally found a meteorite that I cherish found on one of my excursions and keep many rocks in my bedroom to just look at. Wishing you wellness and happy hunting. Namaste. From a Vietnam Era Marine Corps veteran.

[@myroncook]

neat find!

[@AvaGrail]

I love your videos and your presentation so much!! We get to come on the exploration with you!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@Donatich.Onataka]

Fantastic video, Myron! Thank you. I've been wondering if we would see another one soon.

[@martinjcamp]

Another wonderful and informative and Professional production. Thank you for giving this to us!!

[@jamestalbert8358]

Really enjoyed the lesson. Thanks so much!

[@TheHeroAppeared]

So happy I discovered this channel! Never formally studied geology but am so fascinated by it!

[@keyscook]

Really amazing geology. Spectacular explanation, Myron. Thank you and Cheers from Seattle!

[@mikepayne5032]

Hello, you had my full attention from beginning to end. It was awesome.

[@suspectsusphium1039]

I realy love these videos, i am quite a young person ang seeing these videos realy immerses me into what geology can truly be like just wondering around and asking questions about the rock formations and how they formed, these video type is a lot more relaxed and it feels like i am just there aswell its slow paced and i love that.

[@martincotterill823]

Thank you gery much, Myron, what a fascinating story and a truly monumental landscape!

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

I enjoyed this video a lot! Great photography, clear demonstrations and easy for a non-specialist to follow the reasoning. Wow! Thank you.

[@piotrrajmundkoprowski4732]

If I only were younger by 30 years and had profesor like Myron....as an old molecular biologist I am again in love with Earth geological history thanks to Myron. All the best from Poland.

[@myroncook]

Hope all is well there in Poland

[@monoped_adventures]

Once again you've explained such a complex geological sequence in a way that's easy to understand. Thank you!

[@cherm-k9b]

Thank You Myron Cook... YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT !!!!! Another day and I have learned (now if I can just retain all this wonderful knowledge you shared?)... Tuffy Marginez... TM

[@cdenn016]

ALWAYS a pleasure from the geological Attenborough

[@michellewarmath7811]

Thank you again, Myron, for another educational and beautiful video. You make geology so easy to understand. I will never again look at stripes on strata without thinking of your water glass and the color changes from the water levels in the sandstone. (I'll also grab a glass if I need to check whether a picture is level...🙂) Our planet's history and development are truly wonderful. Happy holidays to you and yours.

[@chichcnc]

Your a weapon Myron. Yet another great video.

[@indricotherium4802]

This guy knows how to bring stnning facts together with stimulating imagination, without edge or hype. Excellent stuff!

[@leswoodburn5764]

Always loved geology and ever since your first video you have me hooked. Thanks a lot.

[@joelmanthis9523]

As much as I would love to go on an adventure with you Myron, I feel that you are like me in the sense that we appreciate peace and quiet which is something close to impossible around too many people.

[@myroncook]

I do most of my work alone but enjoy company off and on

[@felipericketts]

It's great fun, to say the least, when the landscape and it's history come alive through your explanations. Thanks! 🙂

[@myroncook]

Thanks for watching!

[@RT-mn2pb]

Hi Myron, thanks, great video. I want to add my wife and I to the queue of people anxious to hear about the saw-tooth, or as johnlord8337 said 4 months ago, the "anti-tank "dragon's teeth" formation". That's just fascinating, and so distinct. So, we're curious and looking forward to hearing about it.

[@myroncook]

likely next year

[@gregjones2217]

Once again you have brought understanding to an area I have wandered through for years. Saying thank you just isn't enough. You and the jeepers have been a wonderful source of fun and learning. I want to wish you and yours the best of new years. Happy holidays.

[@douglascronin7336]

Fantastic job. Such an interesting area . Thank you for taking us back in time.

[@myroncook]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

WOW!!!!!!!!!! What an excellent installment as always, Professor Cook! You know I love paleontology and this video is a special treat for me! Thank you, thank you, thank you, so very much!!!! The spectacular aerial drone footage is cinematic splendor par excellence! And what beautiful terrain and breathtaking landscapes. I'd love visit and explore the geology of these sites. I can't thank you enough! All the best from chilly North Carolina.

[@myroncook]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@standingbear998]

Thank you for making it at level we can understand while still covering it well.

[@gonicjon]

a lot of work...filming and editing...and hiking...great video...very interesting scenes

[@paulk2085]

Thank You Myron. Love your videos, learn a lot and now my eyes are tuned towards the geology of my local world

[@WyomingUpland]

Love your videos and I've bird hunted close to, or at many of the spots you feature!

[@superman9772]

wow... really like this video... it was like watching a matlock mystery but for geology... thanks for making it fun and exciting....(seriously it was fun and enjoyable while learning)

[@jimjr4432]

I just love your videos. I always hated to use whiteboards, not for the boards, but for the inks, bad smells for me. So, now I love both yours and Karl Rove's whiteboard talks for wonderful content and no odor. Again, you have great presentation skills. Merry Christmas 2023

[@Flugmorph]

awesome video once more, i feel like ive learned so much!