Investigate a Mysterious Undocumented Rock Wall

[@dramlamb5196]

I wish more science KZbinrs invited us to think like this. Way too often science is presented to the public as a collection of facts instead of walking us through the process of asking questions and looking for a solution. It's so much more fun.

[@Theranthrope]

Science IS a collection of facts ...mixed with conjecture ("the experts" are often wrong).

[@SECONDQUEST]

​@@janiceyoungblood6894as long as you think God also created evolution.

[@joncokrane9746]

@@SECONDQUEST The boys that dig up Dino bones I talk to were If 'y about evolution. Surprised me. Maybe evolution is more of a religion.

[@benjaminthomasson]

@@janiceyoungblood6894praise be to Zeus. He creates many wonders throwing his lightning bolts around.

[@prime-mate]

​@joncokrane9746 being iffy about digging up bones doesn't really give me the impression that the scientific method was applied.. Even then some could absentmindedly assume that science is a religion.. but that would be akin to assuming regular quantum electrodynamics is as easy to understand as quantum chromodynamics.. science is rigorous and demands for us to exclude our opinion and religious preconceptions..

[@robertlarsen6516]

The Bob Ross of geologic phenomena. Thank you, sir. Always enjoy your content.

[@terryhaines8351]

He even includes a "happy little tree" at about 14:20!

[@robclawson3185]

How can you date this to 50 million years ?

[@ayjay749]

14:40 - Who needs "Happy Little Trees" when you can have "Happy Alligators and Hippos"?

[@louisquatorze9280]

All Myron needs is a perm.

[@terryhaines8351]

@@louisquatorze9280 LOL

[@dredrotten]

I'm a 70 y/o prospector from Western Australia, I've been prospecting since 1976. I've learned a thing or two from Myron and it's appreciated. Thanks, Mate.

[@myroncook]

you're welcome

[@Fvpigpen26]

We never stop learning. I'm not far from age 70 myself.

[@danielpretorius2430]

Very very far from 70 😂

[@barbaraarsenault1192]

@@danielpretorius2430. Not that far geologically.

[@cameroncollett5136]

@@barbaraarsenault1192aptly said 😂

[@rogueyun9613]

Great Uncle Cliff. What a great name for the uncle of a Geologist!

[@Fvpigpen26]

When he said that, it reminded me of my great uncles who took us out to nature often.

[@Heavilymoderated]

Mr Cook is an excellent teacher. Complex processes broken down in a straightforward and engaging way. We are lucky to have this available.

[@florinadrian5174]

I don't know what's more enjoyable here, the intriguing science or the masterful delivery.

[@jtkachlmeier]

Myron, you have the best geologic channel I know of. Easy to understand. And awesome land scapes you cover. So very very cool.

[@myroncook]

Wow, thanks

[@charlesmontgomery7002]

Love how this seemingly started as another wild history conspiracy mysteries and became a non-condescending matter of fact but entertaining explanation. A new fan and follower here.

[@myroncook]

Thanks!

[@MarthaJamsa]

Myron Cook, you are a national treasure. These are the best videos on KZbin, or just about anywhere. I have deep appreciation and enthusiasm for your high standards of presentation of some of the coolest geology anywhere. You really know your great places, and the filming, white board, narration, etc are superb. Wow! 5 hours after you dropped this video, you have 7,609 views and tens of thousands of subscribers. RESPECT! You’re a hell of a lot better than Bob Ross.

[@myroncook]

wow, thanks!

[@lukearcher886]

Thank You Myron. Another fun hike for You, and a great video for Us! Thanks for sharing that special place.

[@myroncook]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AustinKoleCarlisle]

Excellent work! Please do a video on the Carolina Bays next, including Antonio Zamora's hypothesis for their formation.

[@caru547]

What a fabulously informative video. Thank you, Myron.

[@Firebuck]

I thought "dike!" right away... and then you said it wasn't volcanic. That stumped me. But I loved the journey to the better answer, and I'm really glad to know about clastic dikes now. So interesting!

[@myroncook]

good guess!

[@e.k.4508]

Myron already linked to another vid with explanations. But I can recommend also a nice video called Clastic dikes with Skye Cooley, from geologist Nick Zentner. Skye also is a field geologist.

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

@@myroncook Why are the layers in the clastic dikes horizontal, not vertical or jumbled? If the flow was vertical, the layers should be also, I would think.

[@andrewfleenor7459]

​@@FLPhotoCatcherI don't think those are related to the flow. They're definitely not layers, as you can see when a crack ends in the middle of a "block". The fractures probably happened later.

[@stevengeorge5605]

Thank you, Myron. Well done, as usual!

[@dianespears6057]

Prof. Myron is back! Thank you. This was very interesting.

[@75blackviking]

Myron, every one of your videos gets better and better with each new presentation. I'm learning so much!

[@myroncook]

Wow, thanks!

[@kellynorton4382]

This video brought me the same joy for learning that I felt when I was a child. Earth is a spectacular place. Thank you for sharing Myron :)

[@patriciamurray5189]

Fascinating! Thank you, Mr.Cook for helping me, to understand!

[@myroncook]

My pleasure!

[@loueckert4970]

Excellent presentation, captures our interest and makes ya say HUH. Thanks for the lessons, as always.

[@jerrycornelius5986]

Fascinating. I have seen features like that in Australia but I didn’t know what they are. Thanks for explaining it.

[@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber]

Mister Cook's videos are a great complement to videos on prehistoric times and vice versa. Myron telling us the Ancient History of Earth itself and Stefan Milo telling us the History of Humans, the people living in those ancient landscapes before us, that's a winning combination! Two excellent storytellers whose stories keep the viewers enthralled. I am also reminded of Richard Attenborough whose films brought similar joys.

[@paulp4201]

This is the first time I have seen your content. I almost didn't click on it because I have seen so many videos that would hype this formation as evidence of a lost civilization, but I am very glad I gave you a chance. This was probably the best walk through of the scientific method I have seen. Thanks for a great video.

[@myroncook]

Welcome aboard!

[@theresagomez2605]

Other videos either say this is definitely man made, or definitely natural, but offer little real explanation. This was great!

[@vinnynorthwest]

I learn so much from Myron, Nick and Shawn! These guys are great sharing their knowledge with us. Thank you!

[@sheilatruax6172]

The 3 of them are the bomb!

[@garyb6219]

Agreed!

[@19fortynine10]

Hot saturday afternoon watching videos on how to clean out a deep submersible well pump (a whole 16 feet down) and this shows up. Excellent. The well can wait after it cools off a bit later this evening.

[@tedean1]

I sent a link to my daughter to use in her home school curriculum. Myron, you are an amazing gift to the educational process.

[@MatthewSatter]

As a retired geologist, you're living my dream. The intersection of geology, drones and great storytelling. Keep up the great work !

[@myroncook]

Thanks, will do!

[@THX5000]

A video titled "Pre-Historic Mega Structure Discovered in Montana, USA - Sage Wall" just popped up in my feed yesterday. Looks naturally formed and not man-made to me.

[@maestromecanico597]

"I hope you enjoyed..." How could one NOT enjoy this?! Thank you for taking the time to bring us along.

[@WilliamKirkland-j4r]

There are so many well worded comments below mine - wish I had said and contributed equally to your wonderful presentation. So, I'll just say - Thanks - very much for expanding my understanding about magical things that happened so long ago.

[@myroncook]

Thank you for the feedback

[@Sköldpadda-77]

This is the first of your videos I’ve seen after learning about you through your interview with Nick Zentner. Really fantastic stuff, amazing scenery, great explanations and I like how you walk us through the geologic thought processes.

[@myroncook]

Awesome, thank you!

[@prime-mate]

Myron.. your vids are fantastic... these need to be shown to children.. I know that if I had the opportunity to see your videos that I would have been able to digest them, and they would have shaped me in a beneficial way. Your ability to explain these complex geological processes inspire me and allow me to visualize geological time in a way that leaves me speechless.. thanks..

[@myroncook]

I appreciate that

[@Steviepinhead]

Wonderful shot of virga ahead of the approaching storm just about 14 minutes in. The science, the script, the photography, and the delivery: all spot on!

[@lindaw2418]

You are a fun good teacher. Thank you sir for some interesting knowledge 🥰

[@cowboygeologist7772]

I love your style! Not just a "here you go", but you analyze the setting to figure out what processes may, or may not, have occurred to create a geologic feature. Very well done!

[@terrirideout9683]

I could sit and listen to you all day! Thank you so much for what you do. I am once again appreciative of the eye-opening geology lesson.

[@MarinCipollina]

I really enjoy your videos, they're instructive, informative, and I especially appreciate your folksy easy going style of presentation. Thank you very much.

[@myroncook]

Glad you like them!

[@johnderatt3168]

After a cold night nursing a sick cat..... Myron brings Geology Relief!

[@randalthor6872]

hope the kitty is doing good :)

[@johnderatt3168]

Kitty Kat, back on track

[@donnavorce8856]

Sorry your kitty isn't well. That's hard.

[@johnderatt3168]

Thank you all for the concern over my cat "Wolverina" She is fully recovered. (Wolverina is a rescue cat who we originally thought was male, with prominent gray sideburns and was named Wolverine.... Turns out she was female. (pronouns Meow/purr)

[@constancegreiner906]

Good news. Stay well kitty​@@johnderatt3168

[@eazygamer8974]

I would love to see a lidar scan of the whole area where the wall is. When you showed the drone footage at 9:00 you could see other things that do not seem natural.

[@mikemiller209]

Those walls do look like Rockwall TX

[@borismedved835]

Rockwall's "wall" is the outer two feet of a huge slab. The National Geographic video with two guys claiming it's real a wall is clownish.

[@aarondutton3376]

Not quite. No right angles. No rectangular shape overall.

[@Lala-up3ib]

Changed your view a bit. Good to see you are telling obvious truths about previous civilizations. Thank you

[@dj-kq4fz]

In case I forgot to thank you for your video on the Red Rocks and other front range formations (I live only about 50 miles from there and have done a bunch of mountain biking along the ridge), Thanks! Now I'll watch this one!

[@marjieestivill]

Awesome video of liquifaction and moving earth in the Japanese park! Cool sand boil photo! I live close-ish to the New Madrid eq area, and love learning about the sand boils…

[@JohnDBloch]

Shhhh. nobody show this to Graham, He'll have Netflix out there for his new show "The Scientific Community Hates Me" and he'll misquote a geologist saying "this has to be the wall of an ancient city... and it sure appears that way..." What a great video Myron, that footage of the earthquake in japan is amazing! thanks for the link!

[@CrownMuzik]

😅

[@florinadrian5174]

If Graham gets wind of it and makes a new show, Milo would debunk it pronto. So gullible people would be dumber, curious people would learn more, win all around.

[@beautifullifeform4360]

Milo brought us here!

[@TinusTegenlicht]

The wall was created when a UFO crashed Ancient Aliens would suggest.

[@learaosborne7520]

Awesome - love the wildflowers! Thanks for sharing your expertise and knowledge - I would love to travel with you to see your explorations!

[@Babbajune]

Great video! Geologic processes are super amazing! ❤

[@myroncook]

Yes they are!

[@montana2796]

These videos are truly amazing! As a student studying Geology for my degree in Paleontology, these videos have absolutely given me so much to think that just reading alone wouldn't grant. Keep up the great work!

[@myroncook]

love to hear this!

[@leechild4655]

You do a really good job of explaining fairly complex processes that span over a billion years. I have learned a lot watching your videos. I came for the lecture and stayed for the whiteboard. ;-)

[@render1802]

You really are the Bob Ross of geology. Soothing to listen to, great imagery, and lots of thought provoking discussion! Every episode is an adventure. The most bonkers demonstration of soil liquefaction was footage from the Palu Indonesia earthquake, five or so years ago. Previously solid flat land flowed like rivers, and houses cars and trees sank into the ground. Probably the scariest natural disaster scenario I could imagine. I'll try to post a BBC video as a reply, if youtube allows the link. I wouldn't mind a video just on different soil types. Being from the Gulf Coast, I've always been curious about the red clay of the Southeast.

[@render1802]

Indonesian Palu quake liquefaction: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGaXdnuFnNyXn9E

[@kingbenjamin22]

I occasionally come across some youtuber who finds "evidence" of the ancient races of giants who built huge walls and doors with hidden worlds behind them. I've commented several times that they should contact you and get a geology lesson on what they're actually seeing.

[@CragDawgs]

Backtreker is legit most of the stuff he's found is from people who lived there

[@kingbenjamin22]

@@CragDawgs I like desert drifter. He's legit as far as I've seen. I can't find backtreker videos.

[@monarcal8365]

There’s a dude here in az who keeps making sensationalized claims about hearing a door shut in the mt yet everytime he goes back to it he stays as far away as possible so you can’t tell anything.

[@kingbenjamin22]

@@monarcal8365 I'm in AZ as well and he's one of them I had in mind.

[@johnkale6302]

Go put a covid mask on and watch abc news smart guy

[@peezy-wheezy]

Love your videos. Thanks Myron. Great stuff. I learn something new every time.

[@NotTheWheel]

Must be amazing to go on these adventures :) love to do this some day.

[@myroncook]

You should!

[@vickilindberg6336]

Love your stuff. Could you please make sure to include the state, & maybe even the part of the state (N or NW SD for example). Thank you

[@feliciajohn1169]

I would like to see your opinion on the sage wall.

[@DarthCasus]

Yet another wonderful video. Thank you for sharing this wonderful creation with us!

[@cflwhat]

We need a series of sweet "whiteboard discussion" t shirts!!!!

[@edwardhanson3664]

I've seen your other video on the quicksand pipe. This is fascinating. Thanks for the lesson.

[@Oldbugssy]

I know of people that get ticked off when they hear that there could be some sort of geological explanation for these wall-like structures. I'm glad I am not one of them.

[@screetchycello]

I can tell you put so much effort into these and I super appreciate it. They're fantastic

[@myroncook]

thanks!

[@y5anger]

I love the structure of these videos. They are like geological whodunits.

[@BlitzKrieg-fc8up]

Thanks Myron. Always find your content insightful and interesting.

[@rosskstar]

oh boy, them Leprechaun Nephilim and their tiny walls

[@revolvermaster4939]

it was obviously built to keep dinosaurs out of Atlantis by the lost tribes of Israel!

[@ohitsthem7601]

Thank you so much for not adding music, i find music to be usually distracting and not very calming, I love hearing plain nature sounds. I also love how passionate you are on this topic, great video!

[@CowboyPants-h5p]

Totally natural formation. No way this is man-made....

[@RustyShakleford1]

Lmao where do you see rectangular shaped bricks stacked in the shape of a wall or building covered by mud? When floods or natural disasters occur. It's natural all right in that nature destroyed the buildings that man made

[@daleolson3506]

Amazing ,great video

[@overtoke]

the video describes how they were naturally formed.

[@daleolson3506]

Where is this?

[@wrp3621]

@@RustyShakleford1 Find me one example of manmade masonry where vertical joints are in alignment over several courses as seen here. There are none because no competent stoneworker would do that. From the earliest known human construction till today. The evidence presented here out weighs your theory 10,000 to one.

[@reiki11]

Thank you for your insights! Love your video lessons and share them with my fellow family rock nerds.

[@CrankyOtter]

13:46 I’m starting to think you need to get out of the oncoming rainstorm! Fun video but stay safe & don’t get stuck or washed away, please.

[@charliedoyle7824]

If Graham Hancock sees this video, he'll soon show up to cash in, calling it an ancient city of his imaginary Atlantis civilization.

[@warrenwatters1800]

Myron, You are so enjoyable to listen to. I've learned a lot about geology watching your channel. I'm 65 and a former electronic tech..no geology background. Happened by chance on your channel...so glad I did. You are the Bob Ross of the geology world. Hope to run into you next summer out in Wyoming.

[@myroncook]

Wow, thanks. Let me know when you are here....I may be free

[@keithlowery9708]

Myron you are so cool and the way you process natural landscapes and relay that with a brilliant cadence is captivating. Thank you for sharing 🌎

[@myroncook]

My pleasure!

[@GLH-t3p]

You teach us HOW to think about formations we see. Love ''the contacts that terminate within an individual stone". Now that I've seen it, I will never un-see it and it's in my mental toolbox forever. Great voice, clear and evenly paced. Gorgeous drone videos. I appreciate these flights that go around formations slowly so I can easily see details and the structure, and how it fits into the landscape.

[@jerrykuchera5467]

Myron, thank you so much for another incredible exploration into deep time. You have a great presentation style that invites us to question in a logical manner, the processes that created an incredible world upon which we live.

[@myroncook]

Thank you kindly!

[@ShelleShelle-xc2qi]

Hi😅

[@scrambled_greg]

So glad youtube suggested this. Such a cool channel

[@myroncook]

Welcome aboard!

[@ShelleShelle-xc2qi]

Hi😅

[@dudenoway1267]

Another amazing video, Thank you! I learn as much from these as I do my classes, and sometimes it helps to visualize what the instructors are talking about when I see some features in your videos!

[@TimJCOOL-ng8pu]

I'm enjoying these. I'm going😊 to introduce this to my nephew, he says he says he wants to be a geologist! See what happens!

[@Turbohh]

I love watching your videos and hearing your comments. Your attitude of awe and reverence is exceptional and delightful. Thank you!!

[@jasonbelskus4658]

Thanks for your style of questioning and storytelling. Another wonderful piece of work that reinforces concepts you've previously discussed. It's always a please to learn and experience these places. Thanks Myron - Jason and Kristine.

[@myroncook]

Thank you! Hope both of you are well.

[@andrecockell9048]

An excellent, informative, video. You explain things very clearly. I must admit that I initially suspected the "wall" to be a natural feature, but that doesn't lessen the methodical approach taken throughout the video to arrive at that deduction. I have to say that the initial drone shot did pick up what may have been caves in the area behind the wall. Intriguing.

[@ShelleShelle-xc2qi]

Hi😅

[@supposedlygreg]

Geology has always been so fascinating to me, mother nature can really create beautiful art and intriguing landscape, definitely the best Geology Channel on KZbin, you Sir remind a lot of my Uni Geology teacher 25 years ago in Switzerland, we use to go on walk in the Alps and Jura all the time and he sitting on a rock while smoking is pipe and talk to us about the rock formation present on those site with such passion but also in such captivating way which some other teacher were sadly lacking.

[@derekcoaker6579]

Refreshing to have someone not be condescending in their tone. You've got a new Subscriber Sir. Thank you for your hard work and excellent Science Communication.

[@PacoOtis]

Dude! Very excellently presented! Best of luck!

[@monicaluketich6913]

As a retired general science and chemistry teacher who had to take a couple of basic geology courses, this video is fascinating! You present a topic I have never studied in yhose courses. Thank you!

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

Finally someone who ACTUALLY includes the links in the description they say they will during the video. I can’t tell you how many times I go to see the links and they’re nowhere to be found

[@keyscook]

Thank you Myron for another very interesting explanation for these geologic wonders. Kind regards from Seattle.

[@SpreadLove528]

Your videos never cease to amaze, Myron!! ✨Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos with us all 💖

[@robert-wr6md]

Excellent Myron, lovely shot of you standing in the sun with the rain heading in over your shoulder. Thanks for your work always entertaining. And educational of course.

[@myroncook]

was a beautiful day

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

Thoroughly enlightening ! I hope this video is shown to third and fourth grade elementary school kids, to die hard believers in man made walls who have no idea of the amazing structures produced by nature, to people who do have a broad education and knowledge but love a concise and entertaining clarification on these subjects ! Thank you sir !

[@isaactennant4076]

Thank you for your videos Myron! A month ago I went hiking in the South Australian Flinders Ranges with some friends and we came across the Ediacaran GSSP - your videos enabled me and my friends to have a much more profound appreciation of the geology we saw!

[@myroncook]

Awesome place!

[@toddcorley464]

The wall at 5:53 ish looks like massive tree rings from and ancient tree

[@padkirsch]

Oh my lord! Just found you! Watched two videos with my 6 year old, loved them. All i could say the entire time is: "Amazing; this guy is AWESOME, how have I never seen this before!? This guy is an amazing teacher! I wish he was my teacher." I can tell you're passionate. That was so great! My father would like you too, you remind me if him! Great work! ✅ #subscribed

[@myroncook]

Love to hear this!

[@cribbsprojects]

Had many great geology teachers in my time that encouraged me to think for myself.... I can add you to the list. Very nice video shooting and editing!

[@declanclaus6681]

Myron these are my favorite videos on KZbin. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and curiosity with us all

[@myroncook]

thanks!

[@MrGroff77]

​@@myroncookcould you please tell me where this was located?

[@terrywhite6269]

I love the field geology and the whiteboard. Go Myron!

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Stop what you’re doing, Myron Cook uploaded a new video! ❤ your videos. Fascinating stuff! Thanks for another great lesson in geology. Mother Nature is quite the landscaper.

[@quintinstephens2573]

Mr Cook, using pictures and videos from your travels, can you please explain Rockwall, TX? You hint at it in this videos and I understand the copyright problems, but, still…all I see is silliness posted about it. Thank you, sir!

[@myroncook]

I haven't personally seen it but other geologists have. I believe it is also a clastic dike.

[@denny4824]

You're so good at storytelling about geology and putting it into an artistic and very well thought out video! This is absolutely a gem of the internet!!

[@myroncook]

Thank you so much!

[@corysenti4079]

Thanks Myron. Every time I visit Cody I visit the Clark’s Fork, the McCullough Peaks, and what ever part of the bad lands I can manage. Thanks for the tour!

[@shr19964]

Thanks for the wonderful video and sharing your love of geology! You really know how to walk us through the scientific method in solving the mystery of this wall. At about 17 minutes in, I felt the lights go on in my head, like "oh! that finally makes sense!"

[@myroncook]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@craigp3160]

Thanks Myron. I will add a thought which is that many times Geologist and Archeologist don't get together and leverage the knowledge of each other. Certainly there are natural formations that look like man made walls and of course dating rock is not an exact science. However it is easy to see such as at 3:36 walls such as Machu Picchu that are not a natural formation. If you look closely though you can see that the base of the wall is of a different style (very high precision and often super large and heavy blocks) than the upper areas of the wall. This can only mean that the builders of the lower levels had the ability to create such a wall that did not exist (or was not used) during the time the upper wall areas were built. Even today, many walls and structures have base layers with rocks too large to be cut and put into place with modern machinery. What this indicates to me (and many others) is that the original builders had knowledge that was lost in time and that the foundation for such sites is older than the less precise upper areas. I often see archeologist dating such structures simply based on the idea that the site can't be too old because mankind hadn't evolved enough to build such a wall until well after the "stone age" came to an end (2~3000 bc). BTW, I believe that the natural walls (and many geological formations) developed rapidly in a cataclysmic event (over and over in time) and that what is slow regarding geology is the erosion of such structures.

[@johnmckinney9324]

Very good job. Thank you Myron. I wish more KZbin content creators were like you. You are an educator my friend. And I appreciate and respect you for your work and the way that you share. Have a great day.

[@myroncook]

I appreciate that!

[@agmartin2127]

Excellent content / teaching as always... Bikepacking thru the basin in September. You're the best Myron...

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Love Myron's video's, explains a lot. Folds, Inclines, walls and faults. I should have taken a course on this subject.