A great website for finding Wyoming Geology; I found the large spheres on it. www.geowyo.com/ Wyoming geology, Concretions, Bighorn Basin, #geology #myroncook #wyoming
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@myroncook9 ай бұрын
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@Theranthrope9 ай бұрын
Considering that these objects are from a geological stratum which was, at the time, a shallow warm-water sea, my first guess would be that these are fossilized stromatolites. Even their interior ring structure is consistent with fossilized stromatolites. What eliminates this as a possibility?
@justaguy61009 ай бұрын
I truly enjoy rational, realistic analysis of geologic features like this. You'd have tens of thousands of views if you'd claimed it was ANY kind of fossil, and I'm constantly giving those the "don't recommend" treatment. Here's to reality ruling the day. We need it to.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Looks like a stromatolite but it is made of sandstone. Also in wrong kind of formation.
@inkpacker019 ай бұрын
This was a really great informative and entertaining video. You’re work is greatly appreciated!
@cynmcmillan3829 ай бұрын
What I wouldn't give to follow you around for a week or two while you talk about what you see and how it came to be. I would never be able to keep up with you due to mobility issues because of a stroke I had about 15-20 yrs ago. I worked really hard to get back what I lost from it and almost have it all back, but my age caught up with me, 67, and try as I might I don't think I can recover all of it. But I do wish that I had had a teacher or someone with your knowledge that maybe would have awakened this new found interest in all things geology. I live in the SE corner of Arizona now where there is such a huge amount of rocks and minerals, I am 35-45 miles from Morensi, one of the biggest copper mines in the USA and every time I get to go out in the desert I am amazed at how many colors I find just laying around on the desert floor. I love it here!
@infinitecosmos9359 ай бұрын
The Bob Ross of geology. Painting a picture that we never even realized. Thank you Myron.
@ldawg71176 ай бұрын
Mr Rogers first came to mind for me, but then I also thought Bob Ross could work too,. He kind of has the qualities of both, which is one of the biggest compliments I can give.
@wmb52405 ай бұрын
After 300 million years .. my ball finally dropped ..
@victtorhenriqueferreiradas74725 ай бұрын
Myron's videos are great. I would like to see him with Mudfossil University together, it would be a great Team :)
@TomTwain5 ай бұрын
@@victtorhenriqueferreiradas7472 Myron is a nice guy and offers a good explanation, but it has too many hypothetical variables... not really conclusive. I think Roger would wrap this up in seconds as biology... and I'd find it hard to disagree.
@DarkMeta_Minecraft3 ай бұрын
if i fall to my death from a rockslide: happy little accidents 🪴😃
@ttsuter872 ай бұрын
This is the good side of KZbin. Simply wonderful. Thank you for your efforts and success Myron! Can’t wait to see another video!
@358tfs6 ай бұрын
I majored in geology at the University of Alabama, graduating in 1972. I loved it and did well. But I was in ROTC and they shipped me off to pilot training. After an Air Force career followed by another in the airlines, I retired and found geology again. I still love it and your videos are helping me relearn it as well as learn exciting new things. Your love for geology is apparent in every word, image and diagram, and your teaching skills are extraordinary. Thank you.
@tysonsmudfossiladventures34685 ай бұрын
Then explain how I can get Catalase reaction from Sandstone? Catalase enzyme can only be produced by Biologicals! its not geological and I prove it over and over again. Silicon Dioxide Cannot produce the enzyme. its called Nucleophilic Substitution and most geological theory is 100% wrong! James Hutton was 100% Wrong! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aISvl5mIa7eMp9U
@user-ox7ye6zq6f4 ай бұрын
A million year old Hole in one?
@tysonsmudfossiladventures34684 ай бұрын
All cool stuff, but let me show you something you might find fascinating.. Most of geology is theory. One of those theories is Tafoni and how its formed over eons of erosion? but this is not correct, erosion actually removes it and I can prove it... In this video you will clearly see that what they are calling Tafoni is a coating or a membrane not caused by erosion, it is clearly seen..I have thousands of hours with boots on the ground research disproving many geological claims that simply are not true because of peer review guidelines to fit a Narrative. Really sad to watch people REGURGITATE and not do any real research. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoC7qmiPdraMjdk
@Segma3694 ай бұрын
اضن انك خسرت سنوات حياتك ،حيث لم تتعلم ماذا تكون هذه الثمره المتحجره🕵️
@DoyleHargraves3 ай бұрын
Thank you for sacrificing that love to defend our freedom.
@gregiles9082 ай бұрын
I REALLY like your presentation style. Reading the suggestions, with respect, and then eliminating them through evidence was excellently done.
@rosellaguajardo73019 ай бұрын
Knowing the final answer from the start but eliminating other possibilities just to teach others patiently is your geological gift, Sir. Tuning our eyes into detectives.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
thank you
@xmo5529 ай бұрын
@@myroncook If my dead body were left out in this environment, is it possible that I may become a concretion in 100 million years?
@blaze11489 ай бұрын
....once you realize there is no such thing as Geology only _Biology_ you will get far closer to the truth.....these are *not* seeds either.
@francinemiranda84098 ай бұрын
You, sir, are an exceptional teacher! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@blaze11488 ай бұрын
@@xmo552 ...far less time than that - timescales of millions of years are total BS.
@Sloptit9 ай бұрын
Im a sophomore in college and taking Geology 101 right now and since its all online, this particular professor dosent have lectures. Just read and answer questions. You just made so much so much more clear to me. Excited to have found these vids and plan on watching a bunch to help supplement school stuff. Thank you.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
That's awesome!
@laurenvillalobos18648 ай бұрын
It's a fruit and seed petrified
@randomconstructions45136 ай бұрын
*stone fruit* @@laurenvillalobos1864
@SimonHergott6 ай бұрын
That tells you a lot about the education system. It's a waste of money and inferior to what you can learn for free. Stop feeding the corrupt system and drop out. If everyone did so the system would be forced to correct itself and bring value back to those who are, right now, stupid enough to pay for it.
@jeffreybail3536 ай бұрын
they dont teach you this in schools kids or should you say the rockafella indoc.
@RobertJl9516Ай бұрын
Around 1964 deer hunting in the high Sierra Range my brother and I was standing on a large granitic rock that was smoothed by glaciation with what looked like a school of black fish swimming together. I was about 14 and my brother 16 and we were amazed and tried to figure out what occurred. I remember we did see flow structure but of course being kids and standing on solid rock couldn't figure how that could be. That planted the seeds of geology and both of us became geologists. Thank you Myron for keeping the interest and wonder of geology alive by your fantastic videos and skill at creating an interesting story.
@myroncookАй бұрын
What a fun story!
@holly5057527 күн бұрын
👌💙
@insederec2 ай бұрын
Me, who knows very little about geology, was thinking concretions the entire time. What a great way to explain the concept, hearing out and ruling out all theories even though you likely knew the answer immediately.
@maryjaynemay34109 ай бұрын
Yes! I’ve seen smaller versions of these on a KZbin video on the Irish sea coast that’s got these things weathering out; these ancient mud balls with secondary spheres inside them that often have a petrified crab or mollusk inside. One term used I’ve heard is “pregnant rocks”. Awesome find! It’s HUGE!!
@allenschmitz96449 ай бұрын
Ancient Poki Mon balls.
@williamchamberlain22639 ай бұрын
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@billybob9459 ай бұрын
Mudfossil university and Tyson’s Mudfossil Adventures provide insights on these being biology, the remains of some giant remains of some creatures? Interesting take anyways.
@shockwave3269 ай бұрын
they all were created in the z pinch effect kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4HGd2dmq6eksNU lots of great electric geology here,,,,, something is lifted off the ground in supersonic winds during these events that is charged in opposition to the particles in the air around it attracting them to the crab or thing pinching all around it in searing heat and then deposited on the ground once the winds subside after the thunderbolts have stopped
@ElectricalExistence2 ай бұрын
they were created in ancient electrical storms.
@laner.8459 ай бұрын
Your description of the "seed" is exactly how clouds form. Some microscopic particle (dust pollen, ash, etc), called a cloud condensation nuclei, will be the focal point for water molecules to start attaching to something and building into tiny droplets light enough to stay suspended as a cloud. When they keep growing, it turns into rain. So cool to see so many parallels in the sciences.
@BikingVikingHH9 ай бұрын
The parallels are not found in the sciences, they are found in the natural world
@Jane.Doe.9 ай бұрын
@@BikingVikingHH Absolutely agree with you 100%
@rannnoch3 ай бұрын
@@BikingVikingHH because sciences are founded off observations of the natural world... or at least they are supposed to be
@ulfricstormcloak50802 ай бұрын
As a geologist I can’t agree more with your initial opening point of seeing more when outdoors. Everywhere on earth holds so much information and can tell so many stories but most people can’t appreciate it. Very glad I grew up with a dad who’s a geologist and taught me the ropes at a young age which sparked my interest in geology
@robertburroughs89626 ай бұрын
I found your channel last night browsing different things to watch. I really appreciate your enthusiasm and the really kind way you present each subject. You make the stuff so easy to understand by your detailed explanations. I shared your video to my brother who is a geologist. I know he will enjoy your videos as well.
@smellycat2499 ай бұрын
This is one of the best KZbin channels. Thank you so much for teaching and showing these amazing geological features.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@inyobill9 ай бұрын
Even KZbin at its best?
@morallycorruptmaleficentti11942 ай бұрын
Hell yeah! Ive been waiting to come across a channel like this! I took a geology class in college and ill never get over it. It was the coolest class ive ever taken and i was debating whether to switch majors bc i loved it so much! Unfortunately i didnt and i think about it every now and then but watching your videos makes me feel like im back in that class and that brings me a lot of joy so thank you Mr. Cook!
@myroncook2 ай бұрын
thanks
@GuberShep2 ай бұрын
Heck yeah, geology! An underappreciated field to be sure.
@andrewcockburn32279 ай бұрын
I’m so glad that the algorithms put this channel on my feed suggestions. Geology with Myron is interesting beyond belief!
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@KevinRCarr9 ай бұрын
Once again, Myron performs that time warp thing where 24+ minutes passes like 15 minutes and I'm always surprised to see we're again at the end of a video. Thank you, Myron.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
thank you!
@bobcarter59942 ай бұрын
Well paced, high quality, and very educational. That drone zoom-out shot was amazing and was a great way to explain what was going on.
@lorirober25365 ай бұрын
Just found your channel. Just watching this video makes me feel so much smsrter. Thsnk you for imparting your knowledge and wisdom with so much kindness and patience. Look forward to watching soanyore of your videos!
@duncan940199 ай бұрын
Thanks, Myron. I love your videos. I've loved geology since my first geology course in 7th grade. Unfortunately, that was in 1958. Fortunately, I'have done some reading and taken a few recent field trips. And your videos are an important part of my continued learning. Obviously, with over 60K subscribers, I'm not alone in you being an important source for education.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Never too late to learn...I like your attitude!
@atomictraveller9 ай бұрын
@@myroncook in the rincons above saguaro monument east above tucson - the light (granite?) is almost like a parking curb and continues about the same distance around the back, like a giant concrete pipe, stuck in the black rock (granite??). amusingly, the shadows to the left of the curb hint that there are three evenly sized steps in the rock kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJC7XoqJndtpn5Ym25s the next image.. sandstone wall mysteriously sweeps perpendicularly across gully. earlier in there i have a quartz vein with a 90 degree angle and a third vein at 135 to both. but that concrete curb is like a fairy garden.
@loueckert49709 ай бұрын
I love these lessons. Taught in a way to gain your interest and learn. His students are extremely lucky to be influenced by Myron.
@user-sc2qv3qz7d5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your videos Myron! They give me such amazing comfort!
@RiverReeves232 ай бұрын
Really great video Myron. You're really good at taking vast amounts of information and delivering it in a very calming and easily understood form. I've never been in to geology but I've subscribed because I really like your teaching method. Thank you.
@itsnotthesamething9 ай бұрын
My first thought was, "I have a rock like that!" It was given to me by an elderly man my mother knew. He thought it was pet wood, and he gave it to me because I collected rocks and fossils I found around my area, in Tennessee. I always thought it didn't look like that to me, so I finally posted pics on a rock ID page on facebook, and it was identified as a concretion. Mine is about as big as the small ball underneath, and cut in half. So the ball part has a sandstone feel to it, but the sliced part is solid and smooth. Pretty cool!
@Shadoweknows766 ай бұрын
It's the ball joint part of an ancient beast or giant. Like the knees or shoulders.
@carlspitfire13885 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJmulXalgNeke9k tell me this isnt pet wood.
@CraftAero4 ай бұрын
@@Shadoweknows76 OMG, yes... a stone concretion could ONLY be an anthropomorphic representation. I'm thinking aliens planted it here as a diversion.
@declangrant97454 ай бұрын
God bless you sir for a highly informative and satisfying peek into the never-ending wonders of Mother Nature
@scottfree64792 ай бұрын
I love this. Absolutely fantastic, makes me kinda wish I had been a geologist. I don't know if I'd have been any good at it, but hiking around beautiful landscapes like this and wondering how they came to be just seems like a dream
@CAoffRoading9 ай бұрын
Well this just cleared up a mystery for me. Was hiking at a rest area near Thermopolis Wyoming and found a bunch of those. Just much smaller. Couldn't figure out if they were lava bombs, fossils, etc. Now I know. Thank you for that knowledge
@Jeff-jg7jh9 ай бұрын
Me too. I know where there is a small field of those and now I'm going to have to go back and look closer.
@ianklanfer48878 ай бұрын
Mudfossils
@HobbiesHobo9 ай бұрын
I've found concretions that are very similar except the inside "Ball" was only the size of a Baseball in Canada's high arctic, north of the mainland (The arctic islands). I was working as a helicopter mechanic supporting all types of research as part of the overall, "Polar Continental Research Project". This was back in the early 1990's . Your video was really well put together. Thank you. Mike.
@smileycamel56354 ай бұрын
Very educational, and what a beautiful place. Thank you.
@lachlanharwood82353 ай бұрын
Can just imagine the amount of work this takes being a 1 man soldier. Keep up the hard work, you inspire me to do better!
@lisajahn68399 ай бұрын
Thank you all for making and sharing these wonderful entertaining and educational videos! Be well, stay, safe.😊
@postyoda16239 ай бұрын
This the best thing on KZbin by far for me. I got interested in Geology a couple of years ago and have always wanted to learn how to interpret landscapes; but applying what you learn from textbooks to what you see around you and making the appropriate associations is kind of a talent that I lack. So these videos are like field geology lessons in landscape interpretation and they are all fascinating. They also incorporate something that I learned in my childhood reading Chekhov's short stories: that for a story to be good it doesn't need to be dramatic; often the best stories are the ones with subtleties and nuances that create the greatest impressions since the reader feels like an active participant in making of meaning. So some examples used by Mr. Cook here are very ordinary-looking features that have very interesting stories behind them. In William Blake's words "the holiness of minute particulars."
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I love creating narratives in geology
@Find-Your-Bliss-9 ай бұрын
I hope you are a writer because I would love to read your ideas. So good to meet you here.
@theresamcpherson7352Ай бұрын
Thank you Myron! Keep up the good work!
@chiapagringa9 ай бұрын
This was so fascinating. At first, I thought it was some type of geode. I don't remember learning about rock concretions, so I was excited to learn something new. It's a profound feeling to walk and think about how the landscape, including rocks, was formed so very many eons ago. I hike a lot along the southern shorelands of Lake Ontario and can't help but bring home various stones and wonder about how they were created and how they ended up here. To be fully "awake," we humans need to know lots of history, including the history of the earth. Thx.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
nice
@lornaperryman4899 ай бұрын
It reminded me of a geode also but I did wonder why only half
@BikingVikingHH9 ай бұрын
And more importantly, the history of the human species, and the many sub species (races) that are alive today.
@chiapagringa9 ай бұрын
@@BikingVikingHH yep!
@Jane.Doe.9 ай бұрын
Yes, and not the "His story" lies taught to us from birth.
@chrysopylaedesign9 ай бұрын
I really appreciate how you pulled back on the geologic terrain & gave a great overview of the overall geology you were exploring; giving excellent context to the geologic phenomenon you were discovering. It allows the layman viewer to really get a greater understanding of the geology that would otherwise take more formal study. I'm surprised that this technique isn't used more generally in other geological programs. Well done.
@illgillbates95612 ай бұрын
Thank you for this fascinating and wonderful video. Your presentation was really excellent, I loved every minute and had a great time watching. Thank you and well done
@debrawilson38402 ай бұрын
Thank you, Myron!! This is my first video of yours that I've seen. I love geology, although im no geologist. But, like you, I see every around me and explore when I can. This video was very fun !!!
@myroncook2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@leswoodburn57649 ай бұрын
Beautifully explained, thanks a lot. More please of these great videos!
@steftetane9 ай бұрын
Great video and explanation! BTW, those are called cannonball concretions. They are pretty common in the geological record. As you said, they are linked to a “seed”, something originally made of organic matter that went through a process called bacterial sulfate reduction. Turns the organic matter into carbonate.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
They go by several names. good info
@dianedoyle-mccahon49799 ай бұрын
My first thought, went to Iowa geode State rock. Brought some home and cut open. I wanted to be a geologist,but did business.....still love my rocks.
@higherresolution44908 ай бұрын
Organic matter being rendered into carbonate by a process called bacterial sulfate reduction. Just like the information in the video, that is quite fascinating! I wonder why the reduction process of sulfur would lead to the creation of carbonate?
@steftetane8 ай бұрын
@@higherresolution4490 Carbonates are an oxidised form of carbon. Organic matter is the reduced form of carbon. So to create carbonate from organic matter, you need to oxidise it, and to do so, you need to find another molecule (an external oxidant) that will serve as an electron acceptor and therefore will change from an oxidised to a reduced form. It's sort of a give-and-take chemical reaction (known as a Redox chemical reaction). To cut a long story short: in the upper part of the sedimentary column, where there is O2 present, it is indeed O2 that serves as this electron acceptor. In the deeper part of the sedimentary column, there is no more O2 present, so it is sulfate (SO4 2-) that is used and in the process reduced into H2S.
@rockrebell1008 ай бұрын
Do we have a resent one??? For the last 300 years?? What is the resent one in years??
@robbyjobarton26373 ай бұрын
I accidentally found this Great information. I'll never make it to Wyoming this side of life. But love you breaking down the cause and effect of the rocks... 🙏🏿🙏🏻🙏🏽 And Good hunting and exploring and sharing to you and your wife 😉
@Victor-hb4hj2 ай бұрын
My son graduated from GIA and really gained a love of collecting rocks. He has relocated for a while and we had to deal with his vehicle. The trunk was full of rocks.
@earthandtime58179 ай бұрын
As a geologist I really appreciate how you explain what you see and it has helped me learn how to communicate geology concepts better. Thank you Myron.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@jeffreybail3536 ай бұрын
ever heard of petrification and how long it takes to turn a steack into a rock, i done it it took 2 years and was solid after
@Gently4699 ай бұрын
So cool to think that you likely were the first person to come across this in the modern age as I would imagine anyone coming across this would have certainly photographed it or shared it with others. Great find!
@BrommearАй бұрын
Thank you! This was very interesting. Great videography too. I like it that you put no music on it and you limit the selfies to bearable levels.
@WakeUpToYourself2 ай бұрын
Here in Australia there is a place called "devils marbels" & it is full of different sized spherical rocks, perfectly round. some are huge, bigger than a house
@Chris.Davies9 ай бұрын
In this crazy, high-speed world, it is always such a pleasure to slow down a little, and take in all that Dr. The Earth has to say, and to reflect on the wonderful learnings he imparts in such a peaceful, friendly, and almost grandfatherly way. Thank you so much, Myron, you're an inspiration. I knew exactly what these were from the moment you showed us. Here in New Zealand, we have a lot of locations where concretions form - especially from the Miocene era. And many concretions feature crabs, whale bones, and even early penguins, when they're prepared. The concretions near where I live (Canterbury) are extremely hard, and often very difficult to prepare. You can easily see a concretion contains a crab fossil if you can see three small light-coloured elipses on opposite sides of the concretion. Usually the claws are preserved, but the outer portions of the legs have disappeared as the concretions haven't grown large enough to encapsulate the entire creature. I seem to recall from my dim dark distant past, that concretions are formed by ion migration, and that they take a very long time to grow inside the sediment in which they're based.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Fascinating!
@b.a.erlebacher11399 ай бұрын
I watched a video a while back about a beach in NZ that has enormous concretions lying around, some of them split and broken so you can see layers inside, and sometimes the fossilized "seed" that they started from. Really amazing and wonderful! From watching that video I guessed that the structures here are also concretions and was pleased to find that my guess was right. I agree that Dr. Cook has a wonderful teaching style and his videos are a pleasure to watch and learn from. The skillfully recorded strange (to me) and beautiful landscapes add to the experience.
@CricketsBay9 ай бұрын
The guy who runs Malambo Fossil on KZbin carefully reveals the fossils in the NZ Miocene Fossil concretions. It's amazing to see what's inside.
@marydd41479 ай бұрын
I'm so envious of your geological perspective - I'm always interested of the geology of an area, but often have no idea of what I'm looking at. I have roadside geology books, but there are somewhat general. The property I live on is volcanic, and we've found some rare pieces of what looks to be vitrified petrified wood. We've speculated that our property may be an ancient lahar. Interesting video - thanks!
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
neat
@ArtHistoryProfessor9 ай бұрын
Good evening and good Friday, Professor Cook. So thrilled about this new episode in Wyoming. I've found some outstanding lagerstatte fern fossils in concretions from the Mazon Creek beds in Northern Illinois. All the best from North Carolina.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
wow
@SheplerStudios6 ай бұрын
Love your videos, wonderful intro to geology.
@eileendunn21305 ай бұрын
This is my 2nd video of yours I'm watching. You are brilliant in the way you explain things to knuckleheads like myself. Really enjoy and appreciate this, so I am now subscribed. Thanks. Happy New Year to you, your family, crew and fans.
@myroncook5 ай бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@LLEvarts9 ай бұрын
I was just up in the Spearfish/Sundance area last week for some fieldwork in the Bear Lodge Mountains. We were out searching for rare earth-bearing carbonatites. It was my first time in the area and I was impressed with the natural beauty on display. My home region of eastern Washington is mostly buried in layers of flood basalt, which isn't very interesting after more than 40 years of staring at it. A few years back I was up in the Hanford area where the Ringold Formation is exposed along the Columbia River. There I came upon concretions much smaller than what you found. I was surprised by how hard they could be compared to the surrounding material. I wouldn't even call Ringold lithified; it's still soft enough that you can basically dig in it, but it has concretions that are rock hard. There they tend to take on a more flat oblate shape which is probably due to the thinner laminations in some of the layers. Anyway, great video!
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
interesting!
@GB-ew8wc9 ай бұрын
You make learning fun and almost effortless. Thanks for keeping my elderly brain fueled.
@PacoOtis3 ай бұрын
Bravo! Excellent educational presentation by a professional! Thanks for sharing and the best of luck!
@chrislong39383 ай бұрын
These videos are fascinating to me! Thanks!!! I live in Longmont Colorado and we have so much cool stuff near here that I've never really paid close attention to other than admire its raw beauty from a distance. I think I'll be hitting the hills as soon as it gets a little warmer and look a lot closer to our surroundings than I have before! Thanks again for your great insights! I'm sure I'm not the first to say this but you are the Bob Ross of geology!
@myroncook3 ай бұрын
thank you! enjoy your hikes
@olliefoxx71659 ай бұрын
I REALLY enjoyed the viewers guesses on what this could be. People can have such good imaginations. I like the participation of the group and you connecting with their ideas. I had no idea geology could be fun.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@stevengeorge56059 ай бұрын
Thank you, Myron. Well done, as always!
@maestro-zq8gu2 ай бұрын
Ok, a small foreign object trigging sphere formation was one of my first guesses because I saw something about these same formations on beaches such as the Moeraki Boulders in New Zealand.
@bobhubbuck3 ай бұрын
I did enjoy this video thank you very much I look forward to learn more from your other videos.
@Hurricane07216 ай бұрын
Badlands are absolutely amazing landscapes that make you feel like you're walking on a different planet! This particular area of Badlands very much reminds me of the Makoshika Badlands near Glendive, Montana. The landscape in the Makoshika Badlands has very similar formations and landscape colors.
@CoalCreekCroft2 ай бұрын
Damn. Been on the Front all my time in Montana but those badlands were on a top visit list if I ever got out that way. Riiight. But last year I got to move to a remote farm miles SE of Ashland, bordering Custer National Forest. The canyons are amazing! 100% better than the landscape expected. You likely know it better ... creek valley bottom, rolling prairie to forested canyons. Finally got through the rattlers to explore around and shocked to see a lot of "mini-badlands" areas that look like Utah, complete with hoo-doos. So many, incl myself, dismissed eastern Montana but cannot imagine any better place ... and I lived in East Glacier for 3 years. Even around Weibaux is amazing. Still in the Big Sky?
@spincube57346 ай бұрын
Just found your channel and lovin' it. Thanks Myron !!
@myroncook6 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@johns16254 ай бұрын
We found these by the thousands when doing trailwork on the Rainbow Bridge near Navajo Mountain. There is a section of trail we textured with several thousand of these. I believe they were called "Mochi marbles" or something. I was told they are made in the sandstone due to some pattern of iron oxide forming a sphere that erodes much slower than the surrounding stone. You can practically pull them out of vertical rock and they are distributed through several layers too. Very interesting.
@kenwin58459 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this video, I knew about concretions, but found your explanation gave me greater understanding.
@davec.10459 ай бұрын
Thanks Myron, for another wonderful video! Years ago I took a side trip coming back from Moab and ventured north of I-70 up Floy Canyon where there were concretions that were long and broken like logs about 3-7" diameter. Some are taking up residence in my rock garden collection.
@brana.12492 ай бұрын
Very informative. Thank you!
@conniedavis62744 ай бұрын
Myron is a very unique name and I want to thankyou personally as for your very interesting content you present . I wish you would have made videos when I was homeschooling my children would have learned so much I'm still going to send your videos to them because I've learned so much. Thankyou
@michellewarmath78119 ай бұрын
Thank you, Myron. I loved rooting around the traprock in New England and seeing how it appeared and formed shapes, so I was fascinated by these concretions. I would have said they look like some kind of geodes at first or some sort of gaint sand pearls. You're a great teacher!
@JoeZorzin9 ай бұрын
You must be in or near the CT River Valley? It has a fascinating history. I'm near there too.
@RodMartinJr9 ай бұрын
Not only an awesome learning experience for the scientist in each of us, but delightful production value with establishment shots and movement which helps to tell the story. Very nicely done. 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯
@thomasmanson1119Ай бұрын
This stuff is amazing Myron, and I’m very anxious to see more of your exploration. Related to the initial surprise of the bowling ball in its layered stone “shell”, it appears to me that it is the result of significant thermal events (and perhaps not unrelated to the volcanic characteristic mentioned earlier. A very hot (or very cold) sphere could create a layered shell as a result of the differences in thermal expansion and/or contraction. I’ll be watching to be sure!
@cbeenhackker2 ай бұрын
Thx for adding the metric distances! The help provide me with a better prospective ;)
@ComfortRoller9 ай бұрын
I kicked up a rough looking stone marble with my motorcycle in a field as a kid. It rattled like it had another marble inside. I kept it for years till I was pondering it and decided I needed to break it open. Another marble much like its host but solid. I keep it in a little plastic bag. I was told by a smart fellow it sounded like a concreation. It's fun to follow threads of a mystery and finally come to a conclusion years later.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
I like this story
@utej.k.bemsel47779 ай бұрын
They were called "Adlerstein" in Germany, believed to be found in an eagles nest and helping women to have an easy birth. In the middle ages....
@E.o.t.46379 ай бұрын
Reminds me of giant Moqui marbles. They are brownish black balls composed of iron oxide and sandstone that formed underground. The word moqui comes from the Hopi Tribe. The Hopi were previously known as the Moqui Indians until the early 1900s. It said that the Hopi ancestors spirits would return to Earth in the evenings to play marble games with these iron balls. Pretty cool find whatever it is! I forgot to add they are also called Moqui Balls, Thunderballs and Shaman Stones. There's a small piece of hematite in the center and if you take 2 of them put them close and you just might feel the resistance like 2 magnets going back to back.
@wilebaldoludwig895324 күн бұрын
Illustrious white beard with white board… making geology enjoyable to say the least ! Never too late for more enlightenment ! Thanks professor, for helping so many learn so much more, about this earth that we should know so much more about. Best of health to you !
@michaelchen38482 ай бұрын
Very educational. Thank you.
@CplSkiUSMC9 ай бұрын
I've wondered about these and had some wrong ideas about them, but you just put an exclamation mark where a question mark once existed. Thanks again Myron.
@ross7989 ай бұрын
Thanks once again. Often, when I am traveling out West even with others, we often agree on the interesting and beautiful land we see, but not everyone is interested in "how" or "why" we see what we are seeing. It always fascinates me, not just in what I see as the aesthetic quality of our landscape, but in answering why we are seeing what we are seeing, and how very differently it would have looked, thousands, millions or even billions of years ago, right on the spot I am standing on at that time.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
Well said!
@danacataldi51192 ай бұрын
Very nice. I really enjoyed your presentation, your voice and casual demeanor.
@TracyD24 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the old school programs on pbs or something. I love this educational format.
@stephenmorton80179 ай бұрын
really interesting, love how the drone gives scale and context. excellent use of tools. thanks!
@riverbender98989 ай бұрын
I certainly agree that an interest in Geology makes any outing much more interesting. Thank you for letting us tag along.
@pamelaharris93185 ай бұрын
I love your perspective from geology .❤
@Montanaranchwife6 ай бұрын
Loved this video! I live in south-central MT. There are millions in one massive sandstone outcropping. Most are marble size, a few goofball size. One I found is 3' around. Extremely heavy! So thankful to hear an explanation ❤
@Gola3089 ай бұрын
There is a very similar formation near the Colorado/Utah border along I-70. It's also prominent along the old highway 6/50 that's slightly north of the interstate. Always wondered about them. Love your videos!
@mosessupposes25719 ай бұрын
I love your videos. I was born in Powell and lived much of my childhood in the Big Horn Basin. I’ve been gone from there a long time, and I love seeing the places where we roamed as youngsters. What I love even more is now learning from you so much about the places and features I always loved but had no real clue about their magnificent history stories. Thank you SO very much.
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
You need to come visit the area
@MesaMynx5 ай бұрын
Wonderful video and glad to have found your channel. The day science can open their minds to the concept that our realm is not what we've been told, much more will make sense and fall into line. We are on a living "planet", and remnants are everywhere if we look with new eyes.
@ChristophersMum5 ай бұрын
This is just fascinating...thank you so much...Cheers from Scotland 😁🤯
@terryt.16439 ай бұрын
I wondered if they were concretions having learned about them from your other video on what looked like petrified wood. Thanks for teaching me something new for this old brain to contemplate!
@RonHelton9 ай бұрын
Alien viewing this video from his home planet: "That's where my ball went". 🤣🤣
@slappy89419 ай бұрын
Holy crap that was funny, and so original. I bet your mom says you're the smartest boy.
@GilObregon-hj6zh9 ай бұрын
"So, that's where my ball went!" (Mr. Smarty Pants -- that's me -- sez) But either way, CONGRATS!! 😹 🥳
@aaroncarter40899 ай бұрын
Needs improvement
@sidstovell21779 ай бұрын
Priceless! Thanks for the chuckle!
@kitt74779 ай бұрын
That’s what I was thinking!🤪
@scottkelbell5003Ай бұрын
Thank you for taking an old man, who can't walk anymore, along for the walk.
@shortcut13312 ай бұрын
Very cool! :D Thanks for sharing, I love nice formations like these. Your explanation was great, I'm not knowledgeable about these things but it made sense. :)
@deathatsix9 ай бұрын
I live in southwestern PA. I have found small rocks that were hollow inside or ones with darker cores. I think you just gave me the explanation that I hadn't known for many years. Thank you, this was a very interesting video.
@pcatful9 ай бұрын
Hi Professor Cook! Enjoying your videos. Say, where can I buy a hat like that?
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
made by Scala
@hikingwithjackieboy4 ай бұрын
Quite interesting. Thank you for sharing.
@douglaswhite9777Ай бұрын
Love your program of geology, looking at the Roundball and the stone I’d almost say it was a petrified, giant clam, and that may have been a pearl cause I’m not a Geological individual I know very little about geology good programming well done.👍
@leddygee18969 ай бұрын
You know Professor Cook, That first geologic example you showed us with the ball of material at the center reminded me of a Geode sphere where if you cleaved the stone, Crystals would be found inside. I know It's probably not the right conditions for this to occur. But it's kinda' nice to wonder. Have you considered making the trip to Pyramid Lake, NV to check out the very interesting geology of that region? It is the remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville, that covered more than half of Nevada at one time, and is only one of two places in the world that rely on one body of water naturally feeding another. Lake Tahoe feeds Pyramid Lake via the Truckee River. The size of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout were legendary that lived in Pyramid, exceeding 3 and 4 feet long, and 40 to 60 pounds. Those days are long gone, but a vital repopulation of breeding fish are having great success for the Paiute Nation that call Pyramid Lake their home. As always, a very insightful look at the Geology that's all around us. If we just take the time to notice...
@myroncook9 ай бұрын
neat
@herbf27009 ай бұрын
We have those by the ton out here in Ferron UT. When I first saw them sticking out of the cliffs it was a real wow moment. They have crystal cores here and they can get huuuuuuge. Volkswagon sized specimens sometimes roll down the slopes below the cliffs and stop out in the flats, where they disintegrate over time. I thought they were from the frontier formation. Good to know I was right!
@Findammir3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video it was very great amazing place their 🎉🎉
@leilaluginbill9163 ай бұрын
Fascinating🤗
@OkieSketcher19499 ай бұрын
I would say it is a concretion much like the ones we find locally in the Woodford or Sycamore limestone formations in southern Oklahoma. My father was a Geologist who took many a college student out into Southern Oklahoma to learn surface geology. I learned a lot of geology from him and I still use it as I travel. Great way to learn more about the world around us. Love your video.
@bryandunkel4 ай бұрын
Totally Natural, Weathered Concretion with its core. Nice Specimen.