The Geologic Oddity in Australia; The 12 Apostles

[@S-T-E-V-E]

The Chalk Cliffs at Dover are an amazing Geological oddity! It blows my mind that they are composed of ancient tiny Plankton bodies. They once stretched the English channel to their counterparts in France but an ice age carved out the Channel! Could you do a video on them?

[@spensershort5200]

The sound in this video is MUCH better than the previous videos with the new mic. I think you've got it figured out!

[@TrainLordJC]

Thank you for this video providing some timeline explanations of these beautiful formations. Having been here on a number of occasions and growing up nearby I too have put out videos showing the the beauty of the coastline my latest being, Limestone Coast, South East, South Australia 4 wheel driving and hiking by my KZbin channel Train Lord. Being only about 300kms from the Twelve Apostles and even though the cliffs may not be as high it is still spectacular. Moreover every time I walk along these trails there is almost nobody else there whereas along the Great Ocean Rd there are always thousands of tourists. I have been watching your channel from day one as I have grown up close to the volcanic region of Mt Gambier and volcanology has always fascinated me ever since. Your daily descriptions of the volcanoes around the planet is truly amazing and inspiring. Thank you for your great work.

[@winnieg100]

Thank you. I love the geologic origins

[@DaveTexas]

I’ve been to the Twelve Apostles. The first time we went to Australia, a friend who grew up in Melbourne told us we really needed to see this area. We rented a car and drive out along the Great Ocean Road, stopping at many scenic spots along the way. This was back in the late ‘90s and there have been a number of changes to the coast since then; there was a formation called London Bridge that had two arches, both of which have now collapsed leaving just two stacks of rock with nothing connecting them. I used to shoot medium-format film with a Hasselblad, and I shot dozens of rolls of film out there. The walls of my house are full of huge prints I had made of some of those images,

[@mikeyd946]

I have been there. It is stunning!! ✨

[@glenncombs3471]

I have truly enjoyed climbing and photographing the Brandon Oregon spires, though I believe they are basalt, and much older. A history of those would be nice. These "not necessarily volcanic" videos are truly enjoyable to me. Please keep them coming!

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

See the world and learn Geology. Love it. Thank you.

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

It is quite sad that one of the Apostles collapsed. Regardless, limestone + erosion = spectacular geological features! This rock formation reminds me of another amazing geological feature in the Philippines: The Hundred islands. Is it possible to do a video on them?

[@Earthneedsado-over177]

The layers of limestone really give you a strong visual of the vast amounts of time that it took to build them up. It puts in almost disorienting perspective how short is the lifespan of one human.

[@VanillaMacaron551]

One of the apostles used to be joined to the mainland, in a formation that was called "London Bridge" for some reason. My then-husband walked out over it when we were there on our honeymoon in 1985. A few years later the "bridge" collapsed into the sea.

[@tatters1]

"London bridge" is still there, further to the west along the cost. I saw it a month ago 😊

[@christopherharvie8716]

London Bridge was a seperate structure not considered part of the apostles.

[@josoapification]

A video on the diversity of rock types in Ireland would be interesting. Geology is so interesting. It’s amazing how geologists see in the land what we can’t. The only thing i can recognise is s typical U shaped glacial valley. Which we have a very good example off on northern east coast of Ireland.

[@helenamcginty4920]

On the other coast Slievemore in Achill Island, Co. Mayo on the far west coast has a relic flora on its top. I forget how far down, but read about it possibly in the monograph by the founder of the archaeology school there. The thinking being that the mountain top was never covered by the last glaciation. Possibly westerley winds, that still blow, helped provide s micro climate.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Also I hail from Blackpool in Lancashire and when skies were clear we could see the south western fells of the lake district from the kitchen window. It was like looking at a real life text book picture of a denuded anticline. You could imagine the original shape of the huge dome before it was ground away by the ice.

[@helenamcginty4920]

You would like High Cup Nick east of Penrith. A long slog up one side of a U shaped valley with part of the path along a basalt outcrop brings you to the nick which is a dry waterfall with z cracking view straight down the u shaped valley to the plains beyond. I reckon if you had binoculars you'd see Blackpool tower. 😅

[@markgallagher5908]

There isn't much information available about the geology of Ireland but its history is interesting especially around 400 million years ago, it was at this time that the two parts of the country collided together, the line of the collision runs from Clogher head to the mouth of the Shannon. The orientation of the mountains in Ireland are roughly parallel to the collision zone. Parts of the Appalachian mountains are found in Co Donegal and there are plutons just outside Slane village in Co Meath. If you're interested in learning more about geology Nick Zenter has a great KZbin channel he mainly discusses the geology of the pacific northwest of the U.S but the events happening there for the last 50-100 million years ago are similar to the events that formed the main geological features of Ireland.

[@josoapification]

@@helenamcginty4920 interesting I used to live on Clare island many years ago for about 6 months. My cousin has recently built a house there and my uncle from Derry her father is buried there also.but she lives in Dublin most of the year. Beautiful part of the world I will have to visit again. My sister in law is also from swinford . I am from county Derry. We have had connections to mayo for decades. My grandmother’s people were from mayo . But she was raised a geordie in gateshead. There are plenty of beautiful places in mayo . Clew bay on a boat looking over to croagh Patrick. Cannot get much nicer than that. Weather permitting of course. 😊

[@solarnaut]

I believe they were long ago dubbed "The 12 Apostles" to increase their tourism attraction value. WIKI: "The stacks were originally known as the Pinnacles, and the Sow and Pigs (or Sow and Piglets, with Muttonbird Island being the Sow and the smaller rock stacks being the Piglets), as well as the Twelve Apostles.[2][6] The formation's name was made official as the Twelve Apostles, despite only ever having had eight stacks"

[@scottjohnson1542]

I was there in 2005 the day before it fell and have one of the last pics of it. My family still blame me for it falling down……

[@Nightscape_]

Has this channel ever featured the Cliffs of Dover? That would be a neat topic to cover.

[@TimNevins]

Enjoying your content!

[@digitaldreamer5481]

Here is a place that I’ve never been too but on my list for the next 3-5 years. 🤙🏻

[@richardconway6425]

I would just like to say that I thought the video footage you had of the 12 apostles was superb. I don't know how you manage to get such high quality footage, but thank you for going to that trouble. It was really easy to imagine being there ...

[@silvershadow013]

I've been there and they are beautiful! Thanks for discussing them!

[@marlies220]

Seen the Cote Albatre, the cliffs at Etretat in France in your video. Been there very often and even eyewitnessed a huge landslide on one day. Thanks for covering this.

[@Yezpahr]

Is the "Waddenzee" above the Netherlands / Germany considered a geologic oddity? It has a chain of islands and at low tide you can just walk across from mainland to at least one of the islands. Even though I grew up with this oddity and consider it quite normal, it dawns upon me that it's actually quite odd to have an ocean be gone at least half the day.

[@stonno719]

Nederlander? 🇳🇱

[@Arational]

When I visited the 12 apostles, there was a helicopter parked beside the road and they took tourists for an arial view at reasonable cost. It was well worth it.

[@ssansu]

Same here, in 1998! It was spectacular. I remember that it was a local guy with his own helicopter. Those were the days.

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

It was likely a very liberating sight!

[@jabcreations]

How about the similar tower structures out in the American west? I believe you mentioned in a previous video that they were the left-over internal lava tubes where the rest of the mountains eroded away...or are at least some of them just leftover remnants from massive amounts of erosion as the seaway in American west dried out over time?

[@MathewFolkert]

Would love to see a video on the failed continental rift in and around Lake Superior in Minnesota. It's little known and pretty cool to read about, IMO.

[@cykkm]

It's very clearly seen at 0:35 (and a few scenes later) how the bases of the pillars are eroded by water.

[@ComfyWombat]

There used to be 12... a few of them have collapsed over the years

[@christopherharvie8716]

The number of formations in this area are astounding. Mutton Bird Island, the old London Bridge, Lochard gorge, The Sentinel (the most underrated it a gigantic slab of rock, 15 times bigger than the apostles, that has fallen off a cliff) the bay of Islands. Port Campbell,s port is amazing it’s self (one of the more unique beaches you’ll ever swim at) Port Campbell has a ripping pub too. 👍

[@DanielBerke]

Saw these in 2018 when my family visited while I was doing my PhD in Melbourne. They're pretty cool to see in person.

[@supertoasting1011]

Australia has the 12 Apostles and California has the 9 Sisters lol

[@Sphynx93rkn]

Lmfao

[@FyreNail2]

I'd love to request anything geological to do with the state of South Australia if that isn't already something you're planning on doing :)

[@DounutCereal]

Hey this is my local(ish) area! I grew up an hourish down the coast and it's a big tourist area, lost of people traveling from all sorts of parts of the world to drive the GOR and see the apostles. Erosion is a pretty big issue all along the cost, parts of the road that were reasonably away from the sea with a wall of foliage obscuring the water are now 3 meters away from the sea cliff and in some parts, a totally new road alignment has been built further inland to escape the crumbling land

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

Wait, what happened to your recent videos?

[@scottr2624]

So, in Colorado there's a geological oddity called Hanging Lake, a small lake literally on the side of a mountain rimmed in travertine. Above it is a waterfall called Spouting Rock, where water shoots out of a hole in the cliff face. Might be good material for a video.

[@snarky_user]

I just keep hearing "Sleestacks.". Run, Holly, run!

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I saw those in 1985 when I was 18. I didn’t get too excited seeing them.

[@magnepg3758]

Hi. Fuego in Guatemala is very aktive now! Any chanse for some update?

[@koharumi1]

Apparently there were more but the Burkle impact tsunami might of killed some off.

[@13BGunBunny]

I gave the 500th like 😀

[@hcraretep]

Did you get to look at the Newton Boyd area?

[@NeuroKytsh]

i live near here, its very interesting, that whole road is amazing. lots of snakes there, though

[@kamiko351]

If nobody has said it already the reason they are called the 12 apostles is because there use to be 12 of them but time, tide and erosion have taken there toll.

[@AlfonsoL.GonzálezDíaz]

Could you please do a video on Nevis Peak?

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

What happened to your recent videos?

[@patatras2483]

In memory of the darwin arch... By the way I happen to live not far from etretat in france, and just north there is a lesser known small sea stack called the aiguille de belval. I even happened to dive right next to it when I was younger. Clearly not as impressive as the twelve apostles but still impressive especially seen right from the base. But appart from this one unfortunatly there arent many others on this coast.

[@thelastvulcano8821]

Di Sumba, Lampung, Lombok pun ada

[@GangGang1]

cool!

[@stevejohnson3357]

Maybe at some point there were exactly 12.

[@bearalohalani]

I suspect not. I'll bet they realized that 9 Apostles just doesn't have the same cachet as the familiar 12 Apostles, even if the latter figure is numerically incorrect.

[@tsugima6317]

My husband and I were there right after the one Apostle collapsed in 2005, so I suspect that there were more at one point. Also of note is Wave Rock in Western Australia, south of Perth.

[@Daviaoso]

Where is the rock formation located at 1:27 located?

[@christopherharvie8716]

I believe that’s in France

[@snowysmile9082]

Where's the mt martin video

[@theesteady1]

Is Genesis History?

[@jayjaynella4539]

The oceans were a lot higher 15 million years ago. That means that a lot of the Pacific Islands now "threatened by rise of sea levels due to climate change" were actually underwater 15 million years ago. And so 15 million years ago, the polar ice was a whole lot less than it currently is. The massive amounts of ice at the poles mean the planet has substantially cooled over the last 15 million years, allowing massive amounts of ice to accumulate at the poles of earth. This is why geologists do not share the opinions of politicians, including the greens, that we have global warming. Geologists have the evidence to prove the greens wrong.

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

Global warming is real.

[@tatters1]

It is an awful accent in this video for my ears. (Sorry, I am Australian:-)