Who made these markings in the Iranian desert?

[@christophe]

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[@jchastain789]

Heres a rabbit hole for you, Stewart and Lynda Resnick hold more water and water rights (paper water) than all the residents of cali, their pistachio company alone uses more as well. Own the water. Oh dont look into how they are buying up winery's for the water rights not the grapes. And also the aquifers under them. They also own fiji water. Where the locals cant get as much access. Who cares tho.

[@1dlecap]

This channel's production quality is so good. I feel like I am part of the investigation. Well done, Christophe and team.

[@atharvakale668]

I recognized those marks right away. Here in the western ghats of India, we have been making these bunds for a long time too. These are generally restricted to sides of dry mountains and sloping unfarmed lands. They help immensely in increasing the water table and stopping erosion. If you are interested, I can send you some images of these build on my own farmland along with more details about different variations of these that we use.

[@PedroCarvalho-bk4yn]

I can't believe a full team of geographers didn't know these were water retention thingies. These are fairly common. They are used widely parts of Africa and Asia and they have been talked about a fair bit in many types of media.

[@Deiyo_]

I can't believe the guy that actually knows what they are calls them thingies 😂

[@mozneda]

academia only teaches about the tools and technologies of the colonizers.

[@farettig]

I'd even heard of these on youtube from at least one channel - dust ups by shaun overton! He's doing these in a tx desert to capture rain. Cool video, and fun for me (and probably many others) that I knew what these were right away!

[@larrywave]

​@@Deiyo_Andrew Millison has a video about them but i dont remember what they are called

[@Malphas_]

true, I've seen several videos on youtube about these bunds

[@devilmaylaugh2]

As an Iranian, I wanna say thank you for making this video. There have always been a large variety of ancient methods for water reservation in different regions of Iran and each region usually has its own technique. Unfortunately, not all of these techniques have been recorded or they're not always readily available or are being forgotten. Also if you need help with finding research papers in Persian or Korean, I could be of help. :)

[@ThePresentPast_]

Never stop making videos about crazy google earth mysteries Christophe

[@ianism3]

oooh your videos are great too!

[@ThisisA69]

Hello from Iran! I particularly enjoyed your conclusion at the end of the video. However, the harsh reality is that these projects used to be the starting point for much larger endeavors that are now abandoned due to insufficient funding.

[@Malphas_]

the data from this project is so immense, it's sad that we cant access them

[@MarqBarq]

I appreciate just how far down the rabbit hole you’re willing to go.

[@LordofBroccoli]

Love the channel, just one question, why is the channel's name Christophe instead of Tunnel Vision? xD

[@narottammurmu]

probably branding reason

[@YiorgosT]

incredible content! makes the whole research process feel very approachable. can't wait to see where this channel goes.

[@_Matt_Matt_365_]

Thank you! You taught me something about my country that I didn't know! Appreciate your work! Keep it up!❤

[@KashmirCapuno]

Watching from the Philippines! Insightful content as always.

[@bloop_official]

Johnny created a MONSTER he can't even stop

[@arkemond]

Another Vox journalist starting on their own and giving us incredible content. Well done!

[@brendenwardle6585]

not gunna lie this is the firsat ad ive seen that is actully something usefull and seems brilliant

[@ncubesays]

Yay! Another rabbit hole!!

[@Kieron_B]

This is some really good research. Thank you very interesting and informative

[@HoomanAskari]

Always an exciting moment when YT notifies me that you have released a new video. Great job, journalism at it's best.

[@desmond-hawkins]

I love how this feels very much like a continuation of his earlier investigation for Vox figuring out what these circles were in the Algerian desert, remnants of exploration by the French colonists prospecting with dynamite blasts (well worth the watch if you haven't seen it!). I hope people send Christophe more satellite mysteries to look into, and that it becomes a series. I can already see it, "in the next episode: who drew these triangles in the Gobi desert?"

[@hprofile7089]

Thank you, Cristophe for this amazing content on KZbin. You work on Vox always struck a chord, and now, seeing you do the same kind of rigorous and vigorous work really makes me happy. Keep it up. Regards One of your admirers

[@zizostory]

I'm from iran. I'm a big fan. Keep going . Nobody ever exploded this

[@bloopvid]

Was waiting for your next vid 😌

[@0005yuki]

what's great about you Christophe is you make something which is in itself boring, incredibly interesting and engaging! :D

[@octaviamacisaac8062]

Just beautiful. I love learning this way!

[@Eppobot]

Good video! I've seen few permaculture videos so for once I actually had some clue as to what was going on. Keep up the good work, you make some of the best videos on this website!

[@1.4142]

First time I predicted the answer before clicking on the video!

[@tlhago]

12:41 South African ZAR 50 note bottom right corner, love it

[@peggy237]

Dude this video was fantastic!!

[@Jimboh8]

Pskov is a city in Russia, a relatively large one at that, and nothing to do with this Iranian village. Google Translate might have decided to translate the Farsi word containing a similar string of sounds to that mistakenly because it recognises that city name but not this small village.

[@gijsvanosdeman938]

The way you investigate these kind of topics makes me want to do the same. You’re an inspiration

[@Banumayyad]

Looked up Dr. Dale Lightfoot and the man is an expert in the field.

[@christopherbonis]

Given how common these seem to be in severely water-stressed areas across the world, I’m surprised you couldn’t have just done a reverse image search on the original bunds themselves…but that wouldn’t have made for such a fascinating and compelling video. Brilliantly executed and edited. Great audio, too. And the French was a cool touch! Explains the missing ‘r.’

[@AakashKalaria]

Man! I love watching your videos and flying over such interesting places in Flight Simulator, pretending like it's an expedition.

[@BlackWoullf]

this was my favorite video so far :p

[@Logh0s86]

You said in your pilot video that everyone can do the research, I googled half-moons and I found exactly what they were, but is not the same when you explain it with details

[@benchmarkdivine1979]

"This might be a completely useless rabbithole." A typical work day for Christophe

[@seeluet]

I'm here! just got the notification. will be watching after my dinner's ready. yay!

[@AlencerFang]

love this video pls keep working on more

[@codykodina8428]

Love your content!

[@robin_marriott]

YES! My favourite genre of video

[@jvdqq]

clean cut video. amazing

[@jamjam2949]

amazing episode

[@Norn13b]

Haven't watched yet so here's my guess. The crescent shapes are meant to capture water flowing across the surface and let it sink in promoting water retention for desert reclamation projects.

[@RogalDorn01]

Funny enough my very first thought when I saw the shapes was that they were water conservation rings, there have been great strides made to prevent desertification in sub-Saharan Africa using these trenches.

[@kirkhamandy]

I've just seen the markings in the video so decided to leave a comment. If you've been to one of the Canary Islands you'll find these shapes here for growing grapes and they are there to capture water. Lets see if I got it with zero research other than a holiday in the Sun. I'll be back to edit this comment after I've watched the video in full. EDIT: lol, nailed it! Moral here is travel more with your eyes open :)

[@skenobi]

Great video, dude. Cheers!

[@BioGimp]

Im gonna say it. Desertification sounds delicious.

[@DidarRahman-gr2wq]

Good editor

[@Adohleas]

The instant I saw the start of this video It reminded me of the video that I saw with them trying to reverse desertification using methods similar to this in Africa.

[@rklammer]

Nice video! Great to see something weird expained. I like you do to a video on the Richat Structure. Obviously there are a lot of conspiracy theories about it, but on top of that it would be great to have a proper explanation and some more Worldly or even other worldly examples of the same thing.

[@raresensations2920]

Nice to see about Baluchistan I think we need more videos and secrets about Baluchistan

[@mattskabialka5555]

Damn dude. Great video.

[@c.j.3970]

Thank you!

[@Sergio.Barrientos]

If video editing quality had a definition in the dictionary, Christophe would appear as an example of it. Breathtaking talent.

[@Rblock777]

They look exactly like waves in the sea. Have you considered wind?

[@galaxyvita2045]

the strange things in the desert arc has begon

[@fixxundfertig]

Great video

[@klskygamers]

Very cool mate

[@Yasin.M86]

As an Iranian, I feel that the Iranian government does not care about this part of the country and for some reason does not want to develop this region.

[@MunnaMobile000]

probably because the region is majority ethnic Baloch and has an active pro-independence insurgency activity since the Shah era. same in Pakistani Balochistan.

[@sbbe-pq6no]

Interesting deep search In bonus we got Christophe speaking french

[@beatrizcascelli]

My God, I LOVE your videos!!!!!! 😻

[@amshermansen]

10:00 - Hah no way! That was exactly what I initially though it would be, since KZbin pushed a video to me showing the project in African trying to combat the deserts.

[@alehaim]

when the half moons were brought up, it immediately ticked with me what they were for having watched a video on combatitng desertification in places like the Sahel and western India

[@alexaramachandran7392]

I tripped and fell on my way to this video notification

[@cnelson2008]

I'd be curious to know why, if the half moons are working for the area around face mountain, why hasn't this land been pivoted to half moons from semi circles, since it seems like the drought is only getting worse near paskuh

[@Okanoggin]

Apparently I know way too much about irrigation-related things cause I keep knowing exactly what these videos are about before watching :P

[@motpoggie]

I immediately thought of swales and Andrew Milison.

[@Kram1032]

I wonder if Andrew Millison knows any more about this. He is an expert on permacultures and works on landscape scale restorative projects all around the world including India and the Green Wall project that is being worked on by North African nations in the Sahel. There they do a lot of those smaller half moons. But he might also know more about the contouring project in Iran?

[@aurethebest98]

Guess before the video: some water capture system, I think I saw something similar in saudi arabia

[@jer103]

Pashkun gets on an average 23.24mm of annual rain. I guess they try to save whatever rain they do get into the aquifers.

[@wycliffenyangate5018]

It was almost immediately obvious to me that these were some kind of groundwater control system. I may be watching Andrew Millison too much. But yep, why else would you do something so extensive and seemingly following contours of the earth. However, they were too big. I am used to the small ones. But, I was happy to have my guess be fleshed out. I am a fan of this channel. @aKenyanChatter

[@maoualtor3015]

The eighth wonder of civilization!

[@ArchieRahman]

Alright, I enjoyed it! :)

[@jamesl1332]

Andrew Millison teaches permaculture at Oregon State University and travels all over to support projects like this. He may have more information on this too.

[@jamesl1332]

See his KZbin video from two months ago ...

[@jamesl1332]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpOllXx9YpKVa5osi=uxFTWFNZ25eJvwCO

[@PoliticalEconomyPAK]

These are called crescent catchments

[@thistletea]

it's cool and all, but I do wonder if there'd be a spot in the map that'd top off the Vox Madagascar one you did.

[@MateuszGamrat-u4d]

I made a screen of these and showed to chat gpt and asked him about it. It answered me in few seconds and told everything that is in this video. Im not saying that you are useless. Your videos are very entertaining ❤

[@discursion]

When you intuit the right answer from the very start.

[@mateowoetam]

I built those things volunteering in Botswana.

[@carddamom188]

Yes, they also use half moons in the green belt on the sahel...

[@ariaieboy_ir]

Iran mentioned lets gooooo

[@collins_channel8643]

Man i searched semi circular buns and got something completely different

[@mattmiller220]

Aquifer*… obviously related to flood, agriculture, etc.

[@axolotljames]

christophe is the master of google earth obscuritys

[@vsznry]

I like this guy & Johnny Harris. LOL at the Hindi song.

[@susandusenbury6352]

I loved this, thank you!!! Wondering why we don't try this in our western desert/arid areas...oh, that's right, people in our country think government is a waste of their $.

[@DMBlade4]

9:44 - Google tryna get you to look up Diddy lmao

[@satyamstark1124]

Can I get the name of the camera you use.

[@sidhantbpatil1905]

BRO SPEAKS FRENCH TOO

[@NexStageChannel]

This was an easy question to answer if you know anything about sub-Saharan Africas "Great Green Wall". It is a long term project to stop the Sahara from growing into the Sahel region. Bottom line; they work!

[@salamat304]

No doubt that climate change has played a role but it’s also a prime example of how a country knowingly let this happen, as someone from Baluchistan, it’s not the only worse thing happened to our motherland but sadly I won’t even say much due to consequences that I can face. The video was very engaging but I am shocked to see how you couldn’t recognize what these were given how common they are.

[@Rubicola174]

They're very common in arid regions of the Asian and African continent but not in North America or Australia, the other two places with big, arid regions. Since both are settler-colonial countries few people actively descided to settle in those arid places and the ones who do usually built near artificial irrigation systems like re-routed rivers, canals, aqueducts, water-pipelines or just on top of accessible aquifers they can drill into. As a result these structures just aren't very common in these places, and with this channel being from the U.S. it's likely the only place they could have heard about them would be the permaculture nieche on KZbin, which in the western media sphere is dominated by a bit of a hippie crowd.

[@Zafar-jh7eq]

You massaged them in Persian but they all were Baloch they can't understand Persian, I am a Baloch too from Pakistan side Balochistan.❤ This same water crisis exists here on our side as well, I think it is even worse on our side of Balochistan.

[@hhdhd9814]

Banger

[@UNI-tf3ef]

This is well manner project ,

[@thibaultredier9516]

Totally forgot you could speak french, ain't gonna lie aha. Great video thanks a lot!

[@sushionaram]

Here we go again

[@willychilton]

Hmm.... maybe the Pacific Palisades or Altadena needed more of these contour bunds and half moons?

[@chameleon1001]

excellent

[@molivia.]

Why 3:30 Bollywood song is playing in Iran? 🤔 By the way, song name is *Ankhon Mein Basa Lunga*

[@NotiBoii-c6l]

because bollywood make most of their song in a iranian language called urdu

[@mr.commenter7953]

@@NotiBoii-c6l Urdu was invented in and around Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, India in the 12th century.

[@NotiBoii-c6l]

@ doesn't change the fact it is an iranic language, even the word urdu means military camp shows the language was invented by persian speaking turkic and afghan conquerors

[@gnacgnacgnacgnac]

I'm a little surprised and skeptical about your findings in this video. Are these contour bunds really efficient? In all the pictures they seem to be completely dried out. If they were efficient, there should be some vegetation growing, or some darker area where the water is being held back, I guess.

[@susandusenbury6352]

Maybe they used to be greener when the climate was different.

[@larrywave]

Check andrew millison

[@NilAmbition]

I wish you visited Iran