I found Colossal, Impossible Geometry with Desert Drifter

An incredible coincidence resulted in Desert Drifter and I standing atop a mysterious and gargantuan block of stone in the middle of a forest.

This thing had many secrets, but one stands out above all else. The history of this block, truly is puzzling.

Had I not seen it with my own two eyes, I might not have believed it was real.

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[the_pov_channel]

P.S. The entire progression of this video is focused around unrolling the geologic story of this object. Before you leave a comment about how speculative my claims are, or how obvious it is where it came from, ya gotta watch the entire thing. If you think that I am drawing unscientific conclusions, it means you have only watched the first couple minutes and therefore are missing the entire point of this video. I don't have a PhD in Geology like Myron Cook (love his videos btw), but I do my best to explain the processes at work in layman's terms. I don't spell it all out from the beginning because that's boring.

[shoarmadad]

I love how you don't use music to fill up the parts where "nothing" is happening. Please don't ever change that.

[Desert.Drifter]

Great vid! What a good time it was. And for everyone thinking the story of Nolan and I both planning to film this separately (unbeknownst to eachother) is only a story, it is 100% true. I guess it was just meant to be 😂

[judyvalencia]

Thank you so much for posting this! I’m a 73 yr old stroke victim that doesn’t get out much and this video almost felt like I was there in my younger self exploring nature! You are so much appreciated!!’

[markos]

Your walking 10 inches parallel from the edge was FREAKING me out! 😮

[tonyt]

You guys walk shear cliffs in the middle of the desert (man hood in a bucket.) 1 little creature with fur (run for your lives). Love this and all you vids. Keep it up and be safe.

[Ken-gzmo]

My two favourite explorer channels! Happy to see you doing a video together.

[the_pov_channel]

Hello everyone. I had a lot of technical problems with the initial upload of this video. Sincere apologies for the delay in posts. I think I am good at the whole exploring and finding things part of this job- the editing process, not so much. It can be a real challenge. Im trying to optimize this to reduce the gap between videos. Either way, thanks a million for watching - POV

[badasswood]

ive been a stone worker my entire life, im floored by your awesome video! the knapped arrow head and tool pieces you found are so cool! we find them here too, and i found a stone iroquois hand drill once on a property...i can tell you that a lot of the surrounding rocks and stones look quarry cut, or cast offs of a quarry cut ... everything about that place says quarry to me, but who knows. there are many places where i live that look like tgey could have been quarries, but arent, theyre naturally occuring, and there are many quarries here... i love the broken corner theory!!only way to confirm it was a quarry would be to find something built from any stones from there, big or small, that search could take a life time to maybe not find anything... the one edge actually looks like it was damaged by an impact, theres a dent in it about 6 feet long, look at the photo of the measurements, its to your left. the horizontal lines look very much to be tooling marks. tgere look to be matching marks on the flat wall under the one over hang on the upper cliffs, it would be cool to measure, and examine the horizontal lines on both, and try matching a displacement area. pretty insane video!thank you!

[TronpointOh]

When you're in those caves you need a thrower flashlight that throws the beam a great distance. Your light bleeds out after a few meters. Get the Olight javelot long range.

[mamm]

WOW! What an amazing place. You, Andrew and Evelyn make a great exploration team. I am so glad that neither you nor Andrew tried to tackle that on you own, alone. Your editing is fine, and I enjoyed every minute. Thank you!

[nickabousselam]

My palms are sweating just watching you walk so close to the edge. Take care

[mjokffsgfjs]

You will never find any secret service officer up there, with that incline.

[Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

The reason why the block is so flat compared to the rounded cliffside is because those eroded parts broke off as it was rolling down the hill. That rounded surface on the cliff is decomposing limestone and is quite weak, comparatively, and since limestone is deposited in layers, it also has weak shear planes baked in. So the first tumble probably broke off that decomposed upper layer and as a result the shear plane exposed the harder and uneroded limestone beneath it. The rock you found with the weird pattern around those thin sheets of rock is called breccia, a result of a sudden high energy event that shatters rock, and if the right geological processes are in place, it cements back together all jumbled up. Very common with cave collapses, meteorite impacts, and landslides. The individual pieces of rock within the matrix are called clasts, and that's the primary determining factor in what separates breccia from conglomerates (a rock made of eroded bits of rock, think river rocks getting stuck in mud and then the mud turns to stone). Myron Cook could create an interesting video on this particular geological formation, no doubt.

[marguerittegoetsch]

Awesome show kids, I'm 70 years old and never heard of or seen the rock you showed today I don't know what to think, it looks man-made to me. I was praying for your safety as you kids investigated that colossal rock, I have my fears and have no problem with flying, but I have the fear of falling, and you kids? on top looking down as you did. Thank you to you three please be safe. God Bless you three.

[juicetin]

I think the physics of how the block fell away should be examined further. The formations on the mountain face suggest that the block would have had a corner facing downhill rather than one of its flat faces. There could have been a good chunk of that corner suspended over a natural fulcrum of sorts. In time, the attached corner would succumb to the weight of the suspended corner and break away from its position on the mountain. Considering gravity and the sheer weight of the block, I believe it could have slid and rolled more than tumbled. Also, the broken piece of the block may have been a chunk that broke off in this cataclysm. Very, very cool stuff! Love the video!

[quinonesdeserie]

Love seeing Andrew of Desert Drifter in this video with you!!

[tiorontoron]

this country is so immensely beautiful and people go their entire lives without even comprehending its beauty, thanks for sharing

[jimlipscomb]

When limestone breaks or dissolves in rectangular prisms it is called "joint control." Some formations of limestone are very prone to exhibiting joint control.

[JJ]

that rock has been cut into a square not by nature but by tools!