WHAT'S HIDING UNDER THE SAHARA SANDS?

It is the largest and most famous desert on Earth. Only Antarctica is bigger, but we do not think of an ice-covered continent as a desert in the typical sense. Most people associate a desert with the scorching sun, lack of rain, and sand, lots of sand. Only sand all around. In terms of size, Sahara covers the territory that equals half of Russia or the entire Brazil. Do you know that rich deposits of gas and oil are discovered there? The Sahara Desert has sand dunes as high as 160-180 meters. They are higher than a building of 70 stories. It is the Sahara Desert.
But what is behind the arid sandy landscape? Why sand? Why so much sand? Where did it come to begin with? Has the Sahara always been like it? Imagine, that not long ago, relatively recently, these vast territories were booming with life. But then something went wrong…
What's under the sands of the Sahara?
#Sahara #Earth #reYOUniverse

[ryv]

Hi. What other places on Earth do you think are mysterious?

[Ric_-te]

So you’re telling me there’s no ocean with weird looking dinosaur things under it?

[BigTim.]

Imagine if all the sand was gone but everything in it stayed the amount of history that would be found would be unimaginable

[axeminul]

The greatest mystery is that the S from Sands is missing...

[samain]

At 6.28 you can see straight lines in a grid pattern, these are seismic survey lines cut with bulldozers to allow vibroseis vehicles to operate. I worked in the Libyan Sahara for over 9 years and found many interesting things in the Ubari and Murzuk sand seas. Things like flint arrowheads, pottery shards, and grinding stones etc. Also areas with large numbers of burial mounds and rock carvings. These are the artfacts of a fixed people not transients.

[zhain]

ive thought about this for years. considering it is in a cycle of desert to lush land i would expect more than we could imagine is hidden beneath it. to the point i think it would change our views on our history

[cierakitty]

When I think of the Sahara sands...I think of bones under there...lots of bones from camels, caravans, people trying to get across etc. I am willing to bet all kinds of items could be found, from daggers, to even a few jewels, brass items, clay pots, and so on.

[Hillers]

At 0:45 ...The Arabic word for desert is "sahara"...so it's name means "Desert Desert"

[HikingFeral]

I read that deserts are formed when high winds and scorching heat with no rain cause the soil to literally be blown away so interested to see what you have to say

[irshadks]

This video creator has a soothing voice perfect tone and super sense of explaining the content. You deserve ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[troyjames]

Good video! I learned a lot. I would be interested in seeing how the western river in Mauritania flow in relation to the eye of the Sahara.

[Thewildlifeenthusiast]

If your standing in the Sahara desert your standing in the middle of the ocean the Tethys sea where it was once roamed by the gigantic apex predator of the Eocene basilosaurus

[johnluffman]

There is a typo: What's under the ands of the Sahara?

[georgeramos]

The cO2 levels during the dinosaurs was VASTLY higher than it is today. Plants, Animals, virtually EVERYTHING was larger, richer, and yes, the planet was tropical!

[BrandonCase]

Video: Sand. Sand? Sand.
Me: Tell me more
Video: Here’s a 1 second clip of an alien
Me: Ohhh…

[MrStringybark]

You seem to have forgotten to tell us where the sand came from as you stated you would reveal later on in the video.

[SavageOO]

FYI 48 m² is a small pond. It is incredibly important to put the prefix "kilo" in the front of the word "meter" when you are, in fact, talking about something that is 48 km².

[lourdessek]

“Why sand?”
“Why so much sand?”
Ah yes. The greatest question of mankind.

[SmokeyTreats]

Good vid, thanks. Rather surprised you didn't mention the lidar discovery of a big castle like structure found under 120 meters of Sahara sand a few years ago, belonging to an unknown civilization.

[imnotftw]

I like how “right in front of their eyes” actually means buried under 150m of sand in the middle of the desert.