Radioactive Uranium Found Near White Pocket
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- In this video I explore a uranium deposit near some famous hiking areas...The Wave and White Pocket in Arizona. The uranium at this location glows under UV light.
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Your photography, particularly the timelapses, is MADDENINGLY good. Few people make science/educational channels that intersect with this level of art, technical skill, and sheer natural beauty. You are doing great things, thank you for the work you've put into this video!
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, the thunderstorm at 13:34 was just the icing on the cake!
@@5roundsrapid263 True That!!!
Looks like good times. I'm going to add it to my list of potential adventure places to visit. But I've been through the area before and there is a whole lot of nothing to do and it's smackdab in the middle of nowhere...hmm...I guess that's why you did this video solo
I’ve gone out to White Pocket with a group of 5 photographer friends and camped a couple nights. I did that a couple times in the past. We’ve always had fun out there. There’s lots to explore but sometimes people need more than that.
@@RadioactiveDrew Sometimes you just need to get away and enjoy the silence.
Deserts are incredible areas. A lot of people find them boring but I honestly love them. They're so interesting and unique, especially rock formations such as these.
This area is rich with places to explore. The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is just South of this location.
I love high deserts. My wife grew up in Grand Junction Colorado and I grew up in Louisiana. The first time we went to the desert I didn't want to leave!
Lived in the desert for 38 years ..coming here to AZ from northern Wisconsin...The desert is magical and I hope to never leave it
A good place for killing people I agree
I like to be in the Colorado plateau desert in the spring or fall. Careful with ice in winter, but summer is the worst, unless you're looking at the stars.
12:30 - 13:53 Your crisp cinematography and timelapses combined with that powerful music... I have no words. You brought tears to my eyes with how elegantly you were able to capture the natural beauty of White Pocket. This channel is truly a gem!
I agree 💯. I wish I could find out what music was in the video. 👍
Ditto! Wife loved it.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I love being able to share these shots with everyone.
Here’s a link to the track on Musicbed. www.musicbed.com/songs/endeavor/39235
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Hi Drew, the uranium here is not in veins. It forms what are called "roll-front" deposits where uranium dissolved in oxygen-rich water percolated through the sandstone (red = oxidising) and came into contact with reducing conditions, (carbon, sulphides or phosphates) in the grey-green sandstones. The uranium was deposited on the interface between these two environments and tend to be cigar-shaped "lozenges" hundreds of feet long and curved over, hence the name "roll-front". The fluorescent mineral is most likely uranophane, a calcium-uranium silicate often found in desert environments and easy to spot in daylight due to its yellow colour. Sometimes the deposits were not mined but rather extracted by in-situ leaching using chemicals injected down wells and the uranium solution pumped up in another well. I'm not sure if that is how the deposit was exploited where you are though. Nice photography and beautiful scenery - enjoy!
Thanks for the additional information on how these uranium deposits form. I find the formation of uranium deposits very interesting.
@@RadioactiveDrew There are quite a few different geological mechanisms which can concentrate it into economic deposits, 14 or so when I last counted!
That's very informative and explains a lot about what I've seen at several uranium mines in this part of Utah. Thanks for posting!
The vast majority of the U deposits are sedimentary deposits, either roll-front, conglomerate or phosphate hosted. The vein type deposits can be found in high silica granites or ultra-alkaline magmatic rocks.
@@alitugcanunluer8779 That is true, the uranium is usually leached from an igneous rock, moves through a porous sedimentary rock until it encounters reducing conditions and precipitates there. Analogous to oil with a mother rock, reservoir and trap.
The huge Olympic Dam is an IOCG deposit, so if you go by tonnage rather than number of deposits, then it changes the statistics somewhat.
The UV was wonderful, but your time-laps was amazing! I always enjoy your adventures. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it. Those timelapse shots were taken over the course of many years visiting that area. Glad I got a chance to share them with everyone.
@@RadioactiveDrew wonderful videography!
Came for the glowing rocks, and also got blown away by your breathtaking nature photography and drone work. Glad you viewed the rocks at night, was hoping for that. Thanks, Drew!
My grandparents used to go rock hounding back in the 1950's and 60's. They also had a black light for searching for uranium ore as well as other minerals like tungsten ore.
Great selection of backing track starting around 12;00 !
The flyovers and timelapses were next level on this one!
Thanks. I was pretty happy with how they turned out.
Came for the radiation, stayed for the incredible cinematography!
I try and fit in both when I can.
Very true
Came for the uranium stayed for Uranus
Hahahaha…
Amen!
And impassible when wet is an understatement. Those roads turn to absolute nightmares when it rains. If you are out there when it rains you aren’t getting out.
The south route is pretty easy to do when it’s been raining. You have some pretty big puddles but “usually” they are hard at the bottom and pretty easy to travel through.
@@RadioactiveDrew the south pass is compacted road base though as I recall. It’s the other roads that aren’t road base that’s the issue. Also you should try hitting the uranium mine in the cliffs above bow knot bend on the green river. If you haven’t already. That’s a great place.
I hate that this channel is so criminally underrated
It’s growing. I’m happy with the audience I have.
A rattlesnake bite can easily cost $500,000 at the hospital in antivenin. Each does is around $15k and some people have required 30 and more doses over a few days.
Cool tour. The UV light trick was cool. On 3 occasions I went to Utah to just explore, hike and Mt bike around for several weeks at a time. On one trip near Moab I found a cave/mine, and explored it just a bit. I took precautions to not go too far from fresh air and limited my exposure to radon gas. I found a vein of odd looking rocks with yellow inclusions. I took a few large handfuls, maybe 1.5#, and double bagged them to have a friend back home who knew someone with a Geiger counter at the University Geology department. I placed them in the map pocket behind my driver's seat and forgot about them until I sold the truck 18 yrs later! I didn't want to keep them around because now there were small kids around, but now I wish I did.
That sounds like a mine I’ve been to. I’ve seen people Mtn biking around the Gemini Bridges trail and that has a uranium mine right off the trail.
You are looking at what is likely a "roll front" uranium deposit (also vanadium as an accessory mineral). The Colorado Plateau has thousands of roll front deposits and usually the state geological surveys have compiled lists of the occurrences in their states. You might want to do a little bit of research on roll front uranium deposits. They are very interesting involving the interaction between groundwater and organic material in the rocks. Just Google it and you should find quite a bit of information on this type of deposit.
Drew! Man that was an outstanding video! You cinematography and editing skills are off the charts! Well done! That White Pocket area looks amazing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. White Pocket is one of those places that has stuck with me over the years. Its a very original place.
What an extraordinary video! The nighttime shot of radioactive rocks is incredible!
Thanks...glad you enjoyed it.
your cinematic moments are refreshing :)
Thanks.
This was PHENOMENAL photography! Those time lapses of landscapes and stars, just incredible. Well done!
Thanks. It took a couple years of visiting that place to get all those shots.
I sure wish we would have known about this place a couple of weeks ago. My family and I just did a week long trip to Grand Canyon and had a fanominal time at Jacob Lake, North Rim, Vermillion Mountains, and Mt. Zion. My husband and I definately coming back with our overlander and HAVE to do some boondocking at White Pocket. Really beautiful video. Thank you!!!
No problem. Hope you get to explore the area again.
You can be very proud if this production! I’m from Cedar City, Utah and was once the Coca Cola but for Kanab and the surrounding areas. You did an awesome job and thank you very much for inviting me to join you!!
That’s amazing to see those rocks glow in the dark
Thank you posting Drew. You are sharing areas that I would love to explore that I may never get the chance to see. Your photography is first rate and done in such a way that I feel like I'm there with you.
Bro, the time lapse and drone shots with the music gave me chills. Awesome video
Thanks. I’m glad it turned out so well.
That was an amazing video! That petrified dunes area was just breathtaking! So amazing! Thank you for the showing that! And the uranium mine was amazing! Seeing it under black light definitely helps you visualize just where the mine was and how it was laid out! Very cool! Thank you for the tour!
OMG Drew, your camera montage was absolutely amazing and stunning. Incredible!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. The White Pocket area was a place I've been wanting to share with my viewers.
@@RadioactiveDrew Really did. Was breathtaking and timed really well with the music (Hans Zimmer?)
Maybe with a drone and autopilot you could mount a bright UV light, and scan the area and tile the results to make a glowing map - lot of work though, but I expect professional prospectors already do this.
That scenery is otherworldly. Fantastic.
Duude, the timelapses were AWESOME! Good work!
Thanks...I'm glad you enjoyed them. Hopefully the rest of the video was okay ;)
Fantastic photography! How you only have 50k subs is beyond me. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. My subs are growing pretty steadily. I feel very lucky that people enjoy the videos I enjoy making.
11:25 stunningly beautiful!!!
your photo skill is amazing!
Thanks.
Mate, absolutely no words for that cinematography! Absolutely beautiful and the view count doesn’t reflect how good it was!
Keep it up man, I’m absolutely loving this! This is exactly why I love RUclips.
Its hard to get people to click on the video. Maybe I should try out a thumbnail of White Pocket and see if that does anything.
Oh my. . . brand new subscriber here. . . words cannot adequately express the jaw-dropping wonder I experienced watching your time-lapse sequences of the Milky Way fading into the dawn, expertly overlaid with just the right and accentuating dramatic music. I was. . . stunned, to stumble on this kind of intense quality when all I really expected was just your average, run-of-the-mill, RUclips video.
I really couldn't quite believe what I was seeing, and had to replay to be sure. . .
I have a somewhat minimal interest in things radioactive, and stumbled upon your video quite by accident. Although I am always slow to subscribe to a channel - I immediately subscribed to yours after watching "White Pocket".
I have never before seen the cinematic art form so skillfully combined with an adventure video containing scientific content.
Congratulations, my man. I suspect that Hollywood will soon be calling. . .
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video.
WOW! The time-lapse White Pocket scenes and your photography in general are outstanding, thank you for the channel!!
No problem...I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
yo i caught one of your uploads early nice. I really enjoyed looking at all that glowing green uranium. i wish we had stuff like that here on the coast of north carolina
You might have other florescent minerals in that area. Only way to know for sure is to go exploring.
@@RadioactiveDrew ill be sure to look around when i get the chance to
It's always a nice treat to see you post a new video on your channel👍
I'm glad so many people enjoy them.
Really impressive videography. Lived in Arizona for quite a few years and miss that part of the country. Glad to hear public lands are still vehicle accessible back there. The Montana of my youth was like that. These days the lion's share is behind locked gates.
Locked gates suck.
An Academy award winning video as always Drew!
Absolutely stunning photography. The sunset and nighttime skies gave me goosebumps. Thank you for taking us on your adventures...better than Indiana Jones :)
That’s some high praise…thank you.
@@RadioactiveDrew Dude you are producing epic work. The high praise is well earned and well deserved.
I grew up in Michigan and live near Phoenix. My family calls me a poser for wearing cowboy boots when I trek through the desert. Step over the wrong thing, and a diamondback is chilling there. The boots give a little piece of mind. We always relocate them at my gun range, too.
Stunning star field and clouds at dusk. The camping star field also incredible. I’d love to understand more your methods. Thx!
Maybe on one of these videos I'll explain it a bit.
My favourite video to date, another place that I’ll never get to see, but brought to life by your amazing channel.
Well I’m glad you know about the location now.
You picked up a radioactive rock and revealed a cinematic gem 💎! Music, editing and cinematography polished to perfection, enthralling. You may consider a second channel.
I've thought about a second channel for timelapse and I use to post all my timelapse videos on Vimeo. But I think mixing the radiation education and exploration with good cinematography really elevates the videos.
@@RadioactiveDrew 👌😎
Impressive scenery, combined with amazing cinematography and fascinating content.
Thanks.
Stunning views! Great photography...
Thanks...that place makes it easy, so many interesting shots there.
Drew, thank you for your optic on the radiological world!
The whole video is interesting but that content starting at 11'20" is like some Christopher Nolan/Hans Zimmer-level inspirational stuff, I mean simply SUPERB!
Thanks...its a very cool place to take pictures and explore, one of my favorite.
Another awesome video - big props that you took the time to explain how important closing a gate is.
From someone that comes from a farming background in NZ, nothing would drive you more nuts than if someone accidently (or sometimes on purpose) would leave gates open.
Leaving gates like that open near such a busy highway would be very dangerous for people and cattle.
@@RadioactiveDrew Just out of interest what brand of UV light do you use?
Asking for a friend, but not really.
Here’s a link to the one I was using for this video. store.waveformlighting.com/products/realuv-led-flashlight-with-blackout-filter-technology
@@RadioactiveDrew thanks dude!
Actually, I’ve always been instructed by ranchers to leave gates as you find them. Sometimes they are allowing herds to move between areas. Awesome videography. Loved the time lapse at the Brain rock. A little sad to see tour groups there now. Never use to be that way.
How does this channel only have 67k subs?!?! The quality of your pictures and videos are amazing! Definitely earned a sub from me!
Thanks for the sub. Glad you think so highly of the content.
I'm loving your videos. The radioactive rocket engine in the parking lot was amazing. Love the time lapse videos as well. Greetings, from Durham UK.
I went out there with a private tour about 2 years ago. It was amazing. I want to go back!
I have been there. They are great locations with all kinds of geology in the Chinle formation. From Crystals to petrified wood to uranium. We hiked one of the slot canyons, very cool. Be warned, you need permits to do so.
Yeah there are some areas around there that require permits to hike into. I usually stick to areas that you don’t need a permit to visit.
I get a little choked up watching your breathtaking cinematography. Subscibed.
Thanks...always like hearing that people enjoy those timelapse pieces I put into my videos. Thanks for the sub.
@@RadioactiveDrew You're very welcome. Thanks for all your hard work. I hope you know that when you go on your adventures that we are all with you in spirit.
@@rael5469 its nice to think that I'm taking people with me on my journeys...in spirit.
Wow the cinematography was just breathtaking! Thank you for such an educational channel ❤
Really glad you enjoyed it.
17:30 I love the smell of Tiberium in the morning!
The Radial Mine, great place!
Took that road down to the Wire Pass trailhead in a rental Camaro a number of years ago on a road trip, for sure that clay would be impossible when wet! I love the crossover on your channel with the photography and landscape stuff, especially the desert that I love. Thanks!
No problem…glad you enjoyed it.
What an incredible piece of film making Drew! I just checked in for the ore hunt!
Thanks...I'm glad I'm able to share exploring radioactive areas and include places like White Pocket.
Great video I never realized uranium glowed that bright
Certain types of uranium ores glow under UV light. Not all of them do.
Historically great content.
Thanks.
This video was the first one of yours I watched. Since then i have been going over some of your past videos!
I am impressed by your common sense and informed commentary!👍
Beautiful photography! I am in awe of your work!
Thanks...I'm glad you like it.
I use 2 lights while riding at night. One at bar height and the other helmet/head mounted. It really helps with depth perception over a single light.
I'd imagine the same to be true for hiking at night too.
11:25 Your right about an ancient sea. But it also was sand dunes after the sea receded. The dunes are also exposed in arches and lots of spots across the Colorado plateau
It’s such a cool place to explore. So much ancient history.
You have some very beautiful and superb cinematography.
Thanks.
Great camera work👍 Thanks for sharing Drew!
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Drew is absolutely right,respect our lands by doing what he said about gates,and leave it cleaner than when you were arrived,help keep our open lands open for us and future generations they love any excuse to close lands,and they will in a heartbeat, thanks in advance😊
Those colours are amazing - very otherworldly!
Some very cool cinematography and loved the drone shots.
I have heard that Arizona has the highest auto death by drowning rate. Incredible photography btw.
I could see that being true based on how crazy flash floods are out in the desert.
@@RadioactiveDrew Or as my cousin describes it “Muh pickup truck can make it through that little stream”.
Very cool. Thx for taking us along
No problem...glad you enjoyed the journey.
Great advice about the snakes and the gates. Reminds me of a story about gate 4...
Again, great content and photography. Keep on keeping on!
Thanks.
Amazing landscape from another planet
Very cool time-lapse stuff! I love that area!
One of my favorite spots. My shots kind of scratch the surface of what’s out there.
I hike that area a lot and have never head of the mine. Buckskin Gulch and Wire Pass are worth a visit as well.
@@drone_boss both of those areas I want to visit.
@@RadioactiveDrew Next time you’re out this way, let me know! We’ll explore!
Came across your channel recently, i love the content and the cinematography that you bring to the table as well. One if the best ive seen so far. Keep it up
Beautiful work as always! That entire area is so fascinating.
One of my favorite places to spend time.
Another spot on video mate, that place is beautiful, absolutely top work on those timelapse 🤙
Thanks...I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Amazing scenery... Once again you blow my mind, no I have even bigger wish to visit this places from europe
Its totally worth it to visit. I didn't even get into some of the other things in this area.
Those timelapses and footage are stunning!
Thanks...glad you liked it.
so beautiful so unreal I can't even imagine there is such a place in our world
It feels like you’re on another planet there.
15:20 +1 for Dreamland Safari Tours... they took us to White Pocket in 2020.
Wow! Those videos of the desert are mindblowingly beautiful! All that fluorescent uranium at night was amazing as well. This video is probably my favorite. You get better and better, Drew!
Thanks.
Epic episode ‼️✌🏽thanks Drew
Bravo! Bravo! Well done my friend, Well done indeed!
Your passion, skill and talent are astounding!
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Drew. 👍
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
wow, incredible shots here. What a strange and unique environment.
It’s a surreal place to explore.
Just love your content Drew. The videography is always first class, love the background music too.
Thanks. I think the music worked out really well for this video.
@@RadioactiveDrew You did an awesome job, drone shots, road trip time lapse from multiple angles, and the music. Some of the best video on RUclips IMHO. You are very talented.
Love the channel! As a RCT I really enjoy these videos! Thanks!
Superb cinematography really enjoyed this video. Now I’ve found a new rock obsession thank you.
Drew I was recently (couple years ago) in NYC at Glass Bottle Beach or some call it Dead Horse Bay. It’s an old eroding dump from the 1930s and before with many cool fully preserved treasures of early life in the city. It was “closed” recently due to possible radioactive contamination. “Subsequent investigations uncovered leaking deck markers filled with the radioactive element radium-226 at two locations.” This seems like an overreaction but it would be interesting if you ever make it out to NYC to see what the rad levels are like on the beach and if they are truly a risk. We still went!
I would love to explore NYC. I haven’t been there in years. There are some many places to explore there.
I'll have to go back and check my radioactive rocks under a UV light!
The Photography in this is top notch. I've been tinkering with photography for years, but i'm nowhere near this. A look at the Equipment and setup techniques for your time lapses would be lovely to see sometime.
I'll try and show the setup next time I'm out shooting some timelapse.
Nice picturisation
Thanks.
Gorgeous country, spectacular geology!
Outstanding drone footage beginning around 12:00 - wow!! What an incredible area in the uniqueness of formations! Really awesome!
Amazing timelapses!
Thanks.
I envy your trips, your journey around such interesting places. Love the videos so that we can tag along. Norway is way to small and way to crowded to experience such things.
Glad you liked it. I would like to check out Norway one of these days.
@@RadioactiveDrew you are very welcome to visit us. But be aware that most of the interesting sites here is not public. Norwegians are very fast to slap NO PARKING, PRIVATE ROAD, NO CAMPING, NO ENTRY signs everywhere.
I love your RUclips channel. I've always been fascinated with radiation & this channel is the best..
Thanks…glad you’re enjoying it.
you are so an accomplished videographer.....is amazing the work you do.
Incredible photography on this episode. Some of those motion timelapse and night/day shots take a lot of work and they came out incredible. Well done!
Thanks. I’ve had a lot of practice getting these shots right over the years.
Congratulations for the video.Excelent presentation and so much intresting info
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
Spellbinding videography! Wonderful content. A real tour de force. Just wow!
I want a uv torch now but I am not sure if would find any deposits here in the UK. ❤
With the UV light I was using I'm sure you would find something. Even plants look different. The UV light I was using have a visible light filter on it that only lets UV light pass through. I should do a video about it because its very cool. Here's a link to the light I was using store.waveformlighting.com/products/realuv-led-flashlight-with-blackout-filter-technology