I Found a Land of Sculpted Giants on Google Earth
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2024
- I found a strange and rugged landscape while searching Google Earth. This region has harbored ancient civilizations and mysteries of the past. Wanting to further investigate and explore, I backpacked into this desert landscape, to see what might be hidden within. #ancientdiscoveries #exploration #hiking #googleearth
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I’m sorry to hear of your health condition. When I started the channel I would’ve never imagined it could have a real impact on other peoples lives. Thank you for sharing and watching
@@Desert.Drifter Its like finding a trail of broken pottery and arrowheads, only better because we cant pick them up and disturb ancient artifacts, we just learn and enjoy.
God bless x
Wow. What a wonderful comment. Peace to all.
Poor Eric! I'm sorry for you but is this really your account? Is it hacked? It was started in 2012, but it has only six videos, and all of them was published 10 hours ago?
Your public comments also indicates copied things? Just wondering?
Mister, I can't walk and spend my days in a wheelchair.
Thanks for getting me out into the desert.
I really enjoy hiking with you....
Keep on doing this. It's working for me!
My pleasure. Thanks for tagging along with me my friend
Ancient city destroyed in a war,everything is melted. The bones are from a giant,amazing discovery!!!
How did they melt?
@@andreg1165that’s the BIG question
@@jackienatale5205 what do you think? After great wars and resets they tried to delete history is a start huh
Antidiluvian cities.... Well!! could be 🤔
MUD Fossil University channel is good for petrified remains
Ther re many melted buildings all over the world
Ancient cities
Got my 8 year old to watch with me tonight. We live in northwest florida and have opposite landscape -he never been anywhere like this-was intrigued 😍
Brother, I’ve been on RUclips for years and years and seen a lot of different shows a lot of different programs and your content by far is the most interesting and captivating to me. I thank you for taking us with you and on your adventure. Safe travels my friend.
Thank you my dude, that’s a great compliment
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This is the most fascinating place ever. Thank you for stirring my imagination. It looked like another planet.
my wife and i drove by that area last year and i made a mental note to hike it. Now i’m really itching to go. Your videos are amazing.
Agreed!
Best part of this whole video besides the amazing night shots of the stars is…no trash, no signs of human presence. Simply stunning!!! Great job on this adventure!
Yes, thankfully people have respected it and haven’t trashed it. And it’s so vast, there are many places in it rarely visited
nooo, the best part was a commercial every MINUTE.
Beyond outstanding star photography! ❤
@@Desert.Drifter Where is this place if you don’t mind sharing?
Crazy, amazing landscape: frozen dragons, walking on Grape Nuts, giant prettified trees. Also, I have no Idea how you could sleep out there alone, not on this one. Thanks for the adventure!
The special strength of this video is that the idea of the hike is not to go from place A to place B, but the trip is based solely on how the landscape itself speaks to you. It is important that you try to tell the viewers what the landscape brings to your mind. So far, I haven't found anything similar. Thank you!
If this landscape was used in a movie everyone would think it looks an obviously phony set made from paper mache and spray foam. I can't believe this exists on this planet, let alone in this country. Just about the coolest thing I have ever seen. Thank you for bringing it to us.
I had that experience taking a back road somewhere southern Idaho into Nevada?? (Long story) I think it was the hoodoo-land they used in the movie Galaxy Quest. Saw some really awful bubble-wrap things on Dr. Who lately. (TUBI has classic Who!) OK, back to Desert Drifter....
I had the same feeling when I visited Garden of the Gods, near Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs, CO. I always wanted to take my kids back there and do a short little Star Wars movie. It was so surreal.
Thank you for touching the petrified wood scraps so that we could hear them tinkle. That is what aged them for me!!!
Yeah that was amazing to hear it because it looked fresh still .
Instantly fascinated. That landscape leaves nothing hidden. In the Colorado front range there are a ton of mysterious rocks as well… cool stuff
This has to be your best Cinemascope video I have seen. The picture quality and visuals are stunning. Those balancing rocks are wild and if we didn't know different, you would think this was CGI or AI images, but seeing them as actually real landscape is mind blowing. Thank you so much for sharing some amazing footage
Night-time photography was awesome!
Thanks, I’m glad I brought the good lens to snap a few shots
Agreed. Didn't realize how densely packed around Orions belt is... even the darkest night here has so much light pollution.
I thought it was amazing. Even more so to know we (i.e. planet earth) are a part of all that. We can look out at the stars but we also have a place in it.
Wasn't it just!
@@itsme_shanti Yay! Hello, Orion!
Proof the desert was once a rain forest. Incredible video. You are amazing. Thank you
This landscape is even more surreal than Bryce Canyon, Utah. It feels like you left planet earth 🌏 Your night photography was amazing.
Can you imagine how old that petrified tree log, is, possibly millions of years old, so amazing.
That petrified log is amazing.
I concur, and I had to search for "petrified wood":
Petrification (petros means stone) occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone.
Generally ranges from hundreds of thousands of years to millions of years.
@@syjwg I wondered why it looked like it had been cut with a saw.
I would like to know why it looks like they were cut with a saw too.
@@syjwgYes but has to be burried whole and quickly otherwise the tree would just rot away? Those trees were blasted and burried in volcanic ash long before they could rot
@Johnketes54 It's fascinating that sometime in the past, this whole area had vegetation.
As a 70s kid, I watched a LOT of Road Runner & Wile E Coyote cartoons... and always assumed that the crazy landscapes were the result of 60s induced psychedelics... this is simply stunning, brother...!!
Thanks and be safe... 👋🇨🇦🙂
DD Ive been following you for a good long while now. I live in Flagstaff AZ, and Im somewhat familiar with what you are exploring, but NOBODY does it a justice as you do. Man, this is one of your best. Although I have to confess that I seem to say that about every one of your episodes! But this one was very compelling and exciting for me. Very different from your past DD experiences that I have seen. I particularly like 14:40 thru 14:45 and 18:20 thru 19:00. I am in awe, and at a loss for words. Id be willing to bet, that you felt the same when you came upon these amazing Earth Sites. And then you add another unique and compelling wonderous experience - to sleep among this incredible environment! That part of your episodes is really COOL! It must feel like something magic, and VERY special. Ive already said too much, so Ill close. But DD.... dont stop what you are doing. You are giving us a brilliant, educated look into an area of our United States Country that most of us could never have even imagined exists. You sir, are expanding our minds to another level! Id like to say a sincere thank you!
Yep u lucky to live in the middle o amazing sw , I can remember falling off a big land bridge and the hight was not safe, actually my oldest brother pushed me off a forty ft Arch hahaha, thought I was gonna b hurt bad or dead at that moment but seems I fell just right the Sand was pilled up in spot I hit back first, completely sunken under sand um thinking I don't even have a scratch, and really bo sand in my eyes or ears that was terrible Luke you think it would b , really should b greatful the LORD maybe arranged that to not kill me ,that was well over 50 yrs ago and I'm only 57 ,that brother did me alotta wrong through the years but he's not getting getting up anymore he got his just dessert I guess,but it's a suspicious suicide that looks like a murderer or whatever reason he was said to b found dead, but I checked that area a few times over few days period, but when his son in law comes to say he gonna look around he's telling me he sees the body with face blown off with shotgun, idk ,u would've seen that and or any evidence while looking before and after, think the planted the body earlier and convenient they found him where I know he wasn't before! Rip billy really started doing better then getting a shotgun death don't seem like something he can do , but he was responsible for a native guys death by 22 caliber rifle in the 90s , never really know what really happened, but he was only in prison for a couple yrs, yep life is cheap,yep the eastern US is Great wilderness areas also but it's always getting more dangerous
The most expressive earth and rock I have seen in a long time. It’s beautiful.
It looks like this was a Great Basin where sediment settled after a great flood, if you notice a lot of Petrified logs/wood were embedded in the sediment.
Did you find any pumice or ash in the different layers of soil?. If your near the Petrified forest than it would explain a lot of what your finding, this region was a giant inland sea and marshes at one time.
I don't think it was a flood I don't see any small cable rock Round Rock or any other rocks in the ash piles that are there you can tell the distinction between the ash and the small layers of sandstone
@@haroldsprayberry9937 Agreed, but then how do you explain the petrified wood/logs being imbedded and protruding our of the side of the hills? I’ve been to the Petrified Forest numerous times and you can clearly see that the are was once a large swampy region. You also can see rock formations and boulders/stone layered within the hills and in the washout areas. Would love to go to this area and and study the different sedimentary layers.
Seems like this may have been part of the great inland sea that was in much of the Southwest.
Could those formations be tufa?
a landscape straight from a Dali painting and those stars are incredible, just incredible
All I can think of is this is definitely the aftermath of a LOT of water flooding the area and eventually dissipating. It totally looks like dried mud that gets occasional flash flooding. Reminds me a lot of a place called Kodachrome Canyon we went through almost 50 years ago. So beautiful and surreal!
A wonderful and charming place that reflects the depth of the geological history of the region
You have become my favorite desert, ancient history, Google maps channel. I discovered the track planner last year and then you. I also enjoy watching the POV channel. However you have the best perspective, timing and wisdom shared in your videos. Thank you so much for taking us along on these awesome adventures. 👁️🙏👁️
I grew up in Provo Utah but I've spent the past 18 years in Austin Texas. Planning on returning to Utah this summer in an RV. I would love to meet up with you and go on an adventure. 🤠👍🔔
Thank you very much, that means a lot. Really honored and humbled so many people join me for my ramblings in the desert 🏜️
fr desert drifter is the best of them all!
The old formation with coal looks like an old river boat!
@@Desert.Drifter dude Roger Spurr alias Mudfossil Univerzity speak about what you find... he is here on youtube and he make video on you already i think :)
"A Horse With No Name" is playing in my head as I watch this. Orion looked spectacular in the night sky. Thanks for another great episode.
Definitely remember that song.
That's an astonishing landscape, and without a human figure for reference it's almost impossible to estimate scale. Amazing!
It looks so much like what we see on Mars
The landscape is so surreal and amazingly BEAUTUFUL! Thank you so much for sharing. Loved the Astro photography.
I love that you follow your intuition when exploring... like following the owls and letting nature show itself through its family... just brilliant!
Those landscapes are amazing
The southwest is a surreal landscape, no doubt about it. Thanks for watching!
There is a lot of places I would like to explore. But this one is clearly my favorite. To be alone like you in the middle of nowhere is probably the best way to know more about yourself.
Truly marvelous, magnificent variety, a geologist's dream. That night sky, the colours. Wind and water gouged and sculpted. I deeply hope this doesn't become more widely explored.
I find it amazing that those petrified logs look like somebody has sawed them into blocks.
You can tell that it was a wetland because the logs are shattered crosswise and shed all their outer bark when they fell.
The land looked so different during that time. Imagining it gives one a sense of _isekai._
What an insane landscape. We are very privileged that you took time to share it with us. Thank you.
I can imagine the time ,when hudge rain,fall upon the place created those river valleys,with hudge power grinding into rocks,thanks great video ,place ,mother earth ,secrets you revealing are just so beautiful
Looks a lot like the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico. Spectacularly strange landscapes. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Love this place. There's apparently an old Chacoan road that runs through those badlands, leading from Chaco Canyon to the pueblo at Aztec Ruins. Next time you head out there keep an eye out for bones! You can find dinosaur bones in the soft mudstones
You were in a “lahar” (volcanic mud flow) thats why the trees are petrified. Encased in volcanic ash a million years ago. Very soft, erodes quicker than anything else.
Thank you, Pete. 👍🏼
Awesome thanks!
Thanks for that information. I got reamed by some guy that claimed a 2 yr old would know that limestone sees no volcanic activity. It was so hostile I quit watching but I did a lot of reading and found "no volcanic activity in the southwest limestone terrain" to be inaccurate. Lots of volcanic activity to this day. Fascinating. I had the opportunity to see some of it 1st hand. 😊
It's doesn't spew Ash though.... Ash occurs in lava.
@@itsme_shanti it’s called a pyroclastic flow consisting of solid lava pieces, ash, mud, and gases
Awesome!!
So much evidence that the flood of Noa’s time is true.
Oh my. Makes my heart smile! We have driven by so many beautiful areas needing exploration ... YOU are living our dream! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Your astrophotography at night is that of an artist. The unique photography of these sand formations awesome with their varied shapes ,where one’s imagination can go wild, and of course the beauty of the petrified tree trunks. I am sure that they would have a story to tell if they could. Your photography and your descriptions are truly an inspiration. Thank you!
At the 16:20 mark you would almost expect Fred Flintstone to walk out screaming Yabba Dabba Doo lol
😅😂😂
I was looking around for Fred and Betty, but never saw them
You’ve been in my neck of the woods the last couple videos. It’s a good reminder that I don’t get out and immerse myself in such beauty nearly enough. Love your channel! Keep up the great work.
It's like a museum full of sculptures.
Andrew, this was one of your best videos yet. I wasn't expecting that much, no ruins or steep canyons, but the petrified logs and hoodoos were amazing. The starry night images were great and your choice of music added so much. Loved it!
I've a friend who thinks volcanic plugs are petrified trees; nice to be able to show them what real petrified wood looks like
That landscape does not look real. It looks like a backdrop from the old TV program Lost In Space.
Thank you for sharing places that some of us will never see in person.
I’m getting chills seeing you just camp In the open
For me the middle of nowhere is the start of adventure. And you my friend are truly an explorer. The places where man’s footsteps end are hard to find but always worth the journey. Be safe and happy travels.
I want a calendar of this beautiful land. I'll be your first customer! Overly stunning!
Your enthusiasm and love for the outdoors is contagious and a pleasure to see. Thank you
Having to hump in the water that is required to survive is the most prohibitive aspect of desert wilderness exploration.
That rock at 4ish minutes looked like part of a backbone. So interesting to see.
Or a seriously big turd from a humongous dinosaur!
It absolutely is. It's a huge grave yard. Remember from lion king,.. the Disney cartoon.. elephant grave yard. And this tells me that dinosaurs didn't roam millions of year etc ago. This is surface and exposed. And was insinterated. People are responsible for it. I can't wrap my head around what he just drifted to find on that size scale.. yet. But it's profound. Tell me I'm coo-coo ca-chew and way off because I'd think exposing their timelines, by someone not bought off and paid to say whatever fits into their agenda and control of content and corruption.
remember kids, if it looks like a thing then it must be the thing
sheesh
@@rickc2102 it is a thing. But why is the thing on top of the ground? The excuse for lack of finding dinosaurs skeletons been because they are buried below or feets. And not all piled up and incinerated.
@@user-zc8mk7mm7w We dont need to tell you that you are coo-coo ca-chew. People are responsible for an area to be incinerated and buried in volcanic ash? A Disney cartoon brought you to this belief? Just watch the video and marvel at it's beauty and hope that no other human goes there and carves their name into a rock.
I so look forward to watching your videos that I find myself checking for new content from you every day. Your demeanor and personality, and your willingness and determination, set you apart from the others! Thank you for your work and for sharing it in such a great manner!
Yes, me too!
With ya.
My thoughts are that (1) music is unnecessary. And (2) while it didn’t detract for me, neither did it contribute. Others may differ.
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The odd shaped stone forms are somewhat reminiscent of the Maury on Easter Island. Ancient Giants staring into the distant view, blindly.
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@@jackvoss5841 I think that the music has been edited perfectly for the videos, nice and light in the intro and drone footage, and completely absent when speaking. It’s never overwhelming
Amazing ! To me it looks like the ocean floor when deserts were oceans. You are very brave.
So otherworldly. Never seen anything like these rock formations❤
What a great hike. Its like you were on another planet. Absolutely beautiful. What unique terrain. I was sorry for the video to end.😢 Thanks! ♥️
That starry night sky is amazing ❤
You do an incredibly fabulous job with your videos. I applaud your connection to the region. It shows in everything you do.
Hi Andrew, wow what a cool landscape, the petrified wood was so awesome to see. The astral photography pictures were gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx
That is a truly terrifying level of catastrophe, the entombed petrified log, brings it home.
A river of hot mud. Weird that it is also quite beautiful, sculptural, natures art.
It is incredible also that the first broken up petrified log had lichens and actual plants able to source ancient minerals for life. The plants must use dew for a water source.
Thank you so much for showing us this.
You show us such landscapes and formations,one would never see. Beautiful
ODE to petrified woodscips, my goodness - BEAUTIFUL !
Thank you, very appreciated.
The stary night with the unique rock formations was awesome!
HOW YOU DO NOT HAVE A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS IS BEYOND ME!!!
YOU ARE AMAZING AND YOUR VIDEOS ARE PHENOMENAL!!!
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What a spot! I appreciate that you include the camp and cook! Nice reality check on your two gallon water bag! That weighs more than my entire backpacking setup. That environment is no joke! Thanks for taking us along!
Hiking in extreme areas really helps me understand what our ancestors faced as they attempted to survive in new environments. Imagine you’re walking through this area and you’re like “okay I need to boil some drinking water.” But, no wood. Also no water. 💀
I’ve been watching your videos for the last two days! Wow! You scare me with your climbing but there is still enough adventure in me to love it at the same time! My climbing days are over but am living thru your videos! Thank you! Remember many of us are with you as you venture thru your life’s adventures! As long as you are willing and able I’ll be watching you … along with your many many subscribers!!
Thank you for taking me on this journey with you. Plant earth is so amazing, so beautiful and never boring.
A true land of enchantment. Well worth the trip.
Thank you for another great video. I like the way you mix music in at the right time. Keep doing it your own way and we will continue to enjoy and support you with views.
I appreciate that!
I actually loved this scenery...was like pre-flood with the log beneath the sediment.
Dude I love your channel so much... Since discovering you I bought a Jeep and got it trail ready, and also bought a Ford f-450 ambulance I'm going to convert into an off-grid camper... You are inspiration my friend... I want to get out there and live
Andrew, you are the reason I look forward to Saturday every week! I've come to love your videos - you never disappoint 💕
What an amazing landscape those night time photographs with the rock formations and the stars were so captivating.
Obrigada por esta maravilha!!! As fotografias noturnas dão maravilhosas! De tirar o fôlego!! Parabéns !!
Just love your hikes into the canyons and stuff. It's awesome. Keep up the good work, stay safe, buddy.
Amazing! The alien-looking landscape, the beatifull petrified wood, and the heart-stopping night sky all simply took my breath away. Thank you!
The stars were hard to beat. Thankfully I had a moon that didn’t rise until late into the night
By far, the best of all RUclips.......without a doubt!
The sound bites you've selected are so fitting.
I could go on and on forever and never be able to say enough about you and your adventures!
I just didn't want it to ever end! LLL
God bless you my friend........and thank you!
Thank you my friend
It is all petrified because of the great deluge or Noahs flood. We literally live on the remnants. Great footage. Thank you. God bless. Stay safe. 😊
I currently live back in my home state of Missouri in the Ozarks. I spent most of my child hood living and exploring to South West deserts of N.M. , Texas, and Arizona. Thanks for bringing back so many fond memories. Keep safe out there. Great videos
I could never have believed such places existed outside of science fiction if you had not shown me. It has enriched my life and my conception of the world. A heartfelt thank you!
I always feel so cheated when you spend days out there and we only get 10-20 minutes of video. This was an awesome place. It takes millions of years to turn a tree to stone. That tree was obviously manipulated at some point in time. There must have been a forest there once. I love your videos. Please make them longer?????😊
What a fantastic sky at night, just wonderful to see all the stars...
Beautiful scenes; love your video. 8:50 pm👏🥰💐💯
How do you not get lost and you are able to find your way back to your car? If there are birds, shouldn't water be somewhere? Another question, how is the petrified wood cut so smoothly and perfectly in pieces? So much I am amazed by. Those sculptures up on the pedestals are mind boggling. Really cool video. Oh the stars .. WOW just WOW.
Pretty amazing to try picturing what this land must have looked like in ancient times. With trees of the size to leave petrified trunks, and the different types of soils... it must have been a wet-forestland of massive trees and running rivers at one time. Thanks for the adventure.
Your work is a tremendously positive service to humanity.
Another great exploration. Morning sunrise walk starting @14:48 is beautiful!
Thank you for allowing others to live this experience through you. As a man of almost 65, it makes me wish that I had known about these places when I was a younger man. Keep the videos coming!!
The presence of the petrified logs indicates that there was once a forest and water in that area - how amazing! I love your adventures - thank you for going where others cannot, or would not, go!
Sunrise, at vlog point 16:57 through 16:59, the Giant Stones look like mushrooms. The petrified wood is beautiful especially with the orange colored lichen. I've had the pleasure to visit the petrified Forest National Park in Arizona and I highly recommend visiting there, especially with children, since it is part of our history and educational. Thank you, Andrew!
This is thee most interesting, mind blowing place I have ever seen! I truly hope no one EVER else finds this place. Our track record for leaving places the way we found them is not the best. Thank you!!!
Very impressive desert hike and exploration! Love the multiple layers of color, texture and formations. It is amazing what wind and water can do to sandstone layers.
That plant life was pretty cool also! Thanks for sharing!
Yes, so many pastel colors out there in that landscape
Most of that was petrified wood thousands of years old that's turning to Stone? What a beautiful view of the night sky. So lucky to have that view out in the middle of nowhere with no light pollution at all.
More like millions of years!
Are petrified logs usually cut so clean like a saw blade was used?
My husband & I visited the Painted Desert & Petrified Forest National Park - i spoke with a couple of young rangers & the parks thoughts on how the wood & surrounding landscape got the way they are, was a big flood that came through millions of yrs ago & Petrified the trees. But i suggested to them that maybe a large meteor hit the earth, crystalizing the trees & scorching the surrounding land. They stood in amazement and then told me that a meteor had hit about 35 miles away. Then we all stood in amazement. I love watching your explorations. Stay safe & hydrated. 😉✌️
Looks like the bottom of a lake. Very strange in places. Petrified wood was cool.
i have tears in my eyes those scenes are breathtaking, the petrified trees just magnificent, the blues and pinks in that morning glow just spectacular
Those rock formations are simply stunning. The time scale to create all this...
The geology is just belting! Night sky too - my goodness.