Cathedral Cave, New Zealand 

Mothers Day suprise! An "Out There Learning" upload! Happy Mother Earth Day. 😊

There's so much to dig into with geology.

A really interesting place to visit , going by the video . The Lakers in the sandstone , horizontal & tilted , are quite distinctive - I've not seen many places around NZ that have these formations . These cave layers , reminded me of the rocks around Punakaikl , with their layering , though of a different material - also found on the Mt Rochford Platue , on the north side of the Bullet River , and south of the Waimangaroa River , at altitude . And one other place where the rocks are heavily folded , but little erosion as yet . One questioner asked about the slabs from the roof and their location . Your answer made sense about the rock floor under the sand , I was wondering , how deep is it at entry , as that may help answer some questions , and I'm sure the locals wouldn't mind more sand at the far end of the beach , from doing 'discovery ' work . Thank you & the Team , for this presentation .

Amazing place. A must visit.

Can't get there certain times as the tide floods it! Certainly worth a look. Lovely white beaches around as well as cute little shops that sell ice cream.

Just found your channel, so interesting, thanks so much for sharing 🤗

Awesome

I imagine that in areas that are uplifting, sea caves such as this could become high and dry and be useful for inhabiting by people and animals.

Good stuff!

Luar biasa alam membentuk batu besar bisa sampai berlapis - lapis

That is stunning. I'm visiting NZ again next year and would love to visit Cathedral Cave if I get the chance. Cheers. ☮️❤️🦘🇦🇺

If you had gone up the right branch of the cave, it goes on for perhaps another 30 meters, twisting and turning and getting very narrow. Quite different to the rubble shelf that closes off the left branch almost immediately.

If you fill a container with rocks and pebbles of different sizes and cover it with sandy water, if you were then to shake and vibrate that container, wouldn't the smaller particles raise to the top? I've not visited the Catlins cave, but I have been to Cape Farewell several times and there are larger rocks partially above the sand.

That was awesome, isn't nature awesome. The power of it, either instant like a volcano or over time like a cave, just amazing

Thats a spectacular cave with mysteries yet to be solved :) I wonder with the recent announcements of sea level rise if these will become inaccessible ?

Hi mate. Thanks for that informative vid, it's good. I was wondering (and googling without success) What age the local greywacke was so presumably it's the same age roughly but went deeper. Also if this was laid down in the Jurassic why is clay and greywacke devoid of fossils ? Cheers.

wonder how long it will take for the sea to wear down the center portion of these two cave.s

Theres a huge rock on top of the cliff at Bondi Beach, that comes from the seam down on the shore. How did it get up there?

have to turn the sound off to see the wonder of the meltedness of the buildings

very interesting ! were those black layers in between the sandstone at 1:41 coal, or shale? or something like that?

Flipping orsum stuff but I wonder how deep the cave would go below the sand ?

I'm not claustrophobic and am fine with caves but just watching this made me slightly uncomfortable. I think it must be the sea and the fact I can't swim? Amazing place to visit though. If I'm ever down that way I'll pop in (I'm London.)

The Narnia film cave.

I expected to see Shaggy & Scooby tied up in there.

I live here

Do you still have to pay for parking ,

Perhaps any block big enough not to be washed away sinks through the sand via subduction/liquifaction.

great example of aotearoa melted buildings of one of the thousands of previous humanities that came before us, looks like an energy weapon may have been used, we see brick work the layers of floors te ana rereke tera i a waitahanui te whenua tiaki o reira koira o ratou wa pea

Those trees have been cut down

you're looking at a melted red brick building

What is the original Maori name for this place. Before colonization.

Pile of rocksat cave end can't be a natural. Looks like it's been stackes to block...?

You are standing in front of Giant Bricks . Look at The Bricklayers , Pattern . Non Natural

You got to love fake history, hilarious,