This is the best geography field trip I have ever been on. I didn't realise the San Andreas fault was so visually obvious. Well done to share this online! 🤗🇦🇺
Completely agree! The selection of music for the video was also great. First three songs were amazing - only the last song was more standard fare. Very very good overall in my opinion!
You have no idea how entertaining and educating these short videos are. As a non-American (Saudi here), I like to constantly learn about other countries, cultures, people…etc and these videos give me the perfect dose of knowledge to fit in between my daily routines. Gave a deserved like. Keep ‘em coming.
I needn't say, after so many already have, how incredibly well produced this video is. As a Brit I have heard so much of the San Andreas fault, but seen so little. Education is always priceless, so to put together such an informative, yet short and effective piece, would surely have Sir David Attenborough himself impressed.
Ft Tejon is where the last Grizzly bear was killed in the early 1900s... I've driven alongside the San Andreas fault all my life...from Downey to Oroville... The thrusting lines are incredible...they always reminded me of Giant Dinosaur feet ...yeah..kids imagination...but they really look like T-REX feet... just my two cents.... I've experienced plenty of earthquakes in California... Sylmar, Whittier, Northridge Oroville seen the street rolling like ocean waves!
Hands down one of the best produced RU-vid videos I’ve ever seen. You are DEFINITELY on to something here if you could make them longer. I’m sure it was a lot of work but damn was it good!
@@Wolficorntv Glad that youtube recommended your channel. I make mine flyer16612 words. Of course, I gave my like and subscribed. And I think you'll keep flying higher and higher...
This video gave me serious production envy. Beautifully done, looked like a professional educational film one could expect from the Discovery Channel. Love to see that your channel is growing and it's no surprise why. Keep up the great work!
Glad you found it interesting. I find that area so interesting. It's only appropriate that I was awoken by a 4.2 earthquake early this morning, centered right where my airplane is hangared.
Indeed. As a kid living in L.A. and having experienced the 1971 Sylmar earthquake (scary af), I knew ABOUT the San Andreas Fault but was never given a complete picture of its size or length or even the reason it was there. Then Google Earth comes along, drones, and yes, these wonderful pilots, to provide a prospective we can't get on the ground, and it's simply fascinating -- and humbling. Two of the largest tectonic plates on the planet grinding past each other, and you can stand right on it -- drive over it daily. Another fascinating flight would be along the entire length of the San Andreas from the Salton Sea to Cape Mendocino, just to see the different geographic and climatic settings as you trace the fault -- and just how many millions of people face the threat this massive plate boundary poses to those living on either side of it.
This was a really top notch production. The way you portrayed the little creek being offset over the years was really well done and I learned a ton, too!
Years ago I took my small son in a plane over this same spot and pointed out that earthquake fault to him. I said, "That is the San Andreas earthquake fault line there, son." He replied, "Why do they call it the San Andreas fault....why not the...Mark Overman fault?" I replied, "I don't know son, it's not my fault!" Proud dad joke moment of my illustrious career.
An added geology note is that Baja California is on the Pacific Plate and thus split off the North American Plate down Mexico way and moved northward and westward, forming the Sea of Cortez. John Steinbeck wrote a good book about his and a buddy's voyage there.
When we had the 7.1 earthquake last year in Ridgecrest the land lifted about 15-20 feet in some places, instantly. There was also about 5 feet of lateral slip in some areas. If you want more info on that quake series let me know. I have a very unique perspective of those events.
I am 30 miles east of LA and I felt both but the latter one was a horizontal micro~shaking that I could tell was far away. I just hope we do not have any big ones or moderate ones around here.
That's amazing seeing the San Andreas Fault from the air! Awesome video! Interesting that Los Angeles is on the Pacific Plate while San Bernandino to the East is on the North American Plate. There's a lot of mountains between them and that is why! Thanks for sharing
I taught AP Environmental Science at a school just just north of Burbank CA. I remember my classes and the look on their faces when i would explain how there was sooooo much to see and explore right in their own back yards. The CA aqueduct was an hour drive away, the SA fault, the high desert and LA Basin, pacific ocean, central valley farms which are the bread baskets of the US. I kept pushing them to have their parents take them to these places during the summer time. thank you for the video!
CFII here! Just came here to say this is one of the best general aviation productions I’ve seen on RU-vid. Stellar editing and camera work. Great job and thanks for the great videos!
This is where I live. Well, not exactly but close to carrizo plains. I've visited a couple of times but never knew the history of the fault. Felt many shakes here on the Central Coast. You can cross over both sides at Parkfield over the bridge. Thanx for the views.
Thanks for this. Fascinating! I Grew up in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley and fully experienced the Sylmar quake in 1971, And the Northridge quake in 1994. Felt a little of the Coalinga quake in 1983 too. Looking back, my takeaway is that the natural world (or the universe) doesn’t care about my safety or piece of mind. Puts things in perspective.
I also felt Northridge quake I was living in Riverside was pregnant at the time. When I was young felt a 7.5 hit El Centro CA 1979. It was bad was alone at the house. A really bad one hit Mexicali/imperial valley on Easter 2010. Part of living in Cali I am here now in TX worry about tornadoes but at least you are warned.
I was living in Long Beach during the Sylmar quake, and as bad as it shook there 35 miles from the epicenter, I can only imagine how bad it was in the Valley. That's the worst quake I'd ever been through; 2nd worst would be the Borrego Mtn quake in '68, but in Long Beach it was nowhere near as intense as Sylmar. Lots of rolling, sloshed a bunch of water out of our pool; but the S waves by the time they reached Long Beach was just a slow roll and lasted maybe 20 seconds.
I remember about 20+ years ago, I was visiting a friend’s apartment outside of Riverside. I looked out to his backyard and saw a ravine. My friend laughed and said it was part of the San Andres earthquake fault. I just shook my head in disbelief that the city or county would allow an apartment built so close to it.
It's right outside Palm Springs. Believe me, property land values aren't going down either. If you survive the catastrophe earthquake. You may have beach front property.
During the early 1960’s I lived in La Mesa, CA, east of San Diego. Twice, a lesser fault that was east of Los Angeles slipped dramatically. We got a good shake in La Mesa both times. We also felt the great Alaska earthquake of Good Friday 1964. When the Earth shakes it does get your attention.
@@michael85225 I’m stretching my memory here, but I remember Richter 9.2, 15 minutes duration. A Tsunami followed and wiped out Valdez, AK among others. That Tsunami went down the west coast. When it reached San Diego/Coronado it had died down quite a bit. The high water mark on the beach near the Hotel del Coronado was way higher than high tide and left behind many shells. I still have the shells that I collected on Easter Sunday 1964. I suggest you view the archival movies of the damage that occurred in Anchorage, AK that day.
@@michael85225 you must have bad reading skills. Writing 101, allows you to write in the first person interchangeably. From one experience to another. Giving the narration of experience, to comparison.
Loved this video. I am from the L.A. area, and as a child I remember small earthquakes shaking our home and things would fall off the shelves. After we moved to Oregon we would drive back to Southern California to visit our relatives every other year. Then the big earthquake hit San Francisco, and then Northridge. After this we flew to L.A. 😂 My dad said he didn’t want to be on a bridge when an earthquake happened. Your flying over the San Andreas fault line was really informative. Thank you for taking the time to show this to us all.
over ten years ago I took the dirt road along the carizzo plain (soda lake rd?). wasnt sure if I was allowed to, but it was stunning! It was when flowers were blooming and it seemed like each hill was painted a different color.
Yes. Its a pity, that so many people do not recognize and are not aware of this beautyful planet, we live on, for such a short time. Thank You for this video !
The New Madrid earthquakes was one of the biggest Earthquakes in the contiguous Untied States in recent history. The magnitude of the December 16, 1811, event ranged from M6.7 to M8.1, whereas the ranges for the earthquakes of January 23 and February 7, 1812, were M6.8-M7.8 and M7.0-M8.8, respectively. In Alaska on March 27, 1964 at 5:36 PM local time, a M9. 2 earthquake rocked the Prince William Sound region of Alaska. The San Andreas still has the potential to beat it's M7.9 record. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@@katiekane5247 ---No, man's activities such as well drilling or any other activity are insignificant to mother nature's overwhelming tectonic plate movements of nature as we have here in the State of California!
Traditional Values you sound like Darth Vader there 😂 “Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.”
@@katiekane5247 Aloha 47 years ago I read in the divers magazine that the storage of nuclear waste and old salt mines was causing the Earth's core to heat up and the glaciers would melt and the oceans would be 14 ft higher there is no such thing as climate change that is what is happening I know it's true just like I know Jesus is true I saw him bless your heart
Very nice! Thank you. I would love to go fly this with you sometime and learn more. I love small planes and checking out isolated areas you would never see by car.
Thanks Wolficorn, what a joy you must get being able to do that!! Thanks again for sharing your experience with us. I'm Australian; like millions out there, it takes someone special like you who has the ability, means, skill, knowledge and no fear lol of flying plus a considerate and thoughtful manner to additionally share this with us.. May God bless you and continually keep your endeavors safe! You've got my vote and subscription through this. I look forward to seeing your past videos and what you have for us in the future. Bye ;)
Thanks for the tour pilot! It was awe inspiring. My first time actually seeing the San Andreas Fault. I had no idea how visible it was. I also thought it was more inhabited. Glad to see it's mostly sand.
Nice job on the filming and the explanation about the San Andreas Fault, including the Wallace Creek offset. I am a geologist that studies that fault and others and your explanation is one of the best I have heard for a general audience.
I am teaching my Fourth Graders all about fault lines, earthquakes, tectonic plates, etc. Will definitely use your awesome video! Thanks & stay safe! ✌️
I have always been interested in the San Andres fault and wonder what it would look like from the air. Thanks to your video, I have a better idea of what it looks like from the air and also I have a better understanding of it’s geographical location. Thank you.
Nice Video! I used to be a geologist, and it's nice to vicariously explore through other's videos now that I'm disabled. I live right near the San Andreas...there's a spot coming down from the San Jacinto Mtns that has a nice overlook of the fault down in Palm Springs, but even better seeing it from up above.
@@partha1331 I didn't make it up...it appeared in my research before making this video. The earthquake is the release of energy from the built-up tension because there is no movement. There is a ting called aseismic creep where some movement sloooooooooowly occurs along some faultlines.
That was great informative and very good presentation. I had the privilege of studying the San Andreas fault while working with Shell Oil and it made me realize that one day that fault is one day going to slip off into the sea and cause a great tragedy and a extremely big tsunami. And when that happens Hawaii is going be a disaster. Very good presentation. Thank you for your time.
Actually it turns out that stuff is of fiction, it won’t ever do that, the North American plate and the pacific plate slide along each other, 2012 was just a fictitious event
Flying over it does give an easily understandable and beautiful perspective, but not being able to touch it is like only having seen Marilyn Monroe on screen. Try following it on a bike sometime for a different perspective.
