Getting up close to the Alpine Fault in New Zealand 

"we don't want the alpine fault to rupture right now, we'd be toast".... no, no, you'd become part of the geological record. Think positive!

If I'd had someone like this to teach geology when I was younger, I would have understood things so much better and maybe followed that path. Instead, we had rubbish people who couldn't drag themselves out of obscure language and the assumption everyone understood it. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks!

That crack 😫 I know it's just a visual thing but somehow it is very traumatic for a South Islander. Thanks!

At 9.25, sitting alone at midnight, I just burst out " Oh, wow!".... that is extraordinary... I'm feeling privileged to be watching the video. Thank you.

Excellent stuff. Hard to believe the plate boundary is so fine a line as it where. Amazing.

Best youtuber in NZ. Keep these videos going!

Brilliant :) thank you for risking yourselves and taking us to places we will never get access to. 👍🏻

I've been fortunate to travel to several areas of New Zealand and have always been interested in its geology and tectonics. Thanks for a really clear explanation of this site.

Great tour and clear example for non-professional geologist like myself. What is remarkable from your tour is something as big as these two plates are on earth, it comes down to a slip surface with the finest tiny streaks of a slide surface as evidence. Truly amazing.

This is such a great video. Thank you so much. Its so nice to have a guide to what we can see in NZ. I’ve always wanted to study geoscience.

Your explanation on how plate movement is not constant was a very interesting and in hindsight, very obvious fact I appreciated

Beautiful. In a moment, all i have is a visual of some aesthetically nondescript meeting point between rock types... in the next, with a fragment of information, i'm awestruck. Nothing in the scene changed... nothing there to give me pause... and then one sentence changes everything. I learn about a lot of things, but that moment was uber-cool. Thanks so much - great work.

Fascinating, thank you, your best video so far. I found myself holding my breath as you exposed that slip surface.

New Zealand is an amazingly beautiful country. I remember it being called “the shaky isles”. The geothermal central north island is also worth visiting

Marty said it all. I was blown away by the visual evidence of the 2 plates. Where were you during my grade 11 physical geography class? Awesome tutorial and fantastic filming.4 thumbs up 😀

I'd absolutely do happiness cartwheels if you'd be able to show us how to visually identify the plate boundaries and faults on the East Coast North Island. I'm SO curious about knowing how to do that! Thank you everyone for this amazing video archive. The only fault (punny) I can identify by myself ..... Is there's not enough of these fantastic videos 😂

Absolutely amazing! One of the best field geology videos on youtube. Thank you for taking the time to share this excursion, it was fascinating and educational.

Bloody fantastic. If I have of known about this area when we went over in Christmas of 2019, I would have made it my mission to visit that area.

Two Out There Learning vids in one day. That's almost as cool as that hat you're wearing! Thanks for these clear and informative productions. Would love to explore that part of NZ more.

Thanks for sharing this. After watching Lord of the Rings I am amazed at New Zealand’s beauty. Best regards to you from a very interested viewer in South Africa

What a privilege to be able to fisically touch the plates. Just extraordinarilly fascinating!! Thank you for sharing that with us and explaining it all so clearly so we can understand what we are looking at.

Wow, thank you so much for showing us this unbelievable outcrop! Really breath taking stuff. The implications of the size and energy to create that mountain range should be enough to make any kid want to be a geologist :)

Thank you so much for sharing ☺️ your knowledge of earth I definitely did learn something 😊✨ with the unusual weather happening in other countries it's wonderful to have someone like you to share what's happening in ours and why... I look forward to seeing your next video ✨😊✨

Warms my heart to see such crystal clear water. God i love New Zealand.

Just love, love, love you videos! Thank you so much!

The rocks have been turned to dust shows the huge forces at work. Thanks for upload

Thank you so much for sharing ,absolutely fascinating 😊

Thanks for linking me to this video with the wider shots! It was trippy and discombobulating to observe the fault line that was like the result of a rock being on top of another rock instead of along the surface of the planet.

Highly informative and presented in a clear manner for all to understand. Very sobering!

Thank you for your interesting field work. It amazes me how you can "read" cliff faces and tell us what happened years ago. To you it all tells a story that you can pass on to us. The drone is a huge asset and gives us the overall view . I look forward to more of your videos.

I'm only seeing the video, but it's already cool as it is. I wonder how much thrill I'd get witnessing such a marvel in person.

Amazing!!! I lived on top of the San Andreas in Southern California. The "Cajon pass, 15 freeway stretch," & It's crazy to see all the similarities, & differences between both locations. Also to see such a visible line; Stunning!!! Thank you for this content!!!

It's now on my bucket list to visit. Thanks.

Amazing , Thank-You . I have visited many Countries , New Zealand is still Number One .

How amazing to see that join, and the actual rub marks on the rocks. The age of the Pacific plate rocks is daunting, but the really daunting part of geology for me is the names of all the different types of rocks. So many names! I could never make it as a geologist, with all those names to remember - I can't even remember my grandchildrens' birthdays. That's what my wife is for. One day, several years ago, my wife and I did the run to Greymouth on the TranzAlpine train and when we had emerged from Otira Tunnel and out on to the open land, the comments guy on the microphone told us that we had left the Pacific plate and were now on the Australian plate so, when we reached Greymouth, please have our passports ready.

Fantastic photography , learnt alot .. great information thank you

Amazing and a touch scary - wonder how the coffers at EQC are looking these days…

It just goes to show that we can produce some of the most interesting geological programs anywhere on earth. Very informative.

Really interesting. Cool stuff. It is all rather delicate up close.

The green rock gives a nice contrast with the gray gravel. Nice drone shot in the end!

Amazing to see two plates resting on top of each other like that!

Excellent visuals and very interesting explanation of the fault and events. Nice.

Great video! Lovely part of the country, the West Coast!

Wow. This made my day. Love your vids.

Thanks so much! Very very interesting Rob from Christchurch! I remember our big Earthquakes here......the power is incredible, noise etc seeing a Tidal Wave coming through the ground........It still makes my hair stand up... what hair I have left that is!

Wonderful video thank you, we need more videos about Geology in NZ!

What amazing footage this is .... thank you soooo much for making videos and posting them to inform / educate us. really really interesting. 👍👍

great video, impressive drone footage too!

Brilliant! Well done

I could amgine this guy voicing a cricket test match, great voice, great informative video thankyou for sharing you're work!!!

Fascinating stuff, would love to visit NZ. Thanks for sharing and educating us❤

Fascinating.

Fascinating. The drone really helps get a good perspective on the geology.

Thankyou injoyed I look out for things u have talked about .awsom 🌈

Wow that's fantastic, cheers for showing us it.

Wow! Talk about hands on geology.

This is so interesting, thank you and Marty for exploring and sharing your knowledge.

Great video! Awe inspiring tectonics

Showing the map, the cross section and the two planes together would clarify. As it is, it looks like the plates are going the wrong way. Looks like the glaciated portion came from the Australian plate which makes no sense. Please relate the maps, diagrams and actual material so we can track what is what.

Thank you for this video……….FASCINATING 🎉

Great video! Thank you.

Thank you so much for this wonderful essay.

Great Vid beautifully explained and great footage very interesting thanks

Wow this is incredible. I was very surprised how smooth the plate boundaries are. When I was 18 I took part in a big walk between Lewis Pass and Arthur's Pass. And three was mentioned we Were close to a fault when we found a natural hot pool. Seemed like three was solid rock. But I believe it was called 'the hope fault' Can you verify this?

great video, engaging and informative! I live in North Canterbury, good to know the latest research

This was so fascinating, learnt alot of stuff. Thank you.

thanks for showing us, very interesting indeed

thanks for the link

Cheers mate! Great info.

Yo New Zealand . . love you all . . . from America:) Great vid. Subscribed.

great video!

Wow, I might have to go have a look there one day, that's pretty cool being able to see the bottom of a tectonic plate like that

I live and work here in South Island Nz, very interesting vid, ty for sharing 😀

Your UAV sounds like the mother of all mosquitoes

Is this an Obduction zone? I looked at one of those while exploring the West Coast of Scotland! Alpine Fault - Stay put!

nice one ... a great revisit to one of my fav sites in NZ .... that was part of my Otago University study field trips. Those days ~ 30 years ago with Prof Richard Norris, Doc Peter Koons, Doc. Tony Reay and others

Amazing!, ty.

That was very interesting indeed! Also very nice that thing didn’t rupture when you were there…. 🤭😋🤙

Wonderful thank you.

I've been enjoying your channel, so informative. Is this location a publically accessible place?

Recently discovered your channel. Question: How did one type of rock get on top of the other, especially when the older rock is on top of the younger glacial rock (shown at 5:48).? Aren't they supposed to be side by side.

Super interesting. Is NZ shrinking or growing?

That was Awesome thank you

What about the Zealandia plate, is that separate from the Oz plate? Can a single plate have a fault through the middle?

Fantastic. The clear crack must make even you go 🤔

Amazing!

I love your video!

After seeing this what we call a "gully" in my part of Australia we should really call a "gutter".

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Fred Dag of NZ Geology ;)

Excellent!

Marvellous!

Very interesting thanks.

10:23 That's Amazing , thank you

WOW HOW COOL... im in cromwell,, when i get some time id love to go see this fault..

Love this

thanks for share..enjoyed 🙂

Well done! Thanks from California (yet another faulty place. 😉 Hope that didn't crack you up... !)

Really interesting

extraordinary stuff. Lets hope the next quake isn’t a cataclasite cataclysm. Very disruptive.

How do you know that gravely gravel like stuff at the bottom isnt just crushed clatacasite stuff thats just washed down in the rain?