The Largest Impact Crater on the Planet; Vredefort Crater in South Africa

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The largest impact crater on the planet is not located in Mexico, but rather in South Africa. The crater in question is known as Vredefort Crater and measures 300 kilometers or 186 miles wide. It is associated with the largest platinum deposit on the planet. It formed as the result of a catastrophic impact 2.023 billion years ago. This video will discuss this massive impact crater and how it formed.
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0:00 Yucatan Impact Crater
0:54 Vast Platinum Deposit
1:10 Vredefort Crater
1:28 Geologic Setting
2:28 Crater Origin
4:00 Conclusion
Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers
Citations:
[1] G. Collins & others, "A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact...", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, doi.org/10.1111/maps.12873 (2017), CC BY 4.0
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@GeologyHub 2 года назад

Whether the Vredefort Crater and impact are related to the world's largest (adjacent) platinum deposits is up for debate. Current dating suggests that the platinum formed a few million years before the impact, but this seems like too good of a coincidence and are within the margin of error for age dating relevant rocks. The Sudbury Crater in Canada also brought up platinum from the mantle, so it is not too much of a stretch to think that the same might be the case in South Africa.

@steventyler8578 2 года назад

Once in school it was discussed whether or not the gulf of Mexico was a crater. What is your take on this?

@kevint1910 2 года назад

so a very large iron/platinum meteor just happened to hit the earth on top of a platinum volcano in the middle of an iron deposit? ....and this does not strike any one as a bit of a statistical improbability?

@kieranmorris7315 2 года назад

We're you inspired to make this video after watching Atlas Pro's Hawaiian biogeography video?

@mysticvirgo9318 2 года назад

So then, where would one suspect the antipode of that impact would be at that time

@GearGuardianGaming 2 года назад

@@kevint1910 just like the two very close impact craters in canada, it is highly unlikely. but not statistically impossible.

@mathieugrindlay4965 2 года назад

huh, so I was born like basically in the middle of this thing. That might be my favourite thing I've learned all year. My family spent generations mining the deposits left by this thing. Something that happened billions of years ago shaped my family history and to some effect, my life. That's epic.

@bigzach7778 2 года назад

U find any platinum playa?

@immortalsofar5314 2 года назад

Phew, that was close! If you were born a few billion years earlier, you'd be dead! ;-)

@benkruger6992 2 года назад

@@bigzach7778 😂

@Steph6n 8 месяцев назад

It's funny that you talk like it's significant. There were millions upon millions of predecessors who were born in and lived and died in that crater before your family. The scale of our existence is insignificant to the scale of time on earth.

@cps6949 7 месяцев назад

@@pliktlhe does

@drthrayjaxymaxy8017 2 года назад

As a person that lives obliviously in this magnificent crater, I am very thankful of this video.😊

@vipertwenty249 2 года назад

Just in case it happens again, perhaps it might be wise to invest in a sturdy hat.

@capefox8321 2 года назад

Proudly South African!

@drthrayjaxymaxy8017 2 года назад

@@vipertwenty249 🤣

@drthrayjaxymaxy8017 2 года назад

@@capefox8321 to the heart my man.😉

@GeologyHub 2 года назад

@@vipertwenty249 OSHA approves this statement!

@Kosmonooit 2 года назад

Awesome, thanks! The ridges of Johannesburg and Pretoria/Magaliesburg are remnants of the outer crater and my playground. Always liked living on the edge! Some other tidbits to add: It was only shown to be an impact crater around 1994 , Shatter Cones were the silver bullets. That is the way some rocks fragmented under the impact, literally as small hand size cones. The features around Vredefort/Parys in your intro are actually the remnants of central rebound cone. If you have a look at craters on the moon (easy to do with binocs) you will see craters bigger than a certain size have central rebound spikes. Love that area! Its a World Heritage site now. The impact punched down sedimentary layers of rock in a great hemisphere which preserved a layer of gold, which this area was/is famous for, actually the reason for all these cities and towns here. The 'reef' that was first mined followed that same circle on the surface, and now the only gold mining that goes on is deep level towards the center. There are layers of limestone that got folded / uplifted between the Magaliesburg and the Witwatersrand. This provide the caves that our ancestors called home (Cradle of Humankind, another World Heritage site) and in which may of the famous fossils of early hominids were preserved and have been found. In some areas around here the near vertical sedimentary layers look like they have been shaved clean. I speculate an ice age - glaciers. There are glacial pavements around on granite further south I did geography at school here, it was pathetic. Everything presented as it is, with no question of how it got there. We went on field trips to look at the folded rock in the ridges, questions about how and why were not entertained. Mind you, the teaching of evolution was banned...

@iancanuckistan2244 2 года назад

Thankyou for all the local knowledge. I'm putting it on my bucket list of places to visit.

@scrappydoo7887 2 года назад

Thank you for all of the information 👍👍👍 A very interesting read indeed

@rhuephus 2 года назад

ha ha .. you're living on a different "edge" than a few others ...

@warpdriveby 2 года назад

I am so glad you had the perseverance, curiosity and inner courage to reach beyond being told what to think and taught yourself to learn. Well done! 👏

@richardbuhr124 2 года назад

Another fascinating cave system suspected to be associated with the Vredefort impact is the Armageddon Cave which is still being explored.

@IO-zz2xy 2 года назад

There was a large marble/granite mine there in the area of Parys a small town within the Vredefort Dome complex where I have visited. Due to the age of the meteor impact crater, much of it has been eroded over the millions of years since the event. Regards from South Africa

@rafaelvalimfernandes 2 года назад

Not millions of years, but billions of years is a vast amount of time to change the landscape much, but the impact was extremely large. Lucky are the geologists of these cities.

@Kosmonooit 2 года назад

Yes I know that site - done lots of mountain biking there. Its been cutaway so you see a cross section, really mixed up with bits & pieces of old rock. It's granite but what i don't know did the impact cause that intrusion? Quite a few other intrusion domes around there.

@tantalisinglabrat 2 года назад

I spent a weekend there a fews days after 9\11 in 2001. It was sublime because there was no mobile phone signal. We expected to hear that WW3 had broken out on our return to Joburg. I suppose there is 4G abd 5G coverage now.

@MrSpikebender 2 года назад

I came for the volcanos. I stayed for the impact craters. LOL I enjoy all of your content. You could tell me about the gravel in my drive and make it interesting. Good stuff.

@marktwain368 2 года назад

The gravel in your driveway is glacial till deposited when the Wisconsin glaciation period ended and rivers carried loose rock and boulders all over the Northeast of the United States and southern Canada. You're welcome.

@louisbrien7509 2 года назад

Gravel or ( romanticizing here really) I mean ejecta is a study in ballistics that has led to stunning discoveries.

@MrSpikebender 2 года назад

@@marktwain368 In my unprofessional opinion... I'm gonna say it consist mostly some kind of granite. I'm surrounded by the stuff in central California. There is a quarry close enough I can throw rocks at it (pun intended)

@randymillhouse791 5 месяцев назад

That gravel is toxic causing impotence.

@NielMalan 2 года назад

I've visited the Vredefort Dome. I must have heard its age mentioned, but it's the first time I've seen it put in biological context. Thank you!

@shelley-anneharrisberg7409 2 года назад

As a South African, thanks so much - this was truly interesting. I had no idea! Great video as always :)

@andrewtan8155 2 года назад

Visited this place with my class whilst studying geology. Truly a magnificent specimen of geological history. Important to note that without this impact carter the major cities lying on the ridges (which form the rim of the inner central peak of the crater that was back then a mountain 20km high, not the outer rim of the much larger outer crater- that's how big this impact crater is) would not exist since it completely upturned all the rock formations and exposed the older rocks beneath which contain- surprisingly enough- gold. So us South Africans can thank this cataclysmic event for most of the gold we mine.

@louisbrien7509 2 года назад

I would love to see it with my own eyes

@arkvsi8142 2 года назад

All that gold sadly ends up in USA and Europe

@user-hy4xz1qt9h 2 года назад

bloodsucking gentile

@Leeeeegion 11 месяцев назад

@@arkvsi8142 If it didn't go there it wouldn't be valued and would make South Africa less money?

@monetroshi 5 месяцев назад

Another colonizer only equating land with profit

@rafaelvalimfernandes 2 года назад

It should be noted that at the time of this collision the arrangement of the continents was not as it is today. There is also an impact crater in Canada, I believe that in the future we will have some video about it, which is also explored for the extraction of minerals by a large mining company.

@marianmausaol.commaus7926 2 года назад

,86 yrs old ,enjoyed these video

@gastropodahimsa 2 года назад

The change in pitch with witch he ends each sentence is maddening.

@worker-wf2em 4 месяца назад

Almost as maddening as people who haven’t worked out the difference between witch and which

@trickvro Месяц назад

On the PLANET. I agree, the narration sounds unNATURAL. It's as if he's recording himself saying each sentence in isoLATION.

@longlakeshore 2 года назад

Punching all the way through the crust shows how thin it is compared to the overall diameter of Earth. Imagine what the Early and Late Bombardment eras were like!

@techstuf4637 2 года назад

The recent Tonga volcano blast happened during a full moon supermoon, with the moon at the northern limit of it's now spiralized orbit. If the earth were the size of a chicken's egg, it's crust would be 3 to 4 times thinner than the egg shell. The size of a basketball, and the crust would still be thinner than your finger nail. Lunar gravity isn't just tugging on trillions of tons of sea water every day, but the liquid rock (twice as dense as sea water) just beneath that razor thin, dusty crust we live on. Here is why this fact means more now, than ever... See - "Huge media blackout regarding supermoons" on the net See - "Pole shift of Noah's day about to happen again?" on the net Read - Isaiah 24:20 Read - Luke 21:25-28 Read - Revelation 16:18 Serve Whom you will at this most critical time in human history... But SERVE. This wobbly old world isn't getting any younger, and neither are you, friends. Good Journeys ALL

@longlakeshore 2 года назад

@@techstuf4637 Gods, goddesses, devils, demons, angels and spirits do not exist. Religion is belief based on faith. Science is belief based on evidence.

@techstuf4637 2 года назад

@@longlakeshore Faith in itself is a science most sublime. I believe you'll understand when the time comes.

@longlakeshore 2 года назад

@@techstuf4637 You believe I'll understand based on faith not evidence. I have little hope that you will understand.

@suehayes2001 2 года назад

Wow, didn't know that impact crater existed. I learn so much from your videos. I'm mainly interested in volcanoes, some of your video I know of the name of the volcano, but you go into so much depth. I sit here enthralled. Well done sir, I sit in class for the next education subject, be it volcano or another impact crater.

@grahammewburn 2 года назад

Thank you for a very informative doco Cheers Gray Australia

@clintonmorris8222 2 года назад

Thank you. I spent most of my life living on the edge of this impact structure. it's truly awesome to see, well the bits you can see at any kne time, it's HUGE!

@davemcddd 2 года назад

This is one of the best channels on RU-vid.

@Foxtrap731 Год назад

First class stuff, expertly discussed and properly documented. Impressive stuff. Each one of your videos reminds me of an undergrad research paper, put into video form.

@russell-di8js Месяц назад

WOW, plenty of stop/rewind/play so much to take in, mega fascinating.. Blows my mind , real interesting so thanks for posting this content.

@aaronhawk2609 2 года назад

I love your informative channel, keep up the good work! 4:05 it's funny because your channel logo is covering one of the 3 "crystals of platinum" so it looks like you are calling your channel a crystal of platinum. LOL

@aldenconsolver3428 2 года назад

I would enjoy you going into the south African deposits in more depth, including such things as the kimberlite pipes. Keep up the good work.

@hendriklubbe 2 года назад

Being a South African staying in Johannesburg, this was close to home and extremely interesting. Thank you for a brilliant channel!

@Dubile 2 года назад

What a neat video. I had never heard of that crater.

@massiveas276 2 года назад

Please look at mount Connor in the northern territory of Australia. Satellite views show concentric circles radiating out from the base and I would like to know your take on it please

@JamesLikesIcedCream 2 года назад

One unconfirmed impact site that would be much bigger than the South African one is in South Australia. Theres a very large circular depression in the North of the state.

@rexroad9917 2 года назад

@1:13 the circle is the dinner plate of gold rich rock that South Africa mines for gold. The layer of gold is thin but occupies that circle. The rock covers the gold layer. The layer at Welkom it is 2 miles deep. I have wondered since 1980 how the gold bearing rock formed this unusual shape. Now i know, thank you for explaining this.

@richardbuhr124 2 года назад

And on to the north west side of Johannesburg the platinum mining belt

@rexroad9917 2 года назад

Thanks @Richard. I went down in the tourist gold mine in Johannesburg where I learned of the 200 mile diameter dinner plate shaped gold bearing ore vein. I told the guide that I was surprised the overalls we wore had deep pockets. We might be able to carry out gold. He said it would take a railroad size box car full of the quartz ore bearing rock to produce an ounce of gold, as the gold is a film on the sand inside the quartz layer. He gave me some quartz samples to take home. At the time 1981, gold was trading for $400 US / ounce.

@andrewdunckley 2 года назад

Brilliant piece of information... I get to see the effects of that impact every day whilst driving from Pretoria to Joburg on the N1..

@W1se0ldg33zer 2 года назад

There were no animals that looked up and seen a flash of light followed by an explosion this time.

@chrisrifkin3670 2 года назад

The unfortunate amoebas around did RIP

@themotorcyclezeroshow 2 года назад

Like oh my gawwwwwwd, that intonationnnnn, it totally makes this video betterrrrrr.

@HungPham-cz2lh 2 года назад

I read that the antipode of the Vredefort Crater just happens to be where the Hawaiian hotspot is located. Based off of what you mentioned about the event that created the Chicxulub crater, do you think the impact that created the Vredefort crater also jump started the creation of the Hawaiian hotspot?

@drthrayjaxymaxy8017 2 года назад

This could be a great topic for another video.🧐🧐😊👍

@sigisoltau6073 2 года назад

Probably not. This impact happened just over 2 billion years ago. The Hawaiian Islands started about 70 to 80 million years ago. That's a pretty big time difference. I'm not saying this ain't possible, just that the difference between the two events is just to big.

@aussieseanc 2 года назад

South Africa, and the Vredefort crater, were in a very different location 2 billion years ago

@harrietharlow9929 2 года назад

I suppose that it's remotely possible but the Vredefort Dome formed over 2 billion years ago, and the Hawaiian hotspot track is maybe 70-80 million years in a age. I think it's much more likely that the Hawaiian hotspot is a mantle plume that was caused by something other than the Vredefort compactor.

@ferengiprofiteer9145 2 года назад

But the other side of its earth exists somewhere if it hasn't been subducted.

@martinmuller3244 2 года назад

Trip to the centre of the crator is great, as the shatter cones are everywhere. The first crest of the crator can be seen on the horizon. Well worth the visit. Nice family outing. Vredefoort - the fort at which peace was made. Bushveld Ignious Complex - the vulcanic structure that created most of the rich gold and platinum deposits There are actually several banded iron formations in South Africa

@ildenali 2 года назад

I know this is a geology channel (love your videos by the way, it opened up the world of geology for me and is now one of my favorite subjects to learn about), but would you every make any videos on any craters on the moon? I thought it would be an interesting idea.

@ryandemge3959 2 года назад

I live in milwaukee, is there anything you could make a video about in this area? The way you explain things makes me feel like a genius btw, you’re so clear and concise that I just get it all the first time, you’re the only content creator that does that for me, so sincerely, thank you!

@brucekuehn4031 2 года назад

I’m no expert by any means, but to me the big geology story in this area of Wisconsin was the ice age with the glacier action. Check out Kettle Moraine State Forests (North and South Units).

@ryandemge3959 2 года назад

@@brucekuehn4031 I was in the driftless area a while ago, and it was wild to think ab what the land looked like before the glaciers churned it up

@deprivedoftrance 2 года назад

It was the site of one of the first fossil reefs ever discovered: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers%27_Home_Reef

@deprivedoftrance 2 года назад

Actually there is surprisingly little on RU-vid about it. It would make a great video for this channel.

@warpdriveby 2 года назад

Ha! I live just outside Milwaukee too! I'd also love to see a video about Wisconsin's glacial past and it's part in forming our priceless Great Lakes.

@1234j 2 года назад

This is just excellent. Thank you.

@sarahlynn4798 2 года назад

Great video! Only info I could find on this specific Crater

@byrongordonbeukes3934 2 года назад

Fascinating! I used to live there (for only about a year of my life) and I never knew this nor had I even heard of the crater...

@SteelSmoker 2 года назад

Nice...good video, quiet informative. Good job.

@russellknight7729 2 года назад

So happy that you are covering Astroblemes, they are fascinating and a bit scary. Volcanoes are quite predictable where they will be, however, meteor strikes are just so random. Can you please cover an Australian astrobleme called Gosse Bluff & the associated Wolf crater. Cudos

@iceboi5983 2 года назад

Hi, I would like to a request for a specific topic for a video: I would love to see a video on the Icelandic Hengill/Hrómundartindur/Hveragerði volcanic system. It is the eastern-most volcanic system of the Reykjanes peninsula. It is actually 3 adjacent volcanoes, but because of their proximity they are often only regarded as 1 or 2 volcanic systems. The volcano also happens to be under the town I live in. I would also love to see more videos about Icelandic volcanoes or volcanoes on the Mid Atlantic Ridge such as Jan Mayen.

@numpty4765 2 года назад

Yay, I was waiting for this one

@-oiiio-3993 2 года назад

Opening shot is of the Barringer Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona which, while relatively young (estimated 50,000 years) and well preserved, is only about 4100 feet (approx. 1250 meters) across from rim to rim. Depth is about 560 feet (approx. 170 meters). Meteoritic iron from the crater (Canyon Diablo Meteorite) contains trace amounts of platinum and iridium among other rare elements. I was a tour guide there 20 years ago

@blessedheavyelements8544 2 года назад

Very cool :) Thank you Sir and Best Regards!

@willd3rbeast 2 года назад

Can you discuss/speculate on unconfirmed impact craters such as the Mistassini site in Quebec?

@Bruncobrobranch 2 года назад

Very interesting video! Thanks!

@hoperules8874 2 года назад

Thank You, Matt!!!

@michaellawson6533 2 года назад

Thanks for the 2 billion year update. Quite an impact .

@innertubez 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for this fascinating video! It's amazing that this asteroid deposited the vast majority of Earth's platinum. Crazy.

@revelgirl1742 Год назад

VERY INTERESTING! Love this post!

@Champstarrable 2 года назад

Stellar content and presentation

@disekjoumoer 2 года назад

I grew up 50 kilometers from Vredefort. From the ground very little can be seen, but small hills running in semi-circular rings around Vredefort are a common feature of the area.

@13_cmi 2 года назад

Love how at the end the crystals of platinum points to the channel link.

@molliejonte2732 2 года назад

Very interesting. Thank you 🙏

@dmaharry7976 2 года назад

Excellent vid. Always been interested in meteor craters and specifically Vrederfoort ….being a South African

@Zany4God 2 года назад

I enjoyed this very much.

@bradcase2529 2 года назад

Awesome videos! ! ! !

@chikujena8422 Год назад

What a clear-cut analyzing

@Vibe4ant 2 года назад

I did enjoy this video!

@akiriith 2 года назад

it's here!! Man I thought Vredefort was huge, but I had no idea the edges of it were that far off from the main "circle". How did scientists measure that? Is it due to one of those unique layers of rock?

@josephpiskac2781 2 года назад

I am retired and winter in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. There are a tremendous number of extinct volcanos here. If you want to lecture on this area including Mt Charleston I would enjoy it.

@lotharschiese8559 2 года назад

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@Craig1959M 2 года назад

Very interesting chap...

@grahamrankin4725 2 года назад

How about a video on how scientists determine the size of the asteroid, velocity and effects of the impact.

@coyotehump8253 2 года назад

it could be 6km traveling at 20km/s, or 12km traveling at 10km/s. its mathematics that determine the level of energy required to make the structure, but as a rule, might not be exact.

@pseudononymouse 5 месяцев назад

correct about the uncertainty, but mass and velocity do not trade off linearly. Momentum is the product of the two, yes, but kinetic energy is proportional to mass times the square of the velocity, so doubling the speed quadruples the energy.

@7eVen.si62 2 года назад

Thank you Geology hub (Snake oil Salesman) !!!👍👍👍

@tonywoodham7362 2 года назад

Great viewing thank You

@lindada1111 2 года назад

Very interesting background informations :)

@TWOCOWS1 11 месяцев назад

thanks. i wished you had shown more graphics of the extent of the crater originally, and the current remnents of the old crater walls

@vectorcontrol4979 3 месяца назад

I really hope there are some talented people out there looking out for stuff like this.

@ralphlorenz4260 2 года назад

Good to see some popular coverage of this feature. I visited the Vredefort structure in 1997 with Elizabeth Turtle (whose PhD was in part on modeling this structure). It is the type locality for shatter cones, and pseudotachylite impact melt. The remark in the video at 2.53 "the like of which had never been seen before" is quite wrong, however, Vredefort may be the largest impact for which there is a recognizable remnant, but there were surely many more violent impacts before it, we just don't have any surviving evidence.

@jargero8203 2 года назад

Without even clicking on this video, I knew I was about to be bombarded with stock footage and a monotone narration.... 1.5 stars

@OC3707 2 года назад

Very imaginative.

@R1j0hn 2 года назад

I love your "no-nonsense" / cut-to-the-chase approach to narrating and editing your videos, but maybe slow it down just a tad and slow the transition between illustrations. Please !

@OttawaOldFart 2 года назад

This became a bit of an obsession for me and through some research found that there were three craters within driving distance from me. Absolutely worth doing as a bucket list item. The sheer size of it is scary. Then I read how if it had happened now it would have taken the windows out in the city I live in 300 KM away.

@notozknows Год назад

I'm a new sub, it's strange to think that where life was started and it almost ended life in the same place.

@darrellturner560 2 года назад

Didn't take geology in school. I mean what could be interesting about a rock. I later learned there is a lot. Your videos take this much further. Thanks from one who loves learning something new everyday.

@jayyydizzzle 2 года назад

Was there any volcanic activity on the opposite side of the planet? Also thanks for the crater videos. They are what i initially watched and subscribed for way back in 2020

@yaitz3313 2 года назад

I checked, and the antipode of Vredefort is only 500 miles from Hawaii, the world's largest volcanic hotspot. Huh.

@Daneelro 2 года назад

You're on to something! Although reconstructions of the Precambrian locations of cratons is sketchy, 2.02 billion years ago, South Africa was near the south pole and the eastern parts of North America were at the anti-pole - and I find just at the correct age, there are two associated dyke swarms (called MD3 and Kangâmiut) on Greenland.

@jayyydizzzle 2 года назад

@@Daneelro I figured it would be sketchy haha. Thanks for the info

@dave34988 2 года назад

The tectonic plates have moved a rather large amount and have come together as supercontinents and drifted apart several times since this crater was formed. It would hard to tell where exactly the opposite side wouldve been, and theres a decent chance it wouldve been subsumed into the mantle over the years.

@jayyydizzzle 2 года назад

@@yaitz3313 Cool! Wish we could detect all the islands that have subducted. I imagine on geologic time scales that hotspots can move relative to the original position, convection and all that

@annaiskindalame 2 года назад

Holy shit, I didn’t know that this formation was a ancient impact. I had been looking around Africa for geological history, and came across this as-well, didn’t find any information on it, but apparently you did

@jul1440 Год назад

"Meteor Crater" is just the attraction name. The actual crater itself is called _Barringer Crater._

@thewatcher5271 2 года назад

Cool Video! Remember When Sheldon Ran Out In Front Of Everyone At The Paintball Tournament & Shouted, "Geology Is Not A Real Science" & They Plastered Him? Geology ROCKS!

@garysimon7765 2 года назад

As a gold miner I thank you for the encouragement and platinum my partner was throwing out! I don't know why.

@sailflyboy 2 года назад

Always take friends for a flip over the Vredefort dome when I go flying. It is far more clearly seen from the air. The Vaal River has cut a channel through it uncovering some of the oldest rocks on the surface of the planet.

@edwardhanson3664 Год назад

Funny you show mention the antipode. I've been promoting this idea for decades. It makes perfect sense in terms of the physics.

@katgrey6239 2 года назад

Thanks for the info 👍

@francisbusa1074 2 года назад

Very interesting vid. I had no idea that platinum could exist in such rich and concentrated deposits. I don't share your evolutionist world view of history however.

@donaldscheer5206 2 года назад

Wow! Incredible Energy!

@albertvanlingen7590 2 года назад

Hey that's my valley 🇿🇦 I drive through it every week. Platinum and Gold is the hart of our economy here.

@AmazingPhilippines1 2 года назад

Very interesting!

@emile5166 2 года назад

Right when Atlas Pro talks about it in his latest video! Wow!

@y09297 2 года назад

Amazing. Have seen this linked to the Hawaii hot spot. Not sure if it fits, given how long ago it was but definitely an intriguing idea :)

@Daneelro 2 года назад

It doesn't fit at all, Hawaii is much much younger. You're the third commenter with this claim, so someone is definitely spreading misinformation here. Can you recall what was your source?

@netherlandsmapping2293 2 года назад

Very Interesting Good Work you should do Mount Edgecumbe in Alaska, its very interesting in 1974 someone pulled of An April fools prank by burning tires, you should upload it on April Fools

@DaPikaGTM 2 года назад

Already has: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KXLiWFB_aIk.html

@Dragrath1 2 года назад

He already covered this at the start of his video on Mt. Edgecumbe a while back if memory serves.

@olivenboo 2 года назад

it would be more helpful if a map of the approximate land/continent locations of the time of impact was illustrated along with current locations.

@campbellmcgarvey495 2 года назад

Would love to hear more about the antipode of this crater and it’s relation to Hawaiian volcanic activity

@grantnelson7717 2 года назад

I must ask: is the voice for this channel computer generated? It’s pretty good, except for the drawn out ends, with down pitch at the end of each sentence. And I miss a bit of the free style banter of other channels. Other than that this is a great channel, with interesting information.

@chaoticpuppet1 2 года назад

I've just started following your channel but have you heard of the Greenland crater? Possibly from an iron rich meteor ~11,000-~12,000 years ago. Drastically affecting ocean levels in a very short period. I heard this from "jimmy" from the channel Bright Insight.

@coolbananaboy5075 2 года назад

You talk .......... funny. The way you pause before the last ... word. Great videos, thank you.

@chadayd 2 года назад

Take a shot every time he says "on the planet"

@trickvro Месяц назад

Take a shot every time he over-emphasizes the last word of a SENTENCE.

@hipoint40cal39 2 года назад

We need this today.

@santyclause8034 10 месяцев назад

This thing is way more striking than the Denilquin Impact Structure, which btw dwarfs it.

@mpk6664 2 года назад

This crater would almost stretch from Cincinnati, Oh to Knoxville, Tn WHAT?

@cyankirkpatrick5194 2 года назад

Just out of curiosity can you make some videos about Crater Lakes I heard there are a few

@rogerclarke7407 2 года назад

Great video. since you asked for topics I would like to know more about the grenville province, I live in an area where the gneiss sticks out of the ground (Muskoka) the mica bands look like they could have been horizontal. but a few hundred kilometers east (neer Kaladar) they look vertical. Is there something interesting going on or just billions of years of folding.

@williamjones7163 5 месяцев назад

While not the largest crater in the world, Meteor Crater in Arizona is easily the most accessible and defined. I visited it once with my Mom, sister, and boyfriend. It was just a bump on the horizon driving up to it. When you got there it was just a small hill. When you got to the rim and looked down into the hole it was more like: Holy crap that is big and deep. A bucket list and life changing experience. Go see it!

@JamesLikesIcedCream 2 года назад

What about the East Warburton Basin in Central Australia? It sadly is eroded now but it would be bigger 400km wide and caused a mass extinction. It was so big the rebound of molten rock caused a large "bulge" going 100s of kilometres into the air. Also effected the opposite side of the earth.