The Yonaguni Conspiracy

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  • čas přidán 24. 01. 2020
  • Is it a city so ancient it defies our understanding of history? Or just a rock?
    I took a little swim around so you could decide. This is Yonaguni monument.
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Komentáře • 600

  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries  Před 4 lety +92

    Join the conspiracy of Rare Earth: www.patreon.com/rareearth

    • @FMRovers
      @FMRovers Před 4 lety +2

      small question.. can you make it to Mexico and film the crystal caves? :) i know.. it is hot there.. (42C) and i am not sure if people are still allowed there bcz people use oxygen and change the air in there.. but.. maybe you get a pass pass

    • @dayegilharno4988
      @dayegilharno4988 Před 4 lety +2

      "The Conspiracy Behind Asia's Lost City of Atlantis" ...are you perhaps trying just a little too hard to beat the algorithm!?

    • @Saintcause
      @Saintcause Před 4 lety +3

      Rare Earth throwing robot Shaw in with sudo science is horrible. He said the place was natural!

    • @FMRovers
      @FMRovers Před 4 lety +1

      @@dayegilharno4988 it is the story the people there tell. But you know that. You are smart.

    • @marcel_h_
      @marcel_h_ Před 4 lety

      Wooooooosssshhhhhh

  • @Chubles1
    @Chubles1 Před 4 lety +306

    "...this is a rare place, even if it isn't special." Is possibly one of the most quintessential and poignant to the series lines I've heard. Good on that one.

    • @peperetep
      @peperetep Před 4 lety

      Yeah, that line resonated deeply with me.

    • @arghc
      @arghc Před 4 lety +17

      Seems like it _is_ special. Those are cool rocks. Archaeologically they might not be special but geologically they seem pretty nifty...

    • @Emppu_T.
      @Emppu_T. Před měsícem

      Nothing to see here, move along.

  • @captainfactoid3867
    @captainfactoid3867 Před 4 lety +425

    If you didn’t have an obsession with Atlantis as a kid did you even have a childhood?

    • @m-l-3456
      @m-l-3456 Před 4 lety +9

      Yes

    • @Wordsnwood
      @Wordsnwood Před 4 lety +21

      I think mine was more the Bermuda Triangle... I was rooting for aliens in the middle.

    • @6point5by55
      @6point5by55 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes. I had more important things to occupy my time.

    • @TheUglyGnome
      @TheUglyGnome Před 4 lety +4

      So. I didn't have a childhood. What did I miss?

    • @stella187
      @stella187 Před 4 lety +2

      TheUglyGnome Oh there was a great movie about Atlantis. The sequel wasn't as good though... (they weren't at Atlantis anymore!)

  • @shastamonecke6785
    @shastamonecke6785 Před 4 lety +661

    Damn this episode is a masterful way just to show us footage of your cute vacation with your wife, and I loved every minute of it.

    • @TrishTruitt
      @TrishTruitt Před 3 lety +11

      And NOW it's tax-deductible too!

    • @CamRStanford
      @CamRStanford Před 3 lety +1

      Easy to make a hit piece when you don't give the opposite side. czcams.com/video/tFlAFo78xoQ/video.html

    • @noshua2326
      @noshua2326 Před 3 lety +1

      @@CamRStanford if you’re using JRE as a source you trust already tells me your opinion is worthless

  • @Dealve
    @Dealve Před 4 lety +515

    Even though these aren't man made, it's almost cooler that they're not. Say what you will, but nature makes some pretty damn cool rocks.

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu Před 4 lety +18

      Nature makes some damn cool quarries as well.

    • @Haseri8
      @Haseri8 Před 4 lety +13

      Better than sad rocks. I bet these guys are happy, having so many people believe in them

    • @lorenh763
      @lorenh763 Před 4 lety +14

      My ancestors made these. Please show respect. Thanks

    • @roboslacker5593
      @roboslacker5593 Před 4 lety

      Arches National Park for the win!

    • @joebloggs1663
      @joebloggs1663 Před 4 lety +2

      @@markuse3472 sigh

  • @Jotari
    @Jotari Před 4 lety +220

    "For the price of a week's worth of coffee"
    "I spent thousands of dollars coming here."
    My god man! How much coffee do you drink!?

    • @january0th
      @january0th Před 4 lety +28

      He means the books written about this place with the first sentence

    • @Angels-3xist
      @Angels-3xist Před 4 lety +2

      Maybe it's the kind made from civet poo

    • @megabyte01
      @megabyte01 Před 4 lety +3

      hmm... maybe he drinks Kopi luwak?

    • @StefanBacon
      @StefanBacon Před 4 lety +4

      I thought that he meant that lovely guide was charging an absurdly reasonable rate for her services...

    • @shawnhtpc2271
      @shawnhtpc2271 Před 4 lety +1

      The week's worth of coffee paid for the scuba dive, not the trip to Japan, knucklehead.

  • @edwardokaa
    @edwardokaa Před 4 lety +397

    Evan: "Hey, look at these cool rocks, they almost look like they could be buildings, but on further inspection they're clearly not. Isn't geology and hydrology weird? Also the human tendency to ascribe significance where none exists is endlessly fascinating"
    xXx_truthseeker420_xXx: "How dare you malign my rigorous science of looking at things and going 'Yes this is clearly the work of aliens!' What about the sphinx! THE SPHINX, EVAN!"

    • @shawnhtpc2271
      @shawnhtpc2271 Před 4 lety +9

      @@busTedOaS: It's a placeholder, not a strawman. You know perfectly well there are millions of people in the world who fit the description, who still believe the Aristotlean philosophy that rigorous thought is sufficient to deduce the workings of the universe and that evidence and experimentation are unnecessary.

    • @Ezekiel_Allium
      @Ezekiel_Allium Před 4 lety +9

      @@markuse3472 ^ this comment made by "dont know how science works gang"
      Seriously, scientists have a habit of *making shit up* for fame. Scientists get so much money from shaking up the status quo because they get so much press from it. If you can spin a good tale to the media, they eat that shit up. Look into figures like Jack Horner, his entire career is saying outrageous and obviously false things about famous dinosaurs, because it stirs up a shit storm.
      You're telling me, if a scientist actually found, an ancient, lost sunken civilization, they wouldn't spam every outlet they know with "Atlantis found! Lost civilization below the briny depths!" Becuase I promise you they would, just for that extra bit of attention and fame, which leads to funding. These stupid ass conspiracy theories about scientists covering shit up because it disagrees with the status quo are made by people who haven't been paying attention to all the insane things people are saying about black holes simply because they're a hot topic right now, or they do see that and ignore scientists doing the exact thing they say that scientists never do.

  • @danieledemedici3217
    @danieledemedici3217 Před 4 lety +13

    Nobody said that Yonaguni was Atlantis. And the people who you are referring to never claimed that the Sphinx was built by the Atlantian people, they just said that it is much older than people believe nowadays.

    • @TheMoistBanana
      @TheMoistBanana Před 4 lety +3

      Yup this man sounded like he wanted to give a narrative just like the ones he claims to give out false information.

    • @Emppu_T.
      @Emppu_T. Před měsícem +1

      Why the hell does it have to be a bad thing when people speculate over rocks. I'm tired of being told what to think.

  • @shawnhtpc2271
    @shawnhtpc2271 Před 4 lety +37

    Have you ever seen a t-shirt for PhDs that says "not that kind of doctor"?
    Evan needs a t-shirt that says "not that kind of rock star".

  • @bofbob1
    @bofbob1 Před 4 lety +89

    "I came here for the rock". Rare Earth, aka "Mostly rocks. A documentary series by Evan Hadfield about rocks, some tragic stories, a few light-hearted ones, but really, mostly just rocks." ^^

  • @mafergoterabarrera6136
    @mafergoterabarrera6136 Před 3 lety +20

    Was looking for bad bunny yonaguni and got roped in. This is so intriguing!!!

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 Před 4 lety +64

    Last time I was this early Atlantis was still above the water.

  • @meltedyakkystick3891
    @meltedyakkystick3891 Před 4 lety +190

    On this episode of Rare Earth Evan visits some slightly interesting rocks that are actually in fact most likely probably just rocks

    • @Zestrayswede
      @Zestrayswede Před 4 lety +6

      Man should be a geologist I tell yah.

    • @dianaharris8106
      @dianaharris8106 Před 4 lety +2

      It makes the story. It's not all that hard to see why people would tell stories around ancient empires in now poor countries. But to tell s msgical story for 30 years about Rocks that are in fact just Rocks... That's humanity at its finest :-)

    • @Kunai-cz1zs
      @Kunai-cz1zs Před 4 lety +3

      Maybe that was the intention, to keep the city hidden while its already been discovered

    • @noticemesenpai69
      @noticemesenpai69 Před 4 lety +1

      「Literally Nobody」 pretty much. Make people think it it’s a hoax so no one cares about it

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 4 lety +86

    Rare Earth can be added to the list of people who found Atlantis alongside SpongeBob

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 Před 4 lety

      Actually bikini bottom is a real island.
      America dropped the castle bravo bomb on it.

    • @calichef1962
      @calichef1962 Před 4 lety +3

      @@edgelord8337 Yes, but it's actually called the Bikini Atoll, and it's where they did a BUNCH of above ground nuclear testing. It's also where the French fashion designer who created the original bikini swimsuit got the name. Everything was about either "The Bomb" or space in the 50s and 60s.

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 Před 4 lety

      @@calichef1962 correct.

    • @raionkohon3447
      @raionkohon3447 Před 4 lety

      Dude, just saw your comment on the North Korean embassador who defected and the two flags got stuck with me. The guy who presented the video reminded me of Evan so I thought to myself “ I should watch rare earth next”, First comment I see it’s yours again. Great minds think alike or the matrix is real

    • @iandalziel7405
      @iandalziel7405 Před 4 lety

      @@calichef1962 - what's more the Americans did actually build an artificial construct to 'entomb' much of the radioactive waste they created there - it is now deteriorating and subject to sea level rise!
      Threatening to release the waste to swirl around the Pacific....
      See: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50951981

  • @spugintrntl
    @spugintrntl Před 4 lety +48

    Every time I see one of your videos it's a strange reminder that the world is bigger than I can possibly imagine, and despite that everything's probably okay. Thank you for that.

  • @andycockrum1212
    @andycockrum1212 Před 4 lety +12

    I’m not saying I know for certain that the Sphinx is 12,000 years old, but I do think the evidence is compelling enough to give it serious thought. It’s not just Robert Schoch, many geologists have been there and said the erosion surrounding the Sphinx is water erosion. This coupled with the fact that 12,000 years ago, the star alignment above the Sphinx would have been a lion. This also in conjunction with the fact that there’s no records of the egyptians building it. This in conjunction with the fact that Egyptian antiquities is known to be a corrupt field headed by corrupt people who have been arrested for lying and stealing, like Zahi Awass (probably spelling that wrong). It all seems like legit evidence to me

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 4 lety +5

      I know this probably isn't a place to convince you, but I assure you that the evidence behind the Sphinx being 12,000 years old is not compelling from a scientific standpoint. But it is a fun theory.

    • @ryshow9118
      @ryshow9118 Před 4 lety

      @lingo starr Is it the one that leads to the Mole people's underground empire? 😂

  • @amonaten13
    @amonaten13 Před 4 lety +13

    Dr. Schoch may be unscrupulous with who he keeps company with or what he'll get paid to appear on sometimes but he does keep things fairly professional with his opinions on things like this. Hes a geologist after all and was one of those dissenters you spoke of. I've traveled Egypt with Robert and he's genuinely a good guy who like to imagine himself a maverick.

    • @Sleepy4213
      @Sleepy4213 Před 7 měsíci

      ⁠@@AppophustSchock has a PhD in Geology and Geophysics from Yale. He’s absolutely qualified. He also called this a natural structure. His Sphinx erosion hypothesis is difficult to argue without a PhD.
      Hancock however has no formal scientific education and will accept any data uncritically that confirms his ancient advanced civilization theory,

  • @bruceames9224
    @bruceames9224 Před 2 lety +6

    I have entered the unscrupulous world of Graham Hancock, Robert Shock, and John Anthony West with an open mind and a critical faculty. I have listened to the details, listened to their details, listened to a broad host of details and information and I am surprised on some level at the manner in which you represent these men. I make up in my mind that I can understand how you as a man of orthodox, empirical, historical perspective, would be loathe to step further back than the last Ice Age and consider a common origin, a more ancient origin, than the “mainstream” history as it is presented to us. I caught a whiff in one of your previous talks of extreme skepticism about those who are curious into possible alternative histories. I very much value your insight, your critical faculties, and your courage to present history so selflessly to the world. I look forward to listening to one of your presentations someday in the future and discovering that your curiosity has carried you beyond the paradigm of the mainstream historical narrative. That will give me great joy.

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 2 lety +3

      "I listen to men who lie about history for a living and now I presume the truth to be not fantastical enough."
      This isn't opening one's mind for the better this is just letting the brains fall out Bruce.

  • @LuisRodriguez-rx8md
    @LuisRodriguez-rx8md Před 3 lety +12

    Who searched up bad bunny yonaguni and this came up

  • @AlexanderCVEVO
    @AlexanderCVEVO Před 3 lety +18

    Aunque sé que no debo
    Pensar en ti, bebé, pero cuando bebo
    Me viene tu nombre, tu cara, tu risa y tu pelo, ey
    Dime dónde tú está', que yo por ti cojo un vuelo
    Y a Yonaguni le llego

  • @adamroodog1718
    @adamroodog1718 Před 4 lety +12

    'Some of the worlds leading voices in pseudo science' hahaha thanks for the giggle

  • @ruki4929
    @ruki4929 Před 4 lety +6

    I swear, every time you post a video, i end up binge-watching every episode all over again; it's so well produced and crafted that I can lose hours watching them without getting bored. it's a trip every time.

  • @Bacopa68
    @Bacopa68 Před 4 lety +8

    The last song Tammy Wynette released was about Mu. Appearing on a KLF record was a way to go out in style.

    • @peglor
      @peglor Před 4 lety

      Justified and ancient...

    • @levcornwall
      @levcornwall Před 4 lety

      And they drive an ice cream van...

    • @iandalziel7405
      @iandalziel7405 Před 4 lety

      and then they burnt a million pounds on an island - thats real 'rock n role play'!

  • @lanzer22
    @lanzer22 Před 4 lety +8

    Wow an episode that actually showed us some rare earth! Well done, I've been super curious about this very topic.

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H Před 4 lety +5

    The writing in most of your videos will often aim towards a certain poetic sensibility, and in this video in particular I think you really nailed it.
    🧡

  • @marygebbie6611
    @marygebbie6611 Před 4 lety +4

    I'm working in a high school in Japan, and I've been helping students get ready for their college entrance exams. The practice exam books always use questions and texts from the real tests of a few years ago. Yesterday, I helped a student who had the practice book for a decently prestigious university, and the text was about these Yonaguni monuments-- except it was completely skewed toward the view of it being a real human made city. Of course the opposite view was mentioned as a counter argument, but I was surprised this English language text written by British authors was pushing this narrative so much.

  • @themarblers4399
    @themarblers4399 Před 4 lety +5

    *Tries to narrate:*
    *Speaks in bubbles*

  • @Arigatex
    @Arigatex Před 4 lety +53

    So basically you got scammed with rocks, loved it and made a video about it

    • @dianaharris8106
      @dianaharris8106 Před 4 lety +8

      Better. He knew it was a scam, went anyways and got scamed, loved it and made a video abiut it :-p

    • @toddprifogle7381
      @toddprifogle7381 Před 4 lety

      Wasn't there myth and legend surrounding this area prior to the 1980's dive by this man ? A story of an underwater palace ? I would like to know more of these mythological stories their history !

  • @crozraven
    @crozraven Před 4 lety +9

    This feels like a Detective Conan episode or something. Minus the mysterious murder of course LOL

  • @ejnarsorensen2920
    @ejnarsorensen2920 Před 4 lety +6

    Never question Mu, it's a sacred cow.

  • @LordDestrus
    @LordDestrus Před 4 lety +6

    That look at the end of just genuine happiness from your wife is so great. I wish I could provide my wife with these kinds of adventures. Thank you for bringing this to my living room all the same.

    • @dprfail
      @dprfail Před 2 lety

      i don't thank him at all
      i don't like him at all
      he has a superior attitude

  • @H4FJ
    @H4FJ Před 4 lety +16

    While I am aware that many of the people in this video indeed make... Questionable claims, let's say, I do think it is very important to note that the world of archaeology is deserving of criticism. You may not agree with what many of these what you called "alternative scientists" say or claim, but their criticism towards mainstream scientists is definitely valid to some degree. You don't have to agree with everything they say, but it sure is strange how some things are treated as true or conventional wisdom, whereas in fact they sometimes are mere guess work, or the "connecting of dots" that fit the generally accepted narrative. These critical voices shouldn't be disregarded that easily, I don't think. The silencing or ridiculing of critical (or "alternative") voices is the death of science.

  • @adisura9904
    @adisura9904 Před 4 lety +10

    Maybe dive the Arabian sea close to the Rann of Kutch. Dwarka awaits my friend.

  • @rosetownstumpcity
    @rosetownstumpcity Před 4 lety +3

    I had to stop after the intro because I am so excited for this subject, I was similarly fascinated by this when I was a child

  • @Wordsnwood
    @Wordsnwood Před 4 lety +1

    Makes me think of an April Fool's story I read 30-40 years ago: The story claimed that Niagara Falls was fake -- it had been invented by Native Americans as a tourist trap. Originally it was smaller since it was powered by pumps powered by natives riding stationary bicycles hidden in a cave (I know how this sounds; it was the seventies) In fact the famous Hydro Electric plants there are in actual fact just huge pumps that send water up the cliff so it can come out the top and rush over the falls. Shhh, don't tell anyone.

  • @CineSoar
    @CineSoar Před 4 lety

    I can’t begin to count the number of hours of dive footage I have, where I and my friends are looking at the camera and saying “hehh heehhh HHEEHH heh!” making thumbs up and OK signals, nodding as if we’re communicating something and then giving up with a shrug, and swimming off.

  • @fadetounforgiven
    @fadetounforgiven Před 4 lety +9

    "Mu had more cows"... man... I can't watch these videos while eating or drinking.
    Anyway, I guess it would be sea cows.

    • @XanthusPictures
      @XanthusPictures Před 3 lety +1

      I wasn't even eating anything, but when he said that I snorted strongly enough to clear out my nostrils

  • @chamelius
    @chamelius Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks for a wonderful video, that combines two of my (currently armchair) interests of SCUBA and Geology.
    Also, thanks for adding another destination to my list of places to visit.

  • @SECONDQUEST
    @SECONDQUEST Před 4 lety +9

    Love this place. So natural, but AMAZING to look at. It reminds me of columnar basalt. So artificial, seemingly grown into shapes by giants or aliens or gods.

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 Před 4 lety +1

      I love columnar basalt! I know a place where it's been shifted 90° into its side, so the hills by the roadway look like a bunch of hexagonal brickwork.

  • @edwardcardinal4328
    @edwardcardinal4328 Před 4 lety +2

    Oh yeah, I remember this one from those grade-school weird mysteries readers in the 90s!

  • @10thhokage65
    @10thhokage65 Před 4 lety

    Lowkey was depressed and sad because I thought u guys stopped uploading months ago but I just didn’t scroll far enough , y’all are amazing

  • @matthewcollier3482
    @matthewcollier3482 Před 4 lety +1

    "... Which I presume had more cows" got me. Let out a nice real laugh at that.

  • @mariyork
    @mariyork Před 4 lety

    Wow, how I missed your channel..... I am from Japan, and have been researching about the ancient history....and get stuck with the walls many times......I have watched several of your videos about Japan, how beautifully you present! I really appreciate you for sharing your knowledge, I am moved..... Thank you!

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 Před 4 lety +1

    I don't know. Sort of doubt the Japanese government and academics would try to cover up something that supported Japan having an advanced civilization longer than presently recognized in the archaeological record. Anyway, the tour guide was hot. Next time make it a solo trip.

  • @ditodevice1950
    @ditodevice1950 Před 4 lety +6

    I though this was true until today....
    Now what can I trust, is my whole life a conspiracy?

  • @stella187
    @stella187 Před 4 lety

    Watching a new Rare Earth video and eating breakfast must be one of my top 5 (everyday) leisure activities

  • @danielraisabin5686
    @danielraisabin5686 Před 4 lety +13

    Someone needs to do his homework on Graham Hancock.

    • @asceticscorpio972
      @asceticscorpio972 Před 3 lety +2

      He's done a great deal more research on the topic then this pompous ass hat.

  • @bluetorch13
    @bluetorch13 Před 3 lety +1

    I've never seen divers move with the waves like that, super interesting. Love your narrative and the content, instant sub'ed!

  • @kazenriq
    @kazenriq Před 2 lety +2

    Wondeful! One question: is it possible to free dive down there? Without heavy equipment, only snorkel, fins, weight belt and diving skills?

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 2 lety +2

      The waves are rough so probably best not to, but depth-wise it's theoretically possible

    • @kazenriq
      @kazenriq Před 2 lety +1

      @@RareEarthSeries yes! I saw it on the video, it swept people from side to side. Anyways, thanks for the information 🙏🏽

  • @valentinanunezsm
    @valentinanunezsm Před 4 lety

    I would watch anything this voice tells me to watch. It's so compelling I'm honestly obsessed!

  • @kolibri5523
    @kolibri5523 Před 4 lety +15

    I must admit I kinda lost my old habits to comment on your videos, but just so you keep the facts straight, I still 100% think this is the absolute best channel on CZcams and one of those that go beyond just showing stuff. It raises awareness on populations/situations/ideas, it helps in building and assessing opinions, and it makes people learn about what makes earth so diverse, so interesting and so intriguing.
    And cherry on the cake, each and every time the image work is just stunning.
    So an immense thanks and an immense congrats to the team.

  • @MageThief
    @MageThief Před 4 lety +4

    5:44 Love how the water current keeps tugging the divers back and forth :)
    That's the things with stuff like this, we have no evidence that it is man mad or not, so everything is just speculations.
    And speculations is great with a cold beer :D

  • @TJ-kb5hh
    @TJ-kb5hh Před 4 lety +7

    The early worm gets the bird

    • @calichef1962
      @calichef1962 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Prometheushighaf I'm sorry. Cancer sucks. It sucks for the patient, but in a way it sucks even more for the patient's loved ones because they can't bear to see the cancer patient (their spouse, parent, grandparent or child) in pain, but they (selfishly, but in a loving way) can't bear the end of the cancer patient's suffering, either. It's a very difficult thing for everyone involved. I wish you (or your loved one) a full recovery, a return to good health and a long, fulfilling life filled with love and adventure. Namaste.

    • @panzerveps
      @panzerveps Před 4 lety

      Tremors?

  • @Silverdynamix
    @Silverdynamix Před 4 lety +7

    I don't know what to comment but I'm early so I guess that counts for something.

  • @Sol_Invictus510
    @Sol_Invictus510 Před 4 lety +6

    Graham Hancock has great books on possible ancient advanced civilizations. We need to look at areas that have been swallowed by the sea over the last 13000 years.

    • @nj3957
      @nj3957 Před 3 lety +3

      Couldn't agree more - have a look at work he's done on Egyptian and Peruvian megalithic achievements.

  • @kcajeldnaC
    @kcajeldnaC Před 4 lety

    More impressed by the fact you decided to do that trip ahead of a typhoon.

  • @voidghost84
    @voidghost84 Před 8 měsíci +2

    So, you think these rocks were shaped like this .. by currents? In that case, could you point to another formation like it? Underwater and natural. Also, were are all the rock peaces that broke off? Shouldn't they be lying by the 'walls' and on the ground?

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 8 měsíci +1

      No, I dont think that. What I experienced and therefore understand is that they're splitting off the wall on the cliff above this in what are geologically called cleavages. The rocks look identical to this above water, too, but nobody is pretending those are special because once you see them above water it's clear they're just cleavages. There are hundreds of thousands of similar geological processes all over this planet. I'm not sure what you mean.

    • @AIenSmithee
      @AIenSmithee Před 3 měsíci

      Tessellated pavements, devils causeway, pummakale, mortali boulders to name a few.

  • @Rokkiteer
    @Rokkiteer Před 4 lety

    I hope you continue to make these videos in some form or another, even after CZcams dies off.

  • @thethreeedgedsword7253
    @thethreeedgedsword7253 Před 4 lety +2

    I’d be curious what you’d say if you did a video about the Priory of Sion

    • @thethreeedgedsword7253
      @thethreeedgedsword7253 Před 4 lety

      South Florida Horticulture is there an actual list of vile things “the devil” has done?
      What is the priory of Sion to you? What makes it satanic? Which religion, and sect of that religion, do you claim? Which perspective are you coming from in your translation of the priory? What kind of historical background can you give me on what the priory is and what it’s purpose was? And what exactly is the ultimate price?

  • @CamRStanford
    @CamRStanford Před 3 lety +8

    The whole point of journalism is to present information unbiased. Not to say you're biased from the beginning. You're the only one doing garbage work here.

    • @Mathieu_soDjo
      @Mathieu_soDjo Před 3 lety +1

      Good thing it's not journalism then. He said himself at the end that he came there to disprove the conspiracy theory.
      Why do you people have the same arguments as 17 year old dropouts....

    • @CamRStanford
      @CamRStanford Před 3 lety

      @@Mathieu_soDjo czcams.com/video/tFlAFo78xoQ/video.html

  • @Scott-J
    @Scott-J Před 4 lety +1

    Yeah, "some serious wave action." There's nothing like the water you are suspended in shifting a meter to the left, then back. 7:20 freaked me out, just a little.

  • @dangerspoon3693
    @dangerspoon3693 Před 4 lety +2

    "DEFEND ATLANTIS"
    Flobots
    That was as far as the tide came in
    I remember the starfish and the wails of the sirens then
    We replaced the tridents, embraced Poseidon
    And discovered ourselves living on an island
    We flow like water across the lost city
    Chalk prophecies and washed off graffiti
    In continents
    Trade off for payoff
    And high concepts then lost to chaos
    Many tales radiate from one nexus
    Defending a dream of a new directive
    A call from the deep sums up a notion
    The day when the people bum rushed the ocean
    From the beaches they ran to meet the day after
    Underneath the waves won't repeat the same chapter
    Knew what they had to do
    That which creates life has power to take it right back
    Fucking with the icecaps
    We've gotta push the tide back
    We can survive collapse if we don't get sidetracked
    If we visualize living underwater hidden by prisms
    Countries fall but people transition if one for all we live in that vision
    Hundred dollar bill origami
    Balloon inflation new world economy
    We float on tsunami to global warming
    We need structures to control what's coming
    Corporate monopolies obsolete
    The philosophy leaves us lost at sea
    But from Marwar to Cochabamba
    We are the warriors that won't get conquered
    'Cause rising tides drown all villages
    Divided fighters succumb to pillage
    Rescuers whatever your latitude
    It's time to pioneer a new world attitude
    Put local cycles first we're Global Islanders with nothing left to plunder
    From the beaches they ran to meet the day after
    Underneath the waves won't repeat the same chapter
    Knew what they had to do
    For centuries
    Human beings have pursued the meaning of Atlantis
    Central to their teaching that it's existence
    Answers man's essential questions
    Much like the feeding of the five thousand
    Even if the facts aren't accurate
    The story's magic is alive
    Of untmost importance to convert the impertinent
    Atlantis holds the answer to man's ills at their most pertinent
    Aspersions easily dispersed when I certainly answer
    The most diverse aversions when I first channel --
    Is that all you hold for a warriors roll
    The ground shakes, you claim my country, not my soul
    I fought, I toiled for the lost in the waves
    And i will not tire, I'll die no slave
    If the sea's my grave
    I sleep with my city, my people, my oath
    My shame, my city
    Is that I cannot save my city from the waves that claim you
    And curse the Gods who can't explain who to blame
    At the end of the reign, heed me
    The season passes Atlas, his keeps in the sediment
    Failing monumentally and leaving no monuments to see
    Only sea to shining sea
    And survival hinged on the ascent by the humble
    And the sirens wailed as the empire crumbled
    With nothing to plunder, corporations drowned
    Waves clapped like thunder and stormed the gates with sound
    Forming a new nation now
    As the icecaps melted water levels rose
    We raised our hands together and made the levees hold
    Heels in the sand, we revealed the depths below
    The population of starfish exploded from the ocean
    Survival, we unified to focus on
    And the voices were many but we spoke as one
    As the tale was retold, we multiplied
    And swelled across the fault lines to halt the tide
    We let the alters die to keep our pulse alive
    And from the barren wastelands of naked trash
    We stitched together, a shelter from fallen nation's flags
    And chose to build a future from an ancient's past
    The crowns of thorns was worn, we put the Tritons down
    We found new forms of anchors deep inside the ground
    The world is and island now
    The world is an island now

  • @ArchFundy
    @ArchFundy Před 4 lety

    Like the Causeway of the Giants, it doesn't need to be man made to be worth seeing. I not only like that you have allowed us to join you on your world adventures, but that you do all the research about the places, that I would be too lazy to do. Thanks Rare Earth.

  • @Wylf
    @Wylf Před 4 lety +1

    I appreciate the cow pun in regards to Mu. It was very... a-mu-sing.

  • @gasdive
    @gasdive Před 4 lety +1

    There's a similar formation off wedding cake island just off Coogee Australia. Love diving there.
    It is natural, but it would also have been exposed during the last ice age and there were people living and farming locally at that time.

  • @ge200099
    @ge200099 Před 3 lety

    Amazing video! I actually enjoy being positively surprised on vacations too. Very glad to hear you had fun and enjoyed japan, but you should visit mainland (Honshū) too!

  • @keatondenney1902
    @keatondenney1902 Před 4 lety

    Awesome, simple episode. Good work!

  • @winterbeaches
    @winterbeaches Před 4 lety +1

    It's a place I've been fascinated with too. Even though it is not man made, or Atlantis it's still pretty cool and worth seeing. Thanks for this episode. xo

  • @1996jessej
    @1996jessej Před 4 lety +2

    Getting back to your roots and filming big rocks

  • @Airbournjack
    @Airbournjack Před 4 lety +3

    It was interesting to see your Take on this. I first learned about Yonaguni Via Josh gates Expedition unknown. In his piece he see's an expert that shows the mechanism by which the shelves are created. the only thing that gave me pause was the turtle shape. That seems out of place among the steps. That being said just because something seems out of place doesn't mean that its unnatural.

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 4 lety +3

      When you see it in person the "turtle" looks supppppppper natural on 3/4 of the rock, with a broken bit that looks handmade. It is easy to get a photo that makes it seem carved, but in person its hard to keep that mentality.

    • @Airbournjack
      @Airbournjack Před 4 lety +4

      @@RareEarthSeries Ah so its a cropping trick then, cutting out the part that doesn't suit the narrative. Well glad to know that even that falls away under the correct angle thanks.

  • @ZarlanTheGreen
    @ZarlanTheGreen Před 4 lety +1

    "...which I presume, had more cows"
    LMAO! XD

  • @TrondBrgeKrokli
    @TrondBrgeKrokli Před 4 lety

    I found the outro clip to be more funny than it objectively is, mostly because the voice is about as garbled as it can possibly get without becoming unidentifiable as a voice, and yet it still is obvious that "This is Rare Earth" is what Evan says in that clip.

  • @peglor
    @peglor Před 4 lety +6

    If you're on the hunt for more impressive rock slabs, you might need to take a trip to the Burren and Giant's Causeway in Ireland/Northern Ireland. The Burren was man made in a way - overgrazing by bronze age farmers eroded the topsoil and left acres of bare limestone slabs exposed, creating a very rare ecosystem and very unusual scenery. The area is riddled with limestone caves because almost all the rivers run underground having eroded through the limestone. The slabs were formed when the area was prehistoric seabed though.
    The Giant's Causeway, which looks far more manmade than Yonaguni, is a consequence of molten rock cooling at exactly the right rate to break into polygon shaped geometric columns and is absolutely spectacular and extremely rare worldwide. Strangely no conspiracy theories have survived into modern times on this (Though the name of the place is a reference to a legend about a giant building it as a causeway to Scotland and destroying it again as far as I remember), probably because it's so breathtakingly impressive by itself it doesn't need marketing to convince people to visit.
    While you're there the Titanic museum (About an hour from the Giant's Causeway) in Belfast (In the shipyard where the Titanic was built) is a great trip, though not as in line with this channel as the Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (Which has nothing to do with the Titanic's history and everything to do with cashing in on James Cameron's movie). My favourite thing about this is that people get their wedding vows renewed on a copy of the famous stairs in the Titanic by a guy dressed as the captain of the Titanic thinking it's romantic while completely missing that the Titanic's fame is for probably being the all time greatest example of why safety regulations are written in blood.

    • @iandalziel7405
      @iandalziel7405 Před 4 lety

      "_...absolutely spectacular and extremely rare worldwide_
      Nan Madol and Mount Padang, West Java
      www.nps.gov/places/nan-madol.htm
      and
      www.livescience.com/64320-hidden-temple-pyramid-java.html

    • @jozz2248
      @jozz2248 Před 2 lety

      I'm going to have to check that out, it kind of sounds like you're describing Superman's ice cave.

    • @pmc2999
      @pmc2999 Před 10 měsíci

      Safety regulations are written in blood. That is so true. We learn the hard way because sometimes that's the payment required.

  • @jean-pierredevent970
    @jean-pierredevent970 Před 4 lety

    I must admit that certain pictures suggested they were indeed natural but it was once above water and humans carved out certain forms that were already half there. But seeing this, even that idea vanishes.

  • @redacted5052
    @redacted5052 Před 4 lety +12

    Maybe you should go on JRE and have this convo.

  • @2.7petabytes
    @2.7petabytes Před 4 lety +1

    Your channel is quite possibly THE BEST CHANNEL ON CZcams!! I so appreciate the research you put in, the level of detail and all of the interesting places you visit! THANKS!!

  • @oceansong1
    @oceansong1 Před 4 lety +8

    I'm guessing a look at the geology of the area would yield the answer. Nice video but did you actually look into that, i.e. science or just go on what you saw?

  • @archur111
    @archur111 Před 2 lety

    Great stuff! Footage underwater is well done! Thanks.

  • @scotttime7692
    @scotttime7692 Před 4 lety

    Im planing on diving there in a couple of months, thanks for spoiling that haha. Nah I'll go see for myself

  • @aslamjamil4462
    @aslamjamil4462 Před 3 lety +1

    They said that this is a natural phenomena just because u didn’t know what ancient people actually can do it really out of our mind even their technology far away above us

    • @Mathieu_soDjo
      @Mathieu_soDjo Před 3 lety

      Thank you for this GREAT insight.
      Let's just throw science out the window guys. Let's believe this dude that claimed, with no evidence whatsoever, that ancient civilizations had better technology than us (but still using sandstone and no precise cuts). Or maybe not. Either way we couldn't even begin to know so let's not even try ! But let's assume they were really better than us because I said so ! Good talk.
      Moron.

  • @chrisgurney2467
    @chrisgurney2467 Před 4 lety

    looking at the cliff face above the water line you can see the way the stratification is shearing off into block like formations, so it's no wonder with more wearing below that it looks almost "built"

  • @RobExNihilo
    @RobExNihilo Před 4 lety

    Interesting take on the place. I won't lie though, I'm just glad you didn't make me cry over a damn rock this time.

  • @rachaelescober2736
    @rachaelescober2736 Před 4 lety +2

    Just because it isn’t Atlantis doesn’t mean it isn’t special : p-
    There is a magic to it, a natural beauty

  • @shawnhtpc2271
    @shawnhtpc2271 Před 4 lety +8

    The Giants' Causeway looks more intentionally-constructed than these rocks, but nobody believes the Giants' Causeway is artificial.

  • @kzh2313
    @kzh2313 Před 4 lety +2

    U guys should check out bright insight if you are interested about Atlantis or lost ancient civilization in general

  • @OllamhDrab
    @OllamhDrab Před 4 lety

    It does look like it's a lot of fun to dive there, despite not a lot of wildlife. :)

  • @dantefaraday4550
    @dantefaraday4550 Před 4 lety

    6:35 :D How cute. At some point I stopped listening and started thinking I should take those diving courses and start visiting such places. Lovely!

  • @ancanopener
    @ancanopener Před 4 lety

    This dude is like the love child of Brian Dunning and Michael Shermer. Glad you had a nice vacay.

  • @asdfasdfasdf111666
    @asdfasdfasdf111666 Před 4 lety +1

    Yeah, its pretty stupid to think that anyone figured out how to carve stone or anything else "civilized" within the 200,000 plus years of human history before about 5,000 years ago. Because we know pretty much everything.

  • @selfishstockton6123
    @selfishstockton6123 Před 4 lety +1

    I don’t find it to be a tourist trap. Just because it’s not MU doesn’t mean it can’t still be man made.

  • @winterkrash
    @winterkrash Před 3 lety +8

    For someone who wants to show that the rocks are supposedly natural, there are more shots of divers floating in the open sea. Not so much rocks. So somehow you lost me there. And honestly your smugness is written all over in this particular video. Just because it doesn’t suit your narrative, doesn’t mean you can be so dismissive. You don’t have to believe, but you can use some humility.

  • @andrewdobson5466
    @andrewdobson5466 Před 4 lety

    The steady stream of bubbles coming off the dive leader's( white fins and yellow slate ) primary stage worries me greatly. That fitting should not be leaking, even slightly.

  • @rwalker0130
    @rwalker0130 Před 4 lety +6

    Disappointing but thanks for the info 😔. I really wanted to believe

  • @evershumor1302
    @evershumor1302 Před 4 lety +1

    How do those rocks get those edges?

  • @bluesquare23
    @bluesquare23 Před 4 lety

    I like this video more than the ones that make me cry.

  • @Kirmm
    @Kirmm Před 2 lety +3

    Cute effort to debunk it, but I still believe these are not naturally formed formations though.

  • @moustafamohsen
    @moustafamohsen Před 4 lety

    I'm very thankful you are traveling around the world and doing this, there is now way on earth that you're making decent money for your self and sponsoring those travel video, even if you have found a way I'm very thankful
    You make unique videos, and it keeps getting more interesting, if I may ask you though I'd like to see some videos about the atrocities the Nazis have committed, I know that Germany and Poland have kept some of the camps intact as a witness of the Nazis crimes, I'd like to see things like that, but more importantly what you'll have to say about it and about humans

  • @edricm2837
    @edricm2837 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like a land slide and sinking. Look at the rock layers of the cliffs of the island angled straight at the horizon of the sea in the direction of the anomaly. It could have sank during a earthquake.

  • @nelumbonucifera7537
    @nelumbonucifera7537 Před 4 lety +1

    Those rocks are pretty damn cool.

  • @ovi845
    @ovi845 Před 4 lety

    Yes!!! Episodes about stones my favorite kind