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Arizona’s oldest volcanic rocks are 1.8 billion years old & some of the state's most spectacular geologic features & scenery are volcanic in nature.
This location is referred to locally as Tee P*e Rocks because of its conical formations that are pockmarked with cavernous openings.
The unusual cones are called fumaroles & were created when ash from the nearby Hackberry Mountain volcano fell on calcium-rich waters of the former "Lake Verde” some 7 million years ago.
The water in the ground turned to steam & vented upward through the fallen ash. Where the calcified water came in contact with the ash a layer of cement-like material was formed. Over time, the softer ash around the vents eroded, leaving the conical shaped vent pipes exposed. The distinctive pockmarked holes in the cones are the result of water eroding the base of the cones as they slowly expose themselves to the elements.
This is a 10 foot slab of rock in the southwestern desert of Arizona. It's a snapshot of a moment in the life of a giant mammal from (likely a young Mammoth or a Mastodon) struggling to traverse the soft clay in a terrain that's completely alien to anything that the southwest resembles today.
After editing the footage I noticed the striation of the hill directly next to these imprints. It’s fascinating to imagine what could lay underneath the tons of rock & debris adjacent to these visible prints. Could there be another set of prints from a Mother walking ever so close to the tracks that we can see?
We all make our mark on this world in one way or another, we all want at least a few of our best steps to resonate into eternity. This is proof that to some degree it's possible. If for nothing else, thanks for making your impression on me.
Indian Mesa is a very ancient & breath taking place. This is all that remains of the community of Hohokam that lived there more than a thousand years ago.
I heard this remake & had to make this mashup.
The Sierra Ancha Wilderness in Arizona is absolutely incredible.
Here's one of our first ancient discoveries at Lost Canyon in Sedona. Few will ever get to see these ruins this closely.
Ice Cream Cone ruins were likely home to multiple families. It has three separate rooms & there was probably a fourth at one time. Two of the walls still had mud in between the rocks of the walls (very uncommon) & one of the doorways had been fully restored. The site contains the remnants of pot shards, corn & pieces of woven sandals, perhaps for infants. It's absolutely breathtaking.
Camp Verde cliff dwellings are composed of around 100 different caves & dwellings, it was at one time bustling with life. Inhabited by both the Hohokam & Sinagua until it was abandoned around 1400 & archeologists still don't know why. It's an incredibly impressive ancient city.
Directly in front of this Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling the ground drops away into an abyss. It's impossible to see these ruins from this point of view without a drone. It's incredible to think that it's inhabitants never saw their home from the perspective you're seeing right now.
These ruins have an intact second story & at one point had dozens of separate rooms. The whole thing was being held up by three pieces of wood. It's amazing anything's still standing after so many centuries.
Historians believe as many as 5,000 Sinagua inhabited Sedona as early as 650 A.D. These mountains were the first skyscrapers filled with dozens of different familes, teeming with life.
