The Geologic Oddity in South Africa; The Valley of Desolation

Within South Africa, a grouping of hundreds of tall pillars which mysteriously jet out from the ground in a vertical manner are in fact a remnant of a Jurassic era mass extinction event. This is the story of the Valley of Desolation, which has a connection to a time long ago when much of South Africa was coated in more than a kilometer thick of black volcanic rock and active lava flows were ongoing.

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[1] Luttinen, A.V. Bilateral geochemical asymmetry in the Karoo large igneous province. Sci Rep 8, 5223 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23..., CC BY 4.0

0:00 Karoo Flood Basalts
1:12 Valley of Desolation
1:55 Basalt, Gabbro, & Diabase
2:32 183 Million Years Ago
3:15 Rock Pillar Formation
4:04 A Shoutout
4:25 Conclusion