The Ancient Volcano in Wyoming; Devils Tower

One of the most impressive features within Wyoming is a towering rock edifice called Devils Tower. This ancient mass of rock contains hexagon shaped columns which rise 867 feet above the surrounding landscape. It marks the remains of an ancient volcano, which once created a several thousand foot wide explosion crater in the ground. This video will discuss a new theory on how Devils Tower formed, and mention some nearby related geologic features. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work "DevilsTower1", is a derivative of a photo (resized, cropped, text overlay, overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo)) from "Devils Tower.jpg", by: Keith Yahl, yahl, 2023, Posted on Flickr, Flickr account link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yahl, Photo link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yahl/53..., CC BY 2.0. "DevilsTower1" is used & licensed under CC BY 2.0 by    / geologyhub   If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon:   / geologyhub  ) (YouTube membership:    / @geologyhub  ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdom... CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] National Parks Service [3] U.S. Geological Survey, Wyoming Geologic Map, https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/ 0:00 Devils Tower 0:43 Adjacent Rock Units 1:42 Volcanic Eruption 3:09 Hexagonal Columns 3:44 Erosion & Exposure 4:16 Other Theories 4:29 Correcting Nonsense