From the same “scientists” who believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that mountains are the result of volcanism and plate tectonics. What a laugh. Riddle me this, how can tectonic plates pushing on each other cause mountains everywhere to be Lichtenberg fractals when viewed from above? It’s physically impossible for it to happen randomly once, much less virtually every time. These fake science people are charlatans.

I’m sure it was absolutely necessary… and probably costs endless millions. 😂

Why not just use a Fit Bit?

Still sounds useless

We supposedly landed a man on the moon in the 60s but cant determine the heights of mountains here on earth. Go science!!! 😂😂😂😂

I had no idea that the ocean level rise would be so disparate like that. Along with stuff like Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador, the weirdness of the shape of the Earth never ceases to amaze.

I also wanna add that on a general basis, if the continental ice sheet on the northern hemisphere melt (Greenland) the sea level will rise in the southern hemisphere. Vice versa for the southern hemisphere (Antarctica)

Lots of folks deserve a refund

@@danielchilton5400 Datz troo .

Those corners are exactly where they should be, let AZ NM CO UT figure the rest out.

That's what Colorado is good at!!!

Not with that altitude.

The sea got waves, waves aren’t leval.

No, it isn't. Sea level on the east coast is actually higher than sea level at the same latitude on the west coast due to prevailing winds. But what they are saying here is the mass of the earth isn't even, so gravitational pull on the ocean isn't even. So some spots of ocean are higher than others.

Sea level isn't level. They take the average sea level across all oceans, accounting for waves too. That's why it is called MEAN sea level.

Tides?

Perhaps perhaps a spreading ridge will form. Where the basin arranged extension is occurring in nevada

Cool. Nobody cares. That's 250 million years away.

@jimsonjohnson3761...You clicked, you commented, you care. Whoops! P.S. Do you have something against spreading knowledge? Or are you offended by becoming just a wee bit smarter?

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I’ve heard that 14ers only count if you climb at least 3000 ft of elevation. Heard that multiple times, but I agree it seems weird

@@BigTrees4ever can’t you drive to the top of most 14s in Colorado too in the summer? Lol full parking lots. That’s wack. I’d love to see a parking lot put on the top of Mount Shasta or mount rainier

​@PhaseSkater You can only drive to the top of a couple of them. Like 3 out of the 50+ in the state. The height is above sea level so they still "count" either way

@@sebastianwhalin743 prominence matters more though. We might as well say the “ Republic Plaza “ skyscraper in downtown Denver is several thousand feet taller than the Empire State Building in New York or sears/Willis tower in Chicago with that “ sea level “ logic.

See that plane? That is not an insignificant amount of money to be sending it up to altitude for research purposes. If I had to guess the amount of money put into this specific project is likely in the millions of dollars range if you are using a plane that big to begin with. But as others have already mentioned this is being done by NOAA and has a far greater amount of implications beyond just checking the height of a couple dozen mountains and will likely be part of the groundwork of dozens of other research studies so that is why it is important to document it accurately rather than continue pouring money into research with flawed data.

@@Xhadp We got the gist of it, the pilots know their flying altitude in the range.

Maybe you're right. Maybe that money should go into education instead so that our population knows when "mountain's" should have an apostrophe.

@@ClarkPotter I think you should teach the class. You clearly have a love for correcting grammar.

Chemtrails

They're used poop silos. They are discarding them so they don't make the plane stinky.

They are dropsondes

Good question

Yess they do if you count from sealevel, thats weird hahah

And erosion.

this is the beautiful thing about science: we can always strive to make more precise measurements, and it doesn't always have to bring revenue :)

If basic research spending upsets you, wait til you find out about who's paying for all those sports stadiums

@@wga4139 I'm not protesting scientific research; I'm just saying _this_ sounds pointless

And the highest peak, Mt Whitney, is not far away from the lowest point in North America, Death Valley.

They’re in the Sierra Nevada’s what, exactly? They’re in the Sierra Nevada’s pocket? the Sierra Nevada’s front porch? the Sierra Nevada’s purse?

​@@cwg73160 I'm going to assume you are a very well behaved and very nice person that's just having a bad day...

@@joshb.1118 Do you often think that people who are trying to teach you things are in bad moods? That’s embarrassing and unfortunate.

@@cwg73160 He could click the edit icon, correct himself, and thank you, but OOOOOOOHHH NOOOOOO!

Its a federal agency doing the work

Thank you for leaving.

@@manakin5 No problem. Looks like we chose a great time to leave.

Colorado has 58 14ers. No, they don’t have anything close to Denali but the amount of mountains alone is what is so cool. My grandpa has climbed 30 or so. But yes Denali is the mecha unless you go to Mexico.

How do you not know this if you are asking such a detailed question.

@@jimsonjohnson3761 I think it's because the mountains in Colorado on a general basis aren't as sharp and distinctive as the Alaskan mountains, where a lot of those mountains are volcanoes or volcanic complexes (Colorado has volcanoes but not as young as Alaska's)

Planets float in space. The outer layer of the Earth consist of lithospheric plates that float on the mantle/asthenosphere, depending on the classification. The core consist of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core :)

:23 58 peaks that are 14000

😅😂. One of the problems with short videos like this one is that a lot of information gets left out. Like the primary method for actually measuring altitude is by using a technique called satellite radar alimeters which measures radar waves to measure mountain height. The planes in the 15 year long research were measuring the gravity levels on earth and from this more accurate altitudes of the mountains can be determined from the satellite data. Almost every short video is likely going to lack some key detail which could provide a better understanding especially concerning a subject in science.

You apparently don’t know how this mapping works 😂

The gravimeters account for that…

True. But its natural beauty will have me coming back for the rest of my entire life. If you avoid Denver/Boulder area, You’re good.

@@NW918 The mountains are overcrowded.

@@SpartacusColo lol the ski towns and resorts maybe. People like me avoid those and go into mountains themselves, not the easy to get to place everybody else and their dog is at.

dude, Colorado is borderline worse than California is actually. they are stripping their citizens of their rights faster than anywhere else in the United States.

We don't care about Alaska, we're not really attached to it anyway.

@@cmcer1995 yes do not concern yourself with anything going on up here. Just stay where you are please.

The difference is prominence. Most Alaskan mountains have a base only a few hundred feet above mean sea level at most. Colorado's mountains mostly all have bases about 6,000 feet due to the Colorado Plateau. This means that Colorado mountains only have a couple thousand feet of climbing to reach the top, while Alaskan mountains you might have to climb 2 or 3 times farther up (and then there's Denali, which is a whole different beast.) Another thing is how they're formed and the effects of erosion. I can't really explain that because erosion isn't something I know too much about, though.

Mountains non the less

​@@ForzaMonkey Same exact thing with Washington state ans the Cascade Mountains, Olympic mountains, and Volcano triangle. The base of Mount Rainer (14,411ft) is near sea level. So you can literally stand in Seattle, and look at the Salish sea 🌊🚢🚣‍♂️ and off in the distance is Mount Rainier 🏔️ rising 14,000ft from the ground. Its basically a 14,000ft tall mountain. And is the MOST Prominent/ TALLEST mountain in the lower 48 states of the USA 🇺🇲. Whereas comapred to Pikes Peak, Colorado, (14,115ft), the base of the mountain starts at around 5,800ft being generous, or 5,500ft standing on the FLAT plains of Colorado in the east on the edge of the mountain. This means Pikes Peak (HIGHEST mountain in Colorado at 14,110ft) is actually only 8,315 TALL or prominent. Height = elevation from sea level 🌊 Tallness or Prominence = height from tip/top to bottom/base of mountain 🏔️ This is why Mount Rainier in Washington state ABSOLUTELY DWARFS Pikes Peak in Colorado in SIZE despite Rainier being only a mere 300ft higher in elevation from sea level. The difference is, Mount Rainier has a base around 200 or 300ft from sea level to 1,500ft from sea level (depending on what you define as the "base" or "bottom" of the mountain. But considering you can actually SEE Mount Rainier from sea level, it means you are see the ground rise 14,000ft. Whereas pikes peak, from the FLAT plains of Colorado, you are only seeing the ground rise 8,315ft. Since the super FLAT plains of Colorado are already 5,800ft in elevation. Similar situation to Mount Denali Alaska, not only is it a MIGHTY 20,000+ FT behemoth of a mountain.....but it can be seen from 500ft in elevation or maybe even lower. That means you are literally seeing the ground rise 20,000ft in the air. Dont get me wrong, Colorado has beautiful mountains, and they ARE 100% very HIGH elevation. They are just NOT as TALL as other mountains. Ive hiked Colorados rockies more than any other places all combined. It is still beatiful. I love the high elevation climate that you can't find at many other mountain ranges which are taller. My point is, ELEVATION does NOT = TALLER or BIGGER. Just because the colorado mountains don't LOOK as tall or big, does NOT mean they are notHIGH ELEVATION. They certainly are. It's just the flat Colorado plains are at 5,000+ ft elevation already, so the mountain bases are already higher elevation than many mountains in other states even before the colorado mountains begin.

for fun.

Accurately calculating heights above sealevel is useful for ag, construction, and a 100 other things. Think on it before giving up son.

@@johndanger8717 Been doing fine with what we had.

@@user-dw1ls3rp1lthe same way it “helps us” when they spend millions to research gay chimps or if monkeys get addicted to cocaine or all the other multi billion dollar studies they’ve done recently that are completely pointless. Just an excuse to spend the money they stole from us in the first place.

@@user-dw1ls3rp1l Farmers in the hills of southwestern Georgia said the same thing, and they made Providence Canyon in just 50 years on that mindset. With the rockies, a much higher mountain range, that process of erosion is greatly accelerated.

What do you do for a living that's so valuable to society? Are you working on the cure for cancer? My hunch is no.

They government loves spending other people's money on useless crap. All while Denver has turned into a crime-ridden $@#$ hole. So glad I got out of that dumpster fire!

You don’t think accurate height calcs are important for farming, intrasturcture, etc.?

@@johndanger8717how exactly does this effect farming anywhere, or our crumbling infrastructure that just needs to be repaired? Don’t just take what these people spoon feed you at face value, have a little bit of logical critical thought when authorities say things.

You think these scientist could find something more constructive to do with their time.

@@BigTrees4ever John has a point. The height of mountains has a surprising effect on the rate of erosion in the plains, that being that the more elevation change there is, the more erosion there will be, and also weather in the plains, such as rain, snow, etc. Both of those are huge factors to consider in agriculture so you don't ruin the topsoil, or worse. Look at Providence Canyon, in Georgia. That canyon, albeit small, formed in just 50 years in a semi-hilly environment due to a combination of regional erosion patterns (caused mostly by rain) and poor farming practice. In a much flatter part of the state, a geographic feature such as that would likely never occur. And erosion has an obvious effect on crumbling infrastructure. It makes said infrastructure go "bye bye!" That isn't really ideal when Colorado is the 2nd most populous state in the Mountain West.

Watch the video and pay attention, you may here them describe that this was a test of the new altitude measuring system used country wide for all sorts of things (ag, construction etc.)

@@johndanger8717 how about you take your pay attention comment and place it somewhere your opinion is wanted. This video as usual outlines Democrat waste. You aren't half as intelligent as you think you are.

Did you know mountain elevation is relative to gender fluidity ?

@@Couffee I'm sorry I don't recognize that pair of words when they are put together. My testosterone level actually erases it from existence. It's a really crazy thing. U could post both of those words separately in separate comments and I'll see em. Second u add that space in the same comment....just like that!! ......gone. KUHRAZY! I KNOW!

@@user-vt1oj2cp5w that’s why our great leader is advocating hormone blockers so that that extra test can be suppressed and if you eat less beef that equates to less C02 (gas of life) alongside the eradication of cow farts which have been melting glaciers at a record pace.

you feel that way because you are blissfully unaware of the implications of these measurements and their uses

Better this than sending money to Israel or Mar-a-lago😂

@@veganpotterthevegan this is really not a democrat vs republican thing

@@zachmoyer1849 either is sending money to Israel or Mar-a-lago...

@@zachmoyer1849 please inform me of how important it is to know precisely how tall a mountain is and how it will affect anyone’s life if a mountain is 14,000 feet or 13,900 feet.

You want to see the money from this project go toward improving infrastructure and mass transit networks....which themselves depend on precise measurement. Which is what this project is all about. You have completely missed the point of the research, which was actually mentioned in the video, if you think the purpose of this project was solely to measure the height of CO mountains.

2nd Law of Thermodynamics - Entropy. The landscape will ALWAYS change. It's basic physics.

Just like birds, climate change is not real. 🙃

If you are blaming the diminishment of the landscape, not exactly sure what that means, on manmade CO2, you’re an idiot! Climate change has been happening since the beginning of time. The hubris of politicians to use weather/climate change for political purposes worries me more than the actual climate change!

Climate has NEVER stopped changing since the beginnings of the Earth.... take a moment and just let that sink in. the climate is constantly changing and shifting. its just really slow. the earth goes from ice age to tropical age and then back to ice age and keeps going back and forth between the two. its nothing new and there is literally nothing that humans can do to stop it. its natural.

There you go again projecting your own emotional insecurities!!

Imagine posting comments like this...

It took 14 years to develop the new surveying system. They tested it out in Colorado

does it count when their base elevation in the valleys is already like 6-8000 feet?

@@PhaseSkater Nope.

@@PhaseSkater eh. No, because there's less climbing. Yes, because there's less oxygen. Obviously not as little oxygen as, say, the Himalaya, but for a Florida man like myself it's definitely a LITTLE noticable. The generally accepted definition for 14ers among mountaineers is at least 300 feet of prominence, so they're still easily 14ers even with that boost from the Colorado Plateau