Olympus Mons is so big that if you were standing at the bottom you couldnt see the top as it would be over the horizon

I'd say it's average.

Science teacher here: Thank you for these type of videos. I use them to engage my students into understanding Earth Science in a more interactive way. It helps them to connect terms and visualize concepts better. The use of technology has become an integral part of education so every tool we can use in a positive way to foment knowledge and discovery is useful.

This "True Scale" series has got to be one of the most underrated things on KZfaq right now. Absolutely stoked every time I see a new episode pop up!

It's so nostalgic watching this. It's like watching TV in my younger years.

The caulking and screen is the best representation of that I have ever seen.

Wren's "VFX used to display scale" series is always my favorite content on this channel

5:30 "its one of the most iconic natural features in the entire country" To be fair Australias list of natural features is basically just: -desert -desert -great barrier reef -desert -desert -oh look at that, more desert -big rock -desert

Wren's enthusiasm on these VFX artist reveals, is contagious 🔥

So basically this: Mount Everest is the *highest* mountain on Earth, but not necessarily the tallest.

More videos like this please… there’s a whole bunch of us who truly find this very informative and entertaining

Stellar video. The visualizations do so much in presenting the ideas in an understandable way. They're also gorgeous to look at!

I've been loving these "Wren talks passionately about a specific subject" type videos! They are always amazing at getting information across in a unique and creative way. Amazing video!

If you account for Mt Everest's base camp is an arbitrary way to measure 0 such as sea level, and account for the crustal-lithospheric "root" beneath the Himalayas, the height of Mt Everest is ~240 km. Though much of that is entirely within the Earth, it is formed by compression of the Indian sub-continent colliding with the Eurasian continent, folding the crust to form the mountains. This is like making a big heavy ship in the ocean of the mantle, the more ship weighs the more of it has to be underwater to displace material to buoyantly float. Definitely a cool way to look at how these compare to one another,! It's also cool to think about how much crust is beneath some mountains! It can even be enough to affect the strength of gravity depending on the different densities of the rock.

This is an interesting topic, but there are a few major flaws with the techniques used in this video. First of all, Mount Everest is measured from base camp, which is not the lowest base of the mountain. Denali and Mount Rainier are measured from their lowest surrounding ridges, which would get a somewhat greater height for Mount Everest (although Denali would still beat it and it would be close with Mount Rainier). Also, what constitutes a mountain's base is somewhat arbitrary, and different measurement techniques could change the order here. For instance, Mount Everest is visible from an elevation of ~3000m at the entrance to Sagarmatha National Park, putting it close to the maximum visible elevation gain for Denali (although few hundred meters shorter still). Elevation above sea level is the only way to measure height in absolute terms, which makes it the most important metric. The biggest problem, though, is that Denali is not the tallest mountain above its base on land. Nanga Parbat, Dhaulagiri I, Annapurna I, Annapurna II, and Kangchenjunga can all be said to rise higher from their respective bases. Nanga Parbat, for instance, rises a full seven kilometers above the Indus River valley, following continuous ridges in a basically identical manner to the method used for Denali here. These mountains are often overlooked, but they are extremely relevant to this particular topic.

I love these types of videos that Wren does. They are so much fun to watch, and you learn stuff too!

I live on Maui and enjoy hiking up Haleakala every few months. To go from farmland to arid desert conditions over the course of a hike is truly exceptional. The West Maui Mountains look like little hills from the peak of Haleakala.

I've really enjoyed all the videos on Corridor for years. Wren has always been amazing, but these types of videos he's been doing have made him my new favorite KZfaqr. I'm really looking forward to sharing these videos with my daughter once she's old enough to understand. Thanks Wren.

These videos from Wren where he uses CGI to explain cool stuff are top tier youtube content. Well done!

This series is incredible. The way Wren gives information is amazing

You left out Mount Chimborazo?! Its the farthest from the center of the earth! Its 6800 feet farther from the center than Mount Everest!

literally been doing this math for the last month for D&D volcano battles. Super satisfying that this is basically a visual refresher of that month of research and model scaling to 25mm scale and calculating for D&D's interpretation of miles for spells that ignore the limitations of people's natural physical abilities. Great video Wren and team!

Thank you so much for this video! Absolutely love mountains, and this was an awesome watch.

Me, while watching older corridor videos: "man, how does wren keep breaking so many bones..?" Wren 5 minutes later: "im standing on a building!"

that example of hot spots was perfect, good use of practical effects and vfx to compliment each other. i could see this section being shown in classrooms

Your Mountain vs the Mountain she tells you not to worry about.

We were always taught in Hawaiʻi that Maunakea is the largest mountain in the world. It’s awesome to see that visually represented.

this was such a well constructed and paced video, really enjoyed!

I'm still confused as to why we're using the base camp location as the foot of Everest. The two reasons I saw from the video is that Everest is "standing" on the Himalayan mountain range, and that "base" camp implies that it is the foot of the mountain since it has the word "base" in it. Personally I've always thought that the "base" in base camp referred to "centre of operations" within that area rather than "camp which is at the foot of the mountain". But considering that I might be wrong, I still don't see how the location of a base camp is supposed to denote the line between "part of the Himalayas" and Everest itself (e.g. where the building ends and the foot of the human standing on it begins), as I am not aware of any such geological study that determined where base camp should be. Not to mention the several base camps that Everest has, as well as other comments also pointing out that Everest is part of the Himalayas, so it's not analagous to a human standing on a building, but part of the building itself. The analogy would be more appropriate if sea level was used and if Mount Chimborazo was included in the comparison. However, I guess others might argue that these mountains are part of the Earth's crust itself, and perhaps a more meaningful measure would be "distance to centre of the Earth", although I understand if that might cause some issues with comparing between the different mountains using VFX. Lastly, I was really hoping that Rheasilvia would've gotten a special mention too!

Wait until Wren learns that that the sea isn’t level everywhere

reasons for this video: a. showing us cool mountains and comparing them to everest b. lowering everests self esteem

This video has taught me more than school has done in 10 years so INTERESTING!

Interesting fact: Measured from the center of the Earth, Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest mountain on the planet, exceeding the height of Everest by two kilometers. Chimborazo is colloquially known as "the closest point to the Sun."

I get the purpose of the video, but it is a bit misleading. Ren isn't truly talking about height, but instead prominence, from surrounding ground to peak. But talking about how high a mountain can be, how should it be measured? From sea level like everest, or prominence like Manu Kea? Or how about how far from Earth's core it is? If we measure from Earth's core then it would be Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. The reason why is because Earth isn't perfectly round, but instead it bulges at the equator making Earth have "little" love handles.

This type of video is how I was introduced to this channel ages ago. Now we watch mostly the React toGood and Bad videos, but I'm so glad these still happen. The visualizations are so interesting.

Wren absolutely kills it every time, you should really have your own show by now my dude

4:10 I live in Washington State and have been to Rainer and I have to say: Rainer is amazing.

Seeing the video title I thought you would do the point farthest from earth's center, also. Mt. Chimborazo

Wren just always gives a huge ol smile on my face and I thank you for that.

Great video idea! I appreciate you taking the time to make all the visual comparisons. Also honorable mention for the caulk screen demo.

I absolutely love that you've made an educational video about something other than CGI. Your presentation skills are so good it translates in to any topic, which is brilliant.

Wren should have is own “discovery” channel 😊 Those videos are so well done and educational that they need to be part of the school curriculum. Most students can’t ingest the dry and boring textbooks… With those 3D representations, you can peek their interests👍

Fun fact, actually Rakaposhi in Pakistan has the greatest elevation change from its base to its summit above land. Roughly 5900 vertical meters are gained in the space of roughly 11km

Rainier is actually used as a key training ground for anyone wanting to do Everest, due to its base to top height. I've been on Rainier's face (got altitude sickness in the process) and it's just breathtaking. Denali is the next step and great for learning also.

As an Alaskan I’ve been explaining this for years. Thank you so much for this amazing video!

yet another banger. favorite series on this channel. keep it up man! we all appreciate your time and effort :D

Just got back from Alaska, spent three days at Denali National Park. The scale of Denali is so hard to understand unless you see it with your own eyes. Absolutely massive (and beautiful).

Wrens Videos are Always such a treat

We need more Wrens in this world.

Sometimes I forget Wren has done a TedTalk. What a talent

These videos w Wren are some of the best knowledge based vids on YT. Keep them up!

This is something I've been curious for YEARS!!! Another brain itch is scratched thanks to 😊😊Wren

Can we do the true scale of why my ex wife took the children?

I am Nepalese and was getting mad but then thought who actually decides where the base camp of a mountain starts. Imagine how long would it take if one had to trek all the from the beaches of India to the top of Everest or even from the lowest point in Nepal

7:30 a KZfaqr once said "Nice Caulk"

I'm glad this video was made. It bothers me that people think Mt Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth when it's really just the highest. It bothers me even more that official base-to-peak lists are wrong because no accurate catalog of base to peak heights exist - so you have to manually digitally measure mountains to get their height because articles are wrong. Off the top of my head, a few mountains taller than Everest: *- Namcha Barwa (21,000' base to peak)* *- Rakaposhi (20,000' base to peak)* *- Tirich Mir (19,000' base to peak)* There's literally dozens of mountains that exceed 12,000' base to peak

My gf is a scientist. Geology is her specialty, and I'm just an electronics/arcade tech, so I love sending her stuff like this. She usually sends me back any incorrect info she finds within minutes, as she was also a teacher. Told her she might like this and she watched and her response was: "It's a correct but kinda depressing because none of that information should be surprising to anyone who took earth science bc all of it (except some of the details about Mars) is taught in Earth science..." -A Scientist

So it's the highest not the tallest.

I would LOVE purely educational content from you guys done in this format. Your 3d models really help visualize things we simply can't inherently comprehend and it's fantastic!

I’ve been saying this for years about Everest and it’s amazing to actually see it visually played out, amazing!!

Wren you have done it again! 😊

Do more of these videos!! These are so fun.

FINALLY, SOMEONE ELSE IN THE WORLD WHO KNOWS WHAT THE TRUE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN IS

The shots hit different when you show them from someone's POV in a city. Show us all the mountains from that view please!!!

5:24 "Ahh... BIG!"

Love your videos, Wren! Would have loved to see shots of the mountains in context as you gave it "twice the height of the altitude airliners fly at" would have been cool to see a VFX shot of the mountain from that vantage point, even with the narrower version of the mountain. Or like flying in between them. It might not be as visually stunning as the zoomed out view but it's a cool VFX shot AND it gives real world context to show the sheer size of it.

Wren, we REALLY need more of these kinds of videos, they're so informative and interesting, make your own channel for this, PLEEEEAAASEEEE✨✨

I have been having the exact discussion with friends and family for YEARS! I love that now I have a video to backup my reasoning! ❤😅

0:25 is incorrect. Chimborazo's peak is the closest point on earth to space because of the equatorial bulge.

Does Puget sell to Canada yet?

Oh, so it was after all the tallest mountain on earth precisely because of the fact that this video had to be made in photoshop, I get it now. Thanks team!

I love the VFX Artist Reveals... It gives me goosebumps.

You missed a mention for Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. It is the tallest mountain on Earth in terms of distance from the centre of the earth, due to the equatorial buldge caused by earth's rotation. Over 2000m taller than Everest in this respect!

Everest is not standing on the himalayas it's a part of it. It would be like saying you are not really that tall because your torso is standing on your legs.

Congrats man as someone who is studying science in uk college which is university over there in america its good to see someone who doesn't take stuff at face value thats the most important skill you can have

Olympus Mons is so big and "so flat", you can't feel that you were climbing even thought your altimeter is rising.

Loved this video Wren, I love mountains! But there is one thing I’d like to say, Mt Everest is still considered the most prominent mountain, quite a bit more prominent than Denali. Picking Everest basecamp as the base of the mountain is very arbitrary while you consider the entire island of Hawaii as a Mauna Kea.

At 0:30 you said the peak of Mount Everest is the closest thing to outer space in the entire world. This would actually be Chimborazo in Ecuador, which is the highest mountain on Earth, when measured from the Earth's centre rather than sea level. Because the earth gets squashed by its own rotation, the peak of Chimborazo is 1.5miles closer to space.

Technically the tallest mountain in the solar system may be Rheasilvea Mons on the asteroid Vesta. It is, however, all a bit of a guessing game because it is really difficult to measure accurately. So Olympus Mons is often placed at number one. It's also worth keeping in mind that earth is the only planet where mountains are measured from sea level, which is really arbitrary when you think about it. We are measuring mountains based on how much liquid happens to be standing on earth. By one argument you could measure Everest from its peak, right down to the bottom of Challenger Deep, assuming that everything is part of one gigantic mountain. This would make it around 20km high. Still slightly less the Olympus Mons, but getting close.

I mean how do you even define the "bottom" of a mountain? The whole concept kinda falls apart as soon as you try to. You can easily define the highest point on Earth just by seeing how far up into the atmosphere it goes. So Mount Everest is still the tallest mountain in my books

Im begging you. Please create a series not just a youtube series but actual streaming series. The way you elaborate and explain topic is so much fun and incredibly engaging. My nephews are 7 and 8 and by watching youe video they cant stop screaming "I want to see more" and I'm deadly passionate about being an advocate for your videos. They sre simply AMAZING! These videos have the potential to be the new ways of teaching in classes and more!

Bro made a video about exactly what’s going to be in my exam today Thx Wren🙏

Thank you so much for including all the numbers in meters too

The actual answer is Mount Chimborazo

They need to show these videos in schools!

Two small correction: 1. Tallest doesn’t describe Mount Everest, as that measures from base to peak. The term you’re looking for is highest. 2. Plenty of other islands in the Hawaiian chain breached the surface, in fact I’d imagine most of them did. But millions of years of erosion have brought them back underneath the surface. It’s why Hawaii’s island get smaller in size the further you go back, it’s just the effects of erosion.

Great work Wren really enjoyed this one.

Every one of Wrens videos brings me joy

Where is that music at the end from? Starts at 9:05

Another cool fact about Everest is all the shellfish found on top in closed positions, signifying they froze so quickly they didn't have time to open, which they usually do after they die.

I already new all of this but it was great to get reference on how big they are next to each other, this is what CGI was created for

0:39 Half-Life 2 Citadel be like:

0:30 Mt. Everest isn’t actually the closest point to space. That title belongs to Mt. Chimborazo, as while the mountain itself isn’t as tall as Everest, Earth also isn’t a perfect sphere. There is actually a bulge around the Equator, and this mountain happens to be the highest point on that budge, making it closer to space than Everest, as it’s too far north to be elevated by this bulge. Edit: Turns out, I’m wrong! Chimborazo is the furthest point from the center of the Earth, but NOT the closest point to space. Thanks Wren for responding to this and correcting my mistake!

"tallest kid on the block" love that line lol

This was such an incredible and cool episode. well done CC.

The underwater Hawaiian islands were all above water at some point and slowly eroded and subsided as the tectonic plates moved. One day, the big island will lose its title as it sinks Westward and another volcano grows in its place.

I love these Wren videos. Educational and fun is a rare mix he is really talented at.

When people asks me whats the tallest mountain is, I always say Mauna Kea and they're like "????... u dumb?"

Mount Chimborazo be like: Am I a joke to you?

0:36 Honestly, I feel like humanity *should* make a building that tall, and that looks exactly like the one here