A Billion Years of History Is Missing from the Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is like a history book of the Earth, where you can travel back in time just by looking at the rock layers. But here’s the mystery: one billion years' worth of rocks has vanished without a trace! It's called the "Great Unconformity" and it has baffled scientists for over 150 years. Some scientists think that the rocks were washed away into the ocean during the violent breakup of Earth's ancient supercontinent. But was it really so? And does the Grand Canyon have any other secrets waiting to be uncovered? Read more: https://brightside.me/articles/a-bill... Credit: Havasupai woman: By Grand Canyon NPS - https://flic.kr/p/8N9HFY, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Rodinia: By Fama Clamosa, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices