Luke Caverns

I have hundreds of sites marked. And when you first look at them on a map, you're like, oh, okay, maybe that looks like it's 50 feet long or something. No, they'll be like 300 yards long, like these giant raised platforms in the middle of the forest here in the US.

I have hundreds of sites marked. And when you first look at them on a map, you're like, oh, okay, maybe that looks like it's 50 feet long or something. No, they'll be like 300 yards long, like these giant raised platforms in the middle of the forest here in the US.

I have hundreds of sites marked. And when you first look at them on a map, you're like, oh, okay, maybe that looks like it's 50 feet long or something. No, they'll be like 300 yards long, like these giant raised platforms in the middle of the forest here in the US.

And if I had access to LIDAR data like that, where I could measure it down on the Amazon, some of these things are miles long, like raised platforms are a mile long, and they have highways. Maybe we should pull up just an image of a LIDAR scan from the Amazon. But you'll see this central city area. You'll see step pyramids and raised platforms.

And if I had access to LIDAR data like that, where I could measure it down on the Amazon, some of these things are miles long, like raised platforms are a mile long, and they have highways. Maybe we should pull up just an image of a LIDAR scan from the Amazon. But you'll see this central city area. You'll see step pyramids and raised platforms.

And if I had access to LIDAR data like that, where I could measure it down on the Amazon, some of these things are miles long, like raised platforms are a mile long, and they have highways. Maybe we should pull up just an image of a LIDAR scan from the Amazon. But you'll see this central city area. You'll see step pyramids and raised platforms.

Maybe this is where people lived or maybe this is where the market was. And there will be a road that cuts straight through it. And you can see the road just goes off in the distance for miles and miles and miles. And so what they would do. Here we go. Yeah, this is so this is one of these sites in this one of these sites. I believe this is in Brazil or maybe it's in northeast Bolivia.

Maybe this is where people lived or maybe this is where the market was. And there will be a road that cuts straight through it. And you can see the road just goes off in the distance for miles and miles and miles. And so what they would do. Here we go. Yeah, this is so this is one of these sites in this one of these sites. I believe this is in Brazil or maybe it's in northeast Bolivia.

Maybe this is where people lived or maybe this is where the market was. And there will be a road that cuts straight through it. And you can see the road just goes off in the distance for miles and miles and miles. And so what they would do. Here we go. Yeah, this is so this is one of these sites in this one of these sites. I believe this is in Brazil or maybe it's in northeast Bolivia.

And is all that area covered completely with jungle right now? Completely covered in jungle. Yeah. So if you went out there- You wouldn't see any of this. You may not realize that you were standing on a mound. You really got to train your eyes.

And is all that area covered completely with jungle right now? Completely covered in jungle. Yeah. So if you went out there- You wouldn't see any of this. You may not realize that you were standing on a mound. You really got to train your eyes.

And is all that area covered completely with jungle right now? Completely covered in jungle. Yeah. So if you went out there- You wouldn't see any of this. You may not realize that you were standing on a mound. You really got to train your eyes.

I filmed this little series about a year and a half ago called Jungle of Stone, where I was going through the jungles in Central America, and we charted this city that had 16 pyramids in it. We were there all day long, and we charted 16 pyramids. And when I put it out, I got all these comments that were like, you're not doing anything but walking on a bunch of hills because it's so hard to see it.

I filmed this little series about a year and a half ago called Jungle of Stone, where I was going through the jungles in Central America, and we charted this city that had 16 pyramids in it. We were there all day long, and we charted 16 pyramids. And when I put it out, I got all these comments that were like, you're not doing anything but walking on a bunch of hills because it's so hard to see it.

I filmed this little series about a year and a half ago called Jungle of Stone, where I was going through the jungles in Central America, and we charted this city that had 16 pyramids in it. We were there all day long, and we charted 16 pyramids. And when I put it out, I got all these comments that were like, you're not doing anything but walking on a bunch of hills because it's so hard to see it.

The jungle just claims everything back. So it takes, you really have to sit with seeing these things in person for a while before you start recognizing, oh, that is a mound or that is a pyramid. That is a structure under the jungle. And so Percy Fawcett, where that Lidar came out is one of the places that he told his wife.

The jungle just claims everything back. So it takes, you really have to sit with seeing these things in person for a while before you start recognizing, oh, that is a mound or that is a pyramid. That is a structure under the jungle. And so Percy Fawcett, where that Lidar came out is one of the places that he told his wife.

The jungle just claims everything back. So it takes, you really have to sit with seeing these things in person for a while before you start recognizing, oh, that is a mound or that is a pyramid. That is a structure under the jungle. And so Percy Fawcett, where that Lidar came out is one of the places that he told his wife.

This century for sure. This century is going to be insane. It's going to be insane. Like, you're going to have everyone scanning everything. All of the Amazon will be mapped with LIDAR by the end of the century. All of the Sahara is going to be mapped with LIDAR by the end of the century.

This century for sure. This century is going to be insane. It's going to be insane. Like, you're going to have everyone scanning everything. All of the Amazon will be mapped with LIDAR by the end of the century. All of the Sahara is going to be mapped with LIDAR by the end of the century.