Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Why are there holes all over the southern California desert? This area is a unique basin that should actually be 20,000 ft below sea level. So I traveled there and spent 4 hrs looking for muddy holes in the ground.

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The moving mud puddle:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1buV2HA68

Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern
Editor: Levi Butner
Production Assistant: Hope Butner

Thanks to Carolina Zamora!