Natural or Human-Made? More Exclusive Bonus Footage From Eagle Mountain

A little behind-the-scenes, inside stuff as I share this Bonus Footage…

If you’re making a video asking viewers to consider whether or not the rocks you’re showing them have been altered by human hands, you need video footage that shows the stonework nice and clearly. I ask folks to consider just that a few times in my latest video, Exploring Stone Features on Eagle Mountain in Milton, Vermont.

But as I was putting it together, I found that the footage I had from one year wasn’t the best in this department, shot too late in the Spring and too early in the Fall.

The new “feature-length” video presentation:

As Spring springs and new green life sprouts out all over, it gets harder and harder to capture stonework clearly in photos and video. Greenery gets in the way, and attracts all the focus and attention. Once the growing season begins, you’ll likely have to wait until late fall, as the trees go bare, for the chance to shoot unobstructed stonework in good light once again.

I don’t exactly remember the reasons why, but my two trips to Eagle Mountain in 2023 where I was able to shoot pictures and footage came too late in the Spring, in late May, and too early in the Fall, in mid-September, for me to capture consistent, quality footage and photos.

Assembling the final cut of the video feature, I had a great deal of raw footage to work with — used everything I shot on my one 2022 trip — so some of this 2023 stuff was left out. Just a bit hard to see what I might be talking about amidst the greenery. I did outline a few features for the main presentation, but you can only outline so much.

Still Photos Shot Around the Bonus Footage, by Mike Luoma.

(Click on any square gallery photo to see the full-sized image.)

This “Is This Anything?'“ extra comes from the May 2023 visit, the same visit as the Stone Row footage in my last post. This looks like the ancient remains of a large-block stone row. Or? Is it simply a natural feature?

What about a third option?

Could it be a little of both — a human-enhanced natural feature?

Here’s some more Exclusive Bonus Footage for Substack subscribers — another blocky section a little further downslope. This footage looks like a little of both, with — possibly — Natural but Enhanced work below, Human-Stacked Stones on top.

There’s more unseen and behind-the-scenes stuff from my Eagle Mountain archives I plan to share. And so, more to come…

As our New England stonework is currently buried under a bunch of snow, preventing my investigating and posting, I’ll keep bringing you bonus stuff and rarely-seen highlights to combat our collective cabin fever. Hoping the snow melts soon.

Any questions about Eagle Mountain, our Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England, suggestions, comments, subject requests for highlight posts, what have you, please let me know in the Comments below.