The Vanishing of the Mediterranean Sea | Documentary for Sleep

Tonight on Slumber Expeditions, we journey to one of the world's most familiar seas, the azure heart of the ancient world, to uncover its deepest secret: a time when the Mediterranean Sea completely disappeared. In this gentle documentary for sleep, we explore the "Messinian Salinity Crisis," a chapter in Earth's history when the Strait of Gibraltar closed, and the vast Mediterranean basin transformed into a blistering desert of salt, over a mile below the world's oceans. We'll drift through the evidence of this apocalyptic event, from the great waterfalls that marked its death to the catastrophic flood that heralded its rebirth, all told in a calm, meditative narrative to guide you to rest.

Chapter Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:55 Chapter 1: The First Clue - An Echo in the Deep
00:10:29 Chapter 2: The Great Evaporation - A World of Salt and Sun
00:19:10 Chapter 3: The Gibraltar Waterfall - The Deluge That Refilled a Sea
00:27:50 Chapter 4: The Unquiet Grave - Salt Tectonics and a Restless Floor
00:38:10 Chapter 5: A Biological Cataclysm - Extinction and Recolonization
00:48:45 Chapter 6: Reading the Rings - The Detailed Chronology of a Crisis
00:59:10 Chapter 7: The Human Dimension - Coasts, Cultures, and a Changing Sea
01:10:12 Chapter 8: The Planetary Perspective - Mediterranean Lessons for a Changing World
01:20:03 Chapter 9: The Whispering Depths - A Final Contemplation
01:27:37 Ambient Sounds (Fire Crackling and Soothing Music)
This video is part of a peaceful space for geology and deep history to fall asleep to, thoughtful documentaries for sleep, and calming planetary stories to sleep. If your mind finds rest in the epic, slow-moving dramas of our planet, you’re in the right place.

If this helped you relax or gave your imagination a vanished world of sunken deserts to wander through, feel free to like, subscribe, or simply drift off—to the memory of a sea that was, and then was not, and then was once again.

Wishing you rest,
from the edge of a lost sea.

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