I skied to Lone Star in winter in the mid 1970s and will never forget how fresh the air was and how beautiful and quiet the forest was. Thank you for this video. It was a wonderful reminder of a wonderful time.
Lone Star Geyser is an amazingly cool looking geyser, especially in the Winter. Reminds me of a railroad steam engine's front stack. Yellowstone National Park is so serene and beautiful with the snowpack.
we hiked out there last winter. It was amazing. I think we saw the end of the erruption, but the thing that was the most fascinating was skiing over the moving firehole river and seeing kepler falls and the guiser basin in winter without a trillion people.
Yellowstone is my FAVORITE place on the planet. I've been there 5 or 6 times and it never gets old. My sister and I went last October and I was the tour guide 😂 I had not gone at that time of year before but I recommend it because it's less busy and the weather is still ok.
My parents and my brother and I went to Yellowstone in July 1964 when was not quite 14. You could still drive to Lone Star then. I would have liked to have seen it but my dad talked to a couple who had just seen it erupt, ended about 20 minutes earlier, so we didn't stay. I think my mom was worried about grizzly bears, since it was so isolated and the other couple were the only other people there. There were black bears every turnout, begging, since people were feeding them. Nice to finally see the geyser in action, even if on a video.
They really clamped down on bear feeding after that. About 20 years ago we spent a week in Yellowstone and didn't see a single bear (did see a wolf, though.) Large numbers of herbivores, of course. I wonder how the burned off areas have regenerated since then. At that time the trees in the areas burned by the 1988 fires were still quite short.
@@pauldietz1325 I went to Yellowstone a couple of times in the '90s. Not just burned areas, but also blowdowns, especially around Norris, where the edges of the blowdowns had been exposed to wind by burns. I saw a grizzly at a distance near the lake--people had stopped to look, but were showing better sense in keeping distance. Also a female elk came into my campsite at Mammoth Hotsprings and tried to eat my blue plastic tarp. And marmots everywhere. I'd like to see a wolf! Gotta go again!
Great video, I’ve really enjoyed these last couple “Yellowstone in winter” videos, what brought me to the channel were the ice age flood vids, but dang all your stuff is good
I LOVE yellowstone in the winter! It's absolutely amazing. And you are able to see geothermal spots that you'd never know were there any other time of the year, thanks to the lovely steam.
Heh! Just this morning I was watching Jerry Arizona's trip to Snow Canyon and thinking "I wish Shawn Willsey were with them; I bet there's some cool geology he could teach us about these funny-looking rounded rock layers". And now here you are with a hiking (okay, skiing) video!
Thanks for your viewership and learning with me. Enjoy the existing videos on my channel as I prepare more. There's a nice little selection of northern Utah videos there that will get larger this year.
What makes this happen? What makes water squirt out of the Earth every 3 hours like clockwork???? Edit: nevermind I just found your video on the secrets of Old faithful and you explained it all.... Thank you so much!
Good question. Cone height depends on eruption frequency, volume erupted, and time. Large cones are likely older, all things being equal. Good estimate for Lone Star would be thousands of years. Maybe tens of thousands of years.
Wow, what a cool video. Thanks for letting me know about this. Gravity never rests. The video nicely documents the movement of a rotational slide or slump in some Eocene-age sedimentary units (mostly sandstone and shale). Undoubtedly the heavy winter rains have increased the pore pressure of water in these rocks, causing them to be unstable. The undercutting of the toe of the slop by wave action is also a factor. The coolest thing in the video to me was the uplift of the gray shaley unit at the toe about halfway through the video.
The flow of gas coming out of the geyser nozzle can be supersonic (in the sense of moving faster than the speed of sound in the material, which may be reduced by loading of the gas with liquid droplets). You can see some pictures of Mach diamonds in the geyser plume of the Beehive Geyser near Old Faithful: seismo.berkeley.edu/~manga/kieffer1989.pdf
I skied to Lone Star in winter in the mid 1970s and will never forget how fresh the air was and how beautiful and quiet the forest was. Thank you for this video. It was a wonderful reminder of a wonderful time.
Shawn, thank you for the winter beauty of Yellowstone. May your little trip be full of love, laughter and winter wonderland.
It was a really great trip. Thanks for the well wishes.
Lone Star Geyser is an amazingly cool looking geyser, especially in the Winter. Reminds me of a railroad steam engine's
front stack. Yellowstone National Park is so serene and beautiful with the snowpack.
we hiked out there last winter. It was amazing. I think we saw the end of the erruption, but the thing that was the most fascinating was skiing over the moving firehole river and seeing kepler falls and the guiser basin in winter without a trillion people.
Just beautiful in the winter and especially enjoyable with friends. I've never seen Lonestar; it has a neat form. I'm glad you're enjoying life!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Yellowstone is my FAVORITE place on the planet. I've been there 5 or 6 times and it never gets old. My sister and I went last October and I was the tour guide 😂 I had not gone at that time of year before but I recommend it because it's less busy and the weather is still ok.
My parents and my brother and I went to Yellowstone in July 1964 when was not quite 14. You could still drive to Lone Star then. I would have liked to have seen it but my dad talked to a couple who had just seen it erupt, ended about 20 minutes earlier, so we didn't stay. I think my mom was worried about grizzly bears, since it was so isolated and the other couple were the only other people there. There were black bears every turnout, begging, since people were feeding them. Nice to finally see the geyser in action, even if on a video.
They really clamped down on bear feeding after that. About 20 years ago we spent a week in Yellowstone and didn't see a single bear (did see a wolf, though.) Large numbers of herbivores, of course.
I wonder how the burned off areas have regenerated since then. At that time the trees in the areas burned by the 1988 fires were still quite short.
@@pauldietz1325 I went to Yellowstone a couple of times in the '90s. Not just burned areas, but also blowdowns, especially around Norris, where the edges of the blowdowns had been exposed to wind by burns. I saw a grizzly at a distance near the lake--people had stopped to look, but were showing better sense in keeping distance. Also a female elk came into my campsite at Mammoth Hotsprings and tried to eat my blue plastic tarp. And marmots everywhere. I'd like to see a wolf! Gotta go again!
I lived there for 10 winters!!! Absolutely wonderful!! Id get dropped off up at the divide and come back that way before skiing down the Howard!
Great video, I’ve really enjoyed these last couple “Yellowstone in winter” videos, what brought me to the channel were the ice age flood vids, but dang all your stuff is good
Hey many thanks. Glad you like the content.
I LOVE yellowstone in the winter! It's absolutely amazing. And you are able to see geothermal spots that you'd never know were there any other time of the year, thanks to the lovely steam.
Looking out of the window and seeing the triste rain weather outside I definitely appreciate this video of a beautiful snowy landscape.
Glad you enjoyed it
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I would love to see a video on the lost river range! Those imposing peaks are very beautiful rock formations!
Coming soon I hope. It's on my list for summer. Looking to get up near Leatherman Peak.
I like our nature walks! Beautiful area!
Thx for showing Old Faithful! 👍
A lovely video of a geyser I have never seen. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice excursion, lots a fun, beautiful scenery. I'd say Lone star is more of a chimney than a cone, spectacular !
I agree!
Just want to give you warm compliments on your videos. Very informative and enjoyable. Hoping someday to visit all these places you feature.
So beautiful, Shawn! Thank you for sharing :)
That was enjoyable! Thanks Shawn! 😀
You bet!
Oh man, so awesome. Love the snow.
A beautiful place. On my bucket list!
Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. I realy appreciate it. I live I South Africa where snow is a headline maker.
Thx for sharing your excellent adventure.
Beautiful. Thank you for Sharing.
thanks for sharing what a fun time!
Beautiful!
Thanks Myron. Hope you are well.
Really great video. Thank you!
Fantastic.
Awesome thank you!
Heh! Just this morning I was watching Jerry Arizona's trip to Snow Canyon and thinking "I wish Shawn Willsey were with them; I bet there's some cool geology he could teach us about these funny-looking rounded rock layers". And now here you are with a hiking (okay, skiing) video!
Nice! Here’s my Snow canyon video: ua-cam.com/video/kWdUoOj7N0w/v-deo.html
Thanks!
Amazing video, thanks for the extra effort ................... 210 like ..............
Thank you! Cheers!
So awesome thank you so much!! Do you ever get nervous lol??
Not at all. Knowledge of Earth processes helps me feel pretty confident.
I'm so damn jealous. We never get winters like this in Georgia :-(
Once in a while you do. Shuts the place down though.
Man you are a great man and i appreciate your content! I'm a new subscriber and subbed ya with the bell! I live in Salt lake again love your content!
Thanks for your viewership and learning with me. Enjoy the existing videos on my channel as I prepare more. There's a nice little selection of northern Utah videos there that will get larger this year.
What makes this happen? What makes water squirt out of the Earth every 3 hours like clockwork????
Edit: nevermind I just found your video on the secrets of Old faithful and you explained it all.... Thank you so much!
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 wowww :)
any idea how long in geologic years to form the cone?
Good question. Cone height depends on eruption frequency, volume erupted, and time. Large cones are likely older, all things being equal. Good estimate for Lone Star would be thousands of years. Maybe tens of thousands of years.
thank you
Does this particular geyser erupt non-stop?
No. Once every three or so hours.
Cocoa stipend!!
Dr. Willsey Please comment on the Blacks Beach Videos (seen on YT JAN 20, 2023)
Wow, what a cool video. Thanks for letting me know about this. Gravity never rests. The video nicely documents the movement of a rotational slide or slump in some Eocene-age sedimentary units (mostly sandstone and shale). Undoubtedly the heavy winter rains have increased the pore pressure of water in these rocks, causing them to be unstable. The undercutting of the toe of the slop by wave action is also a factor. The coolest thing in the video to me was the uplift of the gray shaley unit at the toe about halfway through the video.
The flow of gas coming out of the geyser nozzle can be supersonic (in the sense of moving faster than the speed of sound in the material, which may be reduced by loading of the gas with liquid droplets). You can see some pictures of Mach diamonds in the geyser plume of the Beehive Geyser near Old Faithful: seismo.berkeley.edu/~manga/kieffer1989.pdf