For just a moment, I am imagining the land under water, Siletzia Pillows forming in front of me. Takes the current, crazy-world stress right out of me! Thanks.
On a clear day from Mary’s Peak, you can see seven snow-covered volcanic peaks and the Pacific Ocean. That combined with the pillow rock tells the story of scraping the top of the ocean plate while the lower layers dive under to form volcanos. Not just Cascade volcanos but hundreds of small ones on the floor of the Willamette Valley and into the Coast Range.
thank you professor I love watching your videos I find your teaching enjoyable and humorous at times so thank you. you even are able to make things understandable for a old guy who never has been to smart
Wow. Love the splitting in those pillows. Asterish. Thanks for more Siletzia insights. The view from the top was great! Thanks Nick and Marli for another fun hike!
I love these videos so much, amazing pillow basalt and even more amazing view at the end, thanks for doing this, showing places as someone like me back East will prolly never see in person
Thanks again for this great video! Yrs ago, as an OSU student (Class 77) Ive been up on Marys Peak, but never as one interested in geology as I am now. I was “wiped-out” to learn of these PILLOW BASALTS up on Marys Peak. -who’d have known!? I was totally amazed about this-though, I maybe should not have been, since I’ve managed a rudimentary understanding of causes for mountain formation. Thank you again for the great lesson I’ve learned today.
Morning from Los Angeles!, I went to college at OSU and coyboy camped overnight night once there. We woke up to a see a sea of clouds covering the view about 300ft below us. The coast range is an amazing source of water with the amount of precipitation it gets. Also it used to grow the biggest Doug firs before we logged them all
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Thank you for making videos of western Oregon!
For just a moment, I am imagining the land under water, Siletzia Pillows forming in front of me. Takes the current, crazy-world stress right out of me! Thanks.
Glad you're enjoying a trip to my immediate area. When I first arrived in Oregon, I went up Marys Peak so I could look around the valley where I live.
If you can see Mary's peak: it's about to rain. If you can't see Mary's peak: it's raining.
Every time Nick puts up a new video, I find myself cracking open Google Earth to see if I can find where he is when recording.
Thank you Nick, you made my day with another video of interesting geology to start it off. Please keep it up. The pillows are amazing.
Thank you Nick that is the best example of pillow lava I’ve ever seen
On a clear day from Mary’s Peak, you can see seven snow-covered volcanic peaks and the Pacific Ocean. That combined with the pillow rock tells the story of scraping the top of the ocean plate while the lower layers dive under to form volcanos. Not just Cascade volcanos but hundreds of small ones on the floor of the Willamette Valley and into the Coast Range.
thank you professor I love watching your videos I find your teaching enjoyable and humorous at times so thank you. you even are able to make things understandable for a old guy who never has been to smart
Wow. Love the splitting in those pillows. Asterish. Thanks for more Siletzia insights. The view from the top was great! Thanks Nick and Marli for another fun hike!
Feeding my need as a Zentnerd. Thank you once again professor!
Thanks for visiting the view off my front deck
I love these videos so much, amazing pillow basalt and even more amazing view at the end, thanks for doing this, showing places as someone like me back East will prolly never see in person
Thanks again for this great video! Yrs ago, as an OSU student (Class 77) Ive been up on Marys Peak, but never as one interested in geology as I am now. I was “wiped-out” to learn of these PILLOW BASALTS up on Marys Peak. -who’d have known!? I was totally amazed about this-though, I maybe should not have been, since I’ve managed a rudimentary understanding of causes for mountain formation. Thank you again for the great lesson I’ve learned today.
I lived in Corvallis for years, and have spent a fair amount of time up on Mary's Peak. Beautiful views AND interesting geology!
Just imagine this used to be under water 55 million years ago!!! Amazing!!! Geology is so cool! The closest we can get to a time machine….
Thank you for the video and sharing your time. That is some amazing lava. Your the best
Morning from Los Angeles!, I went to college at OSU and coyboy camped overnight night once there. We woke up to a see a sea of clouds covering the view about 300ft below us. The coast range is an amazing source of water with the amount of precipitation it gets. Also it used to grow the biggest Doug firs before we logged them all
Excellent camera work right from the fist perfectly saturated image. You are really getting the hang of it Nick. Thank you for another quality lesson.