I was born I Missoula but moved when away I was 6. I remember the Big M and the Big L and I remember riding in the car and looking around and taking note of the fact that there were mountains on all sides of me.
All I can say is "WOW"! This is the second video I have seen about the flooding caused by the draining of Lake Missoula. The first video was excellent, but this takes it to a whole new level. Nick Zentner is the kind of teacher of science that we all should be so lucky to have.
Nick Zentner - the only geologist who responds to "Field Trip!" with "Great! Let me get my blackboard!" Great to see these videos being repurposed in a very digestible and entertaining structure. Thank you - and more please!
Over the decades, I have driven I90 through Montana many times. I recognized so many spots along the road that I had never known the origin of them. In the 80s, we went to the national bison refuge. We were so surprised to come across the plaque for the highest shoreline of Lake Missoula. Dry Falls in Washington is one of my favorite places. It was only after seeing the highest shoreline that I began to comprehend the size of the floods. Standing there near the top of the mountain and looking across and the length of the valley, then imagining it filled with water is what opened my eyes. One day a year or two later, we paddled our canoe to the base of Dry Falls. Sitting there and looking up to the edge of the falls and thinking of the water from Lake Missoula was one of my most spooky and a little frightening experiences in my life. I've seen parts or perhaps all of this video before. After the last year and a half of learning from you and the places you have shown, you have gotten me thinking a lot about the floods. My few trips around the state in the last year have made me realize what a truly immense event the floods were. I may be nearly bedridden with all my treatments but I have been to Spokane and also to Ft Spokane area to visit my daughters, have given a few outings in which I can see with my new perspective. I have gotten a small selection of geology books. Last week, I started reading in the Idaho one chapters about Shawn Willsey videos I watched. That gave me a deeper understanding of his video. Today, as we drove home from hubby's medical tests in Spokane, I decided to get out the roadside book on Washington and start reading about the floods. (Yes, he now has cancer, too). So, getting home to this video is very timely for me. I may be sick and fighting, but I'm still learning and finding joy. I'm also waiting for the videos on Baja to BC talks. I am sure they went well. Thank you again for all you have done that helps me so much.
I'm sorry to hear that both of you are facing that challenge. I know that Nick's videos definitely help me on the many days when walking isn't possible, and it's great to be able to learn about places I've been, even if I can't drive through any more. You're absolutely right that finding joy is critical, and I find learning new things does that for me. I hope that you have a good nutritionist and therapists, as I found with my mum especially that it helped manage the treatments to have the strongest, healthiest body and mind possible. Sending best wishes for you both.
@@JBates760 His stupid fault for drinking the water with fluoride, and eating garbage GMO foods, no pity here, just another sheeple fool, he just needs to get 5 more boosters, nothing to see here.
I graduated from CWU with a degree in geology in 2013. I can say that Nick is one of those professors whose passion and enthusiasm for their field of expertise permeates every aspect of their classroom and inspires their students to do their very best! 10/10 A+ teacher would take any of his classes over again in a heartbeat!
If for no other reason, I would love to come back to life 100-200 years from now just to see "what's new" and what's old in science. But mostly to learn what scientists like Nick Zenter are out there in the field seeking answers to questions without end. It's the true essence of science.
as a non-graduate with zero college or university education, but instead just basic first to 11th grade education, I find Nick's methods result in an easy to understand and very engaging and informative experience. (Loved his CWU lectures on youtube)
Love rewatching these via Nicks channel, Nice to see it all slowly get consolidated, really like that it is added over time rather than all added at once! Thanks Tom, pieces like this make us miss you all the more, Hopefully Nick will continue/finish the I90 series in some form as a tribute.
thx Nick, great story. It makes sense as the ice last ice age receded 20,000 years ago, the ice dams got smaller and their collapse more frequent. Here in CA our biggest lake back then is now, Death Valley!
I'm a 2004 graduate of CWU. Studied flight. But had a lot of interest in geology. I live near Davenport Washington near lake Roosevelt and recently discovered lake missoula via a DVD I bought from NOVA called Killer Floods. Being a pilot, I love looking down at the earth and seeing its shape and carving and wondering how it was formed. So much makes sense when you fly above it and put some thought into what may have happened. Thank you for your channel. I only discovered it this week. I think I was a student of yours 19 years ago.
I’ve toured through all these areas on my motorcycle. I’d read a book about “The Great Lake Missoula” in preparation for our adventures. Imagine me, on my Harley, pointing out all the watermarks, boulders and other signs of those catastrophic events. All the while. Trying to imagine a 300’ plus wall of water scouring it’s way to the ocean through the Columbia river gorge. Thanks for helping fill in the blanks Nick! I always enjoy and learn from your videos. Keep up the great work Sir!
Thank you, Nick, for showing this. It was how my husband and I got interested in the flood and then all your geology courses. Last year we traveled this area and we’re particularly amazed at the size of the Mission Ridge valley and the Flathead Lake area. We realized the Flathead ice lobe plus mountain glaciers’ water flowed into this upper section of “Lake Missoula” making it the largest of the arms of Glacier Lake Missoula. It is an unsung reservoir. All of the arms of the Lake are beautiful, Bitterroot included. Thank you for showing us how the flood happened.
I love the photos. Not just the images captured, but the texture and quality of some of them, as it reminds me of the color photos from cameras taken in the 50s/60s/70s that I used to see at my grandparents.
Thanks Nick, you're one of my favorite geologist on you tube. I am a 62 year old life long geology nut living in Southern Louisiana . I always learn something new from your videos. Thanks so much! I hope to one day get to visit your neck of the woods. Such fascinating geology up there. I just wanted you to know how much I enjoy and appreciate your teaching style.
Most excellent Nick & Co. Ever since reading the book The Great Floods of Glacial Lake Missoula in 2012, then visiting Glacier NP for the 1st time that same year. I’ve had a never ending fascination & passion trying to explore all the areas here in Oregon, WA, ID, MT. It’s incredible what created the Columbia River Gorge and all the beautiful columnar basalt. I love the dun brown hills and the layers of geological history right before my eyes every time I travel in these areas-fascinating geology. Keep ‘em coming. Cheers & enjoy the view.
Before I discovered your videos the landscape of eastern Washington was just a chaotic desert. Now I have some answers to what happened there and it is fascinating knowledge to have when in these landscapes. I can imagine in my minds eye the changing of the landscape over time with lava, floods, the crinkling of the crust, the intrusion of rocks from deep in the ground and dissolving of these intrusions over time into mountains and valleys. Fun stuff.
This is amazing, I remember Graham Hancock book outlining the scablands and the amounts of huge boulders deposited in places they should've been. There's so much we don't know and should approach this with an open mind and an acceptance that all ideas should be explored. Awesome show, thank you😎👍
Great video - as always! I am fascinated by geologist's ability to read the land, and Nick has an amazing ability to teach! The scenery in this area is so beautiful, it's really distracting, so I had to replay over and over...!
Nice video Nick. Interesting sedimentary stuff with the Varves v Rhythmites on that road cutting. You even got 'Ye Olde chalkboard' in a couple of times - you ole fossil you!!! Thanks again.
Nick is back! Never can get enough about the great floods. I’ve explored many of these settings myself with awe at the power and scale of the floods. Love to visit Farragut State Park and sit on jökulhlaup point at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille, pondering the floods that created this massive gravel outcropping. And the lake below me that’s as deep as the Empire State Building is tall. Will look forward to more from Nick.
Love it. My family has roots in De Borgia, MT and we visit every year. I've been fascinated with Glacial Lake Missoula since I learned about it. And living in Spokane, I see what those floods did every day! Thanks for this.
Great to see there's still place in education for the trusty chalk-board. This was fascinating. I'm not a geologist, but the ice-age inundations in North America are awe-inspiring. It's impossible not to be drawn in by the tell-tale signs left by these events. What a super video. Many thanks.
I love it! It took me 2 hours to watch this because every place visited, I followed up with Google Earth and then other maps. What a journey! Hydrology, Geology, Earth History, it's all very fascinating. Many thanks.
It is always fun to revisit older videos, Nick! Details which might have been forgotten are refreshed in the mind. Recapitulation burns the subject deeper into the memory, allowing one to have a deeper and richer understanding of the matter at hand. Thank you for posting this! Love from Dreischor in The Netherlands.
I have to be honest. I never gave much thought into geology past learning my "igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic" in grade school. In college I went into chemistry, and the infamous "Rocks for Jocks" was used to tease friends that didn't have science-oriented minds. After seeing this video, I feel like my entire perception of the field has changed. I'm fascinated by the detail and passion you express while explaining what I could only describe as a tremendous mystery that predates any living person. I'm amazed that each geological feature, no matter how small, is a clue to be compiled and corroborated to help solve this puzzle. Thank you, Mr. Zentner, for opening my eyes to a science that I've neglected for so long!
When I rode my bicycle from Seattle to New York, we spent the night in Missoula. A couple of cyclist, and I decided to spend the night up by the big M. I thought we were sleeping where bulldozers have been. Now I realize it was part of a huge lake.
Happy New Year, Nick! I fondly remember learning of Lake Missoula in 1994, while attending WSU. I minored in Anthro and attended several classes with Carl Gustafson. He organized field trips to Steptoe Butte, the Channeled Scablands and Palouse Falls. To physically be there opened my mind to imagine the enormous scale of the flood events. Although I didn't venture into Anthropology, I sometimes regret it, as subjects like this are truly fascinating!! Carl was a wonderful Professor, I'll never forget his influence behind my lifelong interest in Geology and Anthropology. In my opinion, you Sir, are living the dream!
Great presentation! This is “where the rubber meets the road”: explaining these events so they’re understandable to the lay person. I had a chance to fly over this area a couple times and the sheer scale is astounding. Familiar bed forms, just enormous in scale. The eroded scars still clear from orbit even after all these millennia. 👍😎
Great presentation, thank you! I'm a retired railroad engineer out of Missoula and have had a strong interest in Lake Missoula since taking geology classes at the University of Montana in the mid 70s. I regularly traveled the length of the former lake and being able to observe the features left from the flooding was a great way to pass the time.
You are such a great teacher Nick. Your videos should be shown in schools to spike a child's interest and increase knowledge. I click anything about Lake Missoula. Your videos are the best by far! Thank you for all the great information!!!
Thank you for doing these programs and making your knowledge so accessible. I am 69 yrs old, and learning a lot about the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I, recently, came across your channel purely by chance! Following Exotic Terranes A-Z was an education and I will carry on learning ... Eocene A-Z next! Thank you again!
Without the late Tom Foster and his skills at photography the site HUGEfloods would not be possible. It must have been some great days spending so much time with him Nick. Two Minute Geology was like the video version of Tom's site and glad you were a major part of introducing the Ice age flood story.
This is such a fascinating subject, thank you for putting this lecture together. I don't find the existence of the lake hard to believe, but I do find the scale of this event difficult to imagine.
Really interesting and informative video. Took me back to my University's sedimentary geology and structural geology classes 15-20 years ago. Honestly, it felt like the video only lasted 5 mins. It is always really amazing seeing and hearing people describe how complex the recent geologic history of the Northwest is (compared to the comparatively simple southeastern US, that I'm accustomed to).
I love learning about geology from your videos Nick. You're really effective at communicating complex research to lay folks who arent in the thick of the science. The WA and northwest focus of your work is really valuable to me as a newcomer to the area who is curious about our many amazing geological wonders!
Lots of questions there Nick, as there should be. Without questions there would be no answers. The floods would have been a sight to behold. One can only imagine.
A fascinating story, brilliantly told. Thanks Nick! Here in Oz we have very little in the way of modern glaciated terrains; just a few areas in the South Eastern Highlands. As a young geologist working in such places (long ago), I had to figure out what I was seeing based on textbook first principles. How good it would have been to have learned about these things in your classroom. I’ll join the queue at the time machine!
I don’t know how I missed this one. I’ve watched almost all of Your videos Nick. But THIS video helps me with my own story. Where I live at the location of an ancient glacial lake. Love the field evidence
Congrats on your GSA award today and hope to meet you at the conference! I am watching you at the podium now. I cast on Our Earth channel as a geographer.
Thank you for the education, from a non college educated person. I live in the Yakima Valley and am always intrigued at our geology, whether it’s driving through the Columbia river gorge and looking at the strata lines in the cliff faces, or flying out of Pasco and seeing the ripples in the surface of the ground. I have often wondered how sand dunes and gravel pits are made.
Neat to see people so interested in something involving my hometown and alma mater. Been told this tale as long as I can remember. Great coverage of the topic.
As an ecologist and farmer I absolutely love your Balsamorrhiza sp. growing in your area. So amazing that they tend to dominate in such a wide diversity of habitats.
Good to hear your voice again. As usual, you offered new insights to help us see old places with new eyes! You’ve taught me so much geology these past years. Can’t thank you enough!
I enjoyed your asking the questions and not necessarily providing answers. Clearly the earth and elements are wonderfully unpredictable -- at least in the past -- and it is so fun to look at the evidence and try to figure out what happened. You must be a great teacher! Thanks for the video
Ah, this brings back memories. I was a student at UM in the 70s and took a couple of geology courses just for general interest. We had a field trip out to the scab lands where the Professor was explaining what we were looking at. His teaching assistant didn't seem to agree that we were looking at a massive flood result from Glacial Lake Missoula. I remember the professor asking his TA for his explanation of the land forms then and the TA getting pretty flustered.
A truly great scientific discussion will have so many more questions than answers. The proportion of questions to answers in this presentation leaves so much to discover.
I'm so excited to see this on location video. It really helps to put your other lectures on the topic into perspective. It will also make my next trip through that area even more interesting. Thanks!
Nick, I so appreciate you, Man! Your enthusiasm talking through this, and other vids is captivating. One day, because of you, I hope to make it up that way to see these things. You're always intriguing and always pulling my interest in - even at 1 in the morning!
Thanks for making this. Having been born in Spokane and lived in North Idaho as a child I traveled this area many time and wondered about the ice ages. You are a great teacher. I love geology. Wish I could have been your student at Central Washington.
I first learned about the Glacial Lake Missoula floods when I took a class titled "Origins of Pacific Northwest Landscapes" as a summer school class decades ago that included a 4 day field trip to the Dry Falls and Moses Lake area, where we camped on school owned property. Several teachers were leading our class, each with specific disciplines to share with us. After a very full day in the field, we went back to camp and, after dinner and clean up, we had a follow-up 2 hour lecture on what we had seen and experienced during that day's outing. One of the best, most engaging, and most interesting classes I have ever taken! But the thing I learned about the Missoula floods that I found most interesting was that the man who first proposed the idea that such floods had occurred was laughed at by the majority of his colleagues, who believed such an even was absurd, and that he basically died in shame and infamy. It was only many years later, with the advent of satellite imagery, that his original hypothesis was borne out as truth, as the ripple marks all across the area of Glacial Lake Missoula can be very plainly seen from space, complete with their distinctive crescent shapes. It was seeing these extremely large ripple marks from space that launched the modern geological explorations of the old lake beds and all of the downstream erosion features.
Thank you. I lived in this area for 16 years traveling all over western Montana and even took geology 101 at University of Montana. We didn't discuss this as in depth as you have.
I would really love to a see a TV series or a documentary of Lake Missoula on History Channel or Discovery. With the right group of scientists (you) and a good budget, it could be amazing! I am surprised at how little this is shown on other science channels. Make that show happen!
Nick got me super into Washington state geology a few years back, it's cool to revisit these videos on your channel sir. Just a thanks for doing what you do from a random Canadian.
As a life long Missoulian, I’ve always wondered about the Lake Missoula story. It’s fascinating to think I live on the bottom of what once was a giant lake. The first time I heard about the lake, I was in the 4th grade. We were learning about ancient Egypt, and the Sphinx. Our teacher told us that no one knew why the Sphinx had those lines cut into it, and that it was a great mystery. One of my classmates, without hesitation said, “They’re watermarks, just like on Mount Sentinel!” (Mount Sentinel is where the “Big M” is.) That particular teacher was a bit of a jerk, and she didn’t believe his theory about the Sphinx, but she did confirm that Missoula was once a giant lake. The rest of us realized he was right. Years later, I saw a documentary about the Sphinx, and it confirmed our suspicions that it had been underwater. I wish I could have told my old teacher, “Told you so!” 😂
Greetings from Sweden, Thank you for sharing! These glimpses into my childhood memories of a region I explored glued to the window of family cars screaming STOP 🛑 STOP ✋🏼 STOP ✋🏼 I think I saw fossils, but those fossils were not to be found here like over in Yakima and around Cowlitz county . So very interesting! I have examined countless road cuts through white pass, then on across East and right up through where this flood would have flowed, its creepy to imagine the force, but growing up near all those mountains I don’t remember a time in my life I was unaware of the force and power of nature. As May 18 nears, another anniversary of the PNW having a crash course in force.
That same phenomenon is apparent here in northern Lower Michigan. If you know where and how to look, you can see that Lake Michigan was MUCH deeper than it is now...like 500ft deeper.
I am always interested in The flood lakes and outlets of the Pacific NW. I was fortunate to meet J Harlan Bretz at his home while I was a Geology student at Albion College in the early 1970's. Bretz was an Alumni and was donating part of his collection to the school. We had studied the Channeled Scablands in our Pleistocene and Geomorphology classes, but to hear him talk during our visit about how he developed his theory was riveting. A truly great man.
As someone who makes the trip from Seattle to Corvallis twice a year, this video has prompted me into a closer examination of the physical features that I have only noticed in passing all these years
Grew up in NE Oregon and worked in E Washington. Spent many hours driving and flying over the palouse. Based in Missoula a few times fighting fire. Thanks, Nick.
Thank you! I am living “inside” glacial lake Passaic in New Jersey. Some of the investigative methods applied to discover glacial lake Missoula were first applied over 100 years ago in discovering our glacial lake. Shore line and ancient beaches are here. The Great Falls and Little Falls of the Passaic river are remnants of the breakout points of the lake. The first Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century were powered by these features, so its historical significance is great, even if its extent did not match the great western counterpart.
For those of us who live in the urban northeast and marvel at the vastness of western states, it is great to know that for those who live in those states, the constant question is, how did this place come into being with the fantastic shapes and incredible and observable effect of wind and water. Over the eons. I am envious.
Ive wondered about the horizontal formations. This makes so much sense. I have climbed up to the M. I have driven I 90 and I've been on the buffalo range and now this shows how it happened.
I was born I Missoula but moved when away I was 6. I remember the Big M and the Big L and I remember riding in the car and looking around and taking note of the fact that there were mountains on all sides of me.
All I can say is "WOW"! This is the second video I have seen about the flooding caused by the draining of Lake Missoula. The first video was excellent, but this takes it to a whole new level. Nick Zentner is the kind of teacher of science that we all should be so lucky to have.
Nick Zentner - the only geologist who responds to "Field Trip!" with "Great! Let me get my blackboard!"
Great to see these videos being repurposed in a very digestible and entertaining structure. Thank you - and more please!
Over the decades, I have driven I90 through Montana many times. I recognized so many spots along the road that I had never known the origin of them. In the 80s, we went to the national bison refuge. We were so surprised to come across the plaque for the highest shoreline of Lake Missoula. Dry Falls in Washington is one of my favorite places. It was only after seeing the highest shoreline that I began to comprehend the size of the floods. Standing there near the top of the mountain and looking across and the length of the valley, then imagining it filled with water is what opened my eyes. One day a year or two later, we paddled our canoe to the base of Dry Falls. Sitting there and looking up to the edge of the falls and thinking of the water from Lake Missoula was one of my most spooky and a little frightening experiences in my life. I've seen parts or perhaps all of this video before. After the last year and a half of learning from you and the places you have shown, you have gotten me thinking a lot about the floods. My few trips around the state in the last year have made me realize what a truly immense event the floods were. I may be nearly bedridden with all my treatments but I have been to Spokane and also to Ft Spokane area to visit my daughters, have given a few outings in which I can see with my new perspective. I have gotten a small selection of geology books. Last week, I started reading in the Idaho one chapters about Shawn Willsey videos I watched. That gave me a deeper understanding of his video. Today, as we drove home from hubby's medical tests in Spokane, I decided to get out the roadside book on Washington and start reading about the floods. (Yes, he now has cancer, too). So, getting home to this video is very timely for me. I may be sick and fighting, but I'm still learning and finding joy. I'm also waiting for the videos on Baja to BC talks. I am sure they went well. Thank you again for all you have done that helps me so much.
Sorry to hear about the cancer :( sending thoughts your way.
I'm sorry to hear that both of you are facing that challenge. I know that Nick's videos definitely help me on the many days when walking isn't possible, and it's great to be able to learn about places I've been, even if I can't drive through any more. You're absolutely right that finding joy is critical, and I find learning new things does that for me. I hope that you have a good nutritionist and therapists, as I found with my mum especially that it helped manage the treatments to have the strongest, healthiest body and mind possible. Sending best wishes for you both.
At that speed you must have gotten a helluva expensive speeding ticket in your Ferrari
@@JBates760 His stupid fault for drinking the water with fluoride, and eating garbage GMO foods, no pity here, just another sheeple fool, he just needs to get 5 more boosters, nothing to see here.
@@JBates760 Just another stupid, Libtard, 'Democrap", in a terrible, "Blue State", why would you expect anything else?
I graduated from CWU with a degree in geology in 2013. I can say that Nick is one of those professors whose passion and enthusiasm for their field of expertise permeates every aspect of their classroom and inspires their students to do their very best! 10/10 A+ teacher would take any of his classes over again in a heartbeat!
Love this, Nick. The chalkboard out in the field was a nice touch!
Thank you, Myron. I love your videos.
Myron, Nick and Shawn Willsey are the BEST geology teachers on UA-cam !!!
@@hestheMaster I don't know of Shawn, but Nick and Myron are just great!
@@hestheMasterAgree!
@@hestheMaster So true.
If for no other reason, I would love to come back to life 100-200 years from now just to see "what's new" and what's old in science. But mostly to learn what scientists like Nick Zenter are out there in the field seeking answers to questions without end. It's the true essence of science.
Thank you, Nick.
You're the best geology teacher.
I've learned more from you than any other teacher I've ever had.
too bad its mostly misinformation. There was one massive flood ... see Genesis for details and hydroplate theory for the particulars
as a non-graduate with zero college or university education, but instead just basic first to 11th grade education, I find Nick's methods result in an easy to understand and very engaging and informative experience. (Loved his CWU lectures on youtube)
The most brilliant minds in human history never had any college or university experience!
This is anti-intellectual cope.
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Love rewatching these via Nicks channel, Nice to see it all slowly get consolidated, really like that it is added over time rather than all added at once!
Thanks Tom, pieces like this make us miss you all the more, Hopefully Nick will continue/finish the I90 series in some form as a tribute.
thx Nick, great story. It makes sense as the ice last ice age receded 20,000 years ago, the ice dams got smaller and their collapse more frequent. Here in CA our biggest lake back then is now, Death Valley!
I'm a 2004 graduate of CWU. Studied flight. But had a lot of interest in geology. I live near Davenport Washington near lake Roosevelt and recently discovered lake missoula via a DVD I bought from NOVA called Killer Floods. Being a pilot, I love looking down at the earth and seeing its shape and carving and wondering how it was formed. So much makes sense when you fly above it and put some thought into what may have happened. Thank you for your channel. I only discovered it this week. I think I was a student of yours 19 years ago.
I’ve toured through all these areas on my motorcycle. I’d read a book about “The Great Lake Missoula” in preparation for our adventures.
Imagine me, on my Harley, pointing out all the watermarks, boulders and other signs of those catastrophic events. All the while. Trying to imagine a 300’ plus wall of water scouring it’s way to the ocean through the Columbia river gorge.
Thanks for helping fill in the blanks Nick! I always enjoy and learn from your videos. Keep up the great work Sir!
Thank you, Nick, for showing this. It was how my husband and I got interested in the flood and then all your geology courses. Last year we traveled this area and we’re particularly amazed at the size of the Mission Ridge valley and the Flathead Lake area. We realized the Flathead ice lobe plus mountain glaciers’ water flowed into this upper section of “Lake Missoula” making it the largest of the arms of Glacier Lake Missoula. It is an unsung reservoir. All of the arms of the Lake are beautiful, Bitterroot included. Thank you for showing us how the flood happened.
It is wonderful to see this in my UA-cam feed. Prof. Zentner’s informative videos got me through the Covid lockdown.
I love the photos. Not just the images captured, but the texture and quality of some of them, as it reminds me of the color photos from cameras taken in the 50s/60s/70s that I used to see at my grandparents.
Thanks Nick, you're one of my favorite geologist on you tube. I am a 62 year old life long geology nut living in Southern Louisiana . I always learn something new from your videos. Thanks so much! I hope to one day get to visit your neck of the woods. Such fascinating geology up there. I just wanted you to know how much I enjoy and appreciate your teaching style.
Thank you Nick! Every time we watch your lectures we learn something new. Thank you for making this simple for us to understand!
Most excellent Nick & Co. Ever since reading the book The Great Floods of Glacial Lake Missoula in 2012, then visiting Glacier NP for the 1st time that same year. I’ve had a never ending fascination & passion trying to explore all the areas here in Oregon, WA, ID, MT. It’s incredible what created the Columbia River Gorge and all the beautiful columnar basalt. I love the dun brown hills and the layers of geological history right before my eyes every time I travel in these areas-fascinating geology. Keep ‘em coming. Cheers & enjoy the view.
Before I discovered your videos the landscape of eastern Washington was just a chaotic desert. Now I have some answers to what happened there and it is fascinating knowledge to have when in these landscapes. I can imagine in my minds eye the changing of the landscape over time with lava, floods, the crinkling of the crust, the intrusion of rocks from deep in the ground and dissolving of these intrusions over time into mountains and valleys. Fun stuff.
whopee, my two favorite wonderful people with more stories and pics. glad to see you again Nick and Tom
Randy has story's that are interesting and inspirational
This is amazing,
I remember Graham Hancock book outlining the scablands and the amounts of huge boulders deposited in places they should've been.
There's so much we don't know and should approach this with an open mind and an acceptance that all ideas should be explored.
Awesome show, thank you😎👍
Graham Hancock doesn't explore ideas he spreads misinformation
Great video - as always! I am fascinated by geologist's ability to read the land, and Nick has an amazing ability to teach! The scenery in this area is so beautiful, it's really distracting, so I had to replay over and over...!
Nice video Nick.
Interesting sedimentary stuff with the Varves v Rhythmites on that road cutting.
You even got 'Ye Olde chalkboard' in a couple of times - you ole fossil you!!!
Thanks again.
Nick is back! Never can get enough about the great floods. I’ve explored many of these settings myself with awe at the power and scale of the floods. Love to visit Farragut State Park and sit on jökulhlaup point at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille, pondering the floods that created this massive gravel outcropping. And the lake below me that’s as deep as the Empire State Building is tall. Will look forward to more from Nick.
I really enjoy re-watching these videos from the past. I always learn something new that I somehow missed from before!
Love it. My family has roots in De Borgia, MT and we visit every year. I've been fascinated with Glacial Lake Missoula since I learned about it. And living in Spokane, I see what those floods did every day! Thanks for this.
Great to see there's still place in education for the trusty chalk-board. This was fascinating. I'm not a geologist, but the ice-age inundations in North America are awe-inspiring. It's impossible not to be drawn in by the tell-tale signs left by these events. What a super video. Many thanks.
Thank you for making your videos. I never knew I loved geology until I found your channel. You make the subject so interesting. Cheers
I love it! It took me 2 hours to watch this because every place visited, I followed up with Google Earth and then other maps. What a journey! Hydrology, Geology, Earth History, it's all very fascinating. Many thanks.
It is always fun to revisit older videos, Nick! Details which might have been forgotten are refreshed in the mind. Recapitulation burns the subject deeper into the memory, allowing one to have a deeper and richer understanding of the matter at hand.
Thank you for posting this!
Love from Dreischor in The Netherlands.
Great content, thanks for putting this together, and picking outstanding images.
The whole story still needs pieces, that's the best part!
I have to be honest. I never gave much thought into geology past learning my "igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic" in grade school. In college I went into chemistry, and the infamous "Rocks for Jocks" was used to tease friends that didn't have science-oriented minds. After seeing this video, I feel like my entire perception of the field has changed. I'm fascinated by the detail and passion you express while explaining what I could only describe as a tremendous mystery that predates any living person. I'm amazed that each geological feature, no matter how small, is a clue to be compiled and corroborated to help solve this puzzle. Thank you, Mr. Zentner, for opening my eyes to a science that I've neglected for so long!
When I rode my bicycle from Seattle to New York, we spent the night in Missoula. A couple of cyclist, and I decided to spend the night up by the big M. I thought we were sleeping where bulldozers have been. Now I realize it was part of a huge lake.
Happy New Year, Nick! I fondly remember learning of Lake Missoula in 1994, while attending WSU. I minored in Anthro and attended several classes with Carl Gustafson. He organized field trips to Steptoe Butte, the Channeled Scablands and Palouse Falls. To physically be there opened my mind to imagine the enormous scale of the flood events. Although I didn't venture into Anthropology, I sometimes regret it, as subjects like this are truly fascinating!! Carl was a wonderful Professor, I'll never forget his influence behind my lifelong interest in Geology and Anthropology. In my opinion, you Sir, are living the dream!
Great presentation! This is “where the rubber meets the road”: explaining these events so they’re understandable to the lay person.
I had a chance to fly over this area a couple times and the sheer scale is astounding. Familiar bed forms, just enormous in scale. The eroded scars still clear from orbit even after all these millennia. 👍😎
Great presentation, thank you! I'm a retired railroad engineer out of Missoula and have had a strong interest in Lake Missoula since taking geology classes at the University of Montana in the mid 70s. I regularly traveled the length of the former lake and being able to observe the features left from the flooding was a great way to pass the time.
You are such a great teacher Nick. Your videos should be shown in schools to spike a child's interest and increase knowledge. I click anything about Lake Missoula. Your videos are the best by far! Thank you for all the great information!!!
Good morning Nick from not so sunny England, i love your videos and really appreciate all your hard work making them, have a fab day.
Thank you for doing these programs and making your knowledge so accessible. I am 69 yrs old, and learning a lot about the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I, recently, came across your channel purely by chance! Following Exotic Terranes A-Z was an education and I will carry on learning ... Eocene A-Z next! Thank you again!
It is always a great day when Nick posts a new video. Always learning
Without the late Tom Foster and his skills at photography the site HUGEfloods would not be possible. It must have been
some great days spending so much time with him Nick. Two Minute Geology was like the video version of Tom's site
and glad you were a major part of introducing the Ice age flood story.
This is such a fascinating subject, thank you for putting this lecture together.
I don't find the existence of the lake hard to believe, but I do find the scale of this event difficult to imagine.
Thanks for re uploading this. This is what got me interested in Washington state and Nick Zentner.
Really interesting and informative video. Took me back to my University's sedimentary geology and structural geology classes 15-20 years ago. Honestly, it felt like the video only lasted 5 mins. It is always really amazing seeing and hearing people describe how complex the recent geologic history of the Northwest is (compared to the comparatively simple southeastern US, that I'm accustomed to).
Great video, prof Zentner. This could be a multiday summer field trip. It would be wonderful. Lucky for your students.
I love learning about geology from your videos Nick. You're really effective at communicating complex research to lay folks who arent in the thick of the science. The WA and northwest focus of your work is really valuable to me as a newcomer to the area who is curious about our many amazing geological wonders!
Lots of questions there Nick, as there should be. Without questions there would be no answers. The floods would have been a sight to behold. One can only imagine.
A fascinating story, brilliantly told. Thanks Nick!
Here in Oz we have very little in the way of modern glaciated terrains; just a few areas in the South Eastern Highlands. As a young geologist working in such places (long ago), I had to figure out what I was seeing based on textbook first principles. How good it would have been to have learned about these things in your classroom. I’ll join the queue at the time machine!
I don’t know how I missed this one. I’ve watched almost all of Your videos Nick. But THIS video helps me with my own story. Where I live at the location of an ancient glacial lake. Love the field evidence
Awesome on-site and clear information, Nick! I keep learning from you. Thank you very much!
Nice to find a Nick video again, thank you!
Love this Nick!! Thank you. I lived in the Flathead Valley for 30 years and now am a resident of the PNW!! Love the geological story!!
Forgot how enlightening and educational his videos are. Awesome educator!!!!
Thanks for sharing. We are looking forward to your next series from Ellensburg, WA.
I love your history and scince. Been watching for years. As a child I always had wondered about eastern WA having growen up around Sprague and Lamont.
Congrats on your GSA award today and hope to meet you at the conference! I am watching you at the podium now. I cast on Our Earth channel as a geographer.
Thank you for the education, from a non college educated person. I live in the Yakima Valley and am always intrigued at our geology, whether it’s driving through the Columbia river gorge and looking at the strata lines in the cliff faces, or flying out of Pasco and seeing the ripples in the surface of the ground. I have often wondered how sand dunes and gravel pits are made.
Great story. Very interestingly presented. Stimulates the old grey matter and accompanied with stunning photography.
Neat to see people so interested in something involving my hometown and alma mater. Been told this tale as long as I can remember. Great coverage of the topic.
As an ecologist and farmer I absolutely love your Balsamorrhiza sp. growing in your area. So amazing that they tend to dominate in such a wide diversity of habitats.
Good to hear your voice again. As usual, you offered new insights to help us see old places with new eyes! You’ve taught me so much geology these past years. Can’t thank you enough!
I enjoyed your asking the questions and not necessarily providing answers. Clearly the earth and elements are wonderfully unpredictable -- at least in the past -- and it is so fun to look at the evidence and try to figure out what happened. You must be a great teacher! Thanks for the video
Haven’t heard from Nick for a while. Glad he’s back. Keep the vids coming.
Nick is such a great storyteller ! It is always a pleasure to learn with him, and to (re)watch all these videos.
Ah, this brings back memories. I was a student at UM in the 70s and took a couple of geology courses just for general interest. We had a field trip out to the scab lands where the Professor was explaining what we were looking at. His teaching assistant didn't seem to agree that we were looking at a massive flood result from Glacial Lake Missoula. I remember the professor asking his TA for his explanation of the land forms then and the TA getting pretty flustered.
The TA was very likely a young-earth creationist.
Sounds like my story...took several geology classes, as electives.
Me too, 1975 or 6 I think.
The loudest people usually get the quietest when asked to explain their outlook. Thanks for sharing!
A truly great scientific discussion will have so many more questions than answers. The proportion of questions to answers in this presentation leaves so much to discover.
I'm so excited to see this on location video. It really helps to put your other lectures on the topic into perspective. It will also make my next trip through that area even more interesting. Thanks!
This is always a good story, no matter how often it is told. Thanks NicK! I hope your talks went well.
Nick, I so appreciate you, Man! Your enthusiasm talking through this, and other vids is captivating. One day, because of you, I hope to make it up that way to see these things. You're always intriguing and always pulling my interest in - even at 1 in the morning!
Thanks for making this. Having been born in Spokane and lived in North Idaho as a child I traveled this area many time and wondered about the ice ages. You are a great teacher. I love geology. Wish I could have been your student at Central Washington.
You are a master story teller! Your stories comes from the rocks! Nick Rocks!
I first learned about the Glacial Lake Missoula floods when I took a class titled "Origins of Pacific Northwest Landscapes" as a summer school class decades ago that included a 4 day field trip to the Dry Falls and Moses Lake area, where we camped on school owned property. Several teachers were leading our class, each with specific disciplines to share with us. After a very full day in the field, we went back to camp and, after dinner and clean up, we had a follow-up 2 hour lecture on what we had seen and experienced during that day's outing. One of the best, most engaging, and most interesting classes I have ever taken! But the thing I learned about the Missoula floods that I found most interesting was that the man who first proposed the idea that such floods had occurred was laughed at by the majority of his colleagues, who believed such an even was absurd, and that he basically died in shame and infamy. It was only many years later, with the advent of satellite imagery, that his original hypothesis was borne out as truth, as the ripple marks all across the area of Glacial Lake Missoula can be very plainly seen from space, complete with their distinctive crescent shapes. It was seeing these extremely large ripple marks from space that launched the modern geological explorations of the old lake beds and all of the downstream erosion features.
Thank you. I lived in this area for 16 years traveling all over western Montana and even took geology 101 at University of Montana. We didn't discuss this as in depth as you have.
It’s exciting to think about how much more information we have yet to discover, thank you Nick !
Fascinating stuff. Thanks. Been to Montana. Beautiful country. Never knew the scope and scale of the ice age water flow out there.
I would really love to a see a TV series or a documentary of Lake Missoula on History Channel or Discovery. With the right group of scientists (you) and a good budget, it could be amazing! I am surprised at how little this is shown on other science channels.
Make that show happen!
Nick got me super into Washington state geology a few years back, it's cool to revisit these videos on your channel sir. Just a thanks for doing what you do from a random Canadian.
Great presentation and wonderful photography. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and learning.
Phenomenal video about one of my favorite geologic phenomena: jökelhlaupir!
Sir, i just saw this First video of yours and giving you a subscribe!
Great work!
Thanks for the presentation. I really enjoyed it. It is amazing what we can learn from our surroundings if we take a good look.
As a life long Missoulian, I’ve always wondered about the Lake Missoula story. It’s fascinating to think I live on the bottom of what once was a giant lake. The first time I heard about the lake, I was in the 4th grade. We were learning about ancient Egypt, and the Sphinx. Our teacher told us that no one knew why the Sphinx had those lines cut into it, and that it was a great mystery. One of my classmates, without hesitation said, “They’re watermarks, just like on Mount Sentinel!” (Mount Sentinel is where the “Big M” is.) That particular teacher was a bit of a jerk, and she didn’t believe his theory about the Sphinx, but she did confirm that Missoula was once a giant lake. The rest of us realized he was right. Years later, I saw a documentary about the Sphinx, and it confirmed our suspicions that it had been underwater. I wish I could have told my old teacher, “Told you so!” 😂
Fascinating! Thank you for presenting it so nicely.
Greetings from Sweden, Thank you for sharing! These glimpses into my childhood memories of a region I explored glued to the window of family cars screaming STOP 🛑 STOP ✋🏼 STOP ✋🏼 I think I saw fossils, but those fossils were not to be found here like over in Yakima and around Cowlitz county . So very interesting! I have examined countless road cuts through white pass, then on across East and right up through where this flood would have flowed, its creepy to imagine the force, but growing up near all those mountains I don’t remember a time in my life I was unaware of the force and power of nature. As May 18 nears, another anniversary of the PNW having a crash course in force.
I have to make clear, I am talking about the pan handle of Idaho, Courdelaine pass and LOLO.
That same phenomenon is apparent here in northern Lower Michigan. If you know where and how to look, you can see that Lake Michigan was MUCH deeper than it is now...like 500ft deeper.
I am always interested in The flood lakes and outlets of the Pacific NW. I was fortunate to meet J Harlan Bretz at his home while I was a Geology student at Albion College in the early 1970's. Bretz was an Alumni and was donating part of his collection to the school. We had studied the Channeled Scablands in our Pleistocene and Geomorphology classes, but to hear him talk during our visit about how he developed his theory was riveting. A truly great man.
As someone who makes the trip from Seattle to Corvallis twice a year, this video has prompted me into a closer examination of the physical features that I have only noticed in passing all these years
Grew up in NE Oregon and worked in E Washington. Spent many hours driving and flying over the palouse. Based in Missoula a few times fighting fire.
Thanks, Nick.
Thank you for your firefighting. My dad found fires around Missoula in 1936.
This story NEVER gets old! Amazing 👏
Thank you! I am living “inside” glacial lake Passaic in New Jersey. Some of the investigative methods applied to discover glacial lake Missoula were first applied over 100 years ago in discovering our glacial lake. Shore line and ancient beaches are here. The Great Falls and Little Falls of the Passaic river are remnants of the breakout points of the lake. The first Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century were powered by these features, so its historical significance is great, even if its extent did not match the great western counterpart.
Never thought I'd find this interesting, you tell a good story Nick Zenter. Well done.
Always a treat to watch Nick. You learn something every time whether you want to or not. ;)
For those of us who live in the urban northeast and marvel at the vastness of western states, it is great to know that for those who live in those states, the constant question is, how did this place come into being with the fantastic shapes and incredible and observable effect of wind and water. Over the eons. I am envious.
Second viewing of this video. Learned even more second time around. Thank you Nick.
Wow! Great job, narration, images, editing and special effects.
This is so well illustrated that even my dog gets it. Love it!
He's taking notes about where NOT to bury bones.
Ive wondered about the horizontal formations. This makes so much sense. I have climbed up to the M. I have driven I 90 and I've been on the buffalo range and now this shows how it happened.
Pretty cool and love the descriptions.
Still living in the Zoo. Moved to Missoula in '88' and became a Smokejumper till I retired in 2017. I'm surly Blessed.