I’ve been quite ill and immobilized for a few weeks and I love geology and travel! Thank you for taking me on your local educational and geological journey! It means a lot to venture out with you in our beautiful backcountry!
I am watching this 9-24 -2023 Sunday morning at 7:14 AM I have been watching your UA-cam Videos since for about 4 years now.I just realized I actually understand what you are talking about It took a long time It was piecing things together forgetting what had previously learned piecing more things together Going back and remembering what I had forgotten …It was long process I am going back through the Exotic Terrain Series again .
The same campground dad took us for a few days back in 1974. A funny thing happened while we were there. My brother and I went hiking up a hill and when we got back Dad was collecting "gold" flakes off the bank of the creek. He was excited! Had a couple of small jars with "gold" flakes. Well, after spending time there and a few days after we were back home he learned by somebody it was just Mica. And yes I collected a huge tub garnets. An unforgettable camping trip. Thanks for sharing this post on Icicle Creek.
I remember panning for garnets on the icicle River when I was very young ((about10 yes old then) about 1970. I still have that collection somewhere! Some of them were pretty good sized little red rubies! Nice to know the origin at this Advanced age! Thanks Nick!
So much mantle driven dynamic transformation history of Mt. Stuarts geology and so very beautiful . I wanted to hit the like button twice but couldn't of course .
Dear Nick, Love your videos. A gentle reminder from a horticulturist, my soils prof always told us…”lets call it soil, not dirt. Dirt is what we sweep up from the floor.”
"... and lederhosen." LOL! The SCENERY and that clear, beautifully flowing water!!! And diorite... and garnets -- another fabulous field trip geology lesson!
We used to kayak and raft Icicle Creek, Tumwater Canyon on the Wenatchee , Little Wenatchee, Cooper Crick...and this is super interesting for a retired whitewater boater of that area. Love that polished river rock! Beauty all around!
Another excellent presentation in absolutely remarkable mountain country, a perfect spot for a geologist teacher with flare and with a bright personality to inspire many of us who are only too keen to watch everything that you out for us to enjoy in the further education and greater appreciation of this wonderful planet that we have but just a few brief moments to enjoy.
Great field trip! I enjoyed your presentation in the field, seeing the forest and river and the rock locations. I’ve never smashed open a rock!! And, for sure I’m not ready for the 302 class... 😊 Thanks Nick! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Very nicely done...I really appreciate the attention to the earlier work and research. That big smooth schist exposure is AWESOME! I live in Fort Collins, CO, and there is similar material up the Poudre Canyon.... schist with garnets.
Nice to see the trees growing back from the forest fire that went through there years ago. Nice transition from reading in the woods, to the inside of your car! LOL i remember seeing all the granite up there ,thanks for putting in context for this layman.
Your field trips remind me of WSU undergraduate outings on Saturdays with an outstanding T A from McGill. One memorable morning was exploring an old mica mine in north Idaho . . . and the beer helped. Thanks.
I am truly amazed by the crystal clarity of the water and your camera abilities! I LOVE my home state of Washington, and when the politicals finally pull their heads out of their backsides, perhaps one day I will move back. But until then, I truly appreciate your videos, Nick!👍👍
*OBLIGATORY MARX BROTHERS JOKE:* "I suggest that we give him ten years in Levenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth! ... I'll tell you what I do...I'll take five and ten in Woolworth!"
They keep getting better and better Nick. I really enjoyed this video. My wife and I were there during the huge forest fires around Leavenworth and we couldn't go all the way up to the trail and that cool Schist. That was some very Gness Schist I tell ya. Nick do you know where I could get a copy of that book part1& pt 2? I really like Don Swanson and his great work here in Washington state. Bless you Nick for all of teaching you have given us. You have my vote for the Geology Hall of Fame.......Scott
@@jamesdownard1510 Duck Soup was released in 1933, so that joke is 87 years old. Woolworths were small department stores, think Dollar Store + Party Store + CVS minus the pharmacy. When towns were compact you would walk to them. When the suburbs grew you drove by them without stopping on your way to the mall. Look at malls now.
@@bagoquarks And while we're down memory lane, in 1933 Woolworth was a giant concern, the Woolworth Building in NYC of 1913 was the tallest until the skyscraper wars that resulted in the Chrysler & Empire State Building in the late 1920s. Duck Soup was the last of the movies with four brothers, (Gummo the fifth didn't do any of the films, and Zeppo bowed out when MGM picked up the Marx Brothers). There's also a divide among marxists as to which is the best of the movies, its a rivalry between Duck Soup (which was rather a flop financially, which is why Paramount dropped them) and A Night at the Opera, the first of their MGM films, shepherded by Irving Thalberg who gave the team a depth and plot structure that weren't so clear in the Paramount films.
@@jamesdownard1510 While you are drilling down into Hollywood history I am getting sentimental. My late mother and father were 13 when Duck Soup came out and hadn't met yet. She was from Jersey City and he was from Saint Louis; they would meet on a blind date in Annapolis during WWII. My dad was a fan of the Marx Brothers films.
Spent a bit of time in the blacks, orocopias, granites, ships, old womans, providence, mid-hills, New Yorks, Cave, and maybe a few others. Damn beautiful country. Sheep hole, and particularly pisgah crater.
I’ve been watching these lectures of yours for the last few days and this video especially piqued my interest. I was lucky enough to have been here back in 2004 with some friends kayaking. We came not too long after a very large forest fire raged through the area. I took a bunch of photographs with an antique camera of my dad’s but had no idea of the significance of what I was looking at through the lens! Thank you for all the knowledge of this very special area. Beautiful finds there!
What stunningly beautiful landscapes you live within. As for the 'schist' in the creek, that looks like gneiss and even migmatite to me. The outcrop near 44:00 is diorite, with garnet (?) and olivine (?) You have some interesting flavors of granite there.
I just got back from a tour of scablands w Randall Carlson I used your videos and info in other areas ... on my own I think it’s the exotic terranes that make Washington and Oregon so interesting- Can’t wait to go back again and see this area and Chelan You got us all so interested in Washington geology
nick these field trips are so awesome beautiful State for sure and you were right its a geologists mecca for study hehe, bless you sir and take care from Canada.
At the 2:15 mark the brown on the mountain top is the recently melted glacier showing bare dirt. When I was there a month previous the snow and ice was ten feet deep at that location. The reason for mentioning this fact is the reason this plutonic upthrust is at surface level in such a short time span. Ice and snow remove overburden much faster than just running water, but running water at flood stage makes a very scarey sound here in Cashmere with large boulders rolling downstream underwater. It was said to be a 500 year flood that year and the next year produced a flood 3 inches deeper. The whole city of Cashmere 150 years ago was a Boulder field so those floods were much greater.
Eri Erikson was an associate minerology professor at EWSC int the 70's. It was state college then as opposed to a University. Eugene Kiver was in the department then as well. Ernie Gilmour too. I took mineralogy from Erik in 1975.
There are months of hiking in that area, a great trailhead to the Pacific coast trail also. Look it up, one of my favorite places in this state, so much camping closeby also so staying in the area is easy
Others have probably said this, and that is they enjoy your videos for: 1/3 the beautiful scenery, 1/3 the geology and the other half you. Cheers, Mark ****************************
I LOVE NICK ZENTNER!!! Not enough time to watch 'em all... but catch what I can. My DREAM video would be Nick with Randall Carlson on the Scablands!! Where they agree, where they don't.
I'll have to watch the replay to see it all. I was fixing the neighbors wheelchair scooter, it quit running and since he has no other (good) means of transportation since he lost his leg, I felt you had to play second fiddle today. Although I did catch it from when you cut your thumb. Someone send Nick a first aid kit!!!
Those two big rocks that the road goes between (starting at 1:52) looks like they were connected to the big rock directly on the other side of the valley! Gneiss, Schist? Cute nerdy Ned! My dad used to find Garnets in Icicle Creek many years ago. The rock is sharp because of the quartz inside. When broken, quartz can be VERY sharp! Thanks, Nick!
I watched this again...and saw the eddy when you panned the creek and it clicked in my head what an eddy does. You spoke about it in another video...only it was a massive one. Wow, the power of water on rock.
if you stand near the middle of the Chatter Creek bridge, you will see on the railing (upstream side) a message... "We live in a magical universe". I always stop to read it and reflect.
They keep getting better and better Nick. I really enjoyed this video. My wife and I were there during the huge forest fires around Leavenworth and we couldn't go all the way up to the trail and that cool Schist. That was some very Gness Schist I tell ya. Nick do you know where I could get a copy of that book part1& pt 2? I really like Don Swanson and his great work here in Washington state. Bless you Nick for all of teaching you have given us. You have my vote for the Geology Hall of Fame.......Scott
Just stumbled upon your channel. Geology is always so fascinating! I know next to nothing about it but always find it extremely interesting. Maybe it's not the focus of your channel?... but when you show a close-up of rock samples etc.... It would make it extra interesting for novices like me, if you explain what we are looking at inside those rocks & how they likely formed. Otherwise really enjoyed getting out in the field with Ya! ....cheers
I'm a week or so late here, but this is NOW my favourite "Nick On The Fly". (Don't judge me: I've only had SEVEN previous "favourite" Nick On The Fly episodes! I'm distracted by every new bright shiny "Nick" object I see!)
This a great field trip. My county is flat, below 20 ft elevation. The soil is fine clay/silt. Very dry it fractures and is hard like concrete. Very wet it is akin to quick sand The tallest thing in the county is the Rainbow bridge over the Neches River. Built in early 1930s it. Is tall enough for the navy's tallest ship. About 350 feet. It takes 7 days to drive to Washington . I have done it. Love both mountains and beaches. Guess I should move to Hawaii. Lol
Another great video! At 5:53 I was expecting a beer commercial. Marketing firms have brainwashed us into associating running water with beer. I would like to know more about garnets. Seems they're a birthstone, but there's different types and colors. Maybe you can elaborate on them in an upcoming episode. Thanks for everything! Greg in TN
Old Emery cloth was Ruby's , today's you find garnets..I have very very course ,sand paper , a disk about 2 feet, the stones are big clear and not splintered , gems , the color trends to browns an rusty reds . I've found chunks of about 1/4 carret,kerat..1/4 inch .reddish garnet gems are fairly cheap ( mock Ruby's)..I also hit resale shops an buy by color- a good rich strong color - is a pure gem ( or glass,) at$1.29 , I'll take my chances ,
I love these vids. I might have mentioned this before, but I would like to see you do videos on the geology of the Olympic Mountains and the San Juan Islands. A little change of pace from eastern Washington and the Cascades, although I did see that recent video on glacial till in the Puget Sound video, so kudos!
In the 60s the road up the icicle River was a single track dirt road on the side of a cliff. Te interesting story was the discovery of a huge deposit of gold by captain Ben Ingalls on the Ingalls lake. The night he discovered it in 1872 there was a huge earthquake that covered his discovery and changed the territory. There is still a large amount of gold coming down Ingalls Creek every year, but nobody has found the deposit. It would be interesting to know if you know what changed in the terrain.
There could be a course in Illustrative Imagery or Videography right with in your On The Fly Teachings. Tough though, how to work only to convey your course, not interject, learn to give your focus and not take the class because they like you or want to learn Geology.. The entire classroom health worries go away. That is some beautiful country there. Thank you for what you do like this just the same.
Hey Nick! I’ve been steadily working through all your past lectures, appreciating both the content and the comedy. Thank you! I have a query for you in reference to the work you’ve covered on “ghost volcanoes”: I grew up in sw Washington looking up at a place called silverstar mountain. Unique range, star shaped arms from above, about 1000’ of prominence to nearby ridges (which is significant in this area of the cascade foothills). I’ve studied what appear to be glacial valleys below, though questioned that possibility due to its elevation ~4500 feet. After listening in on the ghost volcano lecture I realized that this mountain might just be another case. The available rock when hiking around appears to mostly be basalt but there’s granite revealed in spots as well. Would love to hear what you think. Even a quick skim on google earth will give a good impression of the batholith underneath silverstar, larch and star mtns, which I think make up the whole complex. No one has studied this area in depth to my knowledge!
Hey Nick , It’s real important to move the rock back and forth in relation to the camera. You don’t want to hold the rock steady at one distance from the lens. You see this new phones like a challenge. BTW love the videos, keep up the good work.
Having been climbing up and down the Icicle canyon, I would call all of it some form of Granodiorite, but what about Castle rock in the Wenachee canyon ? it looks more black, with white minerals like Andesite or just Diorite ?
Really enjoy the videos. Does anyone know if/where I might be able to pose a geological question to Mr. Zentner? There is an interesting feature near my old hometown of Amboy that is replicated many times in that region. It would be interesting to hear the reasoning/history for them.
I sure wish you would identify the "sparkly" minerals. My guess is muscovite. I understand the garnets. Garnets are neat. Thanks for pointing them out. I thought the garnets would be harder than your hammer. I like to sand wood with garnet paper.
If those are marine sediments, they must be REALLY old to have maintained those really fine laminate. Like Belt rock ages, before there were marine organisms to burrow through the bottom muds and destroy the thin beds.
The granite does not push up, it is formed in situ by electro-magnetic geomorphology. I have studied river and creek beds along the Sooke river valley for years and the whole thing is an electrical discharge, as are all the many potholes. I can show granitisation of the basalt in very small localised outcrops, it did not push up through the basalt.
I’ve been quite ill and immobilized for a few weeks and I love geology and travel! Thank you for taking me on your local educational and geological journey! It means a lot to venture out with you in our beautiful backcountry!
God bless you.
I am watching this 9-24 -2023 Sunday morning at 7:14 AM I have been watching your UA-cam Videos since for about 4 years now.I just realized I actually understand what you are talking about It took a long time It was piecing things together forgetting what had previously learned piecing more things together Going back and remembering what I had forgotten …It was long process I am going back through the Exotic Terrain Series again .
The same campground dad took us for a few days back in 1974. A funny thing happened while we were there. My brother and I went hiking up a hill and when we got back Dad was collecting "gold" flakes off the bank of the creek. He was excited! Had a couple of small jars with "gold" flakes. Well, after spending time there and a few days after we were back home he learned by somebody it was just Mica. And yes I collected a huge tub garnets. An unforgettable camping trip. Thanks for sharing this post on Icicle Creek.
I remember panning for garnets on the icicle River when I was very young ((about10 yes old then) about 1970. I still have that collection somewhere! Some of them were pretty good sized little red rubies! Nice to know the origin at this Advanced age! Thanks Nick!
So much mantle driven dynamic transformation history of Mt. Stuarts geology and so very beautiful . I wanted to hit the like button twice but couldn't of course .
Dear Nick, Love your videos. A gentle reminder from a horticulturist, my soils prof always told us…”lets call it soil, not dirt. Dirt is what we sweep up from the floor.”
"... and lederhosen." LOL! The SCENERY and that clear, beautifully flowing water!!! And diorite... and garnets -- another fabulous field trip geology lesson!
We used to kayak and raft Icicle Creek, Tumwater Canyon on the Wenatchee , Little Wenatchee, Cooper Crick...and this is super interesting for a retired whitewater boater of that area. Love that polished river rock! Beauty all around!
Another excellent presentation in absolutely remarkable mountain country, a perfect spot for a geologist teacher with flare and with a bright personality to inspire many of us who are only too keen to watch everything that you out for us to enjoy in the further education and greater appreciation of this wonderful planet that we have but just a few brief moments to enjoy.
Man that's beautiful layering and folding!
I've just purchased the road side geology of Washington. Thanks Nick, more books to follow.
Fridge full of Icicle Brew and you drove right by!!
Great field trip! I enjoyed your presentation in the field, seeing the forest and river and the rock locations. I’ve never smashed open a rock!! And, for sure I’m not ready for the 302 class... 😊 Thanks Nick! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
none of those big words does justice to the beauty of your location today. thank you so much for you.
I went up there yesterday. Nice drive and beautiful scenery. I was awed by how high and how steep the mountains are. The road is very washboardy now.
Man Washington State is a pretty place.
It really is, I camped up in this valley 7 or 8 times this summer. Absolutely amazing hiking and camping also
Rains every day, no need to visit
@@dukester628 Lol
Very nicely done...I really appreciate the attention to the earlier work and research. That big smooth schist exposure is AWESOME! I live in Fort Collins, CO, and there is similar material up the Poudre Canyon.... schist with garnets.
You are lovely sir....you are a great teacher.....I love you always....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nice to see the trees growing back from the forest fire that went through there years ago.
Nice transition from reading in the woods, to the inside of your car! LOL
i remember seeing all the granite up there ,thanks for putting in context for this layman.
Such a beautiful area....ty Nick
Your field trips remind me of WSU undergraduate outings on Saturdays with an outstanding T A from McGill. One memorable morning was exploring an old mica mine in north Idaho . . . and the beer helped. Thanks.
Those are some great looking rocks.
Yeah baby! Beautiful
Prof Nick. Thank you for yet another informative field trip in central washington!
I am truly amazed by the crystal clarity of the water and your camera abilities! I LOVE my home state of Washington, and when the politicals finally pull their heads out of their backsides, perhaps one day I will move back. But until then, I truly appreciate your videos, Nick!👍👍
My heart and soul is scattered in ash along this river. ❤S.M.G. 7/11/81 - 7/21/07
*OBLIGATORY MARX BROTHERS JOKE:* "I suggest that we give him ten years in Levenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth! ... I'll tell you what I do...I'll take five and ten in Woolworth!"
They keep getting better and better Nick. I really enjoyed this video. My wife and I were there during the huge forest fires around Leavenworth and we couldn't go all the way up to the trail and that cool Schist. That was some very Gness Schist I tell ya. Nick do you know where I could get a copy of that book part1& pt 2? I really like Don Swanson and his great work here in Washington state. Bless you Nick for all of teaching you have given us. You have my vote for the Geology Hall of Fame.......Scott
Then advise all the "kids" (like anyone under 50) who can recall what a Woolworth even is to google it ...
@@jamesdownard1510 Duck Soup was released in 1933, so that joke is 87 years old.
Woolworths were small department stores, think Dollar Store + Party Store + CVS minus the pharmacy. When towns were compact you would walk to them. When the suburbs grew you drove by them without stopping on your way to the mall.
Look at malls now.
@@bagoquarks And while we're down memory lane, in 1933 Woolworth was a giant concern, the Woolworth Building in NYC of 1913 was the tallest until the skyscraper wars that resulted in the Chrysler & Empire State Building in the late 1920s. Duck Soup was the last of the movies with four brothers, (Gummo the fifth didn't do any of the films, and Zeppo bowed out when MGM picked up the Marx Brothers). There's also a divide among marxists as to which is the best of the movies, its a rivalry between Duck Soup (which was rather a flop financially, which is why Paramount dropped them) and A Night at the Opera, the first of their MGM films, shepherded by Irving Thalberg who gave the team a depth and plot structure that weren't so clear in the Paramount films.
@@jamesdownard1510 While you are drilling down into Hollywood history I am getting sentimental. My late mother and father were 13 when Duck Soup came out and hadn't met yet. She was from Jersey City and he was from Saint Louis; they would meet on a blind date in Annapolis during WWII. My dad was a fan of the Marx Brothers films.
I used to climb at rat creek boulder. Love your videos!
Wonderful! Made my day, Nick, with info and scenery. Cheers from UK.
I hike and this just makes hiking so much more fun.
Spent a bit of time in the blacks, orocopias, granites, ships, old womans, providence, mid-hills, New Yorks, Cave, and maybe a few others. Damn beautiful country. Sheep hole, and particularly pisgah crater.
I’ve been watching these lectures of yours for the last few days and this video especially piqued my interest.
I was lucky enough to have been here back in 2004 with some friends kayaking. We came not too long after a very large forest fire raged through the area.
I took a bunch of photographs with an antique camera of my dad’s but had no idea of the significance of what I was looking at through the lens! Thank you for all the knowledge of this very special area. Beautiful finds there!
What stunningly beautiful landscapes you live within.
As for the 'schist' in the creek, that looks like gneiss and even migmatite to me. The outcrop near 44:00 is diorite, with garnet (?) and olivine (?) You have some interesting flavors of granite there.
I just got back from a tour of scablands w Randall Carlson
I used your videos and info in other areas ... on my own
I think it’s the exotic terranes that make Washington and Oregon so interesting-
Can’t wait to go back again and see this area and Chelan
You got us all so interested in Washington geology
if you pause the video when he is showing rocks sometimes you get a real nice clear view of schist
Thank you
nick these field trips are so awesome beautiful State for sure and you were right its a geologists mecca for study hehe, bless you sir and take care from Canada.
Spectacular! A juicy sample of what is in store for us in the coming weeks about Exotic Terranes.
At the 2:15 mark the brown on the mountain top is the recently melted glacier showing bare dirt. When I was there a month previous the snow and ice was ten feet deep at that location. The reason for mentioning this fact is the reason this plutonic upthrust is at surface level in such a short time span. Ice and snow remove overburden much faster than just running water, but running water at flood stage makes a very scarey sound here in Cashmere with large boulders rolling downstream underwater. It was said to be a 500 year flood that year and the next year produced a flood 3 inches deeper. The whole city of Cashmere 150 years ago was a Boulder field so those floods were much greater.
Great comment . As a Wenatchee native who spent a lot of time on the Wenatchee River I've heard the boulders rolling.
Wow, that is some beautiful looking schist. And some nice-looking Gabbro/Diorite there!
Eri Erikson was an associate minerology professor at EWSC int the 70's. It was state college then as opposed to a University. Eugene Kiver was in the department then as well. Ernie Gilmour too. I took mineralogy from Erik in 1975.
Your nose focusing technique is truly masterful 🙏
Great trip as well!
Thank you Nick , Camera is Pretty Good , I see all that sparkle and Wow :) QC
Thanks for the Chatter Creek hint! I am always trying to follow you on maps, Nick 😊 Greetings from Cologne!
How I wish we had known about this beautiful spot when we visited Leavenworth!
Very good podcast Nick.
O.M.GOOOD!!! Christmas came early for me when I discovered this video of yours prof today!
Wow looks so beautiful
Looks like a wonderful area for backpacking.
There are months of hiking in that area, a great trailhead to the Pacific coast trail also. Look it up, one of my favorite places in this state, so much camping closeby also so staying in the area is easy
Others have probably said this, and that is they enjoy your videos for: 1/3 the beautiful scenery, 1/3 the geology and the other half you.
Cheers, Mark
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I LOVE NICK ZENTNER!!! Not enough time to watch 'em all... but catch what I can. My DREAM video would be Nick with Randall Carlson on the Scablands!! Where they agree, where they don't.
I'll have to watch the replay to see it all. I was fixing the neighbors wheelchair scooter, it quit running and since he has no other (good) means of transportation since he lost his leg, I felt you had to play second fiddle today. Although I did catch it from when you cut your thumb. Someone send Nick a first aid kit!!!
Very impressive potholes as well
Really enjoyed this one! Thinking about heading up there tomorrow with my hammer. Thanks for another great episode, Nick! We love you
Those two big rocks that the road goes between (starting at 1:52) looks like they were connected to the big rock directly on the other side of the valley! Gneiss, Schist? Cute nerdy Ned! My dad used to find Garnets in Icicle Creek many years ago. The rock is sharp because of the quartz inside. When broken, quartz can be VERY sharp! Thanks, Nick!
Oh, boy, this is gneiss! I mean schist! LOL gotta love it.
I can’t get enough. So interesting. Thanks.
I watched this again...and saw the eddy when you panned the creek and it clicked in my head what an eddy does. You spoke about it in another video...only it was a massive one. Wow, the power of water on rock.
Great place to ride the bike next time across highway 2, thanks!
Great up close work!!!! Well done.
if you stand near the middle of the Chatter Creek bridge, you will see on the railing (upstream side) a message...
"We live in a magical universe".
I always stop to read it and reflect.
I'm so excited to just now learn you have your own channel lol can't wait to see more!!
Nick you DO live in a Disneyland for geology ~ good one, thanks!
They keep getting better and better Nick. I really enjoyed this video. My wife and I were there during the huge forest fires around Leavenworth and we couldn't go all the way up to the trail and that cool Schist. That was some very Gness Schist I tell ya. Nick do you know where I could get a copy of that book part1& pt 2? I really like Don Swanson and his great work here in Washington state. Bless you Nick for all of teaching you have given us. You have my vote for the Geology Hall of Fame.......Scott
Gorgeous rocks.
Just stumbled upon your channel. Geology is always so fascinating! I know next to nothing about it but always find it extremely interesting. Maybe it's not the focus of your channel?... but when you show a close-up of rock samples etc.... It would make it extra interesting for novices like me, if you explain what we are looking at inside those rocks & how they likely formed.
Otherwise really enjoyed getting out in the field with Ya! ....cheers
Rapidly heading for the "most famous (living) geologist in the world" spot. Fame and fortune...
I don’t know...that thing about referring to garnets as “cute little guys” gives me pause.
I'm a week or so late here, but this is NOW my favourite "Nick On The Fly". (Don't judge me: I've only had SEVEN previous "favourite" Nick On The Fly episodes! I'm distracted by every new bright shiny "Nick" object I see!)
This a great field trip. My county is flat, below 20 ft elevation. The soil is fine clay/silt. Very dry it fractures and is hard like concrete. Very wet it is akin to quick sand
The tallest thing in the county is the Rainbow bridge over the Neches River. Built in early 1930s it. Is tall enough for the navy's tallest ship. About 350 feet. It takes 7 days to drive to Washington . I have done it. Love both mountains and beaches. Guess I should move to Hawaii. Lol
oh wow this is good, wish I had made the premier this morning!
Nick has gotta get to BC one of these days
Another great video! At 5:53 I was expecting a beer commercial. Marketing firms have brainwashed us into associating running water with beer.
I would like to know more about garnets. Seems they're a birthstone, but there's different types and colors. Maybe you can elaborate on them in an upcoming episode. Thanks for everything!
Greg in TN
Old Emery cloth was Ruby's , today's you find garnets..I have very very course ,sand paper , a disk about 2 feet, the stones are big clear and not splintered , gems , the color trends to browns an rusty reds . I've found chunks of about 1/4 carret,kerat..1/4 inch .reddish garnet gems are fairly cheap ( mock Ruby's)..I also hit resale shops an buy by color- a good rich strong color - is a pure gem ( or glass,) at$1.29 , I'll take my chances ,
Locally raised Washingtonians often say "crik". Love it.
I love these vids. I might have mentioned this before, but I would like to see you do videos on the geology of the Olympic Mountains and the San Juan Islands. A little change of pace from eastern Washington and the Cascades, although I did see that recent video on glacial till in the Puget Sound video, so kudos!
In the 60s the road up the icicle River was a single track dirt road on the side of a cliff. Te interesting story was the discovery of a huge deposit of gold by captain Ben Ingalls on the Ingalls lake. The night he discovered it in 1872 there was a huge earthquake that covered his discovery and changed the territory. There is still a large amount of gold coming down Ingalls Creek every year, but nobody has found the deposit. It would be interesting to know if you know what changed in the terrain.
There could be a course in Illustrative Imagery or Videography right with in your On The Fly Teachings. Tough though, how to work only to convey your course, not interject, learn to give your focus and not take the class because they like you or want to learn Geology.. The entire classroom health worries go away. That is some beautiful country there. Thank you for what you do like this just the same.
Lol the focus nose trick is not easily done lol
Great job
Hey Nick! I’ve been steadily working through all your past lectures, appreciating both the content and the comedy. Thank you! I have a query for you in reference to the work you’ve covered on “ghost volcanoes”: I grew up in sw Washington looking up at a place called silverstar mountain. Unique range, star shaped arms from above, about 1000’ of prominence to nearby ridges (which is significant in this area of the cascade foothills). I’ve studied what appear to be glacial valleys below, though questioned that possibility due to its elevation ~4500 feet. After listening in on the ghost volcano lecture I realized that this mountain might just be another case. The available rock when hiking around appears to mostly be basalt but there’s granite revealed in spots as well. Would love to hear what you think. Even a quick skim on google earth will give a good impression of the batholith underneath silverstar, larch and star mtns, which I think make up the whole complex. No one has studied this area in depth to my knowledge!
We find similar material material at around Hebgon Lake in Montana and Henrys Lake in Idaho.
Excellent camera work, Nick.
Hey Nick ,
It’s real important to move the rock back and forth in relation to the camera. You don’t want to hold the rock steady at one distance from the lens. You see this new phones like a challenge. BTW love the videos, keep up the good work.
Poetic justice that the rock that bit back and drew blood included iron rich minerals?
Sure is a pretty area.
Simply STOP the video at 15.02 and you can see closeup detail of the Schist specimen. Then again at 15.40.
Crystal clear.
Having been climbing up and down the Icicle canyon, I would call all of it some form of Granodiorite, but what about Castle rock in the Wenachee canyon ? it looks more black, with white minerals like Andesite or just Diorite ?
Really enjoy the videos. Does anyone know if/where I might be able to pose a geological question to Mr. Zentner? There is an interesting feature near my old hometown of Amboy that is replicated many times in that region. It would be interesting to hear the reasoning/history for them.
Not a secret: nick@geology.cwu.edu
Incredibly beautiful. I wonder if there any trout in the stream along the road at the end of the video?
News bulletin granite bites geologist, film at 11.
That's very gniess
Nick, please do an episode on the Entiat River up to Glacier Peak.
I sure wish you would identify the "sparkly" minerals. My guess is muscovite. I understand the garnets. Garnets are neat. Thanks for pointing them out. I thought the garnets would be harder than your hammer. I like to sand wood with garnet paper.
"Oh boy, this is 'gneiss'... I mean schist" =) =)
If those are marine sediments, they must be REALLY old to have maintained those really fine laminate. Like Belt rock ages, before there were marine organisms to burrow through the bottom muds and destroy the thin beds.
That schist looks so compact, I'd regard it as being halfway to being Gneiss.
Thinking of your thumb, are those dark bits of the MSB obsidian? thanks Nick
I'm not a geologist or student but next time I'm going for a nature trip, I'll bring a hammer!
The layers in the “sparkle city “ stone looked like layers of sediment to me from one angle. Is that right or is it something else?
The granite does not push up, it is formed in situ by electro-magnetic geomorphology. I have studied river and creek beds along the Sooke river valley for years and the whole thing is an electrical discharge, as are all the many potholes. I can show granitisation of the basalt in very small localised outcrops, it did not push up through the basalt.
Slow mo-Awesomeness, Schist you say...