‘Nick From Home’ Livestream #70 - Yellowstone Geology
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- CWU's Nick Zentner from his home in Ellensburg, Washington on Sunday, June 21, 2020 during the global coronavirus pandemic. Yellowstone supervolcano, Snake River Plain, caldera, bimodal volcanism, etc.
Some professors are dry and boring - students endure their class.
Richard Feynman made a dry, boring and difficult topic like theoretical physics entertaining.
You are the Richard Feynman of geology.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all.
I like Nick's lecture style. He makes watching his lectures interesting and entertaining.
Yep ! Watched the "Flood Basalts" lecture in the auditorium and was hooked!
[that's a lot of basalt!]
Boy Tim you got Feynman/Nick right. In July 2015 when I first met Nick I complimented him comparing to RPF. Nick hadn’t heard of him. Few days later I Primed him several Feynman books….but correct so so many similar style and those “quick asides “ on Education, the world, students, life, etc. I often feel Nick is channeling Feynman. And that is A great and wonderful thing.
That's rather important 6llllll
I second this!!!
The 1959 earthquake almost made my siblings and myself into orphans. My parents took a rare no-kids vacation to Montana to visit family and visit places my father had done surveying as a young man. We were all sent to summer camps or relatives. They were expected to camp in that campground the night of the earthquake, but had gotten ahead of schedule and were there the night before. As the news of the buried campground spread, there were tense hours until my parents were able to call from West Yellowstone where they had spent the night. How different life would have been for we five kids!
My grandpa was also expected to be in that campground the night of the earthquake but the night before while they were camping there, his dog couldn't settle down and sleep. He was howling and whining all night long. They thought something was wrong with him so they drove back to Butte very early the morning before the earthquake. I wouldnt be alive today had his dog not been with him!
Kelcey M. Great to know someone else with an “almost” story from that event. Glad you were on the good side of chance!
Very glad your mum and dad survived!
@@harrietharlow9929 Me, too! Thanks!
@@valeriehenschel1590 I'll bet!
When I drove 18-wheelers across country I always wondered about the geology of the many rock formations, with all their twists, bends and colors. Now I know a great deal more all due to your careful, entertaining and informative broadcasts. Thanks for all you do here on this channel. I will look forward to any stream you put out.
Can’t explain it, but Jeanne, your comment struck me as wonderful and sweet (I don’t talk like that). Nick is a freak show, and I bet like me, you love every stream he cranks out. Bless you. Bless Nick. :-)
I agree. Nick makes things easily understandable and he ties the picture together. I loves me some Nick Zentner lectures!
The times I've driven cross-country, I've wondered the same. It's a shame that there is so much soil overburden on the Great Plains, because far below those dead-flat expanses are old island arcs and wonderful things. It made the trip more fun wondering what the geological picture was in places I've visited/driven through.
totally, im a truck driver and now im obsessed with geology after driving everywhere and seeing all the amazing land forms. i dont care what anyone says, truck driver is the best job ever if youre single.
As I am following the Yellowstone river East, I understand your position.
I wish I had Nick riding Shot gun.... describing the Views all across the Country!
Thanks Nick
I live in New Mexico. I've never been to the Northwest, however I found Nick on TH-cam and I have to say (this coming from a person who went to different colleges, over 9 years,) that Nick is an awesome Proffesor. He is so PASSIONATE about teaching..... Inspirational, even. What a blessing for all of his students, passed, present and future. Nick, you've a special place in heaven. Thank you for your exhuberance. You jave CLEARLY affected people in a posotive way. All the best to you, Nick and keep, not only TEACHING about, but BEING a rock. 🙃
I took geology 101 when I was in school for structural engineering. Don't remember what got me to nicks channel, but it is a staple for me when driv8ng my semi truck
After just coming back from Yellowstone, this was the question that burned the whole time I was there. How? You’ve gone a long way to helping me and starting me on a journey of learning about Yellowstone geology. Thank you so much!
Record number of viewers this morning. Total viewers was 1442. Good show, even a nice 'restrained' Rant on the Non Science Believers. Very nice comments. Good Work as usual Nick.
Well stated. The "rant" was more of a "You're trashing my hero's" story. Stories tell a tale that can be understood by anyone and if done right you don't need to do the math to know how things will balance out. The best professors are the best story tellers.
Kind Sir, I've only just discovered your channel and you need to know you are a joy! I have always been interested in geology or a million other fascinating things all over this amazing planet. Had I a teacher like you, that explains things so clearly and in such an excited way (and wasn't a headstrong teenager who knew everything already😉) I may have done better in school! Ha! No matter, "never stop learning" and I shan't! I've already, in a few videos, learned so much! Mind blown! Can't wait to learn more! Thank you! Bless you!
Just discovered Nick From Home, I'm so excited to have found this! THANK YOU for continuing your geology lectures in these odd times!
Yes, I just found them this morning... and now I have something else that will consume more of my time. Thank you, Nick; more things to learn.
Great I can finally make comments. First I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤ for these video casts! I am really enjoying them and appreciate something that does not focus on US politics or this dreadful virus! I am in my 70's and live in San Diego, CA. I am also learning! I got a Delorme atlas and Gazette of WA. state as well as Marli Miller's roadside geology of Washington, and Glacial Lake Missoula and it Humongus Floods by David Alt, so that I can follow along afterward finding locations either during or after your livecast!
You are doing a great public service for us. I have been in Washington 20 yrs and 30 yrs. after Mt. St. Helen's. So I have seen the Olympic Pennsulia, and the mt. St. helens area as well as the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah falls and East from Portland to Astoria and thus across the bridge to the Olympic Pennsulia all the way around to Bremmerton. This is to long. Bless you. Mary
me too..... i live in Houston, TX
I drove through Portland in 2017 and saw Mt. St. Helens for the first time--a good view and not just pictures--and I was surprised. She's really been truncated.
This guy is so awesome. He's so passionate and makes tough concepts easy to understand.
12 dislikes are from U.K. Express "journalists" who declare Yellowstone is about to erupt every time there's any earthquake detected.
Maybe one day those at U.K. Express will get one right.
Happy Father’s Day, can’t wait for the Oregon geology episode!
I'm over here near Smith Rock and the Three Sisters, and I've always wondered about the big basaltic lava flows over here.
I don't think it's part of the same big "german chocolate cake" that's the centeral Washington basaltic lava flows since it's up in the mountains.
I have always thought so much of those who worked in the field of geology, my uncle was blessed to work for the USGS, and was one of those “old men” who worked overseas for the government. His ultraviolet light, hammer, and radiation counter fascinated me. Even though I had a chance to hold his hammer I didn’t lose it. As I watch your programs you bring back memories of lectures on rocks of our area, nice job Nick.
Thank you for your lecture and thank you for calling out the STUPIDITY of sensationalist misinformation.
Thanks Nick for producing these excellent and diverse studies of geology- as a geology major and USGS employee from the 70's now living in the southwest I've always looked at earth as a history book even though its flat ha,ha. love the lessons.
I appreciate your efforts Nick. Your enthusiasm for geology is infectious and reaches a broad demographic. I have come to learn about the Pacific North West geology largely inspired by your efforts.
I live in southern Australia. It is hard to imagine two more contrasting geological regions. Here it is very old and weathered with very little current geological activity.
I would like to make a suggestion for your future videos. If all it takes is your phone then why not do a video on a different location each time. Perhaps one on each state and how the local geology relates to the broader landscape. It may inspire you to look further afield beyond North America. This approach can build a broader picture which few others seem to do in these modern times of specialisation. It also looks like you enjoy learning as much as teaching which I regard very highly.
Thank you.
Thank you for mentioning Glenn Embree. He was my professor at Ricks College back in the early '80s. Sad to hear of his passing.
Enjoyed rewatching this one thanks Nick
Hey Nick the train whistle is to let you know they’re watching. 😂
Happy Fathers Day, Nick. Thank you for your hard work!
Could this guy possibly be any better ? When I see that much competence ...it inspires.. bravo sir....bravo.
Hi Professor Nick, I understand your frustration with the 'anti-science' people. Don't be too harsh on them, they're having enough trouble dealing with their ignorance and knowing that they've wasted so much of their education time doing stuff that doesn't matter! Your videos are great, keep doing what you're doing.
PS - I have watched your videos for years, have been thrilled with the live stream, and feel that you are one of the finest teachers ever to grace a university. Thank you for all the stellar work you do and for the time you take to present a fascinating class in the most entertaining manner. ~Danyel
When i was in the Army, I drove through Ellensburg to the Yakima firing center. It was always a scenic drive. Too bad I am not still stationed in that area as I most certainly would have stopped by to visit you. As an air traffic controller I became good friends with someone keenly interested in geology like myself and we scoured that whole area for interesting finds. we found Opel way out in the desert and fossilized wood.
In the mountain areas we found Amethyst and scepter crystals. That whole area gave me a good enthusiastic start in geology. Today I am collecting meteorites and I am finding glacial period fall meteorites laying in gravels and materials deposited during that time period. No soot on them but they do have that tell tale stinky soot smell, gravels also contain so many surprises like you can find anything and everything. Thank you for your awesome videos that continue to fuel my interests. Your an awesome Teacher and I pay close attention to your videos.
Hi great idea..he's in Wisconsin..help me - tell him how and where to search..I'd check eskers . He's 40 miles s.e. of Madison...p.s. how do you know for sure the metiorites are stardust..
@@garymingy8671 Well that stardust is much bigger than dust and my biggest find to date weighs 355 pounds. the state record in minnesota is just only 33 lbs. How do I know if they are meteorites ? well there is a list i go thro to qualify them and it includes outer crust material slightly different than inner material due to metamorphic changes from heat to surface conditions in melt flow and magnetic properties. A whole slew of conditions must be met before I will consider something a meteorite. keeping in mind that some will break all the rules and its usually the rock thats totally out of place from the surrounding geology.
@@garymingy8671 I am in new ulm southern minnesota and I know a very small spot with a very blue clay that I have extracted some rather large Iron pyrite slabs from and other interesting metals.
@@garymingy8671 oh up north a new rock is born, A yupperlite and they are found with a black light , If Nick swings by I can give him the details of this latest type rock to geology.
Whoever put a Yellowstone explosion on the 2019 bingo card was out of touch with the disasters we actually had in store for the next few years and counting.
I got tears in my eyes from the "Nick At Home" emblems......I missed the first 12 min this AM, just catching up.
My wife's 5th great uncle was a guide for the Hayden party. Also, the first game warden of Yellowstone. To this date the NPS awards regional ranger awards in his name. Harry S. Yount. Mountain Man, Civil War veteran, trapper. First attempt to climb Gran Teton but cartographers got separated.
I’m glad to hear you want to continue these live-streams in some fashion, going forward. Blessings to you and your family.
Nick, as always enjoy your talks. First time I have gotten you at home. Keep up the good work and information for us about the changes in our earth.
I wish I had you as a teacher in grammar and high school....I was enthralled with local NYC geology. I had a rock set and special rock microscope....and wandered around Queens section of NYC and the Adirondacks. I wasn't into sports..geology was my favorite.
Love you're passion for your subject and the truth based on data. I also appreciate your willingness to admit the areas where you don't know. From the questions, I think it's safe to deduce that your subscribers are intelligent.
For those about to rock, we salute you.
“…and I’m gunna be violent this morning..” 🤣🤣
I first found your videos a few years ago and I have watched many of them many times. I appreciate the quality of knowledge you share with us. Thank you very much!
thank you, Dr. Zentner. fascinating as usual. glad you have these videos for us.
I would like to add that I've learned more about that volcano from you in the past few months, than I've heard over the past 10 years
You educated me and made me laugh. Mission accomplished.
I have just discovered your fantastic presentations in May 2023. I have been enjoying catching up. I think it is a great testimony to your knowledge and style that so many people of all ages come out to listen to you. I wish you had taught my Physical Science classes in WV (1967) I'm catching up now. 🙂
One of the best teachers there is.
Thank you so much for your clarity. 🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
Happy Father’s Day Nick! Looking forward to Oregon geology lived there 23 yrs and one daughter still lives there!
Mr. Zentner, thank you so much for your video during this and past years. All your views really appreciate your hard work and wealth on knowledge. Big thumbs up!
From geologically challenged Ohio, home a vast moraines, gravel deposits, and widespread limestone deposits.
Happy Fathers Day Professor Nick. Never get tired of your stuff!
I had to watch in replay today, and I am so happy to hear that you want to continue in some capacity with your livestreams after some time off and travel. That was a great livestream on Yellowstone and I am glad to hear you say that we don't have a mass extinction event looming over us at any second!
Hey Professor, thank you for the time you give so freely to us. Thanks for telling us the story of the Northwest in a way thats kept me watching and learning through 5 lectures and making it fascinating. You are a great teacher and your students are lucky to have you and most know that. The Ancient Rivers and Hells Canyon are my favorites so far but all are great. TH-cam is suggesting you now so expect 100k subs soon. Have a good vacation and we'll see you soon. Thanks again.
I want to thank you for these streams and lectures. Since splitting wood at 8:30 am Sunday may 18 1980. Above Amboy Wa. I’ve been fascinated by geology and vulcanism. I appreciate the way you present information. Using facts and making them interesting.
My family and I will be traveling out to Wyoming from Pittsburgh, PA, in June for a wedding then heading up to Yellowstone since we’re going to out that way! We are looking forward to it, and I can’t to learn more about the geology of Yellowstone since it’ll give me a new perspective while we’re there!
2023. Aussie. Found your stuff recently. I wish I had you back in Uni. I also wish we had someone like you online for Australian geology. Thank you for your dedicated professional enthusiasm and excellent presentation.
Drove through Island Park Idaho this summer. Thought nothing of it until this lecture.
To show you how open Michael Poland is, I email him all the time and he responds to every email I send him. Such a nice guy!
Thanks Nick.
I am a 75 year old Retired old fart, who has Discovered Geology.
I find all the Miss-information annoying and confusing.
It is sometimes very difficult to distinguish Science, from Science Fiction.
However, I love all your lectures I’ve seen so far, and the lectures of your Guests.
I’d like to Thank You and all the others who have Contributed and helped in these lectures videos. ❤
PS. I’m from the U.K.
Very glad that you think about to continue this lifestreams in some way or form. Its such a nice community here. And always interesting topics.
Happy Father's Day Nick. Your enthusiasm is like having a Geology Dad. My dad had a chalk holder too, it was to help keep his trousers from getting covered. Those gifts, especially the 3D carving were so wonderful. Yea, but the other was really neat who cares if it was a placeholder. Craters!!!
Thank you for clearing up the misconceptions about Yellowstone. You see so much craziness just on TH-cam. Yellowstone is a big interest of mine so I love checking out what's new and I get really um, unhappy, wading through all the hype and nonsense.
I want to thank you for all of your lectures during this time. Due to them, I now know more about Pacific NW geology. I knew it was complex, but not quite that complicated. I'm still on lockdown (vulnerable group) so I look forward to each new video.
PS All the misinformation out there really aggravates me, too.
You are a “Rock” Star!!!
Very good presentation, thank you!
People feed on misinformation....we have seen this in society as well as in geology. Not all people do, but you can see how easy it is for people to latch onto misinformation and spread it. Nick provides facts. YVO provides facts. Facts are their job. Collecting correct and accurate data is their job.
Great stuff once again. Really enjoyed the whole series that you have put together. Thanks
I don't think anyone will argue Yellowstone is probably the most efficiently cooled super volcano......as long as there is coolant in the radiator there is probably not much to worry about outside the park.......
Thank you for doing this video Professor Nick. Go Badgers!!!
I would to thank you for these videos. I learn a lot to them.
Mr. Zentner, sir. Your rational discussion and your passion for your field of work are truly admirable and genuinely interesting. Sorry that those of small mind get you so wrapped around the axle, but, keep up the work. I'm a fan! I look forward to these. DK
Thank you for doing these. I love your presentations.
I really hate that I only just recently discovered your talks on TH-cam, so I've got a lot of catching up to do here in South Carolina. I have to admit, though, that these wonderful presentations make me a tad jealous, since we don't have anything like the amazing geology of the Pacific Northwest here in my home state, and certainly no volcanism more recent than 250 MA, give or take. I've never had the opportunity to visit Yellowstone, or any of the Northwestern US, that is home to this remarkable and dynamic geology. That said, I think I can pinpoint the source of the irritating "USGS is lying about volcanic eruptions/earthquakes etc.", especially here on TH-cam. There is a TH-cam user, whom some of your followers have probably encountered on here, who has millions of followers, who claims that there are currently volcanoes erupting all over the US and that "the government" is hiding this fact, covering it up for some reason or another...as IF you could hide a volcanic eruption of even a minor scale. He's asserted that Sunset Crater in AZ, for example, has recently erupting, and that the USGS lied and claimed that it was just a controlled burn-off of dry vegetation. He has claimed that there are recently-active volcanoes in GEORGIA(the state) and used Photoshop doctored Google Earth images to show "craters" and "calderas" in northeastern GA, among other claims, and his followers just eat it up. Any comments that dispute his claims get removed. He has repeatedly claimed that USGS is lying about activity at Yellowstone to conceal the "fact" that they "know the Big One is about to erupt". No reason is ever given as to WHY "the government" would lie about these things or what benefit they'd derive from doing so or just how one would go about hiding an erupting volcano from the public, though.
Don't downplay the Geology of the East coast, it is as rich with terrane accretion, fault systems, uplift and erosion as the West coast is, and rocks don't care about age, the evidence is written in stone so to speak. The fault system that generated the 7.0 earthquake in 1886 is less known than any major fault system east of the Rockies as well,
Nick has beautiful vistas in Washington state and we on the East coast have trees and Mosquitoes, but the rocks have a story to tell to someone willing to listen to them, Chances are you live on the Carolina Superterrane, formed with Avalonia, whose rocks underlay most of England and extend to Spain and within Europe into the Balkans. The existance of Avalonia and its Carolina counterpart is still something that a Geologist can make a name for themselves in, as the timeline for much of Carolina Superterrane is yet poorly known. And unlike Yellowstone, the Fault underneath Charleston is a present danger to those ignorant of its history.
I live in central Europe, the alps are pretty near. But! There is so much to be found just outside ones house, I don’t know it there is an area anywhere that is „boring“ in a geological sense.
If we‘d know of such a place, we‘d know it as a dump for nuclear waste 😅
Thank you so much for debunking that awful, awful stuff.
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jj from Australia.
Excellent presentation! Thank you for your work on giving us the best information available. Love the cozy fort. Was supposed to go to Yellowstone in July, disappointed that our trip was canceled. Many thanks!
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THANKS SO MUCH , WONDERFUL IF YOU COULD CONTINUE. ONCE A WEEK WOULD BE GREAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LIVE STREAMING. GREETINGS FROM BUFFALO NY
Always enjoy watching your videos! I've learned a lot of interesting stuff about Yellowstone National Park and I lived 50 miles from Yellowstone towards the east.
Thank you again Nick for a wonderful lecture. I truly love your passion and while heartedly agree with you regarding the hype around Yellowstone and false science as a whole. Love your work mate. Cheers from Australia.
I am glad you are getting into Idaho geology. I am looking forward to
more.
Thank you for making these
Love your videos thankyou so very much
Like arizonalila
Grand canyon is finding new geology. Thanks for wonderful information
Finally we all can get facts on yellowstone.love your channel.i subscribed I always give you thumbs up 👍. keep up with the great info.here from southeast Oklahoma
Some are born to teach! Thanks a ton Nick.
Thank you so much from B.C.
Way to go Nick, keep up the rants..
They are so very valuable.
OMG! I'm so happy to see you! I had watched all your university videos and you appeared from the TH-cam algorithm. Thank you!
i realy enjoy your programs.
Island Park being so large may have obliterated calderas that were more recent than the previous known. The last two being smaller can be seen within Island Park.
To be honest it was unexpectedly rich contents and information in your YS lecture. Thanks!
ok thats enough... time to say the truth. you are a god damn legend sir.
Happy Fathers Day to you. Love ur videos.! Ur so awesome.! I am learning alot from u.! My fave super volcano.!!! Like how honest you are.! Mount St helens, mount rainier, craters of the moon, Yellowstone volcanoes, are My fave.! I have been to gorgeous Yellowstone national park twice in 2 years.! Ur so cool.
I've been waiting for this one! Please tell me that we're not going to be blowing up any time soon!
Thank you for the effort you put into teaching. I love learning. I hope I can pay it back someday.
Every time you say "crick", Nick, I remember my father who used the same work for "creek". Thanks.
Hey Nick. I'm here in AK just loving your stuff. LMAO about the cartoon and your dispelling of it. Good job. I see you did this on solstice. Now we are at the other solstice, the good one when you live up here! Thanks for this amazing stuff!
Excellent personal interpretation, Nick. Well done.
Fear is a big seller now Professor and it drives sales for survivalist gear😞😒Thank You for being a voice of reason in these unusual times. I’ve been watching your programs for years and so glad that you did these TH-cam segments, you’ve helped a 60 year old get through this anxious time👍Good Luck to you and your family and remember “ Don’t forget to Love each other”💖💖💖💖💖💖
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Approximately 70,000 years ago Yellowstone extruded a thick sticky flow of rhyolite that covered the caldera floor. It isn't all big bangs. There are many rhyolite and obsidian and basalt flows within the park.
Please record in minimum 1080p and 60 fps Nick. Thanks, from my eyes. I do love your work.
Wow. So many gifts. I love cherries, too.
Great information, thank you!
I wish I could work for you man I frickn dig everything you talk bout I love ❤️ volcanos 🌋 I used to paint 🎨 all the different 😕 ones in 2nd grade other kids painted there dady and pet I tried to show what mt Shasta looked like wen it blew its top I'm Swedish and native American 3,900 miles from New York to Sweden 🇸🇪 and famly settled in California and Oregon its like they trying to go as far apart on purpose I dig you man your a 👍 teacher and its hard to teach me thank you for DIGN ROCKS 🪨 MAN
Thank you for the truth!
Love it when daddy gets passionate about misinformation.
Keep it spontaneous and cheers
With you're tanqueray. I enjoy your videos
HFD bro i agree with you yellowstone is not overdue and its not going to erupt anytime soon all these you tubers are Click baiting for views and fear mongering i want to go in to geology after HS
Thank you Nick .. A very good presentation... I'd like to investigate the. Basalt plane between the snake river and southfork river canyon Graingeville area in central Idaho ... are they related ? ..