Volcano Erupted Under California's Mono Lake: Exploring Black Point Volcano
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- Explore the fascinating geology and deep fissures of the Black Point volcano with geology professor Shawn Willsey. This odd volcano lies next to Mono Lake and the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains. GPS location: 38.02639, -119.10044
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I discovered a volcano in North Africa by accident while using Google Earth. It is located on the coastline and nobody else had noticed it. I couldn't find any information about it on the usual sources, so I watched a TH-cam video about continental breakup and it helped me make a guess about when the volcano was active, around 90 million and 56 million years ago. The volcano is not included on maps or lists of known volcanoes. It has a unique shape and a crater, and there is evidence of past volcanic activity such as lava in the area. I noticed some unusual patterns in the is it's not sandstone and took a picture, which I then edited to enhance the colors. The volcano in the picture is unidentified. There is a volcano in North Africa. We don't know much about it, but it is not erupting right now. The volcano is near the coast of Africa at these coordinates: 30°59'11"N 23°35'58"E.
Thanks for the wealth of knowledge. The irony of this volcano erupting literally days after you uploaded is what brought me to the discovery of your channel
Thanks Shawn. That's absolutely fascinating! I never had the chance to see any of the USA, and most of what we see online and on TV doesn't appeal at all. But places like this are truly interesting and beautiful.
@@RWBHere Google Earth pro I was taking pictures on strange patterns so I took a picture of it enhance it that's how I found the volcano so I check it on on the website negative and I check on the app negative this one I wonder who's screwed up? didn't put on the list
As I remember when I first came to California, there was an article on a specific bird that migrates from Alaska to South America. The only stop they made was at Mono Lake. There they would have their babies. It all changed when LA started to divert water to them. The water got so low that the salt level rose to a concentration level that salt rings developed around the bids legs. They could not fly.
Fun Fact, California route 120,alongside the southern shore of Mono lake, has a 5+ mile stretch of one of the best roller coaster roads in the country. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message.
Faster you go the more fun it is.
Love that you allow us to learn and journey with you. I’m no longer able to hike so these videos are especially meaningful to me. Thanks.
Same for me also. 😊 I enjoy learning with you.
Me too!
Thank you..
Like an audit but so much more…..
I can no longer hike like so many older outdoors ppl.
Love geology!
@@FreeGaza.Laurie Happy to bring this to you.
Same here too! Imagine the lake 5x’s larger 😮! One of my fave places, and the gateway to Upper Yosemite and its beauty that is often missed coming into the valley only, from the South entrance. A special thank you for taking us into the slot canyon/fissures and showing us all that is down there! Such a special, awe inspiring place Mono is! You picked a glorious time and day to really capture the beauty there, cheers!
Thank you for not talking to us who aren't geology specialists, like idiots. Your presentation is pleasant and easy to follow, which creates an interest from people like myself who can gain some knowledge without having to refer to a dictionary every few minutes.
You would enjoy Myron Cook then too. I love both channels, and the simplicity of complex topics! I'm finally getting to the point where I'm able to embrace all the topics I loved, but had to put on hold! Astrophysics too! Golden years indeed!
Gotta tell ya man, I'm not terribly interested in geology beyond a mild curiosity, but you really have a knack for making whatever you're talking about very interesting. Love your enthusiasm for it.
This means a lot to me. Thanks for sharing.
I'm kind of a geo nerd and I agree with your sentiment. It's clear to me that Shawn is a born and bred educator. True talent
@@emanuellandeholm5657 That's cool that his talks are good for the geo experts too
@@davewestner Oh, I would never consider myself an expert. I'm an apprentice in this field. :)
@@emanuellandeholm5657 Well, ok, expert enthusiast!
Thank you for allowing me to travel vicariously with you! I've never been to Mono Lake, but maybe some day.
Amazing to see how much your channel has grown Shawn! I started following when you had 3K subscribers. How quickly you've grown to 68K. This is a testiment to your incredible ability to explain complex material to non Geology folks like me. You are a wonderful teacher and provide a valuable service to expand science and knowledge. Keep up the good work!!
I noticed that Iceland in the last few weeks brought in thousands of new viewers.
Thanks. Yes, the Iceland news was a definite boost and very unexpected. I was following it closely anyway and thought, "why not share this with others?" But I really didn't expect it to get as many views as it did.
Loved every moment. My dad was stationed in Iceland several times. Thank for giving me a chance to see it.
Same here. Love geology! Hubby & I started out being Zentnerds (Geology Professor Nick Zentner, CWU) then added Shawn when we discovered his YT early on. So we are Wilseynerds too.❤
Ty for all you share Professor Wilsey!
Thank you for taking us along.. amazing video.. so interesting.. you describe a lot..wounderful..
Thanks shawn even at my age learning never ends
Mono Lake is one of my favorite places, too. I grew up in Massachusetts, so landscapes like this were like beautiful alien worlds to explore.
In my first visit in the late 80s I made a half-hearted attempt to find these fissures, in discouraging hot weather. The Mono Lake Committee visitor center at the time had little to say about Black Point, making it sound like a minor curiosity at best. So, foolishly, in many subsequent visits over the years I never went back to Black Point to look for the fissures.
So this video is particularly exciting for me, letting me vicariously explore these features accompanied by an expert guide. On my next visit I know where I’m going to head first!
- Scott Mainwaring (Salem, Oregon)
Mono Lake is how Mother Nature puts a "No Swimming" sign on something.
What a great video! Wow, nothing like a geology lesson in a 3 meter deep crack in volcanic rock! Thank you for this spectacular field trip. Best “classroom” ever…along with all the other astounding locations you visit, too. 😊 I’m happily going through your other geo videos and the mineral and rock ID videos as well. I hope your channel continues to grow!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much.
The whole of the Long Valley area is one of the 3 largest calderas on the North American continent. The other 2 are Yellowstone and Valle caldera in New Mexico. The geology of our continent is fascinating. Thanks for presenting a close up view of the layers from this part of the 🌋 caldera. 🙂
Thanks for taking us into the history and cracks of this unusual volcano. Love the insight that you provide into these fascinating geological structures. Many thanks Shawn!
I love Geology, especially of California, Nevada. Always enjoy the knowledge that Geology Professors impart.
I am continually surprised that I recognise deposits and features by name now, all due to your teachings. I'm loving it Professor! Thank you!
Thanks Shawn for all these interesting learning videos! Fully enjoy it 😊 Hope there will be videos coming soon about Mount Helen or Andreas Fault Line😉, Thanks Again ☺️
San Andreas? Yes. Heading down there next week.
@@shawnwillsey Thats the one. Be awesome if you can tell us all more about that or maybe show us. As I’ve heard it’s really visually there and regarding the beachballs where do you place how the plates go ect? Has it an effect on Mount St. Helen? Yet again thank you so much as due to my poor health I will never be able to visit all those fascinating places. Kind regards from a cloggie 🌷🇳🇱
Thx Prof ✌🏻 happy to see another vid from you.
Thank you for your hiking video that explains so much history of the area of Mono Lake. I look forward to more of your videos.
OK, OK, OK, when you were walking through the fissure I actually ducked, that is how realistic your video is. You just took me a little walk in another place that I'll never go, thanks so much!
Came for Iceland volcano news, stayed for the great instruction!
Educational topic, very interesting as well. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with passed experiences!
That Water is so Flat and Level . Thank you Shawn . This is very interesting , Liked and Shared :) QC
Every time I drive to Mammoth Mt. I'm mesmerized by the geology of the entire drive starting at the uplifted Sand Canyon to the cut through the San Andreas Fault, Red Rock, and it keeps getting better as you go! Another fantastic video Shawn👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks, hiked in the area during the 50s and 60s. Beautiful. A good video.
I have flown over Mono Lake at least 2 dozen times between Columbia CA and Tonopah NV and the only time I had "boots on the ground" was a landing near walker Lake. The sights from above were nothing less than intriguing. Always wondered what I was missing...and now I know. Thank you for a great video Sir!
Planning on going to Mammoth this winter and nice to know something about the land I’ll be seeing.
I used to drive by Mono Lake in the 80's - I've always enjoyed it's unique geology. Thanks for your video!
Thanks for the Geology course ❤
When I lived in Sacramento, I used to take a long weekend in early October for a YoMoBo tour: Yosemite, Mono Lake, and Bodie. I always managed to find something nice to photograph!
Mono Lake is one of the oldest lakes in North America I'm reading. Over a million years old.
Nifty Video. Thanks for making this. Reminds me when Dad took me camping nearby when I was 14 Yo. You explained most of my questions I asked back then.
Been up and down 395 from old hwy 15 from San Diego to Eastern Oregon. Such a wonderful drive. Passed by Mono many times. It's a gateway to Yosemite via Tioga Pass. Check out Obsidian Dome just south of there. Owens Valley is full of interesting things. I often thought of how epic it would be to actually see the volcanic history of Eastern California, the Sierra's, Lassen, Shasta, and the entire Cascades live without being harmed. Talk about the visuals? Truly amazing sculpting of this part of the Western United States. I'm now living in the Philippines, and still loving life in the Ring of Fire. Thanks for your videos. 👍
That entire stretch of 395 from Coso Junction to Susanville is my favorite area in CA. I grew up on the coast in Long Beach and so I was used to the vibe and the geography on the coast; but the tectonic forces at play along the eastern Sierra are spellbinding, and _still active!_
Coincidentally, I have a house in the Philippines about 30 miles NE of Mt. Pinatubo. Interesting spot; we BARELY escaped without being covered in pyroclastic flows and ash. Wouldn't want a repeat of that.
No shortage of tectonic geology in the Philippines. I had a front row seat for the eruption at Taal Lake in 2020; we were on our way to Manila to fly back to the States; driving toward Manila I could see this brown cloud and the lightning and thought to myself, "Odd-looking thunderstorm, but whatever...." By the time we arrived by the airport my phone said our flight had been cancelled with no explanation. I got my explanation when we got out of the car and it was raining ash and glass all over everything. Had no idea Taal had erupted. Kept us in the PI for an extra week waiting for the airport to open back up for air traffic.
I've got an Obsidian Dome video in the hopper. Along with Owens River Gorge and some other stuff. I already posted a few others so check the California playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLOf4plee9UzCdJ19lPAlc5tVCZ22C703h.html
@briane173
I lived in Susaville for about 18 months back in the early 80s. Sunday was wilderness hiking day! I loved it up there. I'm sure it's changed a lot since then. I played nightly happy hour gigs, made natural cosmetics, ( lip balm) ran the bookstore and wrote my best music up there. I was the town's Singing Telegram messenger, created the funniest commercial on KSUE, yet STILL barely made ends meet. I made some wonderful friends!
Isn't that what it's all about? Loving my work, and having good, honest friends! ❤ We had a few over 5,000 residents back then. Climbing Mt. Lassen was a revelation! There're hot springs hidden off 395...shhhh! Bring a shovel! 😂
Thank you so much for making these videos and sharing your knowledge in a way that can be understood and appreciated by amateurs. I really appreciate your style of teaching.
So grateful for your videos … that was a beautiful time of day and just fascinating to accompany you through the crevasse … thanks for everything you post!
I’ve been to Mono Lake & if I’d known there was a crack there, I would’ve explored it! Thanks for taking me along on your adventure!
Always learning, I enjoyed the video
super awesome! thank you for sharing! I felt like I was there with you!
I have never been to California but this video wants me to go there. Beautiful scenery, trees, mountains, water, and various
types of geological landforms. Retiring in three years so it is time to make a bucket list. Great video professor , it is no
wonder that is a favorite place of yours!
Oh, that cut is fantastic! So neat to explore and learn. Gorgeous layering. I've been around Mono Lake and loved the formations, but this is completely new to me! I'm grateful you want to teach and share.
Yes I've been watching your Iceland reports also. I've been to Mono Lake so appreciate this detailed report.
Thank you Shawn
Sweet video, imagine how many have walked through those same fissures, probably an escape from the heat of the day for man or animal. Also many pockets in the walls a lot of souvenirs gathered, surely there were gemstones at one point in time. Happy trails!
9:30 I was about to ask what they would see if a camera with a light was lowered into the crevice. Thanks for taking us down inside. That was very cool!
Looks like a fantastic place to camp.
At the beginning of the video I never would have imagined it to be so AMAZING! I have seen a lot of similar material in the flatter areas of central Mexico: now I am wondering if there were lakes in that area when those volcanos were erupting. Thanks so much.
Very interesting example. I have seen quite a few hydromagmatic tuff rings and maars in Iceland, Ethiopia and Mexico, but seldom with such good exposures.
This was fascinating, thank you!
Fascinating, thank you.
In the mid-sixties my dad and I made a small wooden skiff, tied it to the roof of our car and drove up to Mono Lake from LA. We rented a cabin not far from the hot spring from a gentleman named Kelly and rowed out to the island. A few miles north of the lake, in the Bishop direction, we found an overlook where the Indians used to make arrowheads, and picked up a number of scraps. Wonderful wildlife as well: rattlesnakes, coyote, a small hawk that made a screeching sound as it dove down to catch insects, seagulls nesting on the islands, migratory wild ducks - a dreamland for nature lovers. I made a few trips there later, as well. So many good memories....
Mark Twain wrote some humorous lines about Mono Lake in 'Roughing It', a book well worth reading.
Enjoyed your hike.
Beautiful location. Really a great Video! Lot's of Information, great camera work! Wow, Thx!
Very interesting and you explain it so well.
Thank You 🙏
Thank you for the close up observation of the rock layers and the clasts they contain. It's a treat for someone who can no longer get out to explore such things on her own anymore. Going right down into that fracture in the volcano was fascinating and a little claustrophobic. Thanks again for sharing.
Extremely cool! Until this video, I didn't know there was a volcano at Mono Lake.
Visited the lake in 1988 and had a small mishap...my shoes are still a couple feet down in the mud somewhere.
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Oh how I want to be 18 again so I could have Professor Willsey as my geology professor.
Great video - very interesting. I couldn't help thinking, "I hope he doesn't go out there alone!"
Ha. Most of my videos are indeed solo ventures but I always let my wife know where I am going.
@@shawnwillsey Glad to hear that! 👍Wouldn't want you to get hurt.
I have some big lightweight grey boulders in my yard with calcite banding! I have stacked them to look like a waterfall with the calcite to represent flowing water. When I bought them from a rock yard 20 years ago, they were called Feather Rock and the quarry was located in the Mono Craters. They are no longer commercially available, and I called Feather Rocks and the quarry is closed now due to safety hazards. Thank you for identifying these rocks for me!
I've never been to Mono lake but had heard about some of its unique features. Your video makes me want to go there even more now!
i gotta say i wish you were my professor i love this channel so much
Well by subscribing and watching the videos, I guess I am.
Excellent! Thank you for exploring and teaching us along the way!
Btw, your camera work was fantastic! I didn't get dizzy once! 😂😂
I never knew that Black Point was a volcano! Lived in the vicinity for 50+ years . . . the volcanic field also extends south beyond the Long Valley caldera to around Independence,and don’t forget the Coso area. 😎😘
Thank you!❤
Hi Shawn, I've been watching a few of your videos for some time now (& belatedly only just subscribed here on YT - sorry for the delay) ... I find your videos instructive, easily understandable (to a non-expert!) and most enjoyable.
I'm just an old (70yrs) English woman who is disabled and virtually house-bound, but who has had an interest in geology since I was a child - reading an encyclopaedia which showed a diagram of the various different "layers" of the Earth with its fossils and different strata etc...
(I loved my old encyclopaedias!!)
In school, I focussed on palaeontology and wrote 'reams of essays' on the subject, only returning to geology as an interest when my youngest daughter started studying it at school.
Then, once I had internet access, TH-cam became more than just a way to pass the time, when I 'discovered' to my delight, videos I'd seen aired on British terrestrial tv by Scottish geologist, Prof.Iain Stewart...then more recently, Nick Zentner...then your good self. 😊
"Happy Days" - as much geology as I could find to watch, and continue (hopefully) to _learn_ from, right here on my Tablet!!
So, please accept my thanks for your sharing your geological knowledge with us. Long may you continue.
(Sorry though, I am unable to contribute financially due to the fact I have no bank account - neither does my daughter/carer - so I've no money other than (British) cash.😟😢 ... 🏴🇬🇧❤️🖖
Thanks for jumping on board and enjoy the existing videos. No need to contribute anything.
I subscribed awhile ago & have been following ever since. I've been very interested in your scientific approach of what's been going on in Iceland. But this is my favorite episode of all. What a great sharing of a beautiful location. I especially loved the walk thru the fissure & explaining the layering & identifying the different rocks in those layers. Thank-you for not just taking me on great hike but teaching me stuff too!🤓
Thanks for your loyal viewership. Much appreciated. So great you loved this one.
Yikes 😱 Appreciate the update thanks Shawn…. So much Volcanic activity nowadays around the world
Great field walk! At low light the ancient wave benches are most noticeable along US 395 , Black Point and also to the far eastern basin margin. Be great to hear a talk on Pahoa Island, the lake bed uplift dating and fumaroles on the island.
Many thanks!!!
Here's a talk.... in May of 1974, I was stranded on that island... along with 1/2 of my geology class! Long story.....
What a great place!
What a cool video! I had no idea those cracks were there, definitely on the list to check out and thanks for the tour.
The closing scene shows an old shore line in the background, too. Much like the benches of Salt Lake.
I spent many summers hiking and fishing somewhere between Bishop and Bridgeport. Mono Lake and the Mono Craters were always just there. I would have enjoyed exploring the area you highlight in this cool video. The entire Mono Lake region was full of pumice, from pebbles to boulders that we always loved picking up. Thanks a bunch!!! ❤
Thanks for sharing! Fun to watch! 😊
This was great Shawn. //ji
Thank you 🙏 I love you educational channel I’m intrigued with geologic history I learned a lot watching your channel .
Fascinating and beautiful - thanks!
Man that crack looked thinner than shoulder width. Trick of the camera I'm sure.
Interesting sculpturing!
I was surprised to see granite chunks in California. I grew up in a Massachusetts town which gave its name to granite from local quarries. There was a glacial erratic in my backyard. The neighbor next door, who was a year older, showed me the tiny pieces of garnet embedded in it. Jewels in my backyard!
Oh we have tons!
Much of the Sierra are massive granite slabs, and a number of uplifts and mountains along the coast are part granite too.
@@seaneendelong8065 Wow! Thanks for telling me.
fascinating!Thanks a lot for sharing this with us Shawn.
That was amazing! I had no idea places like that existed. Thanks for enlarging my world.
Fantastic! Made me think of lots of questions about volcanoes!
Thank you for sharing!
Evidence of geology is always cool to find
Thank you for the video! While you're back there, check out the Mt. Morrison roof pendant down by Convict Lake. Would love to see a video on that. Thanks again!
What a fabulous episode. I've all over the south end of the lake but have never explored the north side. Now I'm planning to visit again.
I love this video and had no idea Mono Lake had these slot-like fissures. How neat! I love all the layers you can see from the phreatomagmatic eruptions!
This was a nice hike and learn adventure from my screen. 😊 Thank you. The cracks were very interesting.
Starting at the 9:45 mark, when he goes down INTO that "Fissure", that was pretty cool!
It's almost like BEING there!
This is an excellent claustrophobia test!
Will definitely need to check this out next time I'm in the Eastern Sierras. Thanks for posting!
Went down another rabbit hole, too. Wondering how a pre-historic lake got a name. Learned about Israel Russell who studied the area and had the ancient lake named in his honor-as well as several other geological features. Great way to spend a cold day in Maryland while recovering from a cold.
Beautiful place geological wonderland thank you
Another awesome video. My brothers talked about going there but I was very young at the time. I recognized the interaction with lava immediately from your video about tuyas.
It's beautiful and appears so peaceful. Wow, the rock formations! The tan rock that you approached at the beginning of this video actually looks like it was poured there, layers of pouring, for lack of a better term for it.
Thank you for this fascinating video..
I enjoy geology, but I dont know a lot about it. Your videos are so interesting and informative. Thank you!
Thank you! Great research video❤️
That was very interesting! Thanks!
really kewl...great vid
Thank you so much for the tour just absolutely stunning, fascinating and intriguing all in one! Happy Holidays! Wendy⛄️🎄