I live in Ohio now, after having lived in the greater Seattle-Puget Sound area for 40 years. In 2021, for my 60th birthday, my brother and I were driving to New Hampshire, where I was born. I was tickled to death when we drove north to I-90, heading toward Boston. Needless to say, I had to take LOTS of pictures on my phone, since it indicated SEATTLE westbound and BOSTON eastbound. One reason I love your "I-90 Rocks!" series!
Great video Nick! Great visuals and explanations! I enjoyed reviewing this I-90 geology …each time I watch I learn a little more! 🌟🌟🌟 Thanks so much for posting!!
Yes, it's from 2015, but the information is just as great now, as it was then, (and these are in HD!) Thanks, Nick and Tom for this series. Looking forward to Part three when it's ready.
Fun fact, it’s Aurora and 520 that emergency managers trust to survive a big earthquake. Neither interstate and none of the other bridges over the ship canal.
Fascinating. Lived in WA my whole life and am learning more about the geology of the area is fantastic. Your talks are easy to understand and enjoyable. Thank you.
As an Australian visiting Seattle this past summer, I did a bit of gardening where I was staying at Newcastle. I had never encountered soil like that - sandy and gravelly, interspersed with alluvial stones and rocks. Asked a local and they told me it was moraine, so then I understood better. Totally different from the ancient heavy clay where I'm from in Brisbane. Thanks for the video Nick. Fascinating stuff.
I just love these, so fun to rehab knowledge learned from Nick from time to time as retention tires and dissipates, but with enough new exposure, retention is re-acquired to pass onto others! I never tire of Nick, ever... hugs Nick!! We love re-watching our FAV MOVIES right, same thing...
Wonderful as always Nick. The PNW has such a rich and interesting geologic history. Thank you for enriching our knowledge and cheers to you for making the learning experience enjoyable for me.
Love that you put these up. I am from Newcastle and I’m on the board of the Newcastle Historical Society, so loved to see my town’s history on here! Would love an extra geologist to come by every once and a while. The geology of the Issaquah Alps has defined what features of the land appear and the resources that end up in it, and for that reason, is super important to understanding the history. Can’t have history without geology!
I'm realizing now how lucky western Washington is in how few major quakes it has. Looks to me like there's as much potential as California has in quakes. Learning more about the glaciers of Washington will be good for the next A to Z series.
Nick, It has been hard to keep up with your video productions. I have been following since your community videos many yeas ago. So much has changed since I took Geology 101 in 1969.
Thank you so much for posting this! I have driven I-90 many times over the decades starting at Vantage, via Highway 26. I wish you would have been my geology professor my freshman year at EWU during the Stone Age of 1979! (Backstory: I was up early doing laundry when they announced on the radio Mt. St. Helens had finally erupted and expected the ash to hit the Spokane area on Monday. I told everybody on my floor. Late Sunday morning. I remember looking to the west from my dorm window and seeing the ash cloud beginning to roll in, but not really comprehending what Iwas seeing. It became dark, the streetlights kicked on around noonish, and then the ash began to fall.) Anyway, I stumbled upon your channel a few months ago and have been thoroughly enjoying your videos ever since. I have always been fascinated by eastern Washington's channeled scablands, and the geology of the Pacific Northwest since we moved back to the Palouse region in 1973. Haven't had time to read it yet, I bought Bretz's Flood because of your recommendation. Anyway. sorry this has become quite the novel. 😉 Looking forward to part three.
This is great. Such interesting content and visuals, and thinking of your and Tom's other work makes it all really special. Even the theme music is sentimental. We've been so fortunate. Thank you.
Excellent as always! These will never get old no matter how many times I watch them. Same with all of Nicks work/videos over the years. A treasure trove of geology knowledge which I am truly thankful for and has given me a newfound love of geology and has also given me an inquiring mind of all things geology. Thank you so much Nick. You truly rock!
At about 10:00: Glacial erratic‘s…Yes, a pain in the neck for the miners. An even greater pain in the neck for drillers, geotechnical and environmental. Throw in the glacial till, and it becomes a major cluster. 🥸 Nick, another great presentation! I have worked with a lot of geologists, and never thought of myself as a geologist. But my strong intrigue in your videos leaves me wondering.
You should do a pop-up lecture at the top of Rattlesnake Ledge (where you were at 9:09 in the video). I would love to hear you talk in detail about the various features you can see from there: Mt Si, Snoqualmie River canyon, Mt Thompson, the glacial lake shores, etc.
I spent my early years in Issaquah and remember an early science field trip in school to the gravel pit. Much of the knowledge we have today has been discovered since then, but the ice age flows was well known in the sixties and they showed us the sand gravel and rock as an example. Love this stuff. This is a great series, Nick.
EXCELLENT - super enjoyed the illustrations comparing current to past lake levels. Super enjoy the format. Great scenery and using the old maps for illustration so helps me orientnpast with today. Never new about the coal mines - THANKS - MORE NICK - MORE
In my neck of the woods we have several glacial deposits, our house is on what what once called boulder clay now is named as glacial till, there are glacial landforms; eskers, mostly sands, and north are drumlins and many erratics. We have a group to ensure the local erratics are looked after as many have been buried and broken up in the years gone by.
I'm looking forward to more. You've released two episodes in two days and I hope that'll continue, into an eastbound roadtrip geology intensive from seattle to spokane, maybe beyond! If it goes as far as lookout pass, will cover geology not just from the last 170 million years, but maybe a couple billion too. This is amazing homeschool and roadtrip material! Thank you so much!
Enjoying the series, it might take a while to get to the East Coast parts of the highway... but with the details you are finding in each section, it will make a great playlist... I predict awards are going to show up... like mile markers.
My wife and I are geology nerds and enjoying this for our after kids go to bed time. Hope you'll do I-84 rocks. Edit: oh, geology of the Columbia River gorge, you have a video about it already.
You guys see the houses at the top of the still at 1:28? I recognized them instantly; I swear those exact houses are still here today. You see them every time you drive westward into the city.
More rocks from Canada, this is getting crazy! Now I'm thinking, over geologic time frames do rocks always end up moving towards the equator? Where do they go from there? haha
This was so interesting -Weird to thank coal mining for the hiking -So the Issaquah Alps are a result of fault that runs diagonally (nw 2 se) through cascades? -I found lovely green rocks..and you stand by a giant one (showoff🙄)
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I live in Ohio now, after having lived in the greater Seattle-Puget Sound area for 40 years. In 2021, for my 60th birthday, my brother and I were driving to New Hampshire, where I was born. I was tickled to death when we drove north to I-90, heading toward Boston. Needless to say, I had to take LOTS of pictures on my phone, since it indicated SEATTLE westbound and BOSTON eastbound. One reason I love your "I-90 Rocks!" series!
Great video Nick! Great visuals and explanations! I enjoyed reviewing this I-90 geology …each time I watch I learn a little more! 🌟🌟🌟 Thanks so much for posting!!
what a treat to get the back catalogue!
Yes, it's from 2015, but the information is just as great now, as it was then, (and these are in HD!)
Thanks, Nick and Tom for this series. Looking forward to Part three when it's ready.
Can we just appreciate this dude for hauling out a chalkboard next to an ancient glacial river delta all while braving the cold elements?
I love rewatching these❤
Fun fact, it’s Aurora and 520 that emergency managers trust to survive a big earthquake. Neither interstate and none of the other bridges over the ship canal.
Good, Mr. Zentner. I'm glad that you could finish the work that Mr. Foster and you began. Friendship!
I've seen these multiple times, and every time I learn something new. Thanks Nick
Love that rock hammer! I've got one too.
Mine has a blue handle & hasn't been outside yet.
Mine is also blue and a bit rusty, but I did attach a lanyard to mine before Nick demonstrated why that might be a good idea.
I can't wait for this series to get to me out here in Ellendale, MN. Peace out I-90 Fam.
Nick, thank you for the education!
Fascinating. Lived in WA my whole life and am learning more about the geology of the area is fantastic. Your talks are easy to understand and enjoyable. Thank you.
As an Australian visiting Seattle this past summer, I did a bit of gardening where I was staying at Newcastle. I had never encountered soil like that - sandy and gravelly, interspersed with alluvial stones and rocks. Asked a local and they told me it was moraine, so then I understood better. Totally different from the ancient heavy clay where I'm from in Brisbane. Thanks for the video Nick. Fascinating stuff.
You need to be on TV. These videos are so interesting and well made. I don't throw compliments around on youtube often. These vids rock.
I just love these, so fun to rehab knowledge learned from Nick from time to time as retention tires and dissipates, but with enough new exposure, retention is re-acquired to pass onto others! I never tire of Nick, ever... hugs Nick!! We love re-watching our FAV MOVIES right, same thing...
Tsunamis in discovery park is news to me!
As a recent transplant from the East, who was born and raised in the Midwest, I love these videos that give understanding of the world we live in.
Nice
Wonderful as always Nick. The PNW has such a rich and interesting geologic history. Thank you for enriching our knowledge and cheers to you for making the learning experience enjoyable for me.
Really fun to learn this stuff
Enjoy this very much Nick! Thanks!!
Iam still following the road ALL the way to the end thank you stay safe
Pt. 2 done. Onward to pt. 3 - again. excellent video!
Love that you put these up. I am from Newcastle and I’m on the board of the Newcastle Historical Society, so loved to see my town’s history on here! Would love an extra geologist to come by every once and a while.
The geology of the Issaquah Alps has defined what features of the land appear and the resources that end up in it, and for that reason, is super important to understanding the history. Can’t have history without geology!
This is amazing! Was this really posted 8 days ago? Dude you rule! Thanks! I spend all my time on sammamish. Imma show this to my wives.
Oh! HERE IT IS! Part 2. Thanks for uploading this. Dang. So very interesting. Cannot thank you enough, Nick. LOVE THIS.
I'm realizing now how lucky western Washington is in how few major quakes it has. Looks to me like there's as much potential as California has in quakes. Learning more about the glaciers of Washington will be good for the next A to Z series.
I've been to Seattle and driven through Seattle countless times and this is mind blowing.
I watch almost every thing you post, thanks for all the work you put into this!
I am just looking forward to the A-Z series coming this fall
Parts I and II down, and I am delighted with the presentation quality! Graphics, overlays and voice-over are terrific.
Fascinating as I have been mining these river deltas and silica deposits near Ravensdale for years.
Nick, It has been hard to keep up with your video productions. I have been following since your community videos many yeas ago. So much has changed since I took Geology 101 in 1969.
Thank you so much for posting this! I have driven I-90 many times over the decades starting at Vantage, via Highway 26. I wish you would have been my geology professor my freshman year at EWU during the Stone Age of 1979! (Backstory: I was up early doing laundry when they announced on the radio Mt. St. Helens had finally erupted and expected the ash to hit the Spokane area on Monday. I told everybody on my floor. Late Sunday morning. I remember looking to the west from my dorm window and seeing the ash cloud beginning to roll in, but not really comprehending what Iwas seeing. It became dark, the streetlights kicked on around noonish, and then the ash began to fall.) Anyway, I stumbled upon your channel a few months ago and have been thoroughly enjoying your videos ever since. I have always been fascinated by eastern Washington's channeled scablands, and the geology of the Pacific Northwest since we moved back to the Palouse region in 1973. Haven't had time to read it yet, I bought Bretz's Flood because of your recommendation. Anyway. sorry this has become quite the novel. 😉 Looking forward to part three.
These are so cool. I love short segments that I can watch whenever I have a moment.
Excellent Nick and all involved. Great series.
This is great. Such interesting content and visuals, and thinking of your and Tom's other work makes it all really special. Even the theme music is sentimental. We've been so fortunate. Thank you.
the editing on these videos is great!
Excellent as always! These will never get old no matter how many times I watch them. Same with all of Nicks work/videos over the years. A treasure trove of geology knowledge which I am truly thankful for and has given me a newfound love of geology and has also given me an inquiring mind of all things geology. Thank you so much Nick. You truly rock!
GNEISS ROADSIDE LECTURE NICK, VERY INTERESTING.
At about 10:00: Glacial erratic‘s…Yes, a pain in the neck for the miners. An even greater pain in the neck for drillers, geotechnical and environmental. Throw in the glacial till, and it becomes a major cluster. 🥸
Nick, another great presentation! I have worked with a lot of geologists, and never thought of myself as a geologist. But my strong intrigue in your videos leaves me wondering.
You should do a pop-up lecture at the top of Rattlesnake Ledge (where you were at 9:09 in the video). I would love to hear you talk in detail about the various features you can see from there: Mt Si, Snoqualmie River canyon, Mt Thompson, the glacial lake shores, etc.
Fascinating. Thank you!
Some of the very best...
I’d love to see some more stuff on fault lines and the creation of mountains !
I spent my early years in Issaquah and remember an early science field trip in school to the gravel pit. Much of the knowledge we have today has been discovered since then, but the ice age flows was well known in the sixties and they showed us the sand gravel and rock as an example. Love this stuff. This is a great series, Nick.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I know nothing about geology, but for some reason, I find your videos fascinating.
I love the chalkboard in nature lol. So great 😂
The perfect tool for illustration, Classic Zentner.
Another 11 out of 10!
EXCELLENT - super enjoyed the illustrations comparing current to past lake levels. Super enjoy the format. Great scenery and using the old maps for illustration so helps me orientnpast with today. Never new about the coal mines - THANKS - MORE NICK - MORE
great video!
In my neck of the woods we have several glacial deposits, our house is on what what once called boulder clay now is named as glacial till, there are glacial landforms; eskers, mostly sands, and north are drumlins and many erratics. We have a group to ensure the local erratics are looked after as many have been buried and broken up in the years gone by.
Love it, thank you
F*ucking neat.
Good show!
This guy rocks !
I'm looking forward to more. You've released two episodes in two days and I hope that'll continue, into an eastbound roadtrip geology intensive from seattle to spokane, maybe beyond! If it goes as far as lookout pass, will cover geology not just from the last 170 million years, but maybe a couple billion too. This is amazing homeschool and roadtrip material! Thank you so much!
Enjoying the series, it might take a while to get to the East Coast parts of the highway... but with the details you are finding in each section, it will make a great playlist... I predict awards are going to show up... like mile markers.
My wife and I are geology nerds and enjoying this for our after kids go to bed time. Hope you'll do I-84 rocks.
Edit: oh, geology of the Columbia River gorge, you have a video about it already.
Very informative! As a Snoqualmie resident who only recently found your channel, I'm eager to learn more about the area.
I like the Vantage on I 90
That stock footage from Snoqualmie falls is a bit dated: that rock in the center fell out 😢 i missed it.
You guys see the houses at the top of the still at 1:28?
I recognized them instantly; I swear those exact houses are still here today. You see them every time you drive westward into the city.
Wow, had NO idea that Seattle had been a producer of coal.
More rocks from Canada, this is getting crazy! Now I'm thinking, over geologic time frames do rocks always end up moving towards the equator? Where do they go from there? haha
I though there was 14000plus village sites excavated in puguet sound and southern Vancouver Island..how does that fit if it's all ice at that time?
Ah good ol’ Aberdeen. We truly are the spillway of the Pacific Northwest.
Is there a possibility to get a savy video editor to repair the heavy interlacing ~ @9:50 ?
Love the information rich I-90 series!
So much sand and gravel. But other videos say Earth is running out.
Chalkboard hahaha have chalkboard will travel. You crack me up
Pit at Issaquah is also Seattle fault area. Wondering how much of the tilt in the pit layers is fault activity vs river delta?
Was that a cameo from the rock hammer you lost in the basalt?
Can’t help wondering how the floating bridge will fare when the Seattle Fault lets rip. Will it be the ground movement or the tsunami that gets it?
now i'm just curious what was going on with the mississippi river 3200 years ago
It in/,near an earthquake zon. What happens when all those soft, mixed, soils start shaking?
I gotta ask, did you take the chalkboard out on the side of the highway for that bit?
do you ever do research on the area around libby mt to hope idaho?
How much are rock sorters paid?
I-90 is my mandala
This was so interesting
-Weird to thank coal mining for the hiking
-So the Issaquah Alps are a result of fault that runs diagonally (nw 2 se) through cascades?
-I found lovely green rocks..and you stand by a giant one (showoff🙄)
I should never compete with a geologist at finding cool rocks
Am I the only one who looks at Google Maps while watching Nicks videos? Lol
17:12 I know that rock and the guy that blasted it to pieces.
6:14 ok how you have a black board out there with you
ISSA-KWAW
Always better and bestist.. but I'm Zentnerd. Make a t-shirt.
No. A hammer. No t-shirt.
Nice