Lake Chelan Geology

[@ian_b]

I really like the "localisation" of these lectures. I'm a Brit, I've never visited the USA, but I kind of feel like I know this area now, if you see what I mean. I'm really enjoying watching all these.

[@Ellensburg44]

Great. Thanks much. Come visit!

[@ashjames007]

At least you are not French.

[@ian_b]

@@ashjames007 Every morning I look in the mirror and say that.

[@repeat_defender]

You should visit! It’s truly magical in the Pacific Northwest.

[@cuzbizkets3631]

this guys phenominal

[@samo4866]

Literally driving through these areas right now listening to this.

[@befuddled2010]

Having watched many of Nick Zentner's lectures, I appreciate how he admits over and over again how the information he's discussing was new to him in the recent past. It just illustrates how engaged he is in his field and how hungry he is to understand as much as he can. He never stops learning and this is what makes him such an immense asset to his students (and to us). If only more college lecturers conducted themselves and performed likewise. I honestly hope there are legions of instructors at every level of education like Nick that we never hear about because they don't have KZbin channels.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I like that, too. So many instructors don't want to admit that something is new to them. I love when people want to learn new things, so I really appreciate Nick and the information he gives us. He is a PNW treasure!

[@thebonesaw..4634]

I live in Texas and have made only one short trip up to the Seattle area (although, I was able to drive around that week and visited from Olympia to Enumclaw. I HATE geology (hate might be too strong - but it does bore me). I even have a friend who is a geologist and who has tried (in vain) on several occasions to get me interested. Nick is such a good teacher that I could literally watch these lectures back to back (and I have, several times). I've even watched some episodes over and over again... they're that good. I never imagined that (at age 56) someone would be able to entice me into learning about geology for an area of the country that I don't even live in. Of all the things I've ever seen on KZbin, these are the best things I've stumbled onto. CWU is very fortunate to have such an amazing educator as Nick Zentner.

[@rachelfeuerbach7187]

He's way better than virtually all of my geology professors were!

[@cammontreuil7509]

Seattle is the worst place in the whole state to go to.

[@loge10]

​@@cammontreuil7509It wasn't always that way. I spent my twenties in Seattle - from 1976 to 1985 - and it was a great place to be. Back then it had even been voted the most livable city in the US. It deeply pains me for what it has become.

[@Delbert51]

Great lecture. It's one thing to have knowledge, a whole other thing to be able to convey it to people in an understandable way....Thank You, Nick!

[@mikel9567]

I'm not even a geologist but I find his lectures fascinating. Living in WA my whole life it's interesting to learn how this area was formed.

[@jeremyowen1]

I love this mans energy. If I had professors like this I probably would of been more interested.

[@jesseodell7345]

I have been watching your lectures for about 4 days in a row now you have informed me on many questions I've had if the geology of this part of the PWN I wish more professors were as enjoyable to listen to and watch previous lectures I watched taught me what I took a picture of a few years ago when u first moved from Texas. It was a basalt fissure crack shooting out very interesting formations

[@longcastle4863]

Learn more about geology from Nick than any documentary on the subject. He is a gifted teacher.

[@dennislloyd44]

Nick; 70 years old and still learning, you are a master teacher. I love your lectures ! 73 - KV4WM - A US Navy Nuclear Submarine Veteran and Licensed Ham Radio Operator.

[@jimkirk41]

nick you inspire and have an obvious passion for all your subject matter and make geology an awesome topic. thank you for being a wa geology nerd. you are the best.

[@desseldrayce5248]

What an excellent lecturer! Kudos to Zentner.

[@garyechols9458]

Sir, you have a gift, thank you for sharing it with us.

[@DynamicAlex]

A guy chalking his trousers while explaining, is a guy worth listening to...

[@saltyc]

Having had a fascination with geology since I was a child, I just love these lectures! I grew up in Utah, which has its own fair share of interesting geology. But I've learned so much about my new home in Washington/Oregon thanks to these!

[@Erica-yr3gf]

FASCINATING .Awesome professor. Thank you so much❤️🙏🏻

[@johnflavin4193]

The ability to energize a willing mind is rare. Getting people excited about geology is often like leading a horse to water, yet field work is what made me become a geologist. Well done!

[@helenaj9436]

Mixing it within history got me interested. General geology can bore me. Lol. Looking at them together has me addicted to these video's.

[@markfox1545]

'Getting people excited about geology is often like leading a horse to water'? What a fucking stupid and bizarre thing to say.

[@johnfalconer3672]

Just returned from four days in Chelan and was poking around the internet for information on the geology there. Great video! Thank you, Professor Zentner!

[@hilarylyman7132]

Methow Valley resident: love your understandable teaching style and I learn so much about eastern Washington. Consider a Geology of the Methow Valley field trip for locals, and make a video there.

[@paulebberson4884]

Another fantastic lecture from Nick where he roams far and wide and from detail to big picture in the world of geology & geophysics with a twist of Tourism thrown in.. Lots of new stuff in this one presented in an unbiassed way. I liove how he leads up to the big questions and then stops short especially about what is going on between the Crust and Mantle, plumes etc. Keep up the great work Nick and I hope you get properly recognised in Washington and the US for being a great ambassador for both.

[@kenbrown9164]

This guy reminds me of Dr. Dave Rahm a professor that taught at Washington State University in the 1960's. His lectures were very popular and similar to Nick Zentner's. It was very difficult to get into one of his classes. He lectured about the geology of Washington state also. Many students that had no previous interest in geology took his courses just because he was a passionate and entertaining teacher. He was also an aerobatic pilot, and sadly he was killed doing an aerobatic flight performance for the King of Jordan in that country.

[@russellmooneyham3334]

I'm SO EXCITED!!! Just found this video. Thought I had seen all of them! Great way to start 2021!! Thank you professor Nick!!!!

[@joelspaulding5964]

What an incredibly engaging lecture. My 11 year old has geology interests. This is perfect for her to see a big picture of the subject. Personally, cannot stop watching. Great stuff.

[@nancycrayton2738]

I am so ignorant of Geology that it would not occur to me to ask which glacier created Lake Chelan. Fascinating lecture!

[@JimBlakeLectures]

My grandfather was a copper miner in Holden 1954, 55- snow was 15 feet deep - cool place to live at age 5

[@pianochannel100]

I am enjoying Nick's lectures.

[@tomwestbrook]

I think you can gauge how much fun he’s having by how much chalk he’s covered with at the end.

[@farmergiles1065]

Really impressive to hear how deep Lake Chelan is. Its bottom is 104 feet below the floor of Death Valley. And yet it was carved in the midst of mountains! The power of ice is mind boggling.

[@stevenspirito5672]

Hey Teach; The glaciers came just passed my house in New Jersey, Central West New Jersey Amazing gray and charcoal river rocks and BOULDERS everywhere

[@loge10]

I think I just found my new KZbin addiction... I lived in Seattle during my twenties, long before the tech companies ruling the area. I have traveled many of the places that Nick presents. It is so wonderful to get this much understanding of geology the areas I used to explore and love (and still love). Nick is amazing.

[@teacherdustinpnw]

I watch his videos more than anything else, but I also grew up on lake Chelan and love the geology. It overwhelms the perspective!!!

[@jamesmurray8558]

I was stationed here in the Summer of 1980 at Stehekin at the Y.A.C.C. Flew in with Ernie Gibson,in his float plane.I have never seen anything so beautiful.It was like living in the old west. All I have are the photos.Look up Nat.Geo.,April 1967. Met nice people Mr &Mrs Casey. And the Courtneys, sorry about Ray.l climb to pass ,repaired life cabins up falls17 in all.

[@flyingfishwausa6391]

Nick, you're a 'Rock Star'!! I have been captivated by the geology of North Central Washington for many years and you have made it so much more clear. I took a geology class many years ago from Warren Scott at Wenatchee Valley College. I loved his enthusiasm for his field, just like yours. I used to have a courier route from Wenatchee up to Okanogan, Omak and back down the Methow Valley. I always had so many questions about what I was seeing. You answered many today. Thank You!!!!

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks. I need to learn more about areas north of Chelan....I'm sure you know more than I!

[@joannlarkin4190]

I love living in Lake Chelan. It is absolutely gorgeous

[@mickcoomer9714]

Brilliant. This man brings geology to life. Easy to maintain your attention with him as a lecturer.

[@Ellensburg44]

Nice comment. Thanks Mick!

[@wilycat5290]

Fantastic lecture. Thank you for the video 😊👍

[@chesterfieldthe3rd929]

Please do more of these.... 🥺 Please

[@groglong]

Thank you so much. Born and raised in the Chelan Valley and never learned so much about my home in such a short time. An hour well spent.

[@Ellensburg44]

Terrific to hear, Rick. Thanks.

[@markp.9707]

Agree! Born and raised in Wenatchee and have driven by Ribbon Cliff hundreds of times on our way to Chelan. Very informative and excellent delivery of vast amount of information.

[@ShastaTodd]

I lived up Lake Chelan (Holden Village) from 1976 to 1978, so it was fascinating to learn about the geology from such an entertaining teacher!

[@danothemano4129]

Love your enthusiasm you deserve a medal of recognition for sure!

[@Ellensburg44]

Ha! Thanks for watching.

[@drhyshek]

He has.

[@rosemariemann1719]

@@drhyshek " He has ).... A medal or award ? Well deserved.☺️. 🇬🇧💕🇺🇸⛏️☺️🇬🇧⛏️🦉🇺🇸

[@cliffordbrown8353]

Grew up in Wenatchee Valley, lot of time on Lake Chelan. Great to learn to know one's own home. Such a rich geological region. You have answered so many childhood questions for me. Thank you.

[@who9387]

I am loving all these lectures, Nick. Soooooo interesting, I live in UK and have never even been to the US.

[@rationalcapitalist]

If you ever come to the US, you should visit Washington. It's one of the most beautiful states.

[@NexVoidGaming]

I'm really liking this guy's presentations on German Chocolate Cake.

[@Patrick_Cooper]

I hope this guy won professor/teacher of the year more then a few times... I was lucky enough to have a geology professor like him in Coos Bay at SWOCC. Best class ever...

[@jaymiller3756]

Thank you so much Dr. Zentner! You're energizing new generations of geologists with your accessible and fascinating lectures!

[@JakeVeliz]

In Lake Chelan, watching this lecture right now. It makes seeing this landscape all the more exciting, to know the history of it. Amazing to see how the Lord has created this majestic landscape.

[@nirv]

The professor speaks nothing of any particular individual creating this. Nature.

[@philipallard8026]

You are exciting as any of my old geology professors. I graduated back in 1975 so my professors are all retired. Keep it up my friend.

[@martintheconfusitormartinf2779]

KZbin occasionally presents some gems like these lectures . Nick Zentner , through his obvious love of the subject , conveys geology as a living , vital branch of the sciences and not some dusty half forgotten thing , ok you got me hooked .

[@brianvittachi6869]

Thanks to you, Professor, I now look at mountains and the surrounding terrain with new eyes. They tell a story that I am only just beginning to understand. I have more questions than answers, off course, but my journeys are so much more interesting now.

[@ninefingersgrapes]

Thanks, Old time Renton Resident(1978-1981) now in Pennsylvania, Chester County(we have hills but not any real mountains), Have friend built winery in the Manson Area (Four Lakes Winery). Have visited the area several times but did not explore much at all. Shame old age is never revealed(when needed) while being younger! Thanks again for the series. I keep getting great video to watch Steve A.

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks for watching, Steve. nickzentner.com has all of my stuff in one place if interested.

[@alwedworth]

I just can't get enough of Nick on the rocks! OMG!

[@adamt5986]

Thanks hombre, I golfed at Gamble Sands and was wondering what caused the sculpted landscapes on the eastern edge of the Columbia. Ice sheets of course! Just gorgeous.

[@TrainLordJC]

Another one of your excellent lectures put to video for people all over the world to appreciate. I live in Adelaide, South Australia but travelled through Oregon and Washington on my way to Alaska driving my VW campervan in 1988-89, but unfortunately geology was dormant at the time. However, as a result of my many travels I have come to really appreciate the magnificent geology of the planet and I must say it would be an absolute privilege to have you as a geology teacher. Your teaching is remarkable in detail of that wonderful area of the US. You and your students are very lucky to be living there. I have watched all your videos. Please keep them coming. Thank you for sharing. Cheers from Australia.

[@Ellensburg44]

Hello from the US! Really appreciate you taking the time to write. Nice to hear these lectures are being enjoyed so far away!

[@wesmahan4757]

And Australia has some of the oldest exposed geology on the planet. Really ancient rocks (and stromatolite fossils) that exist in very few other places on earth.

[@bettyhouk8727]

Lake Chelan is so clear ! My husband and I ,when we were younger use to go and pick apples 🍎 in the fall ! Beautiful area !

[@stp36500]

I am a Civil Engineer graduate from 1988 and moved to North Bend, WW then. Your enthusiasm for teaching and simple explanations are very refreshing. Your class on similarities between Yellowstone and Liberty hot spot sucked me back in to learning the area around me. Regards,

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks much for the nice comments.

[@creforce]

Am a amateur volcanologist reading and looking at some documentarys so am not schooled anyway I know quiet alot anyway. And this guy talking about everything to the basalt flood to earthquakes and lakes this is some serious good teacher. hes fun and yet you learn alot while hes talking I am enjoying this one maybe abit to much XD /From Swe

[@charlottenasise5105]

Professor Zentner I love your lecters.

[@Dr_Xyzt]

Big thanks to Prof. Zentner. I finally had the chance to check out lake Chelan. It reminds me of a very big elephant butte from 1994.

[@clydecessna737]

Thanks Nick.

[@glenkelley6048]

Thank You Nick, you are the finest. Please consider the ideas "Catastrophic Plate Tectonics" and present us with a lecture on the subject. Again, Thank You so much for your energy in all you do.

[@billiondollardan]

Thanks to Nick I know more about Pacific NW geology than I do about my own in Ohio

[@Meggligee]

Same! I’m in northern Kentucky! We have our lovely rounded hills from glacial ice sheet here also.

[@lucygardner5666]

Me too 😊

[@michaelhusar3668]

I found a few channels that cover Ohio geology. I found them interesting. I live in Indiana, home of the least interesting geology in the country. That's why I enjoy Nick's channels. Washington probably has the most interesting geology in the lower 48.

[@sheilagrunhurd8332]

You completely changed my mind about geology. Not boring at all.

[@ufp1701]

Mind blowing! I had no idea about the colliding ice sheet lobes and the nature of the bedrock. The earthquake information was indeed the cherry on top! I feel a lake Chelan camping trip in my near future with a hike up Spencer Canyon!

[@Ellensburg44]

Nice to hear, Scott. Have fun!

[@andrewsparkinson1566]

Nick, you give a new depth of meaning to having rocks in the head, and we love you for it.

[@chrisirwin5790]

Absolutely love your lectures, your enthusiasm is infectious

[@Ellensburg44]

Thank you, Chris!

[@gregwalker7133]

Spent 45 summers in chelan. Absolutely God’s country. 90 degrees. Cold clear water and sandy beach. Been to stehekin many times by boat

[@craighoover1495]

Living at Mtn. Home AFB Idaho Dad took the family to Lake Chelan and a boat ride up to a faith based village so it was interesting to hear you talk about the geology of the area. Also living a year in Yakima and working for the State Dept of Ag I spent a lot a lot a lot of time on the road in the areas orchards, vineyards, pea and lentil, and wheat growing areas. So drove thru a lot of the cuts shown.

[@manxkin]

I'm from Illinois and spent a week at Lake Chelan. Beautiful place to visit and great home base to visit other remarkable places like Dry Falls.

[@thetawaves48]

If I had Nick in college, I would have changed my major.

[@helenaj9436]

Same

[@aspencrest]

I was wondering the same thing. Scary to think that a professor, simply by his enthusiasm and charisma, could send you down some potentially wrong path. (or right path)

[@drhyshek]

We would ALL be geologists .

[@IanTruthSeeker]

I wish there was someone like Nick teaching about the great lakes and Niagara escarpment

[@jamessuhr9667]

Greetings, from the foot of the Taranaki Volcano. Well said sir.

[@SCW1060]

Thank you for yet another super lecture and jammed packed full of new information. Please keep them coming I'm going for my Nick Zentner Geology degree lol I definitely will be ready watching this many times to soak up all of this new information. Again many thanks

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks for the comments, Scott. Glad you are enjoying the lectures.

[@Jules-fx2sc]

Really enjoying these lectures. Starting to now understand some of our own local geology features in North East England

[@waseca56]

Another great one. Even though I live in Minnesota my father and his brother had an orchard above Manson which was one of the highest elevations of any orchard there. Picked apples there quite a few times. It was great to look out out across the lake and mountains. My uncle had a good understanding of geomorphology and explained quite a bit about the area--especially the "glaciers" from both directions. This was back in the 1970s. He was also the one that first introduced me to the Missoula floods, the dry falls and the basalt erratics out in that area. I will contact you via CWSU website

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks Brent. Nice to hear about your experiences up there. My email is [e-mail]

[@kevincorbin6273]

Wish I could have had more teachers like Nick Learning would have been much more enjoyable

[@shagwellington]

Great lecture. He's quite a teacher.

[@georgiaconti2691]

What wonderful lectures!! SOOOO interesting!! You could lecture on the phone book and make it fascinating!!

[@lauriebolles3149]

This Conneticut Yankee lived on two pieces of land that both had Glacial Erradics. The first one in Weston had two huge boulders pushed up against each other. My brother, sister and I had great fun climbing all over them. Then we moved to a property in downtown Westport and had a large boulder that had a bronze plaque on it of two native women holding grain sheathes. The Erradic was called "The Threshing Rock", again a great thing to play on. I wish I had known then that these Erradics were transported from way up north by the Glaciers.

[@a-square4085]

I think I know more about Washington than my home State of WV now. You're a gifted teacher Nick.

[@olechuga2]

Excellent lecture, as normal. Thank you Sir, for your hard work in producing these types of lessons, and videos.

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks Oscar!

[@TheBarbecutioner]

These lectures are quite interesting and done with an engaging style. Thanks.

[@davidwhite5808]

Did some geology at school - your lectures have reawakened my interest again. Thank you Nick, I hope to visit from UK someday

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

Yes, Nick, *we want more!*

[@henrywight4057]

I absolutely love your lectures thank you so much for doing this.

[@ttabs]

Thanks Nick for the great talk. Your energy is boundless! Now I'm up to speed on the Chelan project and why you have such a great interest in that area. I'm trying to schedule a weekend to make a run over there this summer with the cams going. I see there's a lot of work to do. I'll keep you posted on dates.

[@Ellensburg44]

Would love some of your footage, Tom! We're filming next week on the ground - new PBS episode. Could really use high altitude shots (higher than drone) showing 50-mile-long lake reaching back into Cascades. You're the man!

[@bdrichardson403]

Nick, I wasn't gonna sit thru over an hour of this video but guess what...I loved it. And, I'm from Indiana and will probably never see that part of WA. Not only are your lectures fun, interesting and informative, it looks like you're spending a lifetime of doing what you LOVE to do. You are truly a VERY lucky guy.

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks much. Come visit!

[@edmc1000]

Thanks so much from an old guy, makes me want to go back to school and get degree in geology!

[@Ellensburg44]

Never too late!

[@patriciaboyer2675]

i tend to get bored really easy, i was not bored! Thank you having a wonderful lecture.*wanders off to watch more*

[@Ellensburg44]

Haha. Nice to hear. Thank you.

[@DjChelan]

I learned so much about our Beautiful Lake Chelan! Thank you!!!!

[@Ellensburg44]

Glad this lecture was useful to you!

[@hi.moriarty]

Isn't that just gneiss? Oh for schist's sake! It's just too complicated! OMG! This is my present complicated life perfectly described by a geology professor! And two years after the lecture even! I am grateful for his plain human-speak approach to the little people like us! Thanks, Nick! You really Do makes sense of things! Waves from west coast BC!

[@radiotuner]

Grew up in Chelan, and this really was wonderful to see and learn. Thank you!

[@Ellensburg44]

Glad you enjoyed it, Steve. Thanks.

[@IanHutchings_KTF]

These lectures are the best way of learning about the geology of the Pacific north-west. Professor Zeitner is a very rare commodity. A true educator. Thanks, Gerry 😉 One question about the formation of the moraines which dammed the rivers? Was this a gradual or periodic process, or were the dams formed in one event? Is there stratification? I'm not sure if that's a proper question. Great respect for these lectures regardless 😃 hot tea would be nice

[@timothytaylor8870]

Absolutely love this lecture! Your enthusiasm is awesome! So captivating!

[@Ellensburg44]

Thank you, Timothy!

[@typerkins7122]

Good stuff. Wish I had some of this knowledge 20 years ago when I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. Great teacher.

[@fredriikforkbeard7455]

@Ty - well... I thru-hiked in 2015 and was such a rocknut I was given the trail name Rocko.

[@kczcb4697]

Now I’m curious about McNeil canyon and the surrounding area. One of my favorite drives. Great lecture, thanks professor

[@rgkettle]

Really enjoy these lectures from El Paso, would love to see an episode on Devils Tower.

[@twodroll]

Fascinating, Nick. I spend a lot of time in that area, looking at the geology. It will be even more interesting now.

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks Michael. Pleased to hear that some of this is new to you.

[@tikitiki7610]

you are amazing! love your lectures

[@ethereal72]

finally a new episode. would you do a lecture on Mt Baker? I'm a fan man. Keep em coming.

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks for the tip, Zac. Will need to learn about the area first! It's on my list. Plenty of new stuff at nickzentner.com if you're interested.

[@waynep343]

be sure to review the Nova on mount st helens awakes. and look carefully at the percentage of water area in the magma . as there are some spires pushed up out the south west face called the black buttes that might be similar to the pushed up towers in st helens. but i was also noticing that sherman creator might be a lateral eruption so very little water will collect and percolate down to become steam causing additional volcanic activity. the long phase and short phase harmonics also need to be included.. i would think that the odd feature viewed in google maps satellite view about 200 miles west of Sitka Alaska might be an interesting lecture or field of study also. somebody did take some core samples a few years ago on an east west path across it but i don't know who did it or if they have examined them yet for fractured quartz. its a depression with a raised center like an asteroid impact hit the surface of the ocean sending a shock wave column of ocean straight at the bottom where it would spread out like a microburst digging out the depression and leaving the high spot in the middle. the feature is about 18 miles across so its easy to see. imagine the speed of the ejected seawater as the astroid hit.. followed by surface waves. then the tsunamis running along the ocean bottom from the massive column of water hammered toward the bottom of the ocean and spread out. i would love to contact researchers extracting siberian mammoths to see if any ice samples were viewed to check for signs of ocean life.. the salt would have fallen out when it froze.

[@jerrymcghee2170]

Zac Dyla

[@WonderLady]

@@Ellensburg44 can you do orcas island?

[@jeffreymarshall4572]

Love this guy.

[@sueoconnor6801]

I love this guy! I mean... I like rocks, and geology is always interesting when well explained to non scientist like me... But the enthusiasm he brings to our lesson is contagious.

[@Ellensburg44]

Thanks Sue!

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Alway learn amazing things here.