Spirit Lake Pluton

[@sharonseal9150]

A video and a livestream on the same day! You keep tantalizing us with plutons - I hope this means that this winter we will gain a deeper understanding of our plutons, especially when they formed formed versus when they rose to "breath the air". This is great! Loving the correlation with volcanos. Thanks for another awesome field trip Nick.

[@fredjonestowns4213]

Nick totally rocks man

[@vanessabrackfield5435]

Brilliant scenery with wonderful information

[@muddawgkomm9642]

Nick, thank you for racking up the miles and miles to show, describe and teach us such very very interesting geology. Your not afraid to be out in the field studying what's already on paper. I can tell Nick your a "hands on" instructor which is what I love! You show us the proof in your geology teaching. If only more instructor's were open to applying field work with class time and NOT 100% lecture but hands on boot treads out in the woods or wherever but yeah your way of teaching "ROCKS" (pun intended)!!!! And thanks again for taking us out on all your field excercises, your appreciated more than you'll ever ever know. Looking forward to "our" next outing. 😊 I too love the history in rocks and soil. Later buddy.

[@farmermark2067]

Nick in the morning can't be beat! Love it! Thanks for the am field trip Nick. Looking forward to all things Cascades in the next few months.

[@tomessary4099]

Many thanks for your continued zeal for teaching about rocks!!!

[@medievalcreatures]

you know i'm here within an hour of the upload. the people must be ready for some cascades action. blessings Nick!

[@StewartSmith-g4f]

Thanks, Nick, interesting trip to see the Spirit Lake Pluton.

[@ceuson3]

I lived in Castle Rock in '89. After work my husband would scoop ash into his little VW truck for our organic garden. The ash was that same color. So the eruption powdered the underlying rock? (Maybe this is a Duh!) I was already awed by the loss of trees & the flooding of the Toutle River.....It was the best garden I've ever grown.

[@hobbyfarmer62]

I remember seeing pictures of all the damage from when the mountain went boom right after I left for army boot camp. Wish I was still up to taking hikes like this and the joy of exploring and learning as you go.

[@joshadams8761]

As a geology fan, I am grateful for plutons.

[@susandobbs3575]

Very interesting, I live in Toutle, on Spirit Lake Highway. Thank you for sharing your ideas about the Spirit Lake pluton ,

[@cwiggy34]

You are going to have fun Nick.

[@lauram9478]

❤❤❤

[@guiart4728]

That first sample looked like volcanic andesite to me. The others looked more like the granodiorite the book is describing. Thanks for taking us along!

[@shackeeloatmeal3252]

Love this place! I took a field course and we studied the Spirt Lake area!

[@charlesflorian1758]

WOW, verery interesting. Finially caught the video a shown I think.! GREAT!

[@donnaminar4689]

Very interesting. I want those guides!

[@mhansl]

Hannah Shamloo's Goat Rocks project, Mike Eddy's Spirit Lake project, along with the upcoming Cascade's A-Z... It's hard to imagine being more excited about geology than I am right now.

[@jontienstra]

Always great to start out with a mystery.

[@bensturges7412]

Must have had your coffee between first and second stops. Third stop looked more blue-green than others on camera (maybe shade), but you did read about copper/pyrite veins.

[@knutanderswik7562]

Good morning deer professor ☕ reminds me of choc chip mint ice cream with the mini chips

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

Fruit Cake also came to my mind when looking at this nice looking rock.

[@muddawgkomm9642]

Not that it matters but I kinda thought it looked like that birthday cake confetti frosting. Just my opinion tho.

[@davemathews48]

@16:00 Oreo mcflurry

[@charlesflorian1758]

Nick, where were you when Mt. St. Helens erupted or shortly after the big blast? Friend and I took the Cessna 210 flew around the area. Got some sweat areal photos.

[@sidbemus4625]

Nick... What brand hiking boots do you wear?

[@hjumper8238]

Able to follow some of the places you stopped to take examples for this video by using Google Maps, as well as some views across the road to distinctive mountain sides. Thankfully, street view is available on NF-26. Thank you, Nick.

[@alanrobbo6980]

Hi Nick, looks nice where you are.

[@TexasRoadrunner]

Oliviet scone

[@sidbemus4625]

At 3:01 to 3:07 ; rocks on the extreme right, horizontal / darker brown... are those weathered holes or larger pieces of hornblende?

[@DoubleADay]

Whatchamacallit Bar

[@muddawgkomm9642]

YES!!! That's what he should've named it.

[@billy-go9kx]

It looks like a dragon fruit.

[@erichughes8172]

Trachyte porphyry maybe

[@sidbemus4625]

Another look at it at 3:18 - 3:28. Center screen.. stays center as you move right.... oh.....nice shows of Hornblende?