Just there! Iceland is a wonderland!

I love geology. I’ve never been there but I am going to school for a second degree in geology because I want to live in Iceland someday.

Dude, it's so awesome there. Thank you Prof. Willsey!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

You bet!

@Deb-vu7gk

5 ай бұрын

​​​@@shawnwillsey The Colums look a bit like the ones in Irelands (UK) Giants Causeway

I love this channel. In my own geology program, I loved the field work and field trips. I think I would have enjoyed Shawn's field classes. (especially if we have to go to Iceland or Hawaii)

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Oi. Wish I had been smart enough and rich enough to have gone with you! So grateful to watch the vids, Doc. Keep on!

What a fantastic beach! Stunning scenery and amazing geology. Another great film.

That looks like our coastline in Northern OR, but on steroids! Such an amazing trip, thank you for your suffering so we can ooh and aah from home...

@Dragrath1

2 ай бұрын

It's about a year late (waiting for some of the new Iceland trip stuff from Shawn) but at least part of that similarity is likely down to origin as Siletzia based on igneous petrology appears to have once been a Pacific analog of Iceland i.e. a mantle plume hotspot formed along the East Pacific Rise prior to North America crashing into and overriding it. The hot spot responsible is now in western Wyoming but the seismic tomography shows that the deep solid mantle discontinuity associated with the EPR persists below Yellowstone making out the rough boundary of the Basin and Range + Colorado plateau. Point is when he time comes for the Atlantic to close Iceland will likely get smeared accreted onto a continent or two as Siletzia's other half is Yakutat up in Alaska.

Thank you Shawn for the tour of an amazing beach, wow Iceland is an amazing place. To all in Iceland best to you and stay safe.

What a beautiful place! I love those waves. Beautiful sea stacks. 🌊 Those small columns surprised me. But then I'm used to Columbia Basin Basalt flows that surround my home. It's nice to see so much difference in columns size and angle on one beach. Thank you.

Wow... that is an amazing location.

I’ve been there, it’s amazing!

Those columns are amazing.

Felt like a treasure hunt.Many thanks for sharing.

Near Devil's Postpile Shawn, up the San Joaquin River Canyon near the river trail is a Basalt outcropping like DP, but it goes up and curves to the right, looked like it was being crushed. If I recall correctly there was more than one in the area, but I haven't been there since the 1980s.

Thanks, Shawn.... for putting in the effort to put out these entertaining geo-vids! Great info!!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this kind and generous donation. This will help me travel to more locations and make more videos.

Great video. I was there in mid-May but the surf was killer ( about twice as high as the day you were there) and I (slow old lady) was hesitant to walk around the corner.

@ZebaKnight

8 ай бұрын

Make that "wise old lady". This beach has taken many lives. Not all of those lost were being foolish. "Sneaker waves" sweep people away. Shawn was watching the sea, but vigilance would not have saved him if a sneaker wave had come at a bad moment.

Whoa! Magnificent! Can these forms be 'delicious?? LOL Interpretation of how this all formed seems crazy difficult. Dang! Gorgeous day and place. Thank you!

Thanks for this great video of these columns in Iceland. I really appreciate your sharing this!!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

The two spire-like sea stacks look like a scene from a fantasy story.

What an amazing place! It’s a landscape that belongs in myths.

Scenery is almost an art

When that first sea stack came into view my first though5 was the end of Planet of the Apes…lol Thanks for sharing your adventures

That has to be the most amazing beach I have ever seen. Amazing, dynamic rocks! Thanks so much for all your efforts and for the opportunities to learn.

Beautiful place. Amazing rocks formations, wow. The sea is awesome.

when I saw those flat round stones, I immediately thought....skipping contest

@annafdd

8 ай бұрын

The wind will probably skip it back and smack you on the face with them!

@bjorgolfurhavarsson3984

3 ай бұрын

Those are some of the best skipping stones you ever would find, however, you would be hard pressed to find a day with our heavy surf, making any ambition of a new personal best in skipping mote.

Aside from the black sand and other basaltic features, very reminiscent of agate hunting on the beaches of our Pacific Northwest…where one needs to be very mindful of rogue waves crashing down on you!

Wow such spectacular scenery with the columns and sea stacks Shawn, hope you get back OK, it looks like the tide is coming in. Jim from Dartford UK.

Wow, Shawn! What an amazing place! Thank you for sharing it.🙂

I was at this beautiful beach in May of 09. It still looks the same. Which makes me happy. The little town near this beach _Vik- is also a sweet place to stop. Thanks for showing this location.

I'm gobsmacked! That is an amazing location! Incredible video!

I have been on that beach! It was indeed windy but oh so beautiful.

oh man I love those columns

MAGNIFICENT!!! Thank you for a vicarious visit to black sand beach.. those columns!!! Wow!!!

Great geo-adventure. Thx Prof. ✌🏻

Thanks!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind donation. Much appreciated.

Land o Lakes,wi.usa,,,,,,,,,here for class,,,,,,,,tnx,pat &family.

On a beach like that you have to pay attention to the tide schedule lest you be caught between the raging sea and the cliffs! Thanks for taking us on a video tour of these most interesting formations.

Wow Shawn that was amazing !!! I have to go there myself.

Great video footage! Thanks for sharing! 😊

Thanks, Shawn. That was really exciting.

Love those basalts.

What stunning geological formations! Thanks for filming out in that wind and sharing your knowledge.

Great. Thanks!

Thank you! I enjoy your videos a lot.

@shawnwillsey

7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

amazing place,cheers,

Another nice video from you, thank you. One question concerning the diameters of the basalt columns: Are these similar to the grain size in plutonites, meaning that the bigger the diameter of the column is, the slower it cooled down?

That's awesome. I wish the collumnar rock would make square collumns which could be useful in building houses and cathedrals.

Hong Kong has some of these hexagonal column formations also.

I'm trying to catch up on all the older videos.

I feel like you should be wearing a hardhat there.

I wonder if stone tools where made from the basalt

Keremeos needles in BC, Canada are basaltic columns I've seen. Layer Cake Mountain near Kelowna is far more spectacular though.

Aspirationally hexogonal.

Is there an explanation as to why some columns are smaller or bigger than others?

Are the geometric shapes of the columns related to the geometry of the crystals?

❤

About to go be homeless on that beach. So beautiful. Jeez

Hi, I've a rock from Ireland that's attracted to magnets. I haven't a clue what it is. Probably ingenious of some sort. Ive No idea where to get it check in Ireland

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Try a geology professor at a nearby university.

I am concerned that you didn't more forcefully remind viewers how often "sneaker waves" on that beach have taken lives at times when the sea seemed quite calm. Iceland hasn't figured out an effective way to warn visitors there. Pls add a strong warning on this vid and anywhere else your viewers might see it.

@bjorgolfurhavarsson3984

3 ай бұрын

There is a huge sign by the the parking lot now. Three large colour lights indicating sea state, with three clearly drawn (map on the sigh) lines in matching colours. Other than barbed wire and anti personnel mines, I really don´t know what more to do.

Not always hexagonal.

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Sometimes pentagons and heptagons too.

Thanks!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind donation. It is very appreciated.

Thanks!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Thanks!

@shawnwillsey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind donation

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