Geology of Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier, an icon of the Pacific Northwest, is surrounded by a dramatic landscape of volcanic ridges and glacier-carved valleys. Look closer, and this familiar landscape contains the origin story of this area. It has been covered in swamps and ancient seas, flowing lava, explosive ash, and thick sheets of ice. Mountains rose and eroded away.
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  • @Chiberia
    @Chiberia6 күн бұрын

    I live in Atlanta. I had the opportunity to fly into Seattle a few times and seeing Rainier was eye opening for me. I, quite literally, had never seen anything like it. To hear that the Himalayas put the Rockies to shame blows my mind.

  • @archstanton_live
    @archstanton_live9 ай бұрын

    "Glaciers constrained [subsequent] lava flows to the tops of ridgelines." I had never appreciated that dynamic before. Thank you.

  • @NFS305
    @NFS3059 ай бұрын

    Thank you national park!

  • @Tony18282
    @Tony182824 ай бұрын

    Fears of fathom 4 iron bark lookout

  • @user-vs9oq8cd8l
    @user-vs9oq8cd8l2 ай бұрын

    My climbing friend and I did the summit in August 76. Yea, I was scared.

  • @LawLinternets
    @LawLinternets9 ай бұрын

    It's crazy to think that when I was growing up just in the 90's we learned that Mt Rainier is an "extinct" volcano. But now that dialogue has drastically changed. Now we have lahar sirens in the Puyallup River valley. It's quite humbling that in a geological timeline Mt Rainier has been very active.

  • @InUteroKDC

    @InUteroKDC

    4 ай бұрын

    I was in school in the 90’s too, and I have know idea where you heard “extinct”, that’s total BS. No way that’s what was taught.

  • @InUteroKDC

    @InUteroKDC

    4 ай бұрын

    Mt Rainier “Extinct” that was never taught in school. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

  • @richardmohr9428
    @richardmohr94288 ай бұрын

    People might like to see photos of when there are unusual looking clouds around the summit. These clouds form because the weather way up there is so different from what's way below. Some of the clouds look like enormous flying saucers.

  • @kaskorraky9473
    @kaskorraky94739 ай бұрын

    I see this mountain from my backyard 😃 and I'm the first to coment 🤣

  • @robertmanella528
    @robertmanella52827 күн бұрын

    So, let it blow!! If people were stupid enough to move there,it is there problem, not ours!!

  • @alexandersupertramp7353
    @alexandersupertramp73539 ай бұрын

    Hopefully you won't drop the ball major event, and you'll close your damn gates when the D-BAGS show up! You literally have "1" job!......PROTECT THE NATIONAL PARK!