I wish I'd have studied geology when I was in college. I quite possibly would have finished college if I had. I live in Liberty Lake Washington, and was born and raised in Spokane. In my youth I use to dislike what I called the desert we had to endure while travelling to and from Seattle. Today, thanks to your videos, I find myself incredibly attracted to the Channeled Scablands. As a matter of fact, I'm planning on visiting as much of it as I can this summer to make a photo journal. Thanks for your presentations. I really enjoy them.

Nic Ventner is an incredible educator, narrator and a very nice man who Would be awesome to have a beer with!

Hi Nick, I just stumbled upon your videos and I love them. I live in NY's Hudson Valley and I'm an avid outdoors-man. Now you've got me searching high and low for Geology Lectures pertaining to my home. Thanks for the videos, I really like them!!

@Ellensburg44

5 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your comment. Thank you. See nickzentner.com for all of my stuff in one place.

These field-trip lectures are fabulous. They educate and entertain. I will be exploring many of these sites to experience it 1st hand. Thank you!1

@Ellensburg44

8 жыл бұрын

+Rudi Lapa So glad you enjoy these, Rudi. Thanks for watching.

On lonely days I’ve found solace in Nick and these lessons. I can’t thank you enough for this!

@lindakautzman7388

2 жыл бұрын

ME TOO

@jeremiahmelson8530

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindakautzman7388 Do you have any recommendations for something similar to this?

@egay86292

Жыл бұрын

me too. geology beats philosophy.

On a trip of learning, got a long way to go, but going! thank you. ALL stay safe

I love how data can change with new discoveries.

A great show would be him traveling state by state explaining the geology as he goes. I’d dig it!

@ChristianGreyHawkins

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd love to see his lectures about my own home state.

@RockHudrock

3 жыл бұрын

40 states could be done in 1 hr. 🥱😴 “...dirt...” then out west, lots of interesting stuff! 🤣

Thanks Nick was worth watching a 2nd time

Dr. Zelner is such an asset to Central Washington University. I wish others would share share their knowledge and time like Nick does.

@Ellensburg44

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcus. It's fun.

I just love these videos. Almost makes me want to move to Washington.

Good stuff Nick !!!

Thanks for doing these videos for us......I have watched 6 or 7 of your videos so far....I would love to see someone doing what you have done for the great Northwest down here in the SE....from a sw georgia boy.

These are just great. Excellent intro on reading the terrain. I ll see if I can apply what I learned to decoding my Nova Scotia landscape :) Thanks bunch for putting those up!

@Ellensburg44

8 жыл бұрын

+Marlo Lemieux Thanks for watching, Marlo. Hello from the other edge of North America.

This show rocks!

at 3:44, you state that the pre-flood basalt sloped gently down to the Columbia. This gentle slop is visible over your head where we can see the next point on the river upstream from the I90 bridge sloping gently from the high ground on the left toward the river at the center of the frame.

Niagara Falls retreated as well. I spent time stationed in Tacoma, Washington always admired Washington geology. Michigan doesn't have the same features but I still see the effect of a melting glacier!

I search for coulee, and I get pictures of Prof. Zentner

So coul...ee. Thanks.

The sand dune(s) that here in this same area are pretty cool also.

WOW!! thanks nick

EXCELLENT

to think we have a petrified wood forest, with most of the denizens of that forest, from so long ago is simply spectacular. to get a full representation of all the trees, in such a small area, when the whole thing could have burnt up. nature gives and then takes away. time. an enemy, but mysterious too.

@Ellensburg44

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!

>^..^ Earlyer in time my Father's last comment after being made an officer in WWII in the US Navy was to deliver YO (Yard Oiler) to the Mediterranean. The navy written orders only told him what date he needed to deliver the YO, not the rout to take. So he took this littel ship a few miles longer and decided since he had ever made it around the world thru the Suez canal. He diced to accross the Pacific ocean from Bremerton WA to the Med in the YO just for fun. And ended up bringing back a big Persian run which was in our family living room for decades as a souvenir of his trip. I guess that was his rout 90 detour just for fun with someone else's vehicle.......

Hi Nick, I know how much you love Washington. I love watching your shows, but I'm in Oregon. I was wondering if you would do a little bit about your southern neighbor? Thanks!

@Ellensburg44

7 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks Jennifer. We have a new PBS video series that aims to eventually visit key spots all across the Pacific Northwest. Washington stuff first....but the Bonneville Landslide across the river from Cascade Locks, OR will be featured in a new video next winter. Thanks for your interest.

Nick I like watching your videos and my question is is it possible to find gold in that area with metal detector. Looks like a arizona.

@Ellensburg44

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stefan. No gold found so far in the coulees of eastern Washington. Much gold found in the Cascade Range to the west.

Bravo , Butte , Nick about 6 :30 , you note and comment on the wild flowers , you are a geologist ! Dmnt man ! That's biology , cut it down and burn the evidence , it's in the way of progress! I want to see nothing but rocks ! Boi is a separate Dept. Down the hall , along ways , somewhere . Forget them ! Focus on the stone! ...c yaz!

Do you have anything on the creator lake eruption . 7700 years age. I’m looking for dating accuracy and extent of deposits.

I'm obsessed w geology.

@gerrycoleman7290

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget soil science, the excited skin of the planet.

@lindakautzman7388

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Are those giant ripples on the floor of the coulee?

Should be a starting point or area for the coulee.

Is it OK to use my metal detector to search for gold in that area? Thanks

@Ellensburg44

6 жыл бұрын

Why not?

@danstrayer111

5 жыл бұрын

because there is no gold there

Volcanic activity at Kinbasket Lake near Golden, British Columbia, Canada melted the ice causing a sub-glacial river.

@Ellensburg44

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. Am just starting to learn about BC geology. Embarrassing that I don't know much at my age.

@SandCrabNews

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ellensburg44 , I get the humor. No disrespect intended. I still laugh at lost hammer blooper.

why is it called the Frenchman Coulée

There must have been many floods.

I like the story, but its a shame to visir Vantage without discussing the Vantage Horizon in the CRB.

Thanks for replying Nick do you have more info about west

@Ellensburg44

7 жыл бұрын

Try nickzentner.com for more videos and lectures.

nice! or should I say coule!

@Ellensburg44

8 жыл бұрын

+J Dean Thanks for watching.

...a Louisiana Cajun Coule, pronounced coo-la...with a long A at the end, like the Spanish word Ole, is a big ditch. Similar to a water drainage canal.

YALL ARE IMPEEDING ON OUR OPENESS.

not enough detail. and why a charity sponsor?

Then along came Henry Ford and the climate warmed. Oh wait... that's just Bravo Sierra. Nevermind

How about google geology? Boredom make you look at weird stuff. The Chixitlub asteroid impact had to cause a shockwave right? I went looking for the antipodes location, just out of curiousity. I figured whatever was on the opposite side of the planet was going to take a hit from impact shock right? Looking at continental drift maps, India rolled thru there and obliterated the evidence. Either that or rock broken up by the shockwave allowed India to cruise hard into the Asian plate. That would mean that the Chixitlub impact had an indirect part in pushing up the Himalayas? Any geologists out there?