Shawn Willsey

Shawn Willsey

I am a geology professor, author of Geology Underfoot in Southern Idaho, and co-author of Roadside Geology of Idaho. I love exploring the Earth's rocks and landscapes and sharing these stories with others. On this channel, I post a variety of engaging videos to help folks understand geology from a variety of locations in throughout the western US and beyond. Most of my videos are field-based, where geology is learned best, but I also have some longer lecture style videos as well. My videos are not slick productions. They are often raw, off the cuff, and unscripted, but hopefully informative and helpful. As a licensed climbing and whitewater rafting guide, I sometimes sneak these exploits in as well with a bit of geology for good measure. Enjoy and thanks for your viewership!

If you like what you see, please consider supporting my efforts through this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EWUSLG3GBS5W8
www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnwillsey

Пікірлер

  • @nitawynn9538
    @nitawynn953823 сағат бұрын

    Very cool! Thanks, Shawn.

  • @sheilaathay2034
    @sheilaathay203423 сағат бұрын

    Thanks Shawn!

  • @marumiyuhime
    @marumiyuhime23 сағат бұрын

    imagine YT with ads thank god for adblock

  • @susiesue3141
    @susiesue3141Күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing all the great video 13:26 footage! Very interesting as always! 😊

  • @jballenger9240
    @jballenger9240Күн бұрын

    Why does the channel say there are only 3 comments when I found 9 at 2123 on June 17 ?

  • @shelleyszulinszky9732
    @shelleyszulinszky9732Күн бұрын

    Watching drone flight, listening to my husband picking guitar, is both soothing and spectacular at the same time. A time ago, I walked the Niska'a lava flow near Terrace, BC. I am so glad I had this opportunity as it makes watching this living landscape amazing ❤✌️👍

  • @sheilagraham8543
    @sheilagraham8543Күн бұрын

    Great flights Shawn. I feel privileged to witness land being added to Iceland: thank you, Johan at NatureEye and the moderators.

  • @kevindorland738
    @kevindorland738Күн бұрын

    Thank you Professor

  • @jballenger9240
    @jballenger9240Күн бұрын

    Thank you and all who contributed to this content. Very appreciative.

  • @raenbow66
    @raenbow66Күн бұрын

    Thanks, Shawn, and everyone who adds content and moderates... really good information. Love the photos and drone shots, especially.

  • @wendywilliams603
    @wendywilliams603Күн бұрын

    Great job with the drone flight! By chance did you see that there have been several earthquakes within the crater at Mt. St. Helen's over the weekend? It may be awakening.😅

  • @paulhesse5159
    @paulhesse5159Күн бұрын

    Shawn, since the lower spots of the topography have been filled in by the previous lava flows, does it make sense that (and the volume of the eruption) contribute to this being the largest eruption by area so far?

  • @cirrus820travelers9
    @cirrus820travelers9Күн бұрын

    This is incredible to view live or replay, from a world away. Thank you Shawn & NatureEye and all involved in making this possible. Ever since Mt St Helen's Eruption impacting my route from FL to NAS Whidbey, I've always been curious about volcanic activities from safety at home in Florida. I really enjoy viewing historic and active geological events. Thank you for teaching us about our planet! ❤

  • @bravendyer9529
    @bravendyer9529Күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @finnelkjaer7461
    @finnelkjaer7461Күн бұрын

    You also have Dimmuborgir, a former huge lava pool. If I remember right of what the professors (Stocholm University, Gothenburg University/Iceland University), it had filled more than once (we had to read a paper about this) and the wall had collapsed each time. This rootless volcano was fed from far away by lava tubes, which actually resulted in pilars (with the end of lava tubes in them) in the former pool. Around the huge pool was a wall that had formed from stiffen splatter. There was also a cooled roof, which had collapsed, giving a lot of bolders in places. The starting of the forming should have been the lava reaching a water filled fissure, and being cooled there, forming a barrier. The explanation at the information boards at this site tell a different story, which the professors said was erronious. In that version the pilars were ventilation pipes created when lava passed over a wet mire and forced steam upwards. Anyway, looking at satellite photos (Google Earth) a bit SE of Husavik, having passed over an elevation into a flatter area with a lot of (often water rich) fissures, there are a lot of round features, former lava pools. Many of these should be former rootless volcanoes (much larger than the rootless cones mentioned here, but much smaller than Dimmuborgir) and some perched lava ponds. On the satellite photos, one can also see ols lava channels, as well as a cone which has collapsed, resulting in an outflow. Those small spatter cone like features, could they also result from degassing above lava tubes? At the south end of Myvatn, there are explosive secondary cones resulting from lava flowing out across mire, or some wet landscape, giving explotions formimg cones. At least, I have been told this.

  • @helenferris575
    @helenferris575Күн бұрын

    Greetings, Shawn. This was a particularly wonderful video. Thank you. Keep well.

  • @mindysdad3110
    @mindysdad3110Күн бұрын

    Always a great watch

  • @irmaoksanen6830
    @irmaoksanen6830Күн бұрын

    Interesting how the gas emissions are drawn into the spatter cone.

  • @gins8781
    @gins8781Күн бұрын

    👍

  • @shawnwillsey
    @shawnwillseyКүн бұрын

    Please be sure to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. You can support my educational videos by clicking on the "Thanks" button just above (right of Like button) or by going here: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EWUSLG3GBS5W8 Or: www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnwillsey

  • @lisat9707
    @lisat9707Күн бұрын

    Fun! Now what kind of rock is that😂

  • @dennishillman3502
    @dennishillman3502Күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @claytonwiley
    @claytonwileyКүн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @albertmorrissette3640
    @albertmorrissette3640Күн бұрын

    I lived near there for many years, really enjoyed exploring the landscape and going to Copper Mtn college. There are petroglyphs near Johnson valley lava tubes that you can explore and so much more

  • @stevewhalen6973
    @stevewhalen6973Күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @albertmorrissette3640
    @albertmorrissette3640Күн бұрын

    thank you for the insight

  • @bravendyer9529
    @bravendyer9529Күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @bravendyer9529
    @bravendyer9529Күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @garyoconnordbaairrepair7775
    @garyoconnordbaairrepair77752 күн бұрын

    Road Cuts? Southbound Hwy 99. From Chico to Gridley? You drive right through an ancient lava flow. A few more just South of Chico. The lava flow is from the ancient Volcanic activity from Mt Tehama.