Thank you, Oregon Field Guide! It was fun to be part of this episode. Special thanks to talented producer Jule and imaginative videographer Brandon. The three of us spent three days together in March of 2023 filming this video.
Nick, you keep getting better and better as time goes on.i I've been a sub of yours since when you only had your 4 Downtown Lectures. Keep Rockin the Rocks my friend
Standing up! I drive up to Ellensburg one Tuesday night for a lecture about the Bridge of the Gods (the geology version..not the steel bridge) and talked with him a couple of minutes before the presentation. He's like a professor, geology''s answer to Mr. Wizard, and giant cartoon version of a Weebelo all rolled into one.
I am one of them. I watch every one of his lectures as soon as they drop, and have seen all of them multiple times. I just wish there were more of them to enjoy.
My greatest (and only) geologic find in the PNW was stumbling on Nick videos about 10 years ago. I fell into immediate fandom, and now he can't get shed of me. I truly never thought about geology until he unknowingly foisted it upon me; now I'm addicted to rock. I was fortunate to be able to attend his 2023 Downtown Lecture Series, which was a dream realized, and I'm counting the days to his 2024 Series. Two dreams in one lifetime, which is so more than my fair share, but I'll take it!
At this point in life I am able to look back and see the people that have made an impact on the way I view the world around me, most of these people were teachers. I can tell that this gentleman was one of those few that was made to educate others about something he has a great love of. I feel smarter every video of his I watch.
I have been watching Professor Nick for several years. He has taught me so much about Mama Earth, I am 87 and will be 88 on January 3rd, 2025. He is the kind of teacher that they all should be! 🐈⬛🐈⬛👵Teo, Twotwo, my cats and me.
It's a rare talent that can take the concepts, find the evidence, and present it in a manner so accesable. Thank you for your spirit Nick, my world is more interesting from having heard your stories. Thanks also to the folks that have invested in bringing these stories to the view of of the public. Just the information makes it worth while, but because of the interest it generates, it benefits the region and all who reside in it and enjoy its wonders.
At Yaquina Head, when you descend those stairs they ended at, you're on a beach full of lovely black basalt cobbles eroded from the Gingko by the surf. As the waves shift the rocks around, it's almost musical listening to them. One of my favorite stops along the Oregon coast (we toured all the lighthouses a few years back).
He has a method of providing people with explanations that are easily understood by many, including the younger generation! These are our future and with his influence, in a good position to carry on learning more about what our world has gone through as possible future Geologists. He is certainly very unique and an admirable teacher.
My favorite thing about Nick is just how much he takes away from his own teaching experiences. "whats that look like" "like coppery gems" "coppery gems, i like that" "whats that look like" "Kinda like a Christmas tree" "yeah it kinda does" You know hes going to use these to help describe what these formations look like in the future. Smart as heck scientists yest still always learning.
Yaquina Head and the nearby town, etc., are named for the Yaquina native people. They spoke a dialect of the Alsean language, thought to fall within the Penutian language family. Nick and OPB captured this episode beautifully.
I love this information about the lava flows. All over the states of the PNW! My favorite part of the world - where I’m from. I would like learning more of this volcanic history!
I have begun watching Nick’s lectures on you tube this last year, they are great. He brings such energy and enthusiasm to the teaching and learning. I took a couple of geology classes with the wonderful John Allen at PSU in Portland a long long time ago. He changed forever the way I look at my native Pacific Northwest. Nick is doing wonders to enlarge our understanding of our surroundings and geologic times. Thank you for presenting this!
"It's rock science" clever! Glad the OPB presenter got to go on a road trip(s) with him. The geology of Oregon and Washington, Idaho , BC are intertwined.
Wow, two of my favorites together in one episode! Oregon Field Guide excells at showing the natural beauty of this wonderful area, and Nick's lectures excel at showing "what's behind the curtain", or , rather, what's under the ground, at the side of the road cuts, and right under our feet. Nick really helped me understand the depth and breadth of the ancient lava flows and how they changed the course of rivers.
I have been waiting for 5 months for this edition. Great job for all , thanks for the drawings, and effects. What a great job Nick does. I'm calling my friends and family to let them know.
Not only two great communicators telling a fascinating story, but the graphics in this segment are absolutely first class! Best animation of the CRBs that I've ever seen.
Wow. I've collected pieces of that rock from all my trips to Newport. (Not knowing the story behind it) This was such a well put together video. Nick is doing amazing content on geological activity in the Pacific Northwest. It's insanely refreshing to see it covered in such detail and with genuine curiosity and passion
His passion makes me want to learn more about the area i live in, now i will never look at these features the same again, thank you! Learn something new every day!
I love seeing this! Getting to know my home a little better. I had no idea the Columbia went through the hood river valley! And just outside of the Dalles anticline is evidence of the flow that changed the flow path! Such an amazing and beautiful place! I love the iconic voice Nick has! His videos are so incredible.
How cool, I didn't know the Ginkgo flow was part of Silver Falls State Park. I got go there just one time but have remembered that park fondly. Seeing it at the ocean is a surprise, too. This is a wonderful video. I'm very glad to have watched it.
Thank you for this. I have heard of the Ginkgo lava flow thanks to the petrified wood within it, but had never actually thought about the actual flow that petrified those trees. Fascinating!
Love this new set of “Nick on the Rocks”!! Nick has matured and evolved from the original series and the video is stunningly beautiful! Thank you KCTS and Nick!! ❤❤
I’ve wondered for a while if this is the same basalt that forms the bedrock underneath the Luckiamute River north of Hoskins. Next time I’m there in the summer I’ll bring a rock hammer to look for the orange crystal.
The geology of the Luckiamute River is its own thing compared to the flood basalts and totally worth diving into on its own! ruclips.net/video/5eKzj0mxmcw/видео.html
I wonder if they are sunstones? Sunstones are found in basalt in Utah. Oregon sunstones are found in places covered by flood basalt. Sunstones get their color from copper inclusions.
Please forgive me if I missed this. But, did Nick ever say what the orange crystals are made of and how they came to be in the basalt flow? I went back through the transcript and I can't find that information.
Great question. I went to Google and found we need to purchase Dr. Ho's dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow. Her abstract mentions plagioclase phenocrysts from .5 to >3mm. That's about the right size range from the video, but the orange color throws me. It doesn't really match the specimens illustrated in the Wikipedia article on plagioclase. More research required I guess. Maybe Dr. Ho can be contacted directly? Her dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow was 25 years ago.
Similar in some respects and different in others. The biggest difference is that these flows were mind bogglingly massive in scale. The lava flowed for hundreds of miles across the land. They filled valleys miles deep and buried mountain ranges.
@@brandonholt6717 Yes, the SCALE of these fissure eruptions is hard to wrap your head around. It has an apparent connection to the Yellowstone hotspot, so the entire PNW has been a busy place geologically for about the last 50 million years or so. Initially I couldn't believe that a flow of this magnitude could travel 300 or so miles without cooling enough to harden and stop flowing; but while that might be true for the top fringe of the flow, the lava flowing BELOW that top "rind" was able to maintain its soupy, runny nature for all that distance. It IS a relatively thick flow (almost 200 ft on average), so plenty of volume as long as it maintains its white-hot temperature the whole way out to the coast.
Thank you, Oregon Field Guide! It was fun to be part of this episode. Special thanks to talented producer Jule and imaginative videographer Brandon. The three of us spent three days together in March of 2023 filming this video.
Absolutely love your content and channel! Your passion is contagious!
Nick, you keep getting better and better as time goes on.i I've been a sub of yours since when you only had your 4 Downtown Lectures. Keep Rockin the Rocks my friend
You gotta love it!!
Didn’t know about this video…excellent as usual!
@GeologyNick Could you post coordinates or give directions to the Ginkgo dike (shown at 2:37)? I'd love to see it myself.
Nick is the real deal, one of the best science communicators out there. Zentnerds stand up!
Standing up! I drive up to Ellensburg one Tuesday night for a lecture about the Bridge of the Gods (the geology version..not the steel bridge) and talked with him a couple of minutes before the presentation. He's like a professor, geology''s answer to Mr. Wizard, and giant cartoon version of a Weebelo all rolled into one.
Zentnerds in the house!
I am one of them. I watch every one of his lectures as soon as they drop, and have seen all of them multiple times. I just wish there were more of them to enjoy.
I would love for him to have a sitdown with Randall Carlson. That would be an interesting conversation.
Nick is what ALL teachers should strive to be like.
He not only gets you excited to learn about said subject, but his excitement is contagious.
I totally agree.
My greatest (and only) geologic find in the PNW was stumbling on Nick videos about 10 years ago. I fell into immediate fandom, and now he can't get shed of me. I truly never thought about geology until he unknowingly foisted it upon me; now I'm addicted to rock. I was fortunate to be able to attend his 2023 Downtown Lecture Series, which was a dream realized, and I'm counting the days to his 2024 Series. Two dreams in one lifetime, which is so more than my fair share, but I'll take it!
He’s a certifiable national treasure. Love his lectures!
At this point in life I am able to look back and see the people that have made an impact on the way I view the world around me, most of these people were teachers. I can tell that this gentleman was one of those few that was made to educate others about something he has a great love of. I feel smarter every video of his I watch.
Cool-Nick Zentner (aka, Ned Zinger) featured in an OPB|Oregon Field Guide video! You gotta love it! Thank you OPB, and Nick. 😊
Our pleasure!
LOL@Ned Zinger!
I have been watching Professor Nick for several years. He has taught me so much about Mama Earth, I am 87 and will be 88 on January 3rd, 2025. He is the kind of teacher that they all should be! 🐈⬛🐈⬛👵Teo, Twotwo, my cats and me.
It's a rare talent that can take the concepts, find the evidence, and present it in a manner so accesable.
Thank you for your spirit Nick, my world is more interesting from having heard your stories.
Thanks also to the folks that have invested in bringing these stories to the view of of the public. Just the information makes it worth while, but because of the interest it generates, it benefits the region and all who reside in it and enjoy its wonders.
Like Carl Sagan...
Nick's a helluva guy, and one of the best lecturers I've seen.
We (Zentnerds) have ventured into Oregon a few times, but this is one of the best. Thanks, Nick and Oregon field Guide.❤
Her personality is a good foil for Nick's delivery. They make an interesting duo.
At Yaquina Head, when you descend those stairs they ended at, you're on a beach full of lovely black basalt cobbles eroded from the Gingko by the surf. As the waves shift the rocks around, it's almost musical listening to them. One of my favorite stops along the Oregon coast (we toured all the lighthouses a few years back).
Been watching Nick Z for a long time. He is the GOAT.
How can you not love Nick; he’s the best. He got me back into geology years after college. Thanks for doing this video!
Nick is a powerful educator. I've learned so much from him over the past almost 4 years.
I'm always excited by a Nick Zentner video! He makes geology understandable and fun. Congratulations, OPB, on an excellent show! More, please!
He has a method of providing people with explanations that are easily understood by many, including the younger generation! These are our future and with his influence, in a good position to carry on learning more about what our world has gone through as possible future Geologists. He is certainly very unique and an admirable teacher.
My favorite thing about Nick is just how much he takes away from his own teaching experiences.
"whats that look like" "like coppery gems" "coppery gems, i like that"
"whats that look like" "Kinda like a Christmas tree" "yeah it kinda does"
You know hes going to use these to help describe what these formations look like in the future. Smart as heck scientists yest still always learning.
Yaquina Head and the nearby town, etc., are named for the Yaquina native people. They spoke a dialect of the Alsean language, thought to fall within the Penutian language family. Nick and OPB captured this episode beautifully.
I love this information about the lava flows. All over the states of the PNW! My favorite part of the world - where I’m from. I would like learning more of this volcanic history!
Geology is a regular feature of "Oregon Field Guide", so keep an eye out here for more.
Oregon Public Broadcasting is some of the best television in the country. You all have always produced so much interesting content.
I have begun watching Nick’s lectures on you tube this last year, they are great. He brings such energy and enthusiasm to the teaching and learning. I took a couple of geology classes with the wonderful John Allen at PSU in Portland a long long time ago. He changed forever the way I look at my native Pacific Northwest. Nick is doing wonders to enlarge our understanding of our surroundings and geologic times. Thank you for presenting this!
Professor Zettner knows so much about the local geology. He's amazing.
Nick is the man!!! So much positive energy and information!!!
Prof Zentner is a terrific teacher of things geologic!
the very picture of a modern rockaholic...
Yeaaaa, our beloved prof. Nick!!!! ❤🎉🎉🎉🏆🏆🏆🤗🥰
Love Nick explaining and demonstrating that lava flow!
I am always awestruck at how Nick can take a bunch of rocks and make me feel so connected to the geologic history of the PNW. Incredible stuff.
Love Nick I see him around town always want to ask him questions but don’t want to bug him.
"It's rock science" clever! Glad the OPB presenter got to go on a road trip(s) with him. The geology of Oregon and Washington, Idaho , BC are intertwined.
Great to see Nick presented in a different way. Well done, OPB.
Wow, two of my favorites together in one episode! Oregon Field Guide excells at showing the natural beauty of this wonderful area, and Nick's lectures excel at showing "what's behind the curtain", or , rather, what's under the ground, at the side of the road cuts, and right under our feet. Nick really helped me understand the depth and breadth of the ancient lava flows and how they changed the course of rivers.
Learned about Nick at Dry Falls SP on an Airstream caravan in 2023 and I’m hooked. Absolutely fascinating videos and information. Can’t get enough.
Ive been watching both Nick and OPB for a while. Its so cool to see them team up
Fantastic host, interviews, footage, production. Thanks!
I have been waiting for 5 months for this edition. Great job for all , thanks for the drawings, and effects. What a great job Nick does. I'm calling my friends and family to let them know.
Not only two great communicators telling a fascinating story, but the graphics in this segment are absolutely first class! Best animation of the CRBs that I've ever seen.
Nick Zentner is the best. A local treasure! Also the most Oregonian person i know of.
A VERY enjoyable video. Thank you Nick and Oregon PBS for teaching us about the Ginkgo Flow.
Wow. I've collected pieces of that rock from all my trips to Newport. (Not knowing the story behind it) This was such a well put together video. Nick is doing amazing content on geological activity in the Pacific Northwest. It's insanely refreshing to see it covered in such detail and with genuine curiosity and passion
His passion makes me want to learn more about the area i live in, now i will never look at these features the same again, thank you! Learn something new every day!
My heart is melting! I love this so much!
Mr Zentner the ROCK STAR geologist on OPB!
AWSM!!!
Im subscribed now...
I love this guy!
Another geology educational video ................Thanks Nick ................
You gotta love it, Nick!
Excellent, Nick is why I got interested in Geology!
I love seeing this! Getting to know my home a little better. I had no idea the Columbia went through the hood river valley! And just outside of the Dalles anticline is evidence of the flow that changed the flow path! Such an amazing and beautiful place! I love the iconic voice Nick has! His videos are so incredible.
Great video adventure.
I keep finding Nick's videos.
Excellent!
Very interesting! Thanks Oregon Filed Guide and Nick Zentner.
Very nice, again, dear professor nick!!!! 🤗🥰🥳🥳🥳
I always love OFG, a cozy exploration of my NW home
Great episode with Prof Nick Zentner! Love it! Thanks !
Amazing
How cool, I didn't know the Ginkgo flow was part of Silver Falls State Park. I got go there just one time but have remembered that park fondly. Seeing it at the ocean is a surprise, too. This is a wonderful video. I'm very glad to have watched it.
Thank you for this. I have heard of the Ginkgo lava flow thanks to the petrified wood within it, but had never actually thought about the actual flow that petrified those trees. Fascinating!
I didn't know I'd be a time traveler this morning. Thanks for the great video.
Nicely done! That Ned Zinger seems to know his stuff! Thanks!!
9:30 half expected him to say "lets go hop in the submersible and take a look" yall went all over the place for this!
He deserves a BIG rock🎉 menorial
Another awsome video, my mind got blown again, thanks Nick you always come thru.
SEND MORE thank you ALL stay safe
I just finished reading roadside geology of Oregon. How cool to see those places that I just read about. Thanks!
Love this new set of “Nick on the Rocks”!! Nick has matured and evolved from the original series and the video is stunningly beautiful! Thank you KCTS and Nick!! ❤❤
Well done well liked, great job!
Pretty cool 👍
Thanks for this educational video!
I love Nick on the Rocks!
Excellent content and production!🌋
Fantastic Educator
Yellow pants rattle snake video is still my favorite Nick flick but this is a close second!
Delightful.
Wow learn something every day
Some impressive great flood evidence.
Awsome, the earth is such an exciting place of how everything formed and eventually will be formed.
Yay Nick !
Wow I want to take classes from nick. Super interesting
Very nicely done. Fantastic journey of discovery. Enjoyed your lecture in Portland earlier this month at OHSU.
Can't wait to watch this we were just there on the coast
This deserves its own Wikipedia page.
Excellent
Found some of the same flow along the Molalla river!
From the sequence and graphics I now wonder how would lava encounter ginkgo trees as it rose up UP thru other layers of the "cake"?
There must have been tremendous volume of lava for this flow to reach so far.
> 167,000 cubic kilometers per Dr. Ho's dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow. All I can get my hands on so far is the abstract. Ho (1999)
Very cool
Wonderful presentation. Are the Gingko flow dikes along the Snake River accessible to the public?
Silver Falls (Silverton, Oregon) State Park offer’s a excellent a GIFT SHOP & Eatery.
I’ve wondered for a while if this is the same basalt that forms the bedrock underneath the Luckiamute River north of Hoskins. Next time I’m there in the summer I’ll bring a rock hammer to look for the orange crystal.
The geology of the Luckiamute River is its own thing compared to the flood basalts and totally worth diving into on its own!
ruclips.net/video/5eKzj0mxmcw/видео.html
Is the cave behind the waterfall a lava tube?
What are the orange crystals? Peridot? Olivine?
my question exactly!
I wonder if they are sunstones? Sunstones are found in basalt in Utah. Oregon sunstones are found in places covered by flood basalt. Sunstones get their color from copper inclusions.
Please forgive me if I missed this. But, did Nick ever say what the orange crystals are made of and how they came to be in the basalt flow? I went back through the transcript and I can't find that information.
Great question. I went to Google and found we need to purchase Dr. Ho's dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow. Her abstract mentions plagioclase phenocrysts from .5 to >3mm. That's about the right size range from the video, but the orange color throws me. It doesn't really match the specimens illustrated in the Wikipedia article on plagioclase. More research required I guess. Maybe Dr. Ho can be contacted directly? Her dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow was 25 years ago.
Nick looks a bit younger in this video. I am curious as to when was this produced?
So what is the composition of the orange crystals in the Ginko?
Ginkgo
Got it now…. plagioclase feldspar mineral
👍
1:20 Hey, my bald head made it on OPB! I want residuals.
I didn't catch what the gold crystals actually are and why the Gingko flow is characterized by them as opposed to other flows?
So what are the orange crystals? Are they pieces of petrified gingko?
We all just saw this happened in Iceland couple of weeks age.
Similar in some respects and different in others. The biggest difference is that these flows were mind bogglingly massive in scale. The lava flowed for hundreds of miles across the land. They filled valleys miles deep and buried mountain ranges.
@@brandonholt6717 Yes, the SCALE of these fissure eruptions is hard to wrap your head around. It has an apparent connection to the Yellowstone hotspot, so the entire PNW has been a busy place geologically for about the last 50 million years or so.
Initially I couldn't believe that a flow of this magnitude could travel 300 or so miles without cooling enough to harden and stop flowing; but while that might be true for the top fringe of the flow, the lava flowing BELOW that top "rind" was able to maintain its soupy, runny nature for all that distance. It IS a relatively thick flow (almost 200 ft on average), so plenty of volume as long as it maintains its white-hot temperature the whole way out to the coast.