I was in Mull (island off the W coast of Scotland), the layers of basalt there looked just the same and were just as prominent. The central portion of the island looks like it was 3D printed, which in a way it was, just by larva. Took a boat to the neighbouring island of Staffa and Fingal's cave for some awesome columns. Thank you for re-sparking my interest in geology
I love hearing y'all thinking out loud on how best to teach in such a way that gets your students to think for themselves, draw on what they have already learned and thus be more curious and want to learn more.
The best thing about being a geologist, is ALL your colleagues and students think of you as young... because they are thinking of Geological Time 😂 Great stuff Nick :)
I have watched bighorn sheep grazing in that exact area when I was fly fishing in the Yakima river a few summers ago. My college age son had a roommate who worked as a professional fly fishing guide and offered to take me and another friend on an all day float trip of the Yakima river gorge area. My boy’s roommate was a local young man who grew up on a farm out side of E-burg. He had a number of Seahawks and Mariners as clients of his guide service. Think of thousand dollars per day normal rates. And he took me, my son and a family friend on an all day float trip. What a great young man! Probably the most fun an old piscator like me can have on this side of the Madison or Gallatin Rivers. If I remember correctly, Central Washington used to offer fly fishing as a physical education course for students as an alternative to the standard weight lifting, gym or running classes.
Yes. Write a book on the Geology of Kittitas County! Why is the valley flat? The many marines made by glaciers, the Yakima river's impact, Eburg Blue agates, etc.! I'd buy it!
We drove through central Washington for the first time after a vacation in the Canadian Rockies. Even stopped at the Student Union at CWU to get t-shirts. Hoped to run into you.
Good luck getting the 101's up to your chosen viewpoint. Careful with the cross-country treks. I wonder if future students are watching this? Hmmm. Thanks for the walk and an insight into class plans for 101.
What a great place to inspire budding geologists! You could bring a bunch of binoculars so that the students could better see the differences in the flows. Or maybe have an astronomy student bring a telescope!
How wonderful Nick.. To "see" the mind of a teacher at work.. I truly appreciate that my friend.. and welcome to Jordan.. What fun to have a new face in the geology department.. Hope to see you in collaboration with Nick on up and coming field trips.. Once again Nick.. thanks for showing us behind the curtain of the mind of a teacher.. Carry on men!
Great to see the process of putting together a class with the two of you. I reckon that along with other viewers I could quite happily just sit there and enjoy the scenery. I do however understand the need to pursue a more academic content for your students, but I think the view is quite beautiful . Thanks Nick and Jordan for sharing your thoughts. 🐻
Great place for a 2 hour class trip. The kids would love it ! Yes for the view at 15:50 in ! Spectacular place professors. No trainboy today but at least you found some Nick fans.
Beautiful place, nice vegetation, nice river with lots of water, nice cliffs and columns and layers. Also the valley floor. How about counting the layers. Also at the curves of the creek look at the water edge differences between curve one way or curves the other way or is the creek straight there. How are the rocks different and the size of the gravel. If you dig down how deep bis the soil and what kind of rocks beneath. I notice some hills rounded not rocky , is there columns beneath the rounded hills?
What a beautiful location for a field trip. I'd like to know if those ledges represent different flows, too. I've seen 1 diamondback and 1 Pacific rattler in 40 yrs of exploring North Central Cascades. Ticks are another story during springtime. Permethrin is the preferred repellent because it remains active on clothing for up to a dozen washings. DEET works too but needs to be reapplied after washing.
Obvious things: meander is eroding outer edge and depositing inner edge. Further from the headland in background hills. Slopes all around are near angle of repose. It’s a nice scenic bend. Hills are heavily eroded and there’s only some core hard rock remaining. Has this always been a desert environment?
Crossing the bridge, before the bounce, what caused those near parallel lines straight down the hill to the right? at 9:20 Oh well, I guess I'll probably have to take the class.
A thoroughly enjoyable experience, thank you for bringing us along through your creative process. The location was excellent. There are 2 prominent flow layers in the river cut, that you can see in all of the valley walls. Are they named or numbered? If not, you could call them, say, the Upper and Lower Argonaths (LotR reference!). Were they more columnar than thinner flow layers? You could work on some basic stratigraphy concepts by tracing these two reference layers in upstream & downstream outcrops. Have students estimate their thickness, and draw a stratigraphic column. By the way, I heartily endorse including some drone footage to provide a top-down perspective on the area, perhaps in a follow-up classroom discussion. Thanks again!!
Why is the angle of repose different on the two sides of the river? Given what you know about coloris forces in the atmosphere which way would rising magma push against the crust in eastern Washington? Why would the crust crack in eastern Washington to allow the magma to escape when that part of the crust was under compression?
Could you use a dual lab and field class: (a) Lab based stereophotography - students create a geological map from the analysis of photographs; and (b) Field based work on what you 'class-mapped' to what you actually find in the field . Just an idea ...
Great insights to future endeavours @NickZentner & Jordan. Faith IJN ( comments - drone ) , maybe have Jason Wiegand to tag along to do some supplemental footage again? ( to be placed in the Livestream Lecture ). I suggest BINOCULARS as standard FIELDWORK GEAR. Maybe when doing big groups , invite persons with telescopes (0:04:37). Telescopes in my neck-of-the-woods don't work well, to much dense cover, and no open sightlines as you have here.
Horizontal layers I’d what lava? In the hills all around. Was the river antecedent to the lavas? Can you prove it? Meteor crater? How would you prove that?
One needs to look at the summation of all the rivers on Earth. What is the common pattern. Are many, or most of them entrenched meanders? Did all the continents rise, OR, did all of the oceans drop in elevation ?
@@petercollingwood522 Chris Shorey at Colorado School of Mines uses drones a lot in his Earth Explorations series ruclips.net/p/PL29-1bJ5x6d7TJFfrZS60Cpi4Y34wrB0X
That viewpoint you found looks like a fantastic location. Is is any kind of "protected" public or private land? Or could you carve out a small viewing area, or at least install a kind of information table showing all the features visisble from there which you'll be highliting in the lab? Like they do at viewpoints in the National parks.
Geohike, book ideas, Nick fans, and a preview for an upcoming Geo 101 lab or several. Aaaahhhh. A great way to start a day, or maybe some kid's career.....teehee. 😉
"Columns are impressive" Heck, California has a whole National Monument dedicated to Devil's Postpile which, by Washington standards, is a minor distraction at best. Devil's Tower WY on the other hand...
Being mercenary in a positive way.... if parents with a perspective earth science major watch this video ( and of course all the other faculty videos )...well... their student and their $ just might be going to CWU.
Nick, if you keep stealing my attention like this at random times, I'm afraid my wife is going to box me up and ship me to Ellensburg. So the key geology question yet to be addressed is: what is required for a rolling stone to sustain itself in addition to CWU Geology and Vinman's?
NICK, YOU NEED TO HIRE MARIA AND GET THE VIDEO DEPT. TO SHOOT HI-DEF VIDEOS ABOVE, ON TOP, AND THROUGH THE ROCKS. SEEMS THAT WOULD HELP IN LAYING OUT A NICE VISUAL TEACHING PLAN. THEN START A RUclips CHANNEL WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITE PLACES VIA THIS AERIAL FORMAT. ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER GEOLOGISTS MIGHT BE A GOOD TOUCH. JUST CURIOUS HOW JORDAN AND YOURSELF WOULD CHOREOGRAPH AND DIRECT VIDEOS LIKE THIS FOR THIS AREA.
.. I guess the water table is few feet below river level 100m away from river, so all the hills are bone dry, ,, WA is a freaking desert 99.9% that humans live there is weird, , , is there seapage thru the hills somehow or does rain even seep down at all or too rare, , , ,
I was in Mull (island off the W coast of Scotland), the layers of basalt there looked just the same and were just as prominent. The central portion of the island looks like it was 3D printed, which in a way it was, just by larva. Took a boat to the neighbouring island of Staffa and Fingal's cave for some awesome columns. Thank you for re-sparking my interest in geology
I love hearing y'all thinking out loud on how best to teach in such a way that gets your students to think for themselves, draw on what they have already learned and thus be more curious and want to learn more.
The best thing about being a geologist, is ALL your colleagues and students think of you as young... because they are thinking of Geological Time 😂 Great stuff Nick :)
Wow. Geological Treasure filled with treasures.
Excited, excited wonderful book idea
I have watched bighorn sheep grazing in that exact area when I was fly fishing in the Yakima river a few summers ago. My college age son had a roommate who worked as a professional fly fishing guide and offered to take me and another friend on an all day float trip of the Yakima river gorge area. My boy’s roommate was a local young man who grew up on a farm out side of E-burg. He had a number of Seahawks and Mariners as clients of his guide service. Think of thousand dollars per day normal rates. And he took me, my son and a family friend on an all day float trip. What a great young man! Probably the most fun an old piscator like me can have on this side of the Madison or Gallatin Rivers.
If I remember correctly, Central Washington used to offer fly fishing as a physical education course for students as an alternative to the standard weight lifting, gym or running classes.
This was interesting not just for the landscape but also how you work out your field trips and projects. A rare insight. Thanks.
This retired history (shorter time scale) teacher enjoyed watching / listening to your lesson-creation process.
>Are there snakes? SURE there are Snakes 🤣
As one who has been on CWU Geo101 field trips, this was a delight ❣️🙏🏼🥰
Geology is outside, yes there will be hiking and yes there could be snakes. Inside geology is called chemistry. Thanks guys.
I love this! I feel like I'm with you without the heavy breathing and falling. And I woulda fallen a lot more often.
Haha! I get it! Can't stop. Must hike. Next ridge. Next corner. Legs won't stop. Good views Nick, thanks!
Thanks again Nick for take me along. You live and work in a spectacular part of the country.
Nick , Jordan...this is a g r e a t video... :)
The Yakima River is Bigger than I thought it was. Lots of Love, James
OMG, LOL, in November?! Keep us posted..... 👏 The wonder of it all. Love this.
"The trouble always comes with what do we do here?"
I know, ask the legendary Rock Licker, he ALWAYS has ideas.
Yes. Write a book on the Geology of Kittitas County! Why is the valley flat? The many marines made by glaciers, the Yakima river's impact, Eburg Blue agates, etc.! I'd buy it!
Man what I’d give to go there with you! Thank you Nick and Jordan.🤓
the fun in the preparation is half the job, great stuff
We drove through central Washington for the first time after a vacation in the Canadian Rockies. Even stopped at the Student Union at CWU to get t-shirts. Hoped to run into you.
Good luck getting the 101's up to your chosen viewpoint. Careful with the cross-country treks. I wonder if future students are watching this? Hmmm. Thanks for the walk and an insight into class plans for 101.
Yay....a new look into the past through young eyes. Nice collaboration Nick and Jordan!
Wonderful walk through amazing country. Thanks!
What a great place to inspire budding geologists! You could bring a bunch of binoculars so that the students could better see the differences in the flows. Or maybe have an astronomy student bring a telescope!
Thank you Professor Zentner
Wow, you guys. This place is AWESOME!!! Makes me want to move there.
How wonderful Nick.. To "see" the mind of a teacher at work.. I truly appreciate that my friend.. and welcome to Jordan.. What fun to have a new face in the geology department.. Hope to see you in collaboration with Nick on up and coming field trips.. Once again Nick.. thanks for showing us behind the curtain of the mind of a teacher.. Carry on men!
Gorgeous! Why don’t you use a DRONE to look up close? A nice ramble going with you fellows thanks for taking us along Nick!
Thanks again Nick, showing whats inyour back yard is just awesome. 👌
At 16:06, "... but wuddabout Craters of the Yakima?"
Great to see the process of putting together a class with the two of you. I reckon that along with other viewers I could quite happily just sit there and enjoy the scenery. I do however understand the need to pursue a more academic content for your students, but I think the view is quite beautiful . Thanks Nick and Jordan for sharing your thoughts. 🐻
The Railroad has helped keep the river in its current alignment over the short term.
My daughter and I were there in July of last year. Very nice spot along the Yakima River. We had about an hour to kill before meeting my cousins.
Great place for a 2 hour class trip. The kids would love it ! Yes for the view at 15:50 in ! Spectacular place professors.
No trainboy today but at least you found some Nick fans.
My youngest daughter will have your Geo 101 next fall! She is excited because she knows I watch you lol! From Sunnyside WA!
Beautiful place, nice vegetation, nice river with lots of water, nice cliffs and columns and layers. Also the valley floor. How about counting the layers. Also at the curves of the creek look at the water edge differences between curve one way or curves the other way or is the creek straight there. How are the rocks different and the size of the gravel. If you dig down how deep bis the soil and what kind of rocks beneath. I notice some hills rounded not rocky , is there columns beneath the rounded hills?
A wide flood plain would invite a study of the rocks where you are standing.
Wow the river is way up there with more rain on the way I wonder how high it will get.
What a beautiful location for a field trip. I'd like to know if those ledges represent different flows, too. I've seen 1 diamondback and 1 Pacific rattler in 40 yrs of exploring North Central Cascades. Ticks are another story during springtime.
Permethrin is the preferred repellent because it remains active on clothing for up to a dozen washings. DEET works too but needs to be reapplied after washing.
This is gorgeous!
Obvious things: meander is eroding outer edge and depositing inner edge. Further from the headland in background hills. Slopes all around are near angle of repose. It’s a nice scenic bend. Hills are heavily eroded and there’s only some core hard rock remaining. Has this always been a desert environment?
Thank You'all for this perspective; I wonder what Randy L. Would have to tell?
Crossing the bridge, before the bounce, what caused those near parallel lines straight down the hill to the right? at 9:20 Oh well, I guess I'll probably have to take the class.
In Ellensburg this week!
Any hanging valleys like you showed us in the "TIETON ANDESITE SPOT"? Could show age time relations ?soil horizon
16:06 It's not a meteor crater, it's a super volcano caldera vent from the Craters of The Moon! Everybody, even Ned Zinger, knows that! ;)
😂 lol
Does anyone have the coordinates to that crater?
A thoroughly enjoyable experience, thank you for bringing us along through your creative process. The location was excellent. There are 2 prominent flow layers in the river cut, that you can see in all of the valley walls. Are they named or numbered? If not, you could call them, say, the Upper and Lower Argonaths (LotR reference!). Were they more columnar than thinner flow layers? You could work on some basic stratigraphy concepts by tracing these two reference layers in upstream & downstream outcrops. Have students estimate their thickness, and draw a stratigraphic column.
By the way, I heartily endorse including some drone footage to provide a top-down perspective on the area, perhaps in a follow-up classroom discussion. Thanks again!!
Why is the angle of repose different on the two sides of the river? Given what you know about coloris forces in the atmosphere which way would rising magma push against the crust in eastern Washington? Why would the crust crack in eastern Washington to allow the magma to escape when that part of the crust was under compression?
Nice walk thanks
Could you use a dual lab and field class:
(a) Lab based stereophotography - students create a geological map from the analysis of photographs; and
(b) Field based work on what you 'class-mapped' to what you actually find in the field .
Just an idea ...
Great insights to future endeavours @NickZentner & Jordan. Faith IJN ( comments - drone ) , maybe have Jason Wiegand to tag along to do some supplemental footage again? ( to be placed in the Livestream Lecture ). I suggest BINOCULARS as standard FIELDWORK GEAR. Maybe when doing big groups , invite persons with telescopes (0:04:37). Telescopes in my neck-of-the-woods don't work well, to much dense cover, and no open sightlines as you have here.
Horizontal layers I’d what lava? In the hills all around. Was the river antecedent to the lavas? Can you prove it? Meteor crater? How would you prove that?
Jordan also has your insight of the regional story, could be an interesting walk. Is the water level normal?
One needs to look at the summation of all the rivers on Earth. What is the common pattern. Are many, or most of them entrenched meanders? Did all the continents rise, OR, did all of the oceans drop in elevation ?
Why not get a drone to take a thorough look at the layers as a classroom reference/ tool?
Thank you as always Nick ☺️
Excellent idea. A drone would make that scene pop.
@@petercollingwood522 Chris Shorey at Colorado School of Mines uses drones a lot in his Earth Explorations series ruclips.net/p/PL29-1bJ5x6d7TJFfrZS60Cpi4Y34wrB0X
That viewpoint you found looks like a fantastic location. Is is any kind of "protected" public or private land? Or could you carve out a small viewing area, or at least install a kind of information table showing all the features visisble from there which you'll be highliting in the lab? Like they do at viewpoints in the National parks.
Either the land rose up, or the ocean levels have dropped, or a combination of both has occurred.
Geohike, book ideas, Nick fans, and a preview for an upcoming Geo 101 lab or several. Aaaahhhh. A great way to start a day, or maybe some kid's career.....teehee. 😉
You guys are mad men.
Ahhhh, the life I could have lived if I had acquired better study habits BEFORE I got to college.
How many more layers are below you?
Require Photography from the students with comments from them as to what they can observe.
So what buried the columns?
Aren't there some big petrified tree stumps up there?
At 19:15... the question... answer...... ? Nature of the Uplift ?.
Hy Jordan, Hy Nick, your favorites experiences: Ice, water, and choc cake
"Columns are impressive" Heck, California has a whole National Monument dedicated to Devil's Postpile which, by Washington standards, is a minor distraction at best. Devil's Tower WY on the other hand...
Did someone say Sluice Box?
Did you try a pan or two?
:P
Are students going to be happy hiking that distance to see a "horseshoe!"
A little exercise won't hurt the young folks ! 🤣🤣
Plenty of chocolate cake
Telescope time? Just a thought....
Being mercenary in a positive way.... if parents with a perspective earth science major watch this video ( and of course all the other faculty videos )...well... their student and their $ just might be going to CWU.
Nick, if you keep stealing my attention like this at random times, I'm afraid my wife is going to box me up and ship me to Ellensburg. So the key geology question yet to be addressed is: what is required for a rolling stone to sustain itself in addition to CWU Geology and Vinman's?
NICK, YOU NEED TO HIRE MARIA AND GET THE VIDEO DEPT. TO SHOOT HI-DEF VIDEOS ABOVE, ON TOP, AND THROUGH THE ROCKS. SEEMS THAT WOULD HELP IN LAYING OUT A NICE VISUAL TEACHING PLAN. THEN START A RUclips CHANNEL WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITE PLACES VIA THIS AERIAL FORMAT. ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER GEOLOGISTS MIGHT BE A GOOD TOUCH. JUST CURIOUS HOW JORDAN AND YOURSELF WOULD CHOREOGRAPH AND DIRECT VIDEOS LIKE THIS FOR THIS AREA.
Get them used to using GOOGLE Earth to augment their pictures, and field work
.. I guess the water table is few feet below river level 100m away from river, so all the hills are bone dry, ,, WA is a freaking desert 99.9% that humans live there is weird, , , is there seapage thru the hills somehow or does rain even seep down at all or too rare, , , ,
From day one, your student must start walking longer and longer distances every day.
Slope too steep for safety be careful
Take water, hats, sun glasses, cameras, note books, compass, tablets...