we would all be much better educated if we had teachers like this GUY!!!-- WHAT A TREAT TO LISTEN TO HIM..

@T Rlĺp000

Yes! You learn a lot more when you’re laughing, and your amygdala is “down”!

I would consider the job you get after school, and not put too much emphasis on a particularly entertaining teacher.

If both engineering and geology both interest you, getting a geotechnical engineering degree might land you good jobs.

@@maritasue5067, great idea. Thank you. I'm actually leaning more towards volcanology. There's growing bulge here in Oregon, just South of South Sister that will probably become our next volcano.

When I was wrapping up a bs math I took a science elective, introductory geology. I was hooked and got another bs after failing to make the graduate record exam and admission to grad school, so my coursework went toward my bs.

@@104thDIVTimberwolf Not Broken Top? Or Bachelor?

Where in MN? I grew up outside Fergus Falls and I now live in East Wenatchee.

@@kjsalomonsen9299 Crystal, northern suburb of Minneapolis

@@frenchysandi Oh, you live in the tropical part of MN. LOL When people out here find out where I'm from they say you don't sound like those people in the movie Fargo. lol

@@kjsalomonsen9299 I’ve heard that too, pretty darn annoying to be compared to that movie.

@@kjsalomonsen9299 The fargo accent is a real thing though for sure. By the time you reach Minneapolis it dies out pretty quickly. I equate it to rural Virginia. If you drive 5 hours east of the western tip of Virginia, that thick Mountain / Southern accent gets gentler. I was once in Big Stone Gap and asked where the bathroom was and the woman said “Dan the Howell and go rat”

You are lucky! America is mostly populated by god-fearing people who do not understand the world they live in and insist on following books that promise things that cannot be promised. If one is "enlightened" and lives in a rational world, he/she is in the minority! It is hard to understand how a nation of such backward thinking people could possibly be the most formidable power on the planet....except perhaps because the others are so much worse.

me to my thoughts exactly

@@nixl3518 Nope. If you have been paying attention, you know that there are physicists who believe their work is also bringing them closer to an understanding of the Creator. Not myth, reality.

@@aebemacgill YEP!!! If you use the word "believe" the issue becomes faith and not science, two mutually exclusive concepts,, the first based on myth, the second on facts! A real scientist cannot believe in myth anymore than you believe in Zeus. You refer to those still stuck with their religious upbringing reluctant to let go and others who may not want to be shunned from the society they belong to. Culture has trappings that prevent knowledge from overturning long held fictitious beliefs, like the ones you insist of adhering to as a fly stuck in flypaper. In any case the vast majority of scientists disagree with you while most of the rest won't admit what they know is true: god is a man-made concept. Anyone left cannot be called a scientist because they insist on believing fiction. As science progresses, and fills in gaps that you might cling to so you can try to make your case, there will be nothing left for your faith, but also you will not be around and those left will be more rational and less irrational. This is inevitable; religion cannot survive in a rational world, except in sanatoria and the ignorant. I HAVE been paying attention...to facts you ignore.

You should visit north-west. Its my favorite part of USA.

I noticed the camera work immediately. Well done!

instablaster.

He is a unique talent.

LOL

Open your Eyes!! Or better yet get a brain 🧠 what he talks about is REAL

And I’m Not a “𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓭 “ student HE is a GREAT TEACHER

Yep he's not boring at all, he's very interesting to watch listening to, I'm glad I came across his teaching 🙂, he keeps your attention at all times 😁

Keep on rockin', Rodney!

Thank you. Come visit!

@@Ellensburg44 Hi Nick, Thoroughly enjoy your geology series on UKposts! My question is: Have your ever done a program on volcanic Grabens? Such as the Republic Graben at Curlew Lake. I would love to know the title of it so I can watch it if you have done one. I lived in Republic on the west side of Curlew Lake for 22 years, am a ferocious rockhound and gold miner.

Makes me wish I had when I went to central for public health kn 2011 before my UW nursing degree. I became friends with all the Eburgistan townies though so I still spend time out there a lot . Going there tonight for a couple days in fact ;)

Me too, he is fascinating and makes everything interesting as he brings the whole story to life!! I used to travel to the Saddle Mountain area to paraglider in the 90s and live the area! Except for the rattlesnakes.

@T R so everyone that doesn't teach at Prager then?

I love that half way thru his pants are covered on chalk.

Here! Here!

Me too❤️

Geologists like rocks and fossils, chalkboard(slate,rock) and chalk(shell, fossil)

Thanks Marc-Andre!

Very rare in our world today. He teaches his comrades indoctrinate.

Indeed. If he had been my advisor/instructor then I probably wouldn't be sitting here with 30k in student loan debt and no degree. Long story. :(

Marc-André Brunet Yes, but he needs to know how to spell "Trail".

THIS, is not a teacher.... if you want to be taught.... read your BIBLE !

Wow! Thats an awesome sounding class I would show up early to on registration day to make sure I get in!

Thanks for the nice comments. nickzentner.com has upcoming lectures and past videos. Also, email me if you want on my email list to hear about field trips and other activities. nick@geology.cwu.edu

@@Ellensburg44 really!! Field trips !! I want to go!! Need that schedule

No..rather..protect the land...

If you can git there from where you are and you can get a coin detector you can locate the Black sands and the gold that was deposited by that River and no one else except for me probably I've been coin detecting the ancient riverbed by fine you may find a fortune

@@lacey3880 ?

Thank you. It's never too late to take classes and get involved in current research!

blech71 me too. Ain’t THAT a bitch?

I did not miss the calling, I am a geologist, but most of us dont get to do fun stuff like this guy. Great stuff.

Me too.

Western Mojave...so you live in California?( I assume by western Mojave..) I have lived in Socal my whole life, was born in NorCal & spent a lot of summers up north...I live close to Vasquez rocks and was always fascinated by Californian geology ( growing up in L.A ..The LaBrea tar pits is still one of my favorite museums)... But had a geologist friend tell me California is actually boring when it comes to this subjects... what are some of your favorite places in Mojave or deserts?

Have to agree with you. It's hard to find as good a lecturer as this. I wish I had had more like him when I was an undergrad. He's SUPER!!

Really fun to hear from viewers so far away. Thank you!

Elin, save your money and come on a Washington-Oregon geology tour: snow-capped active volcanoes, spectacular Pacific coastlines, tallest trees in the world ... and these lava flows equalled only by the Deccan Traps in India. Nick is a wonderful geology communicator.

You have some amazing geology in Germany. I actually envy you.

I bought some property NE of Goldendale in the Simcoe highlands, and I’ve been wondering the same about the reddish/maroon river rounded river rock as well, 2400 feet elevation. These videos have answered my questions.

I've had lots of practice. Thanks for watching.

That's a crasy thought... a river once was low flatlands. It makes sense, but the power involved to shift it. A cool fact along those lines, mount everest has marine fossils on the top of it. They can be found on the peaks. Apparently the area where mt everest was used to be a shallow tropical ocean. It's mind boggling to think about.

Yeah, research geologists spend a lot of time scaling cliffs, digging in mud, hiking in the mountains, everything.

@T R what the...are you ok?

@T R you have issues, and you are falling for propaganda. You believe it, because you want to. That is a dangerous position.

@T R thanks, but I rather stick with facts I can corroborate from independent sources. You should give it a try. Write a news message down, separate facts from allegations and opinion, then check the facts, and note where you checked them. Then check your sources for provable interdependence. Do this both with news you do believe, and with news you don't.

@T R whenever you hear/read someone draw a conclusion, ask yourself: does that make sense? Can it be proven? Is it proven? Whenever you feel like agreeing with something, ask yourself: Do I agree because it makes sense, or because I want it to be true, because it fits what I already believe.

@T R you mean, goldstar enhancingbeach others wonky beliefs? And where did you get that ludicrous number? Puzzle question: what is the economical connection between so calles fake news sources? Because, as they are also "alternative" sources, and, most importantly, they are in mortal competition against each other, what motivation could they possibly have to coordinate? As compared to, e.g., the Murdoch group. Do the math. It doesn't figure. Free yourself. Ask yourself who would benefit from you believing what you believe. Caution, it might not be you.

Thanks for the encouragement, Jakob.

I'm from Oklahoma. My job sent me to Oregon for a couple of weeks every year and I loved the drive once I got out of Nebraska. I watched this mans videos prior to traveling and was able to appreciate the paradise I was in knowing how things got the way they are. All we have to look at in the plains states are cows, oil wells, corn and wheat.

Nature is amazing. This is out of context but I am guessing that there will soon be a mushroom whose mycellium will break down all the darn plastic people throw in the woods and on the ground. I love Nick's lectures.

Thanks Oscar!

That's a really nice comment. Thanks much. See nickzentner.com for more if interested.

Thank you, John.

nick, please explore 3 peaks, they are grano-dirite with andecite . 3 peaks is a free standing mountain due west of wynoochee falls. the main lake is over 660 ft deep. it is an old yellowstone caldera that the basalt is gone from, but the andecite and diorite live on at 4000 ft, there are great 1000 + ft vertical faces that you can hold onto a noble fit and grab a piece of andecite bed rock from its roots

Thanks for the tip. Will look into it.

John Lord you have captured the energy sources that are responsible for these changes in the topography over millions of years that we witness today

Nice to hear. Thanks.

That was a nice comment, Barb. Thank you. Wish I knew something about BC geology. I need to get up there soon.

I've enjoyed learning about the geology of the Pacific Northwest. Thank for making learning exciting! Have you researched the area of Southern Oregon/Northern California, where the Cascades meet with the Siskiyou's? I would be very interested in what you have to say about the history and what we can expect in the near ( 20y) future.

Very nice comment. Thanks Steven.

Your pants leg as well. ha ha. He is a great teacher.

Thanks for watching. Nice to hear of your history.

Memorable comment! Thank you. You know how to paint a picture.

Thanks Joe!

Thanks Jon. You are welcome here anytime.