Dude... CWU, whatever you paid this guy, it wasn't enough. What an amazing, engaging presentation on a topic that could have very easily been boring.

4:26 in and talking Ghost Volcanoes… the geologist that spent 40 summers mapping out a single area that most overlooked is truly remarkable. 👏 Standing Ovation 👏

Can't imagine who disliked this video!!! Nick Zentner is such a wonderful educator, he's the teacher you loved and remember all your life. If I ever win the lottery and don't have to worry about supporting myself, I'll move from Canada to beautiful Washington state, throw a sh*t load of money at CWU and enroll in his class at the ripe age of 62. Thanks Nick, your passion is inspiring and you make we want to learn which is no mean feat... I really hated school (LOL) but love your lectures on UKposts.

If Nick was a lecturer at my college, I’d be glued to my seat. Nick is the epitome of Teaching 👨‍🎓

Due to the lectures I know more about Washington geology than about my own living area in The Netherlands. Thank you Nick.

Stumbled across these lectures about a month ago and cannot stop watching! Mr. Zentner is such an entertaining and gifted teacher. I'm quickly becoming quite knowledgeable on the geology and geological history of the Pacific Northwest and I live in Alabama! Bravo! Hope to visit my cousin in Spokane soon.

I live in the UK. I now know more about the geology of Washington State than anywhere else on Earth. I'm really enjoying this lecture series.

Nick is probably the most inspired and passionate Rock guy. Spent several years with my cousin here in Texas, and she is still an Environmental Geologist. She moved to Portland, Ore., earlier this year which was something she's been wanting to do since forever. Cascades are like a Geological Wonderland there She's in Rock Heaven up there

I’ve lived almost 20 years in Washington (from France originally) and it’s only now through these lectures that I begin to understand our surroundings. Thanks to you professor Zentner! May you live a long life so we, the general public, get to enjoy your work and get a little smarter, a little more informed with each passing lecture.

0:02 - A time traveler from 2020 with his mask!

I would seriously attend lectures like this for fun (in a world where we can gather again). It's kinda nice to learn without having to take notes or an exam. I especially would love to hear geology lectures on where I live, in Utah. We've some strange geology down here, and a decent fault line too.

I lived in Southern California when Mt. St. Helens exploded. Even that far away, we got ash... not any measurable amount, more the consistency of a bad case of dandruff. But I remember that, and being kind of amazed at how far the ash had traveled. Love the lectures. 😊

Love that he is using a chalkboard

I love Geological History. I understand everything this Man is talking about. And he is reminding me about certain details that I have forgotten about. I honestly feel* like I'm in high school again paying attention to what he is saying.

We have blast columns here in Ireland too. Called the giants causeway

Watching these lectures makes me want to visit Washington. Thank you for posting this!

These lectures don't concern my geographic location, yet; I still watch them.

56:50 the columns look like the ones at Giant's Causeway in Derry, N. Ireland. Fascinating lectures!!! Go raibh maith agat!

Thank you so much for these videoed lectures- I love them so much. I share my interest in volcanoes earthquakes etc with my mother. Unfortunately, she had a massive stroke last year that has left her paralysed an unable to speak, though her intellect has been unaffected. I've been telling her about these lectures- I'm hoping I'll be able to take my lap top into the care home where she lives now, and play them for her. I knowshe'll enjoy them as much as I do!

I've been watching these videos for a couple of months and have learned SOOO much! Fascinating! And YOU, Nick, make it so easy to comprehend and fun too...Thank-you so much... to you and all involved in making these videos and presenting them to us just for the sake of loving to teach those who love to learn...Bravo : )

I love this guy! Fantastic Professor! I have learned more about volcanoes in the past few hours than in 43 years of life. I would go back to school if he were my teacher!

I remember when St. Helens blew. I lived in Seattle and in the shadow of Rainier for half my life. The thought of the lahars begat from Rainier blowing its top is rather terrifying.

Stumbled across this lecture series while watching Geographics... I love these! So interesting, I think after I retire I'll go back to school to study geology!

This fellow is terrific, he has several videos on UKposts.

My hope is that your students realize just how fortunate they are to have a Professor of your magnitude.. Ae 9+

I just listened like a kid around a campfire--I'm a three time hiker to the summit of Whitney and this whole time I had no idea I was on top of a granitic batholith on a GHOST Volcano! How cool was his presentation?!? Kudos just an amazing speaker.

I hope, at my advanced age, if I get the chance to return to college, I can find instructors with the abilities this gentleman has.

@Nick Zentner Thanks so much for this wonderfully fascinating presentation. I feel like I've learned something significant this afternoon.

If my image processing lecturer had had 20% of zentner's passion, skill and empathy as a teacher, I'd probably have gone into the field, let alone got a passing grade on that course :)

Thank you Professor Zentner, your style of teaching takes me back to my Jr. High and High School days. I had a couple of teachers that had a similar energy and style to yours, and for me those are the teachers who made the greatest impacts on my education. I consider you a Rock Star!!!

Thank you for these, I really enjoy your insights. Plus I was a teacher for 30- years and I enjoy your personality as a lecturer.

Had I met you when i was in college I'd be a Geologist. What a wonderful group of videos and lectures I get to enjoy! Thank you!

THANK YOU so much for making these presentations available!!!

You have to love geologists. Several million tons of boiling rock and mud careening down a mountain at over a hundred miles per hour is "just a hazard".

Am I really being blessed with another awesome teaching video when Im still so thankful for yesterdays :), How fun Im so excited to start watching

You're a mensch, Prof. Zentner (should that be "Dr?").... and you're *still* putting these talks on video, for which I'm eternally grateful. :-) My little brother is the geologist (has been for almost 40 years), but we're both born scientists and I'm no more immune to geology than I am to astrophysics. :-) May you continue with this stuff for as long as suits you best... and if my saying "Cheers, mate!" is any encouragement at all, maybe you'll continue for as long as you're teaching. :-) Cheers, mate! :-)

This guy is amazing at what he does. Great presentation.

I was at Mt.St.Helens on May 18,1980.I was at the Cle Elm ranger station when the call came in.I heard the call and the young man died.We worked our way clearing the park.When the main blast hit,we were 75 miles away.The only thing between death was the driver side window and door.I have never seen anything like that.

I live in Georgia and these lectures make me not only want to travel to Washington and sit in on one of these lectures but learn more about the geology of where I live. I was a biology major in college but geology was probably my favorite class I ever took. It was never boring to me

Nick, your lectures are second to none. Your enthusiasm and presentations totally compliment the topic of discussion. Excellent work and well done.

A shout out to the incredible work by Portland State University geologists. Dr. Paul Hammond is the Volcanologist’s volcanologist. Tirelessly and relentlessly collecting data and putting out research like lava from a shield cone volcano. Bravo to Dr. Hammond and to PSU for being the hardest working department in the NW…at least when measured based on funding dollars.

Absolutely. This guy makes geology interesting.

I really enjoy these lectures. Very interesting, informative, and presented very well by a dynamic and engaging speaker. I live in the Pacific Northwest and hike in the Cascades all the time, and will certainly look at them with a better understanding of their formation and evolution. Keep these films coming as they are great!

I'm actually willing to do the school game again if THIS guy is my professor. My last 3 days have been brain packing unlike i have ever seen, and I haven't once lost the slightest interest. This man is gifted... I swear I am going to look into the university this next year of he is still there and I can get his class

I am feeling extremely overwhelmed. I want to spend a month talking to this professor. I somehow had his lecture just auto start and I actually watched the whole thing. Wow am I a rock nerd. I am a Michigander and have an obsession with Michigan rocks and minerals. I am no geologist, only a true rock hound who loves the why to every rock I see. Early this month we traveled to the very small mountain range in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Some of the rocks that are regular in this region, looked very similar to the rocks that he had shown. I have so many questions!? How could this be so. I have always been curious to how some of our rocks being very porous and we have a black rock that is full of so many fossilized organisms ( like plants and shells) it looked like one he held up during one picture. I only have small pieces and they are rolled smooth by the lakes, unless you like to look elsewhere. We also have granite, basalt, diorite, quartz, shale, sandstone, mudstone, and so many more!! I guess I should just find a Michigan Professor that has the same passion for local geology as this guy does for Washington geology. 😄

Great presentation Mr. Zentner ! It is better than any TV entertainment ! I am a true fan of yours ! Please keep them coming !

Ok this guy needs his own channel! I would watch him religiously.

Thank you for this mesmerizing series on the Northwest where I was born and spent my youth. As others have stated so well and often, I too am blown away by your wonderful lectures, and am happily working my way through them all. I have always collected rocks on our travels and love discovering what they are and how they were made. My son recently brought me a large river rock from Pasco that I now know is from my birth place by its golden color on one half, and older than the hills because of the slow flowing granite layers of the other half.

Watching your lecture was fantastic. If I had instructors like you I would have finished my degree or two.

Absolutely fantastic lecture, Even though you think you know everything there is always something new to learn! It is practically endless which is why Paul has been at it for 50 years and is still making new maps, overall there is so much more of the story yet to be discovered like the recent proposed discovery that the lava chambers of Rainer, Hood and St Helens are all linked underground. If you live in Seattle like I do, get out there an explore. It is also good to note for people watching that while the subduction zone volcanos in central and southern California are long gone other volcanic systems remain very active such as the massive Long Valley volcanic field / Supervolcano, Mammoth Mountain which has actively gassing vents as well as the very very active Salton Buttes with its amazing mud volcanos and off gassing spatter cones, the western USA has volcanic activity everywhere you look. I think it is by pure chance that we are in such a quiet time in the history of the west so get out there and enjoy it as it is today.

Great to see you adding some new lectures... I have just about worked my way through the older ones now! Like the other poster below, I am a Brit, although I now live in Pennsylvania, but I know more about the geology of Washington now than anywhere else I have ever been! I did spend a few days in Yakima back in 2001 while on a road trip, but I wish I had known this stuff back then!

I would love to see you do learn more about, and do lectures on the south Cascades region between St. Helens and Adams, and talk about all the cinder cones, spatter cones, and shield volcanoes in the area. I am especially interested in the small cones and vents in the Indian Heaven volcanic field and the Mt Adams flank vents.

You are talented. Your lectures are a joy to watch. Thank you for the video.

17:47 "No way to rebuild itself, the putty is gone..." No putty loves me. Oh, here's a postulation, for why aren't there Old Lahars? Perhaps, because it's just mud, and that erodes easy?

I have no idea how UKposts directed my attention to this guy, but boy am I glad it did. These lectures are awesome! I think I’ve watched about 20 and have loved them all.

I honeymooned on Rainier and Yakima in 1973. I love it then and I understand it better thanks to this lecture. Thank you

We were deep in a cave in the Marble Mountains and heard a hum

He's a great speaker & i luv watching all the lectures !

Thank you for another great lecture Mr. Zentner! It makes me feel inspired to understand more about the geomorphology of my area.

Awesome video and lecture! I'm a super geek and I loved it.

i cant stop watching this guy

Great presentation. I have always been intrigued by geology and it amazes me how much we have learned in the past century. My wife and I travel out west annually and I know she gets tired of my verbal wonderment of geological formations. Thank you for sharing your great knowledge. I loved it and was enthralled. Even at 72 my mind wants to drink more.

I absolutely Love NICK ZENTNER !! What a fabulous human you are Mr. Zentner!! You make life so much more fun

Fantastic and thanks for intelligent content.

Prof. Zentner is phenomenal. all our teachers should be so great at getting information across to everyone listening to his lectures! Thank you.

Having grown up in South Westerm Pennsylvania with a burning love of geology, I was ill prepared for the mind staggering complexity of the Washington/Oregon area. You are truly living in a mineralocal/geological wonderland. I'll be back. BUT, this time, thanks to your lovely videos I will see things far clearer. Thak you.

Autoplay was openin a tab i wasnt working on and the audio to this video sucked me in to watching. Do not regret it. Thank you for an amazing and captivating presentation

This video is always in my recommendations, glad I watched it, I'm from Yakama or Central Washington

Dr. Zenter, another fabulous lecture. It boggles the mind. Thank you, Rob

What a story teller! Too short :) Beautiful pictures & video.

Nick Sentner always delivers the clearest info and with an interesting personality! He is smart and funny and leaves me with further resources to pursue! I I love his science based stories and the great visual evidence he is sharing with us. I am a blackboard kind of student, and appreciate his visual hand built pictures.

Back in 1986 I hiked over the North Cascades from the Suiattle River drainage, over Suiattle and Rainy Pass down through Lyman Lake and Hart Lake. When we got down to the Lyman Glacier we found huge granite boulders about 20 feet tall. We spent a few hours climbing up on one with harnesses and rope. Now I know why and how this bolder got there. Thanks Nick!

Loved it! That lecture was worth the watch. Fascinating information for the layman.

Amazing lecture and lecturer

Thank you for uploading this series of lectures. I know a lot more now about the geology of North West Washington then of my home continent of Europe ;) your lecturing style is very pleasant . A series of geology 101 would be very much appreciated. Thanks again from the Netherlands.

Great geological history lesson, alot of information to obsorb, but a goid beginning, very enjoyable presentation, hopefully someday I'll make up into that area, do a bit of hiking and cramping, thank you

I love this series, best wishes from Guatemala, Central America

You are the most delightful lecturer ever. Bravo!!

The Geology of this region is very interesting and complicated. This series of videos are great!!

If the extinct volcanoes are 'Ghost Volcanoes', then are the long quiescent volcanoes that may or may not be dead 'Zombie Volcanoes'?

What a gift. Thank you so much. Hats off to all the smart geology folks who are engaged In this most interesting era....epoch? Whatever. Beautiful country.

I love this guy. He does such a great thorough job

I have watched most of your lectures and find you most informative and entertaining - you are the best Nick please keep it up !! - I live here in Melbourne Victoria Australia and go hiking in the state we also have dormant volcanoes here but only on a small scale - you should try and get over here one day !! - PS I notice most of your audience are " mature ".

So grateful for this dude turning me on to Geology

Damned fortunate. Another Night w/Nick, what more can you do before bedtime. I love this professors lectures.

Very well done ….awesome presentation….thanks…peace

Love this video! Would love to take his class.

I like the chalk-boards instead of the dry-erase boards. You can see them better. Why did people stop using chalk-boards?

I graduated from CWU in '97 but with a non-geology degree. Nick makes me wish I would have been a geologist so I could have sat in his classes. I no longer live in WA state but I sure do love the Yakima-Ellensburg area.

Geology has no borders. Thank You.

Jesus christ this stuff is interesting! I live in the Midwest, one of the flattest states in America, and this lecturer has me transfixed. I'm up, can't sleep worth a damn, and youtube suggested this to me and boy, am I glad. I visited the Pacific Northwest, hiked and camped through the Oregon Cascades, on a wonderful vacation 25 years ago with my dear sister who is now gone. This lecture brings back a lot of memories, and the geology, kind of one of my casual interests, originally drew me to the area. Thanks for the fascinating info, and some happy memories.

I'm from the UK, where volcanoes are a bit thin on the ground, and I found this fascinating, even though I'm never likely to go and see it for myself. So clearly explained that even a total newbie could understand at least the basics of it.

Great Presentation - learned a lot thank you!

I love all your lectures. You are my Rock Star.

Mr. Zentner. Excellent, and most educational, video. Thank you Sir, very much, for your enthusiasm, in teaching to us, this information.

Very interesting gentlemen, I thank you Peace to all...💜💙💜

I love these lectures!

I have lived 30-40 miles from the southern coasts of Washington my whole life and never heard of the ghost forest! That is awesome to hear about. I really enjoy your talks.

Fascinating topic & a skilled orator. Thank you for uploading. Would love to see more like this.

Love your series, keep up the good work.