I love that your two minute geology shorts always run at least 00:03:00. Take your time and thank you again for your time and effort to share your knowledge and passion for the world as you see it.
Really interesting shot at 0:42 with H Reactor in the foreground and F Reactor 3.5 miles behind it with the dome of the unfinished Northwest Energy plant exactly 18 miles behind H Reactor.
I was golfing near Burlington, WA and the golf course I was at had glacial erractics throughout the course, and thanks to what I've learned here I could point them out.
I’ve watched many of these episodes before, but I truly have a new appreciation for them, and your red bow tie now that I’ve started exotic terraces series and the cereal box demonstration for strike slip faults. Hoping someday to come across what bet you lost. You’re a trooper Nick!
I always like your erratic ice age boulders. Having been in the US Navy at Naval Air, Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, Washington, and lived for a while and spent a bit of time in Coupeville, Washington, I remember passing the by the "Big Rock just south of Downtown Coupeville near S Main Street. So, I looked up erratics today and found there is a bunch of them on Whidbey Island, and now I have a better understanding of the 'ground at that island, all round rocks and sand, of course fir trees and lots of native Rhododendron bushes. Have you done a presentation on Whidbey Island ?? from Chuck in Clackamas, Oregon.
We understand the most recent series of cataclysmic ice age floods. Some 66 or so left their mark at Hanford. More upstream. Less downstream, as the volume released interacted with the hydraulic limitations of the system. At Hanford they do talk about one series of cataclysmic floods before those circa 11,000 years ago. But here clearly three sets are visible. At least 15 in the bottom series, at least 8 in the middle series, and more than 4 with one truly massive flood in the upper series. Either than of the flow channel just happened to set up to see that. Other features their to investigate and talk about include: 1) The many braided buried side channels and interconnections along the river. 2) The many mostly buried ancient main channels. 3) The ripped up basalts underlying the site with huge open "windows" between the uppermost confined and unconfined aquifers. And how those create an equipotential water surface that acts sort of like a lake, plus how that responded from mounded water on the site from operations (down-flow into the confined, carrying contamination elsewhere, and up-flow from the confined now that the mounding is gone). Where did that contamination go? Where will it show up? 4) The immense lateral transport of water and contamination on the subsurface boundaries formed by the floods, plus the river bottom dunes, bars and channels that interrupt that. 5) The fascinating and massive clastic dikes with their hundred fine vertical layers that cut through the Hanford formation in polygonal blocks creating walls to horizontal flow and redirecting flow downward. 6) How the layered horizontal transport takes meteoric water -under- the infiltration caps in tank farms rendering those useless deceptions. 7) The amazing hyporheos and all of the creatures that live in it or utilize it for up to half a mile from the river, and how those impact nutrient and contaminant transport. 8) The astounding unexpected things still missed by so many: a) the way sage roots work to mine water from 50+ feet down and rerelease it in the near surface to support other plants and animals that then bring nutrients to all of them, and that mines minerals from the subsurface soil. b) how caustic can cause water in the soil to move upward to layers and increase flow via dilution caused by that process. c) saltation moving moisture upwards 9) How moisture in all but immediate near surface soil is always at saturation from the groundwater upwards creating of liquid-vapor column of two phase flow that is entirely neglected in transport models, and which is driven by natural cycles of pressure and temperature through chemical engineer processes called parametric pumping. 10) The massive influx and efflux of rover water into and from the soils with river stage changes through dam operations extending miles from the river. 11) Just how incredibly complex the subsurface system is, and how completely intractable it is to numeric modeling that fails to incorporate all of these; and further that must deal with each layer and transition as its own discrete system on it's scale AND NOT on modelers grid scales. etc... Oh - and the overflow channels from the north at or near Arlington, speaking of how extreme some ancient floods were. And the giant sloped waterfalls and category 15 whirlpool that formed just ahead of the falls at Rowland Lake across from Mosier. Plus many more... I encourage you to take a lot of time to talk to the tribal elders with the Yakama, Colville, Wanapum, Nez Perce, CTUIR, and down river tribes to hear their rich and detailed stories of the great floods and the conditions that existed when they happened. That is something the scientists refuse to do.
As a licensed geologist and now a high school science teacher I approve. Thanks for sharing Sir 🪨
Nick has 2 college lectures on the Ice Age Floods that most 7th grade and up could understand any not be complete lost .
I love that your two minute geology shorts always run at least 00:03:00. Take your time and thank you again for your time and effort to share your knowledge and passion for the world as you see it.
It's like the 6 minute long Minute Physics videos.
Well presented and informative. I predict a bright future for this young man.
Is Nick new to you ??? How many of Nick’s videos have you seen??
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Whoosh…
Wow…these are gold, dug from a time before the big lockdown…before the “hit the like button and subscribe” era for me. Thanks Nick.
THANK’S AGAIN NICK!!!
Really interesting shot at 0:42 with H Reactor in the foreground and F Reactor 3.5 miles behind it with the dome of the unfinished Northwest Energy plant exactly 18 miles behind H Reactor.
I like these 2 minute geology lessons! Thank you!
Hello young Nick!
please keep doing these, they're phenomenal!
Literally the S tier of CZcams videos.
I grew up along the Hanford Reach. It holds a special place in my heart. Thanks for sharing!
Great stuff! Fascinating content and you’re very easy to watch. ☺️
There is so much to enjoy .... that we've been lucky to learn more about in the years since this video. I love the photography. (TF ❣️)
I was golfing near Burlington, WA and the golf course I was at had glacial erractics throughout the course, and thanks to what I've learned here I could point them out.
great sights Nick; nice geologic recap, & thanks tp memory of Tom Foster too
I left the shows and movies of Tv, now i see all videos of Nick in the rocks...and "I love it"
I’ve watched many of these episodes before, but I truly have a new appreciation for them, and your red bow tie now that I’ve started exotic terraces series and the cereal box demonstration for strike slip faults. Hoping someday to come across what bet you lost. You’re a trooper Nick!
These are awesome bite-sized nuggets of geologic history!
Another great episode! Thanks, Nick!
As a un-licensed geologist and now high school graduate ( I got the papers to prove it somewhere). I also approve.
Thank you, old person ...
Just caught a beautiful chinook salmon there two weeks ago. Incredible scenery…
I always like your erratic ice age boulders. Having been in the US Navy at Naval Air, Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, Washington,
and lived for a while and spent a bit of time in Coupeville, Washington, I remember passing the by the "Big Rock just south
of Downtown Coupeville near S Main Street. So, I looked up erratics today and found there is a bunch of them on Whidbey Island, and now I have a better understanding of the 'ground at that island, all round rocks and sand, of course fir trees and lots of native Rhododendron bushes. Have you done a presentation on Whidbey Island ?? from Chuck in Clackamas, Oregon.
You’re awesome, man! Thanks for bringing such a positive vibe to a troubling world.
MORE PLEASE! thank you
Another Awesome 2 Minute Geo Video.
Was looking at these on Google Maps yesterday. I might drive out there tomorrow.
Nick is the Man
I love these little snippets of information.
Yay! Another one! Good open area to check out the Ringold. Hey, if horses are involved I want to know where we can find them!
Oh yes - and explain the Mooli mooli at the N springs area. Fascinating.
This is to teach nowadays. Good job.
We understand the most recent series of cataclysmic ice age floods. Some 66 or so left their mark at Hanford. More upstream. Less downstream, as the volume released interacted with the hydraulic limitations of the system. At Hanford they do talk about one series of cataclysmic floods before those circa 11,000 years ago. But here clearly three sets are visible. At least 15 in the bottom series, at least 8 in the middle series, and more than 4 with one truly massive flood in the upper series. Either than of the flow channel just happened to set up to see that.
Other features their to investigate and talk about include:
1) The many braided buried side channels and interconnections along the river.
2) The many mostly buried ancient main channels.
3) The ripped up basalts underlying the site with huge open "windows" between the uppermost confined and unconfined aquifers. And how those create an equipotential water surface that acts sort of like a lake, plus how that responded from mounded water on the site from operations (down-flow into the confined, carrying contamination elsewhere, and up-flow from the confined now that the mounding is gone). Where did that contamination go? Where will it show up?
4) The immense lateral transport of water and contamination on the subsurface boundaries formed by the floods, plus the river bottom dunes, bars and channels that interrupt that.
5) The fascinating and massive clastic dikes with their hundred fine vertical layers that cut through the Hanford formation in polygonal blocks creating walls to horizontal flow and redirecting flow downward.
6) How the layered horizontal transport takes meteoric water -under- the infiltration caps in tank farms rendering those useless deceptions.
7) The amazing hyporheos and all of the creatures that live in it or utilize it for up to half a mile from the river, and how those impact nutrient and contaminant transport.
8) The astounding unexpected things still missed by so many:
a) the way sage roots work to mine water from 50+ feet down and rerelease it in the near surface to support other plants and animals that then bring nutrients to all of them, and that mines minerals from the subsurface soil.
b) how caustic can cause water in the soil to move upward to layers and increase flow via dilution caused by that process.
c) saltation moving moisture upwards
9) How moisture in all but immediate near surface soil is always at saturation from the groundwater upwards creating of liquid-vapor column of two phase flow that is entirely neglected in transport models, and which is driven by natural cycles of pressure and temperature through chemical engineer processes called parametric pumping.
10) The massive influx and efflux of rover water into and from the soils with river stage changes through dam operations extending miles from the river.
11) Just how incredibly complex the subsurface system is, and how completely intractable it is to numeric modeling that fails to incorporate all of these; and further that must deal with each layer and transition as its own discrete system on it's scale AND NOT on modelers grid scales.
etc...
Oh - and the overflow channels from the north at or near Arlington, speaking of how extreme some ancient floods were.
And the giant sloped waterfalls and category 15 whirlpool that formed just ahead of the falls at Rowland Lake across from Mosier.
Plus many more... I encourage you to take a lot of time to talk to the tribal elders with the Yakama, Colville, Wanapum, Nez Perce, CTUIR, and down river tribes to hear their rich and detailed stories of the great floods and the conditions that existed when they happened. That is something the scientists refuse to do.
I'm 69 years young so thank you. From Muscoda WI.
I love short informative videos and find that I retain more information from them.
Interesting. Thank you.
You are reaching new people Nick by uploading them again.
I alway love attending Geology 101 class with Prof. Zenter.
I guess you can teach a 66-year old dog new tricks: I did not know that camels once roamed North Ameria. And it makes me so happy to know that-thanks.
awesome sauce
Thanks nick!
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Not sure if it's the red bow tie, but you keep looking younger as you age.
ED SCHUPP THIS IS YOUR OLD NEIGHBOR BOB , FROM GOLDEN CO.
I am alive and well , hope you and yours are also
Are these older videos reposted or do you not age? Are you a wizard?
Fascinating , bring a geiger counter..
this guy taught my mom 💀💀
I feel like I am there.
I'm going to call you on this. It's actually 3 minute geology. Your were bluffing!
Does this mean we can go hang gliding on Rattlesnake Ridge?
The white bluffs above coulee dam? From the dam to about Marcus Washington.
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