Lake Chelan Geology 

Nick, you have no idea how calming these old lectures are. My digital design class is wrecking me stress wise, and these lectures somehow keep me focused while preventing me from thinking about the stressors.

Thank you so much nice for all these videos you out together for us. Not just your students in Washington but people like me a 30 something bloke from Hertfordshire in the UK who wished. A) He studied at school B) He lived in your beautiful state of Washington C) Visited any where in the USA. Your country is so diverse and the scenery is amazing deserts to glaciers and volcanos. Thank you so so much for all the hardwork and effort you put into these everyday. I haven't missed a single video of yours since around 2023. You been like a dependable friend during covid lockdown here in the UK to me. Your truly a great teacher and awesome person. Rob. Sorry Patrick

Prof Nick - I LOVE that you're doing these reissues!!! Thank you.

I enjoy your lectures. Yesterday my 6 year old grandson wanted to make volcanoes I turned to the best information center I could -Nick. Thanks for doing these lectures

Nick's pure excitement for learning makes me excited too

You have me thinking I should take Geology Classes once I retire, so that I can learn my own area as well as You taught me about yours!

Few have done so well to continue to deepen my understanding and inspire curiosity.

I'll bet student Mason visited this Lake and was curious how it came to be.

Glad I caught up with this presentation. Very interesting material and Nick always amazes me with his knowledge and enthusiasm.

Really cool stuff...thanks for making this available.

I like Nick he knows how to make geology fun

Most awesome. One of the best yet! Thank you!

Nick, loving all your presentations,and love you,thank you

Fabulous! Listening with headphones out in the strawberry field but not getting much done cause I keep stopping to look at massive land movements on my tiny phone screen ! Watching from near the nuclear plant site almost built right ON the San Andreas fault ;) We call it the “Hole in the Head”, Bodega Head.

FANTASTIC!!

Amazing opening, Professor!

I enjoyed this very much and learned a lot!

Haven’t seen this one cooool ! Thanks NICK

Now I see, "the great state of Washington." One of these years I'm gonna tour the volcanoes, from Shasta and Lassen up through Oregon, Mt. Hood, Three Sisters, and on up to St. Helens, Adams and Rainier

Nick is a treasure.

You brought to light a generally unrecognized fact that Badwater Basin in Death Valley is not actually the point of lowest elevation in the continental USA. The bottom of Lake Chalan (elevation ~386 ft. below sea level) is described as being approximately 100 feet lower in elevation than Badwater Basin (elevation 279 ft. below sea level). Thank you!

Can I get you some hot tea or something he asks. Completely confident and at ease.

Thanks.

Is it possible that these exotic terraines, not having enough time to solidify and suture could be cut into and pushed down by the alpine glaciers and be a contributing cause to Lake Chelan's depth?

16:00 This part of the lecture would be a lot different now!

Excellent.

Anyone wanna join me on an expedition to Chelan this summer? I live in Ellensburg.

Rock on! Nick! :)

Even my ordinary life revolves around geology; when I forced my hand and arm under my gf’s shoulder last night she became distorted and unstable, I apologized for the unannounced intrusion by identifying it as “Oops, sorry dear, that was a thrust fault.”

Ya gotta love it!!!

Groovy

Thanks. Mach locker, acid guy.

Have you ever watched one of your chalkboard lectures? You must go home exhausted after one. Your entire body never stops moving. It’s like you get an hours worth of swimming cardio with your arms waving, hands drawing, heck…you dance around continually. My eyes get tired. We are so happy you looked at the ground and became a geologist, instead of reading scripture and becoming…..Maybe an Amway salesman?

Where is the new stuff? Has the lake got 4 years older?

I wish I could find a way to filter out the theatrics in your videos and leave the content. Generally, content is, IMO, about 10 minutes an hour. The content is good but all the filler is not tolerable. It all depends on your audience. You've aimed your content squarely at the junior college audience. And, at that, small town/rural junior college. Could you present a serious full class session at university level? I cannot predict that with only these youtube videos to work with. I'm out though, as I am clearly not part of your target market. You keep on wowing the unwashed masses and let serious professors educate the rest. Edit to comments: I am elderly now. Troll in parents basement? My generation did not live in their parent's basements. You invented that. I'm a troll who climbed st Helen's about a dozen times by every route prior to may 1980 plus all the other major cascade volcanoes. Aldo travelled the world climbing and enjoying the geology. Standards are different today but a junior college is still a junior college. My problem with the teaching style is that 10 minutes of new information ...university level information....is coated with 50 minutes or more that teaches little ( to a person educated several generations ago when standards and expectations were enormously higher). You are setting your own standards now but basing them on feel good comfort and not intellectual challenge. Sorry if I inadvertently used words that are not known to most of you. I generally simplify my vocabulary when conversing with significantly younger people. Generally I set it at about middle school level when interacting with younger folks who have four year college degrees. They usually can keep up though sometimes it depends on their majors etc. I humbly suggest that all if you commentors enjoy the coming decades as you and the country is vastly out competed in a world that did not so drastically reduce standards as we have.