CWU's Nick Zentner presents 'Supervolcanoes in the Pacific Northwest' - the 26th talk in his ongoing Downtown Geology Lecture Series. Recorded at Morgan Auditorium on April 17, 2019 in Ellensburg, Washington, USA. www.nickzentner.com
Nick is a national treasure. A smart man who can speak to an audience of multiple educational levels. He never talks down or uses “tech” speak. What a skill.
I could listen to Mr. Zentner's lectures and discussions for hours on end without losing interest or focus! He was born to teach and many are blessed to attend in person but many more are blessed to attend here as I am one. I hope and pray that anyone finding their selves the opportunity to "attend" will take full advantage. I promise you will not regret or forget! Thank you so very much, Mr Zentner, for your time you spend teaching us students! Much love and admiration, God bless.
I also was looking fir a documentary. I found a lecture instead. The lecture was more fascinating than a documentary could ever be. The video production side was very well done. It made the lecture flow much better,
My late wife was a Geologist (sedimentary and carbonate) and watching this video brought back so many memories of her. Although I am a 73 year old engineer I took a number of geology courses (in self defense) and this was one of the best presentations ever. I also really appreciated the emphasis on the difference in scale between a super volcano and other types. I just subscribed and will be back for more.
Your prayers have been heard. During this year of pandemic and isolation, Nick did an amazing thing. A wonderful, amazing series of lectures from his own backyard. I strongly recommend all of them: ru-vid.com/show-UC4szl4Ra1ZD3m80wJP40UBA
The way that he describes 1980 Mt Saint Helens eruption... this, is EXACTLY what we saw and felt in Moses Lake, WA. We watched the birds die. Painful. Unforgettable.
I get lots of random recommendations from RU-vid. Most of them aren't worth the effort to click the mouse button. Every once in a while, though, one pays off. This was one of them. Professor Zentner is obviously in love with his work and his enthusiasm is wonderful to see. Now I need to watch the rest of his lectures.
I love your teachings of the volcanoes, I had a hard time in school learning, but now at 50 I want to learn everything that I can. You are a great teacher. Kids have no idea how lucky they are to have you. Keep up the great work. God bless you!
3 years on and I still watch Mr Zentner explaining the previously impossible to comprehend features of so long ago. The University is privileged to have such a fantastic teacher and communicator on its staff.
I truly admire and appreciate this brilliant gentleman! Not only is he full of fantastic info but his delivery of same is a combination of straight up and laughs and sarcasm! And I really dig the cheap shots!!! Thank you, thank you! And God bless you!
it's a self-selection thing. If one loves geology so much, that she/he can withstand a horrible lecturer and remain in the field regardless, she/he is born to be a geologist XD
I agree. At one point, I had as many geology credits as I did for my major. (Mass Communications.) Had Nick been one of my teachers, it might have swayed me toward geology. (Well, that, and if I'd had a better memory. No matter how many times I read some of the material, it just wouldn't stick in my head long enough for a test.)
So good, no computers, no pie charts, just a teacher wise and enthusiastically full of ALL the knowledge. Love this !!! He's engaging and dynamic, but not gratuitously, he's specific, excited and a wonderfully dynamic communicator, imparting his teachings to us plebeians, can listen all day...... Thanks good sir, kind professor......
I am watching this from Australia. No doubt Nick Zentner is one of the best geology lecturer, if not the best. I find his lectures compelling and really informative. I am being re educated .
I am a truck driver and have been amazed by the rock formations for the last 20 years. Your explanation explains many of the questions I have wondering how these formations formed. It has taken your lifetime of learning to explain my wonderment of nature.
I dated this amazing profs son when I was in 10th grade for a month or so. He's this funny all the time and a popular professor amongst the many Ellensburg youths. Such a good lecture.
I lived in Winnipeg Manitoba when Mt. St. Helens blew, 2360 kilometers away. Over the next few days we received ash that covered everything, my car included. And our sky turned pinkish, and our sunsets were magnificent!!!
1980 was the first year of my career as a chemist. I retired this year and discovered these talks. As luck would have it I have a bottle of St. Helen's ash sitting in a drawer that I got 40 years ago and I'm going to take a look at it now to see if it has black specks.
As a 68-year old person who was raised in the Boise, Idaho area I have driven the Snake River Plateau on Interstate 84 for decades; even over to Yellowstone Park. l I have flown over the Bruneau-Jarbidge area in a small airplane at low altitude. I have also driven through Yakima and Ellensburg. With this wonderful lecture, I now have answers to the varied geology of the great northwest. Thank you.
This lecture is one of Nick’s finest. Within the first 30 seconds his story sets a hook that’s impossible to escape. I’ve never grown weary of this presentation. It’s gold. :-)
Being a great professor is a skill. Not just know the material - but also present it in a way that is engaging and easier to learn. This gentleman is very good. He is so into it that he got chalk stains on his cheek and just keeps teaching.
It's 2:45 AM. I just finished another of Nick's lectures. I should know better than to start watching so late because I can't turn them off. I'm so glad I found these.
I am so glad I found this video. I've been a hobbyist geologist, volcanologist, and seismologist for 20 years. I consume as much as I can on these topics and track earthquakes and eruptions worldwide. I am happy to say I knew nearly everything he presented from various other sources, but his presentation beats everyone else I've read or watched.
I'm a meteorologist from Colorado and just found this channel, (and this is the first video I watched). Whenever there is a geologic event, who do the TV and Radio people turn to? The meteorologists. I've had one semester of (extremely) basic geology. This lecture is absolute gold, especially the petrified hail. Professor Nick is amazing.
Ever since my semester ended, I've been craving something new to learn. This guy reminds me of my Genetics professor, who used the lecture hall black boards and told a story every lecture. I sure miss that class.
Oh that was SUPER cool! Being an Inland Northwest resident, I sure do appreciate these lectures. Something about knowing what has happened with the ground I stand on; it's for whatever reason very important to me. Nick, Chris, and Central are doing a great thing with these. I can tell that they're having an impact with people the world over, and the time and effort and money that goes in; it's all free for the general public. It's amazing, and extremely important. So, thank you!
Fascinating. Going from Los Angeles up to Mammoth Lakes on 395 you pass some cylinder cones that look like they are from another planet. I've been a fan of geology all my life. Great talk. His enthusiasm is catching.
I’m 60 yr old SW Wa. resident & always been interested in geology but listening to professor Zentner’s lectures gets me excited. Every trip I take I’m examining the landscape with a better understanding.
I reside in Oregon and a native to the US Pacific Northwest.. Because of your on-line lectures, my trailhead hikes and roadside travels to the Oregon coast, the Columbia Gorge, the Oregon high desert, and into Washington State take on a completely new lens and appreciation for Geology. Congratulations for being an effective advocate and educator of Geology to an ever growing regional, national, and global audience. Geology matters. You make talking about rocks a very cool thing.
One inescapable conclusion suggests itself to me thanks to Prof. Zentner and this brilliant (as usual) video: _Marching Calderas_ would be a great name for a rock band. 😎
What I like most about Nick Zentner's lectures is that he always seems to bases his lectures around recent findings in geology. He gives the audience access to research that is mostly hidden behind pay walls. Much of what he has presented over the last decade has only reached popular literature since 2016. Keep up the good work, Nick.
I'm guessing your ass is pretty sore and flat. I had a hard time watching this for an hour. Sitting on the toilet is challenging after 10 minutes or so.....so to watch tv for 41 years, the entertainment value in the productions of your country must be absolutely on fire...
It's been so long since I was at college I'd almost forgotten how utterly engrossing a good lecture from a good professor could be. Thank you, Nick Zentner!
I'm bingeing on the best geological info ever! When I was in university the prof put us to sleep(then we got a new one) but they never made it so informative or easy to understand! At 64 I'm officially a Nick Zentner fan.
I have friends in Vancouver. At one point they had barrels of ash stored in the garage that was scooped up off the lawn and out of the driveway. Later they would mix it with the garden in spring. On another note, my elder bro's wife was talking to her dad on the phone later that day (she in CA, he in Bozeman MT). She teased him about being in the path of the ash. He poo-pooed it, considering that Bozeman is on the fringes of the Yellowstone Plateau, then left his wife on the phone w/my SiL. A few minutes later, SiL's mom burst out laughing. Dad had gone out front for some reason, and found a thin dusting of ash on the the front step and on the sidewalk. He was not thrilled.
What a great story! Been hooked watching your lectures and teachings about the crazy earth/geological events in the PNW. The videos and images help to tie it all together. The students are lucky to have you. Hi from southern Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
I grew up in a little sage creek valley aboutforty miles north of yellowstone park, when wwe got old. Enuf to go forkwalks by oursehlvdues we found things like seashells embedded in the limestone and loose shells onrhe trails and were so curious how thesecjreatires got up there
Thanks Nick. Very informative. When you showed the Paleozoic limestone rocks embedded in the tuff, I realized the inconceivable amount of energy involved in these eruptions. One wonders how high in the atmosphere those rocks flew before falling back to earth.
I'm 74 years old and have more than the average layman's interest in volcanology and i learned more from this lecture than from all my previous sources. Fantastic AND easy to understand .
Recently I heard, of all the planets in our solar system, earth is the only one with tectonic plates and also the only one we know off at this time. And it was suggested this might even be a reason we exist at all and how rare it is that we exist in this universe so maybe that explains the Fermi paradox.
Great information along with a superb presentation. Good to know how our Continent works. Learned about Volcanoes I never new existed. Time to take a field trip. Thanks Prof.Nick
As a recent Texan transplant, I really enjoy these lectures. So informative and presented in a vivacious (animated, if vivacious is too feminine) manner by a very intelligent man with a love for his subject. I, too, enjoy having the updated material included, and I am sure they are not easy to add to already taped material. Thank you to CWU and Nick Zentner!
What a presentation! 👍👍👍 Born in Tacoma Washington, I awoke every morning viewing Mount Rainier from my bedroom window. If you love nature, well, be envious! We visited it and Yellowstone National Park very often. Thanks mom! If not for her we would have never gone to anything out west. (Military Brat 😊) She took my sister and I to every sight seeing worthy location. So, if you can, go! Go to Yellowstone for sure!
For all the college lectures I fell asleep in as a student many years ago, I must say that Professor Zentner's presentation was fascinating. I learned several new facts from this lecture. Very entertaining and informative.
Great video! I was still living at my parents ranch, Vian, Oklahoma. There was volcanic ash from the Mt. St. Helens eruption on top of their cars, about 2 days after it went off. I thought 'whoa, baby!', 'that must have been a monster!'. Who can forget that? It affected everyone! Great video!
Was driving through Oklahoma when it happened. Black ash falling on the windshield, no clue till we stopped for supper at a truckstop and saw the evening news. Ash travels!
The most worthwhile thing I have seen this morning ( sure to include many hours forthcoming since my 'work' has nothing to do with my passion, the History of the Earth )
Thanks. Incredible. I live at the foot of the southern Colorado Rockies. Amazed every single day at what our rocks show me. Seashells, sea horses, fossils, and fuels - all found at 8,000' plus.
Excellent SuperVolcano presentation = I learned a lot! BOOM I live 15 min away from the gorgeous Valles Caldera in NM : I feel privileged ;) We have Rhyolite, Basalt and Welded Tuff here, and a lot of Obsidian too, WooHoo! Thank You Nick Zentner, your lecture was fun too..
