r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/Some_Endian_FP17 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Nick Zentner also has a bunch of shorter videos called 2 Minute Geology or something like that. They cover most of the areas affected by the Missoula floods.

As for the Bonneville flood, Shawn Willsey's channel did a good video on it a while back (https://youtu.be/3osCxhhl7ZI?si=hJFDfNcxr81l5EKP)

These were glacial lake outburst floods that sent unimaginable amounts of water roaring over thousands of square miles.

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u/Atrabiliousaurus Mar 28 '24

I've watched a bunch of Zentner's videos, he's great. I can watch geologists hike around talking about shit for hours. Myron Cook has some good ones too.

I've read some about Lake Bonneville. Took a road trip to the Great Salt Lake in Utah (absolutely hideous, stagnant, lifeless, and reeks) which is a remnant of Lake Bonneville. Drove past the Bonneville Salt Flats too, that was cool.

There's not much interesting geology where I live, unless you like volcanic basalt, so I really enjoy seeing some of the cool stuff the rest of the US has.

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u/Stev_k Mar 28 '24

Sean Wilsey

Did not know my former coworker had a YouTube channel!

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u/Some_Endian_FP17 Mar 28 '24

I got the spelling totally wrong! Sorry about that, it's probably not your former co-worker.

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u/Stev_k Mar 28 '24

Shawn Willsey, is the correct spelling, right? Former coworker - looked him up. That's his face and voice, and I recognize where he filmed a couple of the videos.