A very diversified land, I had no idea...
Being on the ring of fire up here, you would think that you would see exhibits like this up here also...
Glad you guys got to rock out !!!🤗
A very diversified land, I had no idea...
Being on the ring of fire up here, you would think that you would see exhibits like this up here also...
Glad you guys got to rock out !!!🤗
Yeah you would think. Minus the GIANT rocks I am sure we have stuff like this at the Burke Museum or one of the St Helens, Rainier or Olympic National parks visitors centers. Maybe just with dioramas. 😄
I think I did see a diorama like this at the Mt.Rainier visitor center this summer.
Most of our "rocks " over on the West side are just covered with forests.
I read somewhere, that Leavenworth Wa was the result of three to four large islands colliding millions of years ago!
Have you ever been to dry falls in eastern wa? It is probably my favorite geologic Washington story. During the last ice age a glacier plugged a river in Montana. Formed a lake known as glacial lake Missoula. Every time the water from the river/lake finally reached the top of the glacier a huge food would occur. Biggest flood in known geologic history EVER. This happened over and over with the freeze and thaw of the glacier. The lake would form again and again and flood. The water would rush from Montana, over Idaho and Eastern WA. The flooding created the scab lands in eastern wa. It was so strong it removed all of the top layers of land and soil across the state. And some massive boulders were also deposited along the way. All of this water also created a waterfall. Today Dry Falls has no water. But during this on again off again flood, the falls that formed at the location were also the BIGGEST falls ever known to have existed!
Soooooo cool.
Very, very cool!!
I saw a PBS program on this year’s ago, this was massive in the geological history of the West!
Can you just picture this happing!!!😳