Randall Carlson

You can see how extraordinary these are. I mean, there's like actually, let's see. There's a farm down there. There's a couple of farms down there that you can barely see. So yeah, those hills in the distance were pretty much overtopped by the water. And this is a five-mile wide, the water was 1,400 feet deep. Okay, go on. Then this is in Washington.

You can see how extraordinary these are. I mean, there's like actually, let's see. There's a farm down there. There's a couple of farms down there that you can barely see. So yeah, those hills in the distance were pretty much overtopped by the water. And this is a five-mile wide, the water was 1,400 feet deep. Okay, go on. Then this is in Washington.

That's a gigantic boulder bar in the Columbia River that's also a relic of the same flood. Here the waters were about 800 feet deep. The ripples are on the same order of magnitude. There are 30 to 50 feet in amplitude and 200 to 400 feet in wavelength. Water was moving towards the viewer here. So these are two of the more famous prominent rippled fields, but there are many, there are dozens more.

That's a gigantic boulder bar in the Columbia River that's also a relic of the same flood. Here the waters were about 800 feet deep. The ripples are on the same order of magnitude. There are 30 to 50 feet in amplitude and 200 to 400 feet in wavelength. Water was moving towards the viewer here. So these are two of the more famous prominent rippled fields, but there are many, there are dozens more.

That's a gigantic boulder bar in the Columbia River that's also a relic of the same flood. Here the waters were about 800 feet deep. The ripples are on the same order of magnitude. There are 30 to 50 feet in amplitude and 200 to 400 feet in wavelength. Water was moving towards the viewer here. So these are two of the more famous prominent rippled fields, but there are many, there are dozens more.

They're being discovered all the time, and especially now with LIDAR, they're showing up in places nobody knew that they existed. Let's go to the next slide. We'll go through it. Okay, pause here for a second. Now, I want you to look at this. This is a giant erratic boulder scattered over the hillsides in the Columbia Valley at the mouth of McNeil Canyon.

They're being discovered all the time, and especially now with LIDAR, they're showing up in places nobody knew that they existed. Let's go to the next slide. We'll go through it. Okay, pause here for a second. Now, I want you to look at this. This is a giant erratic boulder scattered over the hillsides in the Columbia Valley at the mouth of McNeil Canyon.

They're being discovered all the time, and especially now with LIDAR, they're showing up in places nobody knew that they existed. Let's go to the next slide. We'll go through it. Okay, pause here for a second. Now, I want you to look at this. This is a giant erratic boulder scattered over the hillsides in the Columbia Valley at the mouth of McNeil Canyon.

Now, if you look up on top of those hills, you'll see that there are boulders scattered all the way to the top, right? You see some over there in the left just sitting around. Okay, so now go to the next slide. Okay, we've zoomed in, and the next slide, I put a couple of my buddies in the picture so you can see the scale of this thing.

Now, if you look up on top of those hills, you'll see that there are boulders scattered all the way to the top, right? You see some over there in the left just sitting around. Okay, so now go to the next slide. Okay, we've zoomed in, and the next slide, I put a couple of my buddies in the picture so you can see the scale of this thing.

Now, if you look up on top of those hills, you'll see that there are boulders scattered all the way to the top, right? You see some over there in the left just sitting around. Okay, so now go to the next slide. Okay, we've zoomed in, and the next slide, I put a couple of my buddies in the picture so you can see the scale of this thing.

Yeah, so this giant deposited by a melting iceberg that was stranded on the hillside is found near the mouth of McNeil Canyon. Now go to the next slide, and here's a graphic I found in an old geology text that pretty much shows the mechanism. You have a giant, huge discharge of water choked with icebergs. And some of these icebergs have big erratic boulders sitting on them.

Yeah, so this giant deposited by a melting iceberg that was stranded on the hillside is found near the mouth of McNeil Canyon. Now go to the next slide, and here's a graphic I found in an old geology text that pretty much shows the mechanism. You have a giant, huge discharge of water choked with icebergs. And some of these icebergs have big erratic boulders sitting on them.

Yeah, so this giant deposited by a melting iceberg that was stranded on the hillside is found near the mouth of McNeil Canyon. Now go to the next slide, and here's a graphic I found in an old geology text that pretty much shows the mechanism. You have a giant, huge discharge of water choked with icebergs. And some of these icebergs have big erratic boulders sitting on them.

And this perfectly pictures. Yeah, look at this picture. Now, this is now stranded on the hillside 400 feet above the Columbia. So this was water up to this level. This thing was sitting on an iceberg. And that iceberg stranded on the hillside here, then it melted away. And this is its cargo left behind. Let's see, go to the next. I think I've got one here.

And this perfectly pictures. Yeah, look at this picture. Now, this is now stranded on the hillside 400 feet above the Columbia. So this was water up to this level. This thing was sitting on an iceberg. And that iceberg stranded on the hillside here, then it melted away. And this is its cargo left behind. Let's see, go to the next. I think I've got one here.

And this perfectly pictures. Yeah, look at this picture. Now, this is now stranded on the hillside 400 feet above the Columbia. So this was water up to this level. This thing was sitting on an iceberg. And that iceberg stranded on the hillside here, then it melted away. And this is its cargo left behind. Let's see, go to the next. I think I've got one here.

Pretty much, yeah, but I think I can show you how it ends up. There's a whole scenario that you have to reconstruct. You've got to be able to simultaneously produce, have some kind of event that produces huge amounts of meltwater, fractures large amounts of ice, and somehow can load some of those icebergs with these giant boulders. Now, here's another one here. This is Jaeger Rock.

Pretty much, yeah, but I think I can show you how it ends up. There's a whole scenario that you have to reconstruct. You've got to be able to simultaneously produce, have some kind of event that produces huge amounts of meltwater, fractures large amounts of ice, and somehow can load some of those icebergs with these giant boulders. Now, here's another one here. This is Jaeger Rock.

Pretty much, yeah, but I think I can show you how it ends up. There's a whole scenario that you have to reconstruct. You've got to be able to simultaneously produce, have some kind of event that produces huge amounts of meltwater, fractures large amounts of ice, and somehow can load some of those icebergs with these giant boulders. Now, here's another one here. This is Jaeger Rock.