Geological? They almost remind me of cells in organism like plants. Could this be remnants of a colossal plant?

Found this from NPS, "Boulder Park and McNeil Canyon Haystack Rocks is composed of two adjacent sites that together contain the greatest concentration and most illustrative examples of glacial erratics (large glacier-transported boulders) in the Columbia Plateau biophysiographic province. As the visible products of dynamic glacier processes, they provide important evidence for the direction of movement and location of glacier ice on the Columbia Plateau during the last glaciation. Due to the lack of vegetation in this area, these sites are also probably the most illustrative examples of glacial erratics in the United States."

Awesome video! Beautifully shot. Expertly edited.

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A time when there was an enormous amount of fresh water everywhere across the globe..

Alternate hypothesis on why the red staining happens in some places and not others: The reason is seasonal, where the stains are the result of the lavas flowing over snow and ice rather than standing water, perhaps caused by a localized volcanic-winter supervolcano-induced mini-iceage.

Thanks for this, Mr. Bjornstad 👏 Living here in Missoula at the bottom of what was Glacial Lake Missoula has its perks. Our nickname is the Garden City, no doubt our soil is a result of a silt rich lake bottom. But there are areas of pure clay as well, so it works both ways! Every schoolchild here learns about Glacial Lake Missoula-- nice to have the very evident strand lines as teaching aids!

Check out Randall Carlson. He does for here explaining the flash flood. Check out thr dry falls!

great video, It needs more information, I watched you and Nick walk through this site and the amount of information you two gave talking about the flood and making of the pot holes was very interesting to me.😀

outstanding job...

Fascinating and awesome. Your notes are important touch points: thank you. What is it that makes us want to go, see, touch, explore these places?!?

Thank you for these incredible videos Bruce!!!

Stunning work being shared far & wide! Thanks Bruce!!

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Beautiful place, thanks for this!

Terrific memorial for a good friend. RIP

Thank you for producing and sharing!

Also, I loved the painting!

Always enjoy your drone work! I noticed yesterday across the river (if you follow the angle, SE there is another vent chevron stacked basalt about 200’ above the river. Could they be the same vent?

An Excellent video.

I see a river channel, but could not see what constituted a "gap" (or a gateway). Could the Wallula Gap be described as a short channel? Bruce I ordered your guide book and will come see the Gap this spring '24!

Thanks for sharing this area in a part of Oregon I've never been to. As I'm learning about volcanism in the PNW, I'm surprised by the many types and time periods of activity in the PNW.

It's fascinating to see. I've been interested in the CRB since I was 13. We moved from VA to Seattle in 1962. We first saw the basalt flows while driving through eastern Oregon through to Yakima WA. Of course, now I live among them in N Central Washington. Today, when I watched this video, I couldn't help but think about the December 18th eruption in Iceland. I can imagine similar dikes forming there this year. This really helps my understanding of both events at separate times.

Interesting that Bear's Lodge (aka Devils Tower) in Wyoming exhibits sublateral columnal jointing near the base and essentially vertical columns above the base. This pattern suggests that the basal basalt at Bear's Lodge cooled primarily from the sides whereas the overlying basalt ponded closer to or at the surface and cooled downward from the top. Your drone videos really bring this interpretation of feeder dike cooling patterns to light, especially considering the nearby CBG flows exhibit "normal" vertical jointing. Excellent video. Thanks!

Inspiring life. Amazing photography!!! Cheers to Tom and his legacy 🥰

Very nice drone work!

Awesome!

Ring structure is more likely a collapsed dome.

WHAT IS THE ICE AGE STORY? IS THERE ONE? WHERE ARE THIS ERATICS FROM?

I was just through there Oct 19 on my way to the Pete French round barn, which is just a short drive up the same road. I plan to go back to the craters next spring when I can spend as much time as I wish hiking and biking around them rather than rush for time. Thank you for taking the time to put this video up for us to watch and learn from. I will check out your channel and see if I can subscribe. For any viewers that go to the Diamond craters and also wish to see the Pete French round barn historic site, please stop in at the gift shop and at least say hi. It is a family owned and run business, not a ranger station. The owners have lots of history locally and they would love to answer questions and help all they can.

Excellent, very comprehensive.

I just drove through that area north of Diamond Crater on Rt20 from Bend through Burns on my way home to SC! I had no idea that this area is of volcanic origin. Next time I am in the area, I will check out the park! BTW - the ‘Maare’ you mentioned are also present in the ‘Vulkan-Eifel’ area in Germany in the triangle between Köln, Aachen and Luxemburg, except that they are filled with water and form very circular and deep lakes. Thanks for the video!

Wow! Fantastic. Thank you so much for the lovely views and information.

AWESOME" THANC 4 POSTING!

GREAT STUFF" THANX!

Excellent discussion and video. Thanks

Spectacular drone footage professor. The part of Oregon one never thinks about. Lava and loess covered areas that aren't lava flows which are devoid of trees.

Thank you for this detailed description of all the features of this interesting site! Your done shots are so spectacular as well.

Thank you, Bruce! There's nothing like a drone to give a comprehensive view! A couple years ago, I toured all around here, and while the landscape is fascinating, it was hard to make sense of it all. The BLM guide is great and I've downloaded it. That caldera is something else, isn't it?! I really appreciate this.

Great video. Thanks, brother.

I'm so glad to have stumbled on your channel! This video is beautiful and informative in so many ways. In fact, I keep re-watching it! Already planning my own trip to the scablands to see in person and do some drone flights and paddle some of these plunge pools. Keep up the awesome work! - Stoked Oregonian

Superb and creative production.

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All Hail the Mute Button.

I used to fish Bonnie Lake! great times!

A human being would give scale, the drone shadow is not enough. Thanks

Great footage

Watched again, and as usual, a lot more information "stuck." Thank you, Bruce.

👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thanks for edditing !!! (* 📡... if you are interested in Glacial park- and nice interesting stuff... just google images : * Hallet cove conservation park Adelaide ... geology trail * hallet cove chocolate rock * sugar lofe hallet cove +: "*Glacier rock " Innman Valley 280.000.000 Glacial pavement and features ... South AUSTRALIA All stuff ... from time of GONDVANA. Now 50°C 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞. Ice was traveling GLACIERS ... from Antarctica downhill... From ... alpine peeks... .... all the way across South australia ) . Thanks for nice presentation !!!

Excellent video. Thank you. ETA. I just subscribed. I think I will learn something here.