exploring vancouver island in spring 🌊 rock pillows, giant potholes, sea caves & a fault line

Explore with me on a spring trip to Vancouver Island! Among the many geological wonders we see things like rock pillows, giant potholes, sea caves, a fault line, an unconformity, a hidden waterfall, and more! My friend Rachael, a naturalist and fellow science communicator, can be found ‪@thenatureeducator‬ here on YouTube and Instagram! (Thank you Rachael for all your help filming this video and for being a great co-host💛) ☕ Donate a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geobeck ✨more ways to support my work✨ subscribe for more vids ➭ https://bit.ly/geobeck follow me on Instagram: @geobeckly   / geobeckly   follow me on TikTok:   / geobeckly   watch my free TV show: https://watchlocal.hudsy.tv/programs/... venmo: @geobeckly https://venmo.com/u/geobeckly If you liked this video, you'll probably like some of my other ones:    • I Followed Millions of Monarchs To Mexico’...      • I Found Weird Rocks in Olympic National Park      • A Rocky Road Trip in the Sierra Nevada (Al...      • How An Ocean Floor Ended Up In The Sky      • How An Ancient Lake Built New York City      • This part of the Statue of Liberty is over...   Sources and further reading links in this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a... Image sources: Video of pillow basalt: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossa... Video footage from the movie "Pele Meets the Sea" courtesy of Richard Pyle (deepreef@bishopmuseum.org) at Lava Video Productions. Ophiolite sequence diagram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophioli... Ice sheets melting animation: https://animations.geol.ucsb.edu/2_in... Cordilleran ice sheet map: https://salishmagazine.org/huge-ice-f... Map courtesy of Richard Franklin. Satellite image of Vancouver Island and Olympic Peninsula: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima... Subduction animation: https://animations.geol.ucsb.edu/2_in... Pothole drawing: https://grandma-in-lapland.com/the-la... Geologic map of Vancouver Island showing Wrangellia, Crescent, and Pacific Terranes: https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology... © Steven Earle. CC BY. After the Geological Survey of Canada. Current tectonic situation on the west coast of North America: https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology... © Steven Earle. CC BY. Cross section of subduction on the west coast of north america/vancouver island: https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology... © Steven Earle. CC BY. After the Geological Survey of Canada. Map of north america during the Cretaceous, showing the approaching terranes on their way towards North America: https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology... © Steven Earle. CC BY. Leech River fault 3D diagram and 2D map: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lf... Animation of tectonics of western North America: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... Scotese, C.R., & van der Pluijm, B., 2020. Deconstructing Tectonics: Ten Animated Explorations, "Terrane Accretion", Earth and Space Science, 7, e2019EA000989. https://doi. org/10.1029/2019EA000989