Mt St. Helens Pictures

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Yesterday, we returned home from our camping trip. I'm not sure if I have ever appreciated my bed more than I did last night. We had a great time and look forward to more short trips like this in the future. The area we went to would be considered Southwest Washington and on one of our day trips we ventured east to Mt. St. Helens.

For you techie people, I took these pictures with my Nokia 3650 Camera Phone. These shots are taken from the Johnston Observatory. The first shot, above, is the standard tourist picture. Note how the kids aren't looking anywhere near the camera, this is madatory in a tourist shot.

The shot below is of a tree that was completely torn apart in the volcanic blast of 1980.

I still remember the day that Mt. St. Helens erupted and actually felt the eruption even though we lived over 200 miles away. It is interesting to now go back and see how animal and plant life are just now talking root in some areas. There are some great learning centers and observatories, funded by public/private cooperation. The Forest Learning Center has been pimped by Weyerhaeuser Corporation and is very educational and entertaining for kids and adults.

Comments

[Caleb]

Glad you guys had a good time! But... you obviously weren't at the same mountain you linked to. Your's had no snow. Their's did.

:P

[Rho]

Prior to the eruption in 1980, Mt. St. Helens was a beautiful snow-capped ski resort mountain. The eurption took off over 1300ft of the mountain. Pictures from before the eruption show a mountain looking nothing like the one we see today.

[Cindy Michaels]

We (my brothers, our spouses, and children) were there on August 2 this year. So we just missed seeing you - and yes, there wasn't much snow around St Helens then! (my attempt at humor). We went to honor the life of my father who was one of the USGS scientists that studied Mt St Helens during the May 1980 eruption. He sadly passed away earlier this year, but he had always instilled in us the wonder and the excitement of "mother nature's way". Before being transferred to the USGS headquarters in Reston, VA, my father grew up and lived in Washington State. My brothers (I'm a little younger and was born on the east coast) have great memories of the numerous family camping trips to Spirit Lake.

I was completely in awe of this summer's trip (my first ever) to the mountain. I vowed right then that I wanted to go back in 2 years to hike the path from Johnston's Observatory to Spirit Lake.

The memories I have of my dad are vivid - and you are doing more for your children than any of you will ever realize. Keep up the great job, Work At Home Dad!

[db]

There's a great site where you can see a full screen 360 virtual tour inside the crater and view the live web cam.

http://www.destination360.com/us/washington/mt-st-helens.php

[Elnore Grow]

I am co-chair of the Colorado science Convention and we were hoping to use a picture of Mt. St. Helen's eruption, but when we tried to use the volcanocam the resolution is so poor that we could hardly see what it was. Do you happen to have any pictures of it erupting. Thanks....303-697-6088 Elnore Grow...Our convention is next week, so we must solve this in the next couple of days

[Phyllis Clemensen]

Someone sent me an e-mail of this last eclipse over Mt. St. Helens. It didn't come up on my computer. What I know about computers can be found on one page of a very small book. But since I was in Portland May 18, 1980, I would likevery much to see that picture. I have been back twice since then, but health wont allow me to travel any more. Could you ssend me such picture or at least get some one to do so? Sincerely, Phyllis Clemensen

[john herbanky]

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