Vocano Eruption!!!~~~~aniversary

[nthfinity]

At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted.

Shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, the north face of this tall symmetrical mountain collapsed in a massive rock debris avalanche. Nearly 230 square miles of forest was blown over or left dead and standing. At the same time a mushroom-shaped column of ash rose thousands of feet skyward and drifted downwind, turning day into night as dark, gray ash fell over eastern Washington and beyond. The eruption lasted 9 hours, but Mount St. Helens and the surrounding landscape were dramatically changed within moments.

In 1982 the President and Congress created the 110,000-acre National Volcanic Monument for research, recreation, and education. Inside the Monument, the environment is left to respond naturally to the disturbance.

24 years ago today
here are some images

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/digital-gallery/images/web/msh031.jpg

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/digital-gallery/images/web/msh032.jpg

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/digital-gallery/images/web/msh108.jpg

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/digital-gallery/images/web/msh109.jpg

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/digital-gallery/images/web/msh071.jpg

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/digital-gallery/images/web/msh075.jpg

one of the most powerful forces of nature, this was but a small eruption, which its ash cloud circled the earth in 17 days... people all over the world noticed quite a bit of dusty ash on thier cars!

the worlds largest active volcano lies in Yellowstone National Park, and erupts with an ice age causeing force approx every 600,000 years. the last eruption was estimated to take place about 600,000 years ago...

we are all but impervious to nature

[skituner]

im climbin mt. st. helens this summer

[Schwalbe]

What a blast ! :shock:

It was a really big explosion this erupted volcano. They are cool the pictures (before/after), that you have posted nthfinity ! :D

[nthfinity]

thankyou :)


im climbin mt. st. helens this summer

oh man, that would be such a blast ~no pun intended 8) i love climing mountains, but i only have a few under my belt that arent so dificult, but definately fun

[skituner]

yea its gunna be fun
im also climbing mt. adams
i cant wait

[No.1]

Do you remember that dude.. Harry Truman. He refused to leave his hut (he was 86 years old)... oh well. :o

Has anybody got any good pictures of the pyrochlastic flow :?: