The Deer Whisperer 🦌⚓Sequence of photos showing the explosive eruption of Mt St Helens on May 18, 1980:
photos courtesy USGS
Anybody notice the big chunk of the mountain exploding?🌋 😜
Darwin Woodka@DeerWhispers looking back this might actually be when everything went to hell
Tim Fearnside
Depleted Veteran@DeerWhispers is that from Reid Blackburn? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Blackburn
@sgtnasty Probably not. From the article:
"In early June, National Geographic photographer Fred Stocker recovered Blackburn's camera from debris 2.5 feet (0.8 m) thick. The film was not salvageable, as the intense heat from the eruption had corrupted the negatives."
Eva Chanda
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@DeerWhispers THAT'S why the date has been bugging me all day!
So‑Called Vaughn@slirt @DeerWhispers What’s bugging me is that the first photo is flipped ⇄ 😂 #oneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers
Fritz Adalis@DeerWhispers
@vaughnsc @slirt
Check the mid ground trees at the bottom, the first is definitely reversed (or the others are).
@vaughnsc @slirt
Check the mid ground trees at the bottom, the first is definitely reversed (or the others are).
PB Livin'@wh0sthatd0g @slirt @DeerWhispers Now we know what movement triggered that eruption: ‘twas a glitch in the Matrix, flipping the mountain.
Cyn@DeerWhispers I loved reading all the replies. We happen to be living in Southeast Portland, and just happened to be riding our bicycles over an outlook that looked up to Mount Saint Helens. We stopped too gaze at the mountain. Even at the distance we were could see the plume and house size rocks flying out of the top of the mountain and then the pyroclastic flow that just didn’t stop. We were stunned.
@Inthewilderness it's definitely one of those events that you remember where you were when it happened.
B Archer@DeerWhispers My ex is from Metzger and experienced the ash fall firsthand. His best friend was a firefighter pilot and flew us over the mountain in a small plane. It felt like going over some kind of desolate moonscape. Very cool experience!
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺I think I just pyroclastic flowed my pants.