Mount St Helens - Blast Effects by bmac62
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When Mount Saint Helens erupted at 8:32 am on the morning of May 18th, 1980 a blast of thermal energy literally blew down entire conifer forests for miles around the volcano. 230 sq miles (596 sq km) were directly effected. Temperatures of up to 660 degrees F (349 degrees C) and a blast velocity of at least 300 mph (483 km/h) occurred.
Trees were uprooted, trunks were stripped of branches and bark, and soil was blasted away down to bedrock.
The photo above taken a few days ago shows some of these effects. Please zoom for the best view.
Comments (16)
wysiwig
And yet after all that there is still some regeneration. I remember what used to be Spirit Lake filled with fallen timber. Quite a stark image showing nature's power.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
T.Rex
Nice photo. I remember, too. Spirit Lake and all the other images of devastation. I'm reading Graham Hancock's latest book "Magicians of the Gods". It's about a purported comet strike over the north American continent. The research shows global devastation by fire and water. He delves into the unusual geology of western Washington and the Iowa panhandle. Well worth reading! Keep up the good work! :-)
blinkings
WOW great Bill. I remember the day it happened.
durleybeachbum
Truly astonishing! This super shot really tells that story so well.
Faemike55
This really shows the devastation but also the recovery by nature
helanker
Fantastic and it seems mother nature is trying to build up the trees again.
Cyve
What a marvelous landscape... Fantastic shot also !!!
jendellas
Fantastic capture. Great in zoom. xx
photosynthesis
Nice shot Bill - I especially like the way you cropped the sky to focus our attention on the terrain...
ArtistKimberly
Fantastic
RodS
Quite a spectacular shot, Bill! The land is slowly recovering. With all our technology and nuclear weapons, we are still no match for mother nature when she flexes her muscles.. St. Helens would be a firecracker compared to that cauldron under Yellowstone if it ever blows.
bmac62
You are right Rod about Yellowstone...that is a scenario I ignore with a passion:-)
flavia49
wonderful shot
junge1
I can concur. I first saw the devastation in September 1992, coming in from the north. I also saw the footage from a viewpoint of a geologist, some miles away. It killed the observer, but the footage showing the approaching pressure wave survived. When I was stationed up there we never paid attention to Mt. Saint Helens, because it was one of the lesser peaks. BTW Bill, I have been reading books by Brad Taylor and started reading Brad Thor, similar in topic!
kenmo
Stellar image...