Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980

[theoutofdoors]

Lol.

[nickelback303]

man that thing is still setaming more than tommy chongs bong

[stevenisflyyy]

my grandparents lived in tacoma at the time the volcano erupted. they got out of safely and thank god they still here and got lucky. i feel for the ppl that lost their lives in this dramtic event.

[SHEEP104]

less of an explosion...more of a collapse...awesome

[Natsuya123]

to earth this is like popping a pimple

[x0xRuthx0x]

@theoutofdoors is gary rosenquist the guy who died taking photographs of the eruption? My geography lecturer was talking about a man who was studying mt.st.helens when it erupted and since he knew he wasnt going to escape, he simply stood and took photos of the eruption... Is this the man? Can you let me know asap thanks a mill :)

[mdover95]

@x0xRuthx0x

Gary Rosenquist survived the eruption. I cannot recall the name of the man who did die after taking photos. There was also a man who was talking about it on his ham radio that didn't survive. That man isn;t to be confused with David Johnston, though. Johnston was the USGS volcanologist who was observing the mountain from a ridge 5 miles north of the mountain when it erupted. Hope that helps.

[WeekendRambo]

Irritating bright red writing in the middle of the picture! At least put it at the bottom

[thedeviltroy]

hey man,dont light that cigarette up here! "ahh, what could possibly happen?"

[TheRealRedAce]

Volcanoes that dont erupt much liquid lava are just big piles of ash and pumice, not solid at all. This kind of collapse is not rare.

Pressure bulges side of mountain, small earthquake causes the bulge to give way, weight of mountainside suddenly gone means pressure bursts out like puncturing a tire or opening shaken-up fizzy drink.

This blast snapped big trees 17 miles away. There are many cities in the world much closer to volcanoes than that.

[heatcats]

I live in Washington. I live about 250 miles from the volcano.

[ddfrddfr]

@heatcats I live in Hawaii.

[hinatarulez1231]

yeah the side went like KAPOW the side is gone

[frankthewood1]

i think it was because of the pressure and it more exploded to erupted must volcanos dont do that

[deadinred11]

how did the side cave in?

[krayzeejojo]

Geologists reported swarms of earthquakes that shook the side of the mountain and cracking the rock underneath to allow the magma and gas to move-up, which in turn weakened the rock even further. The second the intense pressure reached open-air it let loose and very easily took a chunk of the mountain with it. Stratovolcanoes are notorious for this.

[wilkes85]

6 hours of work... 10 minutes on MS paint.

[cutter043]

i just came off st helens 4 hrs ago ... i managed to get some very good shots from the closest spot available... i remember very well MAY 18 1980 when she gave up her north face.... i was 15 and it was the first day of summer vacation in my hometown in kansas... theres a erie feeling when yu look into that mountain.. knowing she has the potential to go up .... was wondering has there been any more growth of the dome inside???

[poopystinx]

imagine a 900 degree wall of hot mud coming towards you at 300 miles per hour..... speechles

[wildturkey1960]

@poopystinx Imagine bending over and kissing your ass Goodbye...

[Hedwigas]

i saw a documentary at DC ! damn!

[James92802]

The City of Mt Shasta is 10 miles from the summit. If it goes like this Mt St Helens did , the town has only a few seconds.

[luckynumber1111]

jeeeeeeeeezussss

[theroyalpriest]

This happened the day I was born...talk about making an entrance....lol

[heathfiedler]

@theroyalpriest yeah god shot your ass out the wrong hole. xD jkin

[Drapion3]

DAMN THAT WAS FAST

[pinkmints]

wow the whole side just slid off the mountain...

[theoutofdoors]

Just stating a fact, boxx0r.

[boxx0r]

LOLOLOL this took you 6 hours?!?!?!?!

[mj358]

where ya goin? I'm goin t'fookin t'egypt

[GeneralBelesarius]

Mt. Rainer is expected to bow very soon. i live in its shadow

[GrahamKristen184]

wow what a small world..i just saw this a few days ago in geog :| lol

[NCCNeon]

How does seeing it in geology class make it a small world? That's just a very strange thought. Yes, it happened on our planet.

[toosie213]

you shouldnt bad talk people like that they put something on here for people to enjoy you dont have to watch it so what if its just post cards its still something someone may not have ever seen before

[Pdark1]

I am watching a TV show as I am typing this. The pictures were taken by a photographer.

The amount of debris that slid down the side of the mountain was 600 ft deep in some areas. The land slide was caused by a build up of magma under pressure under the mountain.

It's on a TV show called "Raging Nature" on the Discovery Channel.

[srosenow98]

That must've been taken from that postcard strip they sell at the local gift shops and visitor centers in the area.

One of these days, it'd be nice to see the full set in high-res negative scans.

[KCDagonnFel]

This wasn't taken from postcards, it was taken by a photographer who saw the eruption and took a series of photos.

[srosenow98]

This YouTube video was the result of scanning the postcard series of the Rosenquist photos and creating a video of the end result. You cannot convince me otherwise. I have studied the Rosenquist sequence in great depth and I can bet the farm these were scanned images of that postcard set (I have four of them in my posession).

Gary Rosenquist (the photographer who took this sequence) licensed several of his photos for souvenir kits.

[theoutofdoors]

I made this video using images from a USGS website. The images were all over the place and I wanted to see them as if they had been taken from a tripod. I used I program called CoralDraw to manipulate the framing of the images. 6 hours of work and you have this video.

[Kelticviking]

i watched it from my front yard i live less than 60 miles northwest of it andit was the most amazing sight to behold a black cloud like no other but the ash was the best fertilizer the ground ever had

[blindandwatching]

@Kelticviking The volcanic ash was/is full of minerals that break down quickly and are just what your plants like to eat for lunch. Interestingly I studied a farm in Nebraska where the farmer lost part of the crop that year to ash fall, he financially made up for the loss over the next few years as the recharged soil gave him better yields on his summer and winter wheat.

[SuperBowserBoy]

Thats some scary shiza! O_O

[PohjoisPike23]

Man, that was a BANG!

[beckb25064]

wow

[m88marc88m]

this was added on mi birthday lol