Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980

Mount Saint Helens photos by Gary Rosenquist of the 1980 eruption have been superimposed to create my own version of the eruption sequence.

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.

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[theoutofdoors]

Lol.

[theoutofdoors]

Just stating a fact, boxx0r.

[theroyalpriest]

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

[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

[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

[heathfiedler]

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

[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.

[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.

[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 :)