August 23rd - Mount St. Helens

~ Mt. St. Helens Facts ~

For those like me who are interested in mountains/volcanoes, I've compiled some facts from around the web. For those who aren't, well, perhaps this post just isn't for you. Sorry :)

~ Native Americans called it "Louwala-Clough" meaning "smoking mountain"

~ Mt. St. Helens erupted on Sunday May 18, 1980 at 8:32am (PST)

~ Height before eruption: 9,677 feet

Photo courtesy of the USGS

~ Height after eruption: 8,364 feet


Photo courtesy of Yours Truly :)

~ Height of Mt. Rainier: 14,410 feet

~ St. Helens and Rainier are both in the Cascade Range, about 50 miles away from each other

~ The 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens lasted 9 hours and devastated more than 150 square miles of forest and recreation area

~ Volcanic ash was blown more than 15 miles into the air and was carried in great amounts as far as Montana and in smaller amounts around the world.

~ 57 people lost their lives in the blast

~ The mountain and 110,00 acres surrounding it are now a national monument

~ Read more about Mt. St. Helens here

Enjoy the photos ...





It was a pretty uneventful day. In fact, this is the only wildlife I saw.
















~ Zooming in on Mount St. Helens ~



That's about as close as I could get with my crappy lens.

Of course what kind of day would it be if I didn't get a couple of pics of Mt. Rainier!
As seen from a gas station on the way home :)





That's all for now. Another update coming soon!