Mount St. Helens
© Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Mount St. Helens, flanked by Mount Adams (far left) and Mount Hood, is settling fitfully back into the volcanic landscape. Three decades ago the mountain’s eruption killed 57 people and destroyed more than 200 square miles of forest. The cover of the current issue of National Geographic shows Mount St. Helen’s erupting on the morning of May 18, 1980. Photographed by Roger Werth for the Daily News.
©Diane Cook and Len Jenshel/National Geographic
Early colonists bloom on a hill near the volcanic monument’s Coldwater Lake: foxglove, lupine, pearly everlasting, red alder. The tree stump is a reminder of pre-1980 logging operations
Tags: Mount St. Helens, National Geographic, volcanic eruption
May 18th, 2010 at 2:24 pm EEDT
wow..
awesome work.. (Y)
May 27th, 2010 at 9:57 pm EEDT
those foxgloves look like they are a long way from the crater
May 30th, 2010 at 4:03 pm EEDT
sexy photo!!!!!!!!! X3
June 9th, 2010 at 1:29 am EEDT
nicely done, love this shot