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Re: [OM] More Chinook Pass and the debut of Mt. St. Helens

Subject: Re: [OM] More Chinook Pass and the debut of Mt. St. Helens
From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:49:28 +1000
Impressive shots and impressive numbers.

How long ago did it erupt ?

...Wayne


> Chuck Norcutt <> wrote:
> 
> Photos in the order they were taken.  The first three are Chinook Pass 
> on the east side of Mt. Rainier including the one already shown here.
> 
> The last is looking into the caldera of Mt. St. Helens across the valley 
> 
> near the visitor's center.  Had I been standing in that same spot when 
> it erupted I'd have not only been dead but probably never found.  The 
> pyroclastic flow went down into the valley and then back up the ridge I 
> was standing on and bowled right over the top of the ridge at about 300 
> mph.  But Google Earth says Mt. St. Helens is about 30 miles away from 
> the visitor's center so I'd have had about 6 minutes to make a run for 
> it.  :-)
> 
> More Mt. St. Helens to come.  The light was good.
> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Mt%20Rainier/index.htm>
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
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...Wayne

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