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  1. RE: mstdn.social/@History_of_Geolo

    I have a vivid memory of visiting the Mt. St. Helens blast zone in the early 80s. All of the trees for miles were flattened, stripped of their branches. The fallen trunks were aligned with their tips pointing away from the epicenter, like a vector field. #Helens #MountStHelens

  2. Happy Loowit Blew It day. Yep, that's what we're calling it now.

    #MountStHelens

  3. Wow, I’m old. 46 years ago today, I remember standing by the open south-facing window in my apartment in Vancouver, Canada and hearing a faint boom.

    Turns out it was Mount St Helens erupting - later watching the developing devastation on the news.

    #mountsthelens #vancouver #anniversary

  4. Portland International KPDX → Seattle–Tacoma International KSEA

    A scenic route past the famous and jaw-dropping Mount St. Helens, all while keeping the equally legendary Mt. Rainier constantly in sight.

    Time flew by way too fast, because the Lancair Evolution seems to be all about one thing: covering ground quickly.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #FlightSim #Oregon #Portland #KPDX #Washington #Seattle #Tacoma #KSEA #MountStHelens #MtRainier #Lancair #Evolution

  5. Portland International KPDX → Seattle–Tacoma International KSEA

    A scenic route past the famous and jaw-dropping Mount St. Helens, all while keeping the equally legendary Mt. Rainier constantly in sight.

    Time flew by way too fast, because the Lancair Evolution seems to be all about one thing: covering ground quickly.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #FlightSim #Oregon #Portland #KPDX #Washington #Seattle #Tacoma #KSEA #MountStHelens #MtRainier #Lancair #Evolution

  6. Up near Mount St. Helens. Chocolate cake and zinfandel is a pretty good combo. The third and last Certified Volcano Naturalist field trip is tomorrow then graduation. #stilllife #wine #food #cake #books #photography #mountsthelens

  7. 🐿️🌋 In 1980 researchers helicoptered #gophers onto the barren slopes of Mount St. Helens to test their role as #ecosystem engineers.

    By digging through volcanic #ash, the #rodents brought vital mycorrhizal #fungi to the surface and sparked a #plant explosion that's still visible four decades later.

    👉 popularmechanics.com/science/e

    #volcano #ecology #nature #science #biology #washington #mountsthelens #microbes

  8. Mount St. Helens this morning from the Cougar Sno-Park. Today was field trip two (of three) of the Volcano Naturalist program with the Mount St. Helens Institute. We hiked through the lower part of Ape Cave by special permit. #photography #mountains #volcano #mountsthelens #PNW #landscape #nature #MSHI

  9. I'm enrolled in the Volcano Naturalist Certification program with Mount St. Helens Institute. The first lecture starts this Tuesday and the first field trip is a week from Saturday. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited about it. It's a fulfillment of a lifelong passion to be a bona fide naturalist. After a career of discovering, characterizing, and cleaning up contamination, this is where I'm at. #naturalist #nature #geology #volcano #history #ecology #MountStHelens #PNW mshinstitute.org/volcano-natur

  10. @JohnJBurnsIII @joy @Viss

    Neat! So, that was a thing!

    " CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION STATEMENT
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:42 AM PDT (Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 17:42 UTC)

    MOUNT ST. HELENS (VNUM #321050)
    46°12' N 122°10'48" W, Summit Elevation 8363 ft (2549 m)
    Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
    Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

    Summary: Stong winds are resuspending ash at Mount St. Helens.

    There is no change in Volcano Alert Level or Aviation Color Code at this time. Mount St. Helens remains at normal, background levels of activity.

    Current Observations

    Strong easterly–southeasterly winds in the vicinity of Mount St. Helens have picked up loose volcanic ash deposited during the 1980 eruptions and are carrying it to the west–northwest. The resuspended ash has been reported by commercial pilots in the area. "

    #volcano #mountsthelens #ash

  11. 11 sierpnia przypada rocznica urodzin Reida Blackburna – amerykańskiego fotografa, który zginął podczas dokumentowania erupcji Mount St. Helens w 1980 roku. Pracował m. in. dla „National Geographic” i „The Columbian”. Jego zdjęcia są dziś częścią historii. (fot. Wikipedia) #ReidBlackburn #fotografia #MountStHelens #dokument

  12. "What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens’ devastating eruption, 45 years later" by Public Broadcasting System PBS News - Interview with Steve Olson of Seattle, author of "Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens". The massive landslide and lateral blast took everyone by surprise, exposing that evacuation areas were drawn too small. 54 of 57 fatalities that day were people outside the "red zone". pbs.org/newshour/show/what-sci #MountStHelens #MSH45 #volcano #geology #PNW #history #TDIH

  13. "Past. Present. Future | Mount St. Helens 45th Anniversary" by KATU News (ABC Portland) - 45th anniversary video with clips from KATU's 1980 news coverage of the eruption. Also interviews with USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory CVO in Vancouver WA and local emergency responders about current plans for future eruptions using lessons learned from St Helens' 1980-86 & 2004-08 eruptions. youtube.com/watch?v=jym7b5u6Z1 #MountStHelens #MSH45 #volcano #geology #PNW #history #TDIH

  14. "Ten Ways Mount St. Helens Changed Our World—The Enduring Legacy of the 1980 Eruption", USGS paper published May 2020 for the 40th anniversary of the eruption pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs20 #MountStHelens #MSH45 #volcano #geology #PNW

  15. On this day in 1980, Mount St Helens erupted. I was living in Vancouver, Canada at the time and distinctly remember hearing the rumble - all those miles away. Watching the TV later in the day, the devastation was breathtaking.
    Also encouraged folks closer to Mt Rainer and Baker to give them more than a sideways glance and to consider what they are capable of.
    #mountsthelens #volcano #USA

  16. 🌋 On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State — the deadliest volcanic event in U.S. history. A massive landslide and explosion reshaped the mountain and claimed 57 lives. Nature’s power, frozen in time. #MountStHelens #OTD #Volcano

  17. The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes

    “A team of American scientists sought to learn whether a team of burrowing rodents could help restore Mount St Helens after her 1980 eruption.”

    by @GrrlScientist via #Substack 

    #gophers #MountStHelens #Fungi #microbes #microbiology #SciComm grrlscientist.substack.com/p/t