Road Trip, St. Helen's

Road Trip, St. Helen's

From Crater Lake we drove further.

Went along Columbia river.

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Our next stop was St. Helen's volcano. It is famous for its massive eruption in 1980. Wikipedia has following image of that event:

We could only observe the aftermath that eruption left.

Forrest turned to fossil.

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Massive trees, compared to our Ford.

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You can see the direction of explosion in the fallen trees.

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Some trees are still floating in the lake.

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Spotted some bird.

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The volcano is still active and sends out small clouds of steam from time to time.

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Long way to the view point.

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Moving on - next stop is Seattle!