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Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Twenty seven years after the blast, the direct path of the pyroclastic flow from the eruption is nearly a wasteland, with life just starting to return to the area. The flow path can be seen dropping from the mouth of the caldera.
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Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007

Twenty seven years after the blast, the direct path of the pyroclastic flow from the eruption is nearly a wasteland, with life just starting to return to the area. The flow path can be seen dropping from the mouth of the caldera.

  • Near Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Sunset from Hwy 505
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> The End of the Day
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Last Light
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Twenty seven years after the blast, the direct path of the pyroclastic flow from the eruption is nearly a wasteland, with life just starting to return to the area. The flow path can be seen dropping from the mouth of the caldera.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> From the North
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Fading Light
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Trees damaged by the eruption overshadow the brush and wild flowers returning to this area.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> These are the roots of two trees that were blasted out of the ground during the 1980 eruption.
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  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Young trees in 1980 survived the blast because they were flexible enough to withstand the wind force. Twenty seven years after the eruption, these trees serve as a backdrop to the brush and wild flowers that now dominate this area hit near the miner's car.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> This hill, near the miner's car, was hit hard by the force of the eruption. Plants and trees in the lower area were protected by a small hill between the mountain and the top of the hill.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Trees that were all but destroyed by the 1980 eruption frame the mountain that damaged them, surrounded by younger trees. A plume of smoke rises from the crater of this still active volcano.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> A tree stands in silent defiance against the mountain that destroyed it.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Trees at the edge of the blast zone of the 1980 eruption stand in a silent testimony to the survival of life near the mountain.
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - 2007<br /> <br /> Reflection of Sunset
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