Mellow Drama
The Native Indians to this area called her the smoking mountain (or fire mountain depending on the translator) and it is still smoking today as can usually be seen on the west face (right) I highly recommend seeing this place for yourself, the most amazing thing is everywhere you drive you can see the mountain top, it's always there looming. It was considered the most beautiful of the peaks because of it's perfectly shaped dome, that is gone now and most believe that it will blow again before it is reformed, but to stand here and contemplate the force needed to level the land as far as you can see is quite humbling.
The link below is a photo taken the day before the eruption, May 17th, 1980
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Mount_St._Hel...
Mellow Drama
The Native Indians to this area called her the smoking mountain (or fire mountain depending on the translator) and it is still smoking today as can usually be seen on the west face (right) I highly recommend seeing this place for yourself, the most amazing thing is everywhere you drive you can see the mountain top, it's always there looming. It was considered the most beautiful of the peaks because of it's perfectly shaped dome, that is gone now and most believe that it will blow again before it is reformed, but to stand here and contemplate the force needed to level the land as far as you can see is quite humbling.
The link below is a photo taken the day before the eruption, May 17th, 1980
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Mount_St._Hel...