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Felled Tree on the Hummocks Trail

In the moments after Mt St Helens erupted, an entire forest fell like matchsticks. Here's one that remains amid the hummocks formations that line the Toutle River valley.

 

A hummock is debris that forms a large hill or mound left after a puroclastic flow.

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Uploaded on September 3, 2013
Taken on September 1, 2013