So much awesome power in that eruption (with non-awesome human and nature/animal consequences).
mountsthelens.com/history-1.html
This article is a good play-by-play of how the eruption physically progressed, I particularly like this illustration.
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pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 5 months agoIIRC when Mount Saint Helens erupted in the 80s it blew the top half of the volcano off.
So much awesome power in that eruption (with non-awesome human and nature/animal consequences).
mountsthelens.com/history-1.html
This article is a good play-by-play of how the eruption physically progressed, I particularly like this illustration.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah and slightly off topic wasn’t the pic of Helens blowing its top taken by a man who knew in advance the explosion would kill him and protected his film? Am i thinking of the right story?
mihor@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Yes. Heroic deed it was.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Landsburg
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Such a simple but beautiful act of love to spend your last moments of life doing that knowing that if those photos might help people understand volcanoes and their associated hazards even a tiny better in the future it was worth it.
You could call it tragic, and of course it is, but I prefer to call it badass.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Thanks for adding the link. He was a real one, deserves to be remembered
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think so
Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Had to look this up. It was en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Landsburg
RIP
wanderer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s Robert Landsburg although I don’t think his photos are very famous.
The series of photos that were turned into a video were taken by Gary Rosenquist, who survived the eruption.