Watching Mt. St. Helens

Old Mar 8th, 2005, 04:59 PM
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Watching Mt. St. Helens

Just joined all my neighbors for the latest Mt. St. Helens show! From our house/street we can see the mountain and the plume of ash with the sunset and it is actually a very interesting/pretty sight. Anyone else watching it?
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Old Mar 8th, 2005, 05:17 PM
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I've had the volcano cam on my favorites for a while now-since the initial plumes were spotted! It was down all day yesterday,though. Sis lives in Battle Ground, so she keeps me posted (I'm in NJ) I can imagine my friends rolling their eyes when I admit it, but I find Mt St Helens history pretty interesting. I've visited the observatory twice. If my transfer to WA would get it's rear in gear, I could see it first hand,too!
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Old Mar 8th, 2005, 05:30 PM
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The news said they were hoping to open the Johnston Ridge Observatory by May for the 25th anniversary, but doubt that will happen now. It really is a fascinating mountain to visit.
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Old Mar 8th, 2005, 06:18 PM
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Yeah we were there Sunday (not J. Ridge of course) and all we got was a wimpy puff or two. Phooey.
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Pretty amazing site. I was lucky to get pictures of the eruption - I happened to be up at Pittock Mansion taking photos of other things, so I had my camera and tripod and just had to point it at Saint Helens.

You can see my pictures at http://www.PortlandBridges.com .

One of my photos even made the front page of the Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/...dnesday-A1.pdf

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Old Mar 9th, 2005, 12:43 PM
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Wow, you could not have asked to be in a better spot with your camera! I saw the newspaper photo this morning, nice pic.

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I hope it's just a show, and nobody gets hurt!
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I'm watching it on the volcano cam - looks like its getting more active again
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Old Mar 9th, 2005, 12:45 PM
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incredible pictures- how far away were you when you shot them?
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I was probably 60-80 miles away, in Portland, about a mile from downtown up in the west hills (Pittock Mansion).

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Great photo, Andrew!

My husband flew from Seattle today on the 6 AM flight to DC and the pilot gave them a good view of Mt. St. Helens, out the window. It was clearly visible but wasn't doing a thing. Whah!
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