Mount St. Helens in 1980 | #MSH45
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Hi there, I’m Chris. Just sharing my fascination with the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (Lawilátɬa/Loowit) with you for #MSH45.
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Unrelated to today's posts, still sad—but the song's a bit lighter.
It's also been ten years since Allen Toussaint passed. King of New Orleans.
Put on some Labelle. Put on some Meters. Put on whatever you please, but listen to this first. Thankful for good music and life.
It's also been ten years since Allen Toussaint passed. King of New Orleans.
Put on some Labelle. Put on some Meters. Put on whatever you please, but listen to this first. Thankful for good music and life.
Country John (2003 Remaster)
YouTube video by Allen Toussaint - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Unrelated to today's posts, still sad—but the song's a bit lighter.
It's also been ten years since Allen Toussaint passed. King of New Orleans.
Put on some Labelle. Put on some Meters. Put on whatever you please, but listen to this first. Thankful for good music and life.
It's also been ten years since Allen Toussaint passed. King of New Orleans.
Put on some Labelle. Put on some Meters. Put on whatever you please, but listen to this first. Thankful for good music and life.
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Fun fact: Edmund Fitzgerald was a founding partner of the Milwaukee Brewers. The freighter as named for his father.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fun fact: Edmund Fitzgerald was a founding partner of the Milwaukee Brewers. The freighter as named for his father.
To the hour and near minute.
"We are holding our own."
"We are holding our own."
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
To the hour and near minute.
"We are holding our own."
"We are holding our own."
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A minor throwback to Mt St Helens over Coldwater Lake as the sun was coming up. Warm light, cold water, angsty mountain.
#eastcoastkin #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #washington #pnw #hiking
#eastcoastkin #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #washington #pnw #hiking
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A minor throwback to Mt St Helens over Coldwater Lake as the sun was coming up. Warm light, cold water, angsty mountain.
#eastcoastkin #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #washington #pnw #hiking
#eastcoastkin #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #washington #pnw #hiking
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If you ever have the opportunity, the ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse is with going to. It's incredibly moving and a beautiful place. After learning about this in 5th grade in Michigan in 93, always wanted to go. This is from November 2015. (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you ever have the opportunity, the ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse is with going to. It's incredibly moving and a beautiful place. After learning about this in 5th grade in Michigan in 93, always wanted to go. This is from November 2015. (1/2)
I've been a bit quiet the last two weeks. Caught the classic early autumn community cold, and, well, a break's not so bad now and again.
But today's thread's about something you're probably already aware of—it's the 50th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
But today's thread's about something you're probably already aware of—it's the 50th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I've been a bit quiet the last two weeks. Caught the classic early autumn community cold, and, well, a break's not so bad now and again.
But today's thread's about something you're probably already aware of—it's the 50th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
But today's thread's about something you're probably already aware of—it's the 50th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
Manifesting a Slimey Volcano Road Trip in the future.
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Manifesting a Slimey Volcano Road Trip in the future.
There is an increasing amount of historic AI slop that's out there—especially on Facebook, no surprise.
Eyes and ears open. If you see something, say something.
Eyes and ears open. If you see something, say something.
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There is an increasing amount of historic AI slop that's out there—especially on Facebook, no surprise.
Eyes and ears open. If you see something, say something.
Eyes and ears open. If you see something, say something.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It might be the same, it might not be—but how's about an early 80s text-based Mount St. Helens game?
Loads of fun for the whole family, just like the Cinco MIDI Organizer.
Loads of fun for the whole family, just like the Cinco MIDI Organizer.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It might be the same, it might not be—but how's about an early 80s text-based Mount St. Helens game?
Loads of fun for the whole family, just like the Cinco MIDI Organizer.
Loads of fun for the whole family, just like the Cinco MIDI Organizer.
Bumping for #NationalCatDay.
We love her very much—as well as her cantankerous, opinionated older sister, who is Dorothy Zbornak reincarnated as a nubbed tail tortie.
We love her very much—as well as her cantankerous, opinionated older sister, who is Dorothy Zbornak reincarnated as a nubbed tail tortie.
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Bumping for #NationalCatDay.
We love her very much—as well as her cantankerous, opinionated older sister, who is Dorothy Zbornak reincarnated as a nubbed tail tortie.
We love her very much—as well as her cantankerous, opinionated older sister, who is Dorothy Zbornak reincarnated as a nubbed tail tortie.
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Saturday, October 25, 1980: Portland, OR, Memorial Coliseum, On Top of Old Smokey(Five months after the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, Bruce offered a lighthearted tribute to the survivors who had avoided the fatal devastation in the Northwest USA 🇺🇸🌋💥⛰️🧑🏻🦱🎸👨🏾🎷) youtube.com/watch?v=mW_L...
Bruce Springsteen : On top of old smokey
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October 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Saturday, October 25, 1980: Portland, OR, Memorial Coliseum, On Top of Old Smokey(Five months after the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, Bruce offered a lighthearted tribute to the survivors who had avoided the fatal devastation in the Northwest USA 🇺🇸🌋💥⛰️🧑🏻🦱🎸👨🏾🎷) youtube.com/watch?v=mW_L...
Alrighty, my PNW friends.
Let's help my guy out with some advice.
Let's help my guy out with some advice.
@mountsthelens1980.bsky.social I’m looking at a PNW trip to see our big horseshoe shaped friend😅. Assessing the pros and cons of staying in Seattle vs Portland - particuarly with 2 daughters and a wife in tow, and finding things for them to do while i’m getting my volc on. Portland vs Seatlle 🤔
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Alrighty, my PNW friends.
Let's help my guy out with some advice.
Let's help my guy out with some advice.
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#MSH45 | May 2, 1980
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#MSH45 | May 2, 1980
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
#MSH45 | May 2, 1980
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#MSH45 | May 2, 1980
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey shared this previously unseen photo of Mount St. Helens from the then-brand-new Coldwater II observation post.
It would only last another 16 days.
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Another photo with USGS geologist Don Swanson (legend, icon), this time with a toppled survey tower partially buried by a pyroclastic flow sometime during the Oct. 16-18 eruption.
Oh, and it was moved nearly a thousand feet downslope, too.
Oh, and it was moved nearly a thousand feet downslope, too.
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Another photo with USGS geologist Don Swanson (legend, icon), this time with a toppled survey tower partially buried by a pyroclastic flow sometime during the Oct. 16-18 eruption.
Oh, and it was moved nearly a thousand feet downslope, too.
Oh, and it was moved nearly a thousand feet downslope, too.
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Photos featuring Dave Johnston (L) and (likely) pilot Lon Stickney at Timberline as they prepare to board a Bell 206B JetRanger II (N7023J) in April 1980.
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Photos featuring Dave Johnston (L) and (likely) pilot Lon Stickney at Timberline as they prepare to board a Bell 206B JetRanger II (N7023J) in April 1980.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Face your fears, undercut bank edition.
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Face your fears, undercut bank edition.
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With that said, here's the "new" Spirit Lake in October 1980.
Rainier in the distance just trying to take your attention away from everything in the foreground.
Don't let it.
Rainier in the distance just trying to take your attention away from everything in the foreground.
Don't let it.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
With that said, here's the "new" Spirit Lake in October 1980.
Rainier in the distance just trying to take your attention away from everything in the foreground.
Don't let it.
Rainier in the distance just trying to take your attention away from everything in the foreground.
Don't let it.
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These are 2 of the photos I took from a Cessna 150 just a couple weeks before this broadcast, late April 1985. One shows the dome as we flew in, the other is the crater wall as we flew around the inside. Not an experience I'll soon forget.
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
These are 2 of the photos I took from a Cessna 150 just a couple weeks before this broadcast, late April 1985. One shows the dome as we flew in, the other is the crater wall as we flew around the inside. Not an experience I'll soon forget.
You could do worse things this evening than firing up some jazz with Jack DeJohnette on drums and scrolling through the USGS's Mount St. Helens photo collection—carefully reconstructed on Flickr by Kelly Michals.
Mount St. Helens USGS Library Collection
The USGS Library is a great resource that is clumsy to use and has a variety of errors. I'm putting it all here. This is currently sorted by filename, which is mostly grouped by photographer in the US...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
You could do worse things this evening than firing up some jazz with Jack DeJohnette on drums and scrolling through the USGS's Mount St. Helens photo collection—carefully reconstructed on Flickr by Kelly Michals.
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Later, Swanson joined KGW’s Kathy Smith live from inside the crater.
Behind them, steam rose from the dome for the first time since the previous fall.
“The dome isn’t dead yet,” he said.
Behind them, steam rose from the dome for the first time since the previous fall.
“The dome isn’t dead yet,” he said.
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Later, Swanson joined KGW’s Kathy Smith live from inside the crater.
Behind them, steam rose from the dome for the first time since the previous fall.
“The dome isn’t dead yet,” he said.
Behind them, steam rose from the dome for the first time since the previous fall.
“The dome isn’t dead yet,” he said.
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#MSH45 | May 1985
Five years after the eruption, Mount St. Helens had become a laboratory. USGS scientists practically lived in the crater, tracking the dome’s growth, measuring gas, tilt, and cracks.
"It’s been a very cooperative lab,” said geologist Don Swanson.
Five years after the eruption, Mount St. Helens had become a laboratory. USGS scientists practically lived in the crater, tracking the dome’s growth, measuring gas, tilt, and cracks.
"It’s been a very cooperative lab,” said geologist Don Swanson.
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#MSH45 | May 1985
Five years after the eruption, Mount St. Helens had become a laboratory. USGS scientists practically lived in the crater, tracking the dome’s growth, measuring gas, tilt, and cracks.
"It’s been a very cooperative lab,” said geologist Don Swanson.
Five years after the eruption, Mount St. Helens had become a laboratory. USGS scientists practically lived in the crater, tracking the dome’s growth, measuring gas, tilt, and cracks.
"It’s been a very cooperative lab,” said geologist Don Swanson.