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Mount St. Helen's

In July 2003, my parents and I went for a drive to and around the back side of Mount St. Helen's. We went into the lava tunnels, explored some canyons nearby, as well as drove to a lookout on the back side, from where you can see the crater. The last batch of pictures has many felled trees - those were knocked down in the initial blast, and only now some greenery is starting to grow back.
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Inside the lava tunnels
Inside the lava tunnels		 Mount St. Helen's (the unexploded side)
Mount St. Helen's (the unexploded side)		 Mount St. Helen's
Mount St. Helen's		 Riverbed
Riverbed
That stream's doing a pretty good job of carving a canyon!
That stream's doing a pretty good job of carving a canyon!		 I wonder how good those would be for climbing?
I wonder how good those would be for climbing?		 Log jam
Log jam		 Don't make a wrong step, now!
Don't make a wrong step, now!
The bridge is actually a lot sturdier than it feels
The bridge is actually a lot sturdier than it feels		 The trail keeps crossing back and forth across the river
The trail keeps crossing back and forth across the river		 Mini-whirlpool
Mini-whirlpool		 Ewww. Icky giant bug.
Ewww. Icky giant bug.
The forces of erosion at work
The forces of erosion at work		 No tree left standing
No tree left standing		 Greenery slowly returns
Greenery slowly returns		 Those are all trees blown down during the eruption
Those are all trees blown down during the eruption
Mount St. Helen's (the crater side)
Mount St. Helen's (the crater side)		 Mount St. Helen's
Mount St. Helen's		 Lake just on the north side of the mountain
Lake just on the north side of the mountain		 The degree of devastation is impressive
The degree of devastation is impressive
Hills around Mount St. Helen's
Hills around Mount St. Helen's		 Driving back
Driving back
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