(ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON BORDER . . . WHICH IS 5 MILES SOUTH OF MY HOME.)

At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and blew down or scorched 230 square miles of forest.
The mountain lost about 1200 feet in its peak elevation and 57 people were killed.

OLYMPUS E-1 . . .1/640s f/9.0 at 54.0mm iso100