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checkmate, big geology!! (mander.xyz)

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[–] pete_the_cat 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

IIRC when Mount Saint Helens erupted in the 80s it blew the top half of the volcano off.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] pete_the_cat 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think so

[–] Silic0n_Alph4 5 points 6 months ago

Had to look this up. It was https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Landsburg

RIP

[–] wanderer 5 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

So much awesome power in that eruption (with non-awesome human and nature/animal consequences).

http://mountsthelens.com/history-1.html

This article is a good play-by-play of how the eruption physically progressed, I particularly like this illustration.