Mount St. Helens Burps 36,000 Foot Plume

Plume from Mount St. Helens, as seen from the Cascade Volcano Observatory Office roof, taken approximately at 5:30 PM, PST. Plume is drifting east-northeast after reaching approximately 36,000 feet above sea level.
USGS Photograph taken at approximately 5:30 PM PST on March 8, 2005, by Matt Logan.
Photos from Mt. St. Helens appear here.
I live a little over forty miles from Mt. St. Helens but I did not witness this event because I was at baseball practice with Ryan and Alana.
Josh Poulson
Posted Tuesday, Mar 8 2005 07:36 PM



