The big eruption was 1980 (but still small compared to some volcanos)
Lot of minor burps and belches in the years afterward.
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Publications/MSHPPF/MSH_past_present_future.html>
Chuck Norcutt
Wayne Harridge wrote:
> Impressive shots and impressive numbers.
>
> How long ago did it erupt ?
>
> ...Wayne
>
>
>> Chuck Norcutt <> wrote:
>>
>> Photos in the order they were taken. The first three are Chinook Pass
>> on the east side of Mt. Rainier including the one already shown here.
>>
>> The last is looking into the caldera of Mt. St. Helens across the valley
>>
>> near the visitor's center. Had I been standing in that same spot when
>> it erupted I'd have not only been dead but probably never found. The
>> pyroclastic flow went down into the valley and then back up the ridge I
>> was standing on and bowled right over the top of the ridge at about 300
>> mph. But Google Earth says Mt. St. Helens is about 30 miles away from
>> the visitor's center so I'd have had about 6 minutes to make a run for
>> it. :-)
>>
>> More Mt. St. Helens to come. The light was good.
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Mt%20Rainier/index.htm>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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> ...Wayne
>
> Wayne Harridge
>
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