the busybody

the busybody, originally uploaded by carolyn_in_oregon.

Mt St Helens from near the trailhead for Lava Canyon.

This is the south side of the mountain which was relatively unaffected by the 1980 compared to the mass devastation on the north side (it erupted laterally). This side of the mountain experienced huge lahars (mudflows) when the glaciers all melted simultaneously because of the enormous heat from the eruption