Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02869
The lateral blast of the 18 May 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption removed large standing trees near the volcano. The high-velocity rocky flow left jagged stumps with splinters facing away from the volcano and parallel to the direction of movement of the flow. This tree is about 2 m high, located 9 km N of the crater on Harry’s Ridge.
Photo by Lee Siebert, 1984 (Smithsonian Institution).
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Galleries: Pyroclastic Flows
Keywords: explosive eruption | environmental impact | lateral blast | pyroclastic density current (PDC)
St. Helens