{"id":3125,"date":"2015-05-18T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2015-05-18T14:05:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T18:05:33","slug":"mount-st-helens-eruption-35-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/05\/mount-st-helens-eruption-35-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount St. Helens eruption 35 years ago today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 18, 1980 \u00a0Mount St. Helens erupted in a cataclysmic event that reshaped parts of the Cascades Mountains to the southwest of Seattle. \u00a0Since the eruption went mainly sidewise as the north side of the mountain collapsed, the eruption had limited climatological effects globally, although the ash did cause cooling and surface problems in the vicinity of the mountain. \u00a0Today NASA released a spectacular image of the mountain. \u00a0You can see it larger with other interesting images of Earth at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/mount-st-helens-at-35\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/mount-st-helens-at-35<\/a>. \u00a0EarthSky also has a blog posting describing more about the eruption <a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/earth\/this-date-in-science-cataclysmic-eruption-at-mount-st-helens?utm_source=EarthSky+News&amp;utm_campaign=29b3a48190-EarthSky_News&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c643945d79-29b3a48190-393619445\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3126\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/mtsthelens_oli_2015110_lrg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3126\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/mtsthelens_oli_2015110_lrg-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Source: NASA\" width=\"498\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/mtsthelens_oli_2015110_lrg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/mtsthelens_oli_2015110_lrg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/mtsthelens_oli_2015110_lrg-245x138.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had the good fortune to visit Mount St. Helens last summer and got to see the devastation &#8220;up close and personal&#8221;. \u00a0If you enjoy geology and make a visit to the Pacific Northwest, you will be very interested to see this work of nature in progress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3127\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_0374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3127\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_0374-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mount St. Helens from the volcano observatory and visitor's center.\" width=\"505\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount St. Helens from the volcano observatory and visitor&#8217;s center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can see some satellite footage of the eruption at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/airbornesurfer.com\/2015\/05\/watch-mount-st-helens-eruption-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/airbornesurfer.com\/2015\/05\/watch-mount-st-helens-eruption-space\/<\/a>. \u00a0In spite of what this blogger said, however, the video footage was available from the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (my graduate school) shortly after the eruption and as far as I know they still have it available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 18, 1980 \u00a0Mount St. Helens erupted in a cataclysmic event that reshaped parts of the Cascades Mountains to the southwest of Seattle. \u00a0Since the eruption went mainly sidewise as the north side of the mountain collapsed, the eruption had limited climatological effects globally, although the ash did cause cooling and surface problems in 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