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Pacific Northwest Trip, 2001
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Our
last stops were at Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier, two of the Cascade Ranges
great strato-volcanoes. The picture above shows St. Helens
from the south side; the surrounding countryside appears much as it did
prior to the 1981 eruption. The picture below is of the north side
of the volcano, and shows the devastation that resulted from the lateral
blast of the volcano...two decades earlier!
Students
emulate the eruption, below.
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Mt.
Rainier gave us a view of what St. Helens looked like prior to the
eruption; St Helens gave us a sobering idea of the potential for
devastation in Rainier. We were blessed with excellent weather on this
part of the trip. The tops of the mountains are cloud free only
30-40% of the time. But too much snow remained on the trails for us
to hike to see the glaciers on Rainier.
So, as Derek says, below, that was all,
folks!
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For more information, contact Dr. Tim Lincoln, Institute for
the Study of the Environment, Albion College, Albion MI 49224.
Phone (517) 629-0486 – e-mail tlincoln@albion.edu
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