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PDeXplore OP t1_iswaj13 wrote
Reply to comment by chemicalxv in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Yeah it seems strange, but I also watched an episode of This Old House a few weeks ago where they were pulling up centuries old trees from a river in order to make tables. So I guess with the right conditions, things don't decompose much.
When I go back to this spot, I'd love to do a better job of getting a composition with all the dead trees still "standing". It's really fascinating how many are still there, and in good shape other than the top halves were obliterated lol
PDeXplore OP t1_iswa6ux wrote
Reply to comment by TwoUglyFeet in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
This is just one of the trails from the observatory, I think it was about 8 miles round trip?
PDeXplore OP t1_iswa0gq wrote
Reply to comment by HeadOfMax in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Yes this was from the observatory trailhead, heading east along the main trail towards Spirit Lake (seen on the left... I think)
PDeXplore OP t1_isvnfwt wrote
Reply to comment by islandpancakes in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Drought certainly makes it feel more desert like, but that's certainly not the reason all the trees are gone haha. But yeah, even around Mt Hood and the Gorge it starts to feel a bit deserty with how dry it gets.
PDeXplore OP t1_isuv2f1 wrote
Reply to comment by Glum_Can1264 in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Yes it's my photo. I'd love to climb Helens one day but I think I'm not quite in good enough shape at the moment. It's a pretty brutal day hike it seems
PDeXplore OP t1_isuanu9 wrote
Reply to comment by HighOnGoofballs in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Wow! I do see that in Spirit Lake. In fact, I remember hiking towards Spirit, from far away it kind of looked like an abandoned city with all the "rubble" everywhere. It wasn't until I got much closer that I could make out that it was all just dead trees everywhere.
PDeXplore OP t1_isu60nn wrote
Reply to comment by Acceptable-Royal-257 in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Haha, sorry about that! Certainly a lot of users here were not alive 40 years ago, let alone old enough to remember spending time in the area before it changed.
Have you visited the area enough in the years since to see any kind of change over the past few decades?
PDeXplore OP t1_istyyrf wrote
Just mind blowing the impact that this eruption had, some 30+ years later. Seeing pictures of how this used to be a fairly lush forest, but as it sits today most of the St Helens area is basically a desert. There are quite a few spots that still have a graveyard of dead trees remaining from the original forest, and surprisingly basically none have grown back.
Would be interesting if anyone here was alive to visit the area before the eruptions in the 80s that can comment further.
Fyi shot on Sony A7C, Tamron 17-28mm, f/9. Instagram for more PNW landscape stuff
The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707]PDeXplore t1_ismhzjd wrote
Reply to The epic land of Ridgway, Colorado in its full fall splendor [OC] [4615x3692] by tommydarko12
Damn, beautiful light. What a cool mountain!
PDeXplore OP t1_iswapge wrote
Reply to comment by TwoUglyFeet in The long lasting impact of the St Helens eruption. WA, USA [OC] [2560 x 1707] by PDeXplore
Yep, that's the spot!