Monday, May 20, 2019

Looking the opposite direction from yesterday's picture--- Mt. St. Helens from Johnston Ridge, 39 years after the eruption...


By the way, the mountain was named for the Baron St. Helens in 1792.  He was the British ambassador to Spain, and he never saw the mountain.

Sharing today with Mersad's Through My Lens

20 comments:

Laura~Pretty Pix said...

Magnificent! ❤️❤️

Elephant's Child said...

Dramatic and lovely.
The naming? A touch odd.

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Espectacular e belas tonalidades.
Um abraço e boa semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros

Margaret D said...

That is just the best. Thanks for the history
What a shame he never got to see it..such is life.

rupam sarma said...

Stunning view

Andy said...

Awesome view Bill. Lets hope it keeps on resting. Too bad the spammers have found your bog. A few months back I had to turn on Comment Moderation.

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

Dramatic shot!

Rose said...

This is a beauty!

joaquín said...

¡Impresionante!

Grandma C said...

Dramatic shot! I didn't know Baron St. Helens never saw the mountain, thanks for adding that little bit of info.

Bob Bushell said...

Love your range of mountains, fabulous.

Calendula said...

Wow! Gorgeous view!

Taken For Granted said...

Hard to believe the big eruption was that long ago. Seems more recent. Wonderful photo. Not much green growth on that lava yet.

Luis Serrano said...

Todo un panorama abierto que muestra la grandiosidad de algunos paisajes de este planeta que tan poco y tan mal cuidamos. Un abrazo Bill.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Fabulous Pity he never saw the Mountain he named

Ildefonso Robledo said...

Muy bella imagen, amigo... Me encanta su color

fredamans said...

Spectacular!

Mikael Bergman said...

awesome
very beautiful

Powell River Books said...

It's still a beautiful mountain. I remember the eruption very well. We flew near it to take a look during the summer. Just a few hours later we saw a huge plume in the sky from Port Angeles, Washington. There was another small eruption. Even though we stayed the required distance away it would have been bad to be in the air when that happened. - Margy

Molly said...

Absolutely spectacular view

Mollyx