A Web page I visit every day is the Mt St Helens webcam. I like visiting it, because it shows how dramatically weather changes on mountain tops: fog, snow, rain, dust storms, and sunny days. Sometimes icicles dangle in front of the camera lens; other time, a fly or beetle rests on the lens.
(The mountain is in Oregon USA, and in 1980 blew its top during a dramatic volcanic explosion. Steam and ash come out of a vent hole every day. The Web cam was set up on a nearby mountain, in the hopes of capturing any future eruptions.)
Yesterday morning's image was especially spectacular. In the image below, you can see the snow-covered canyons carved by the lava flow from 27.5 years ago. The mountain used to have a pointy tip, so the huge bowl represents the amount of rock that was blown away.
Mt. St. Helens is in Washington. I was living in Gresham, Oregon when she erupted in '80. I was 7 years old & I can remember it was raining mud, that was so cool. My family & I watched most of the pre-May 18th activity from our front yard.
Posted by: Erik | Nov 21, 2007 at 10:03 AM
Not a bug deal but Mt. St. Helens is in Washington state. :)
Posted by: Kevin | Nov 21, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Uh, Ralph, Mt St Helen's is in Washington state. After it blew in 1980, some people suggested changing the WA tagline from "The Evergreen State" to "Ashington, the Evergrey state".
Posted by: Tony | Nov 21, 2007 at 02:36 PM