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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

IIRC when Mount Saint Helens erupted in the 80s it blew the top half of the volcano off.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah and slightly off topic wasn't the pic of Helens blowing its top taken by a man who knew in advance the explosion would kill him and protected his film? Am i thinking of the right story?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Such a simple but beautiful act of love to spend your last moments of life doing that knowing that if those photos might help people understand volcanoes and their associated hazards even a tiny better in the future it was worth it.

You could call it tragic, and of course it is, but I prefer to call it badass.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Thanks for adding the link. He was a real one, deserves to be remembered

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

That's Robert Landsburg although I don't think his photos are very famous.

The series of photos that were turned into a video were taken by Gary Rosenquist, who survived the eruption.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

So much awesome power in that eruption (with non-awesome human and nature/animal consequences).

http://mountsthelens.com/history-1.html

This article is a good play-by-play of how the eruption physically progressed, I particularly like this illustration.