Visit to Volcano

I went to Mt St Helen because I never been one... It is sort of active volcano because I still can see smoke from the volcano....

Mt St Helen 30th June 2007

Remember a movie called Dante's Peak about a volcano erupted near a small town and caused a chaos... If you have not watch the movie, please go and watch it :). I was there when Mt St Helen erupted and experienced the spectacular of volcano eruption. Sound interesting...Too bad I was imagining the volcano eruption when I saw smoke coming out from the mountain :).

Anyway, it was another road trip to yet another place in Washington state. The mountain was covered with clouds so we could not see the dome created by the previous eruption on 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980. The eruption lasted 9 hours, but Mount St. Helens and the surrounding landscape were dramatically changed within moments.

In 1982, the President and Congress created the 110,000-acre National Volcanic Monument for research, recreation, and education. Inside the Monument, the environment is left to respond naturally to the disturbance.

There are several lakes formed from the 1980 eruption. One of them is called Coldwater Lake. This lake was formed by a previous eruption and the water was really clear that you could see the bottom of the lake. The aquatic life continues to change Coldwater Lake ecosystem until today!....