Passing Clouds Over Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
2004
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
2004
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After a couple rainy days of shooting and a long night of fitful sleep in a rainstorm under a leaky tarp, I was itching for some clear skies on the day I
set aside to shoot Mount St. Helens. After breaking camp, I began looking for angles to shoot this renowned volcano, hoping that the skies would
start to clear while still providing some patchy clouds to enhance compositions. At the first decent overlook I visited, one that I stopped at in the fog
and rain the previous day, the skies were just beginning to clear and I got my first glimpses of Mount St. Helens in five years! What wonderful
timing! After shooting a couple rolls of film, I decided to try my luck on the north side of the volcano, the blast side. After the long drive around the
mountain, I reached some prime viewpoints on Johnson Ridge, from where I took this photograph. It was turning into a beautiful partly-cloudy
spring day with low clouds hanging out above the valley and more clouds draping the peak. Both patches provided great enhancement to this view
into the heart of the crater formed in the 1980 eruption.
set aside to shoot Mount St. Helens. After breaking camp, I began looking for angles to shoot this renowned volcano, hoping that the skies would
start to clear while still providing some patchy clouds to enhance compositions. At the first decent overlook I visited, one that I stopped at in the fog
and rain the previous day, the skies were just beginning to clear and I got my first glimpses of Mount St. Helens in five years! What wonderful
timing! After shooting a couple rolls of film, I decided to try my luck on the north side of the volcano, the blast side. After the long drive around the
mountain, I reached some prime viewpoints on Johnson Ridge, from where I took this photograph. It was turning into a beautiful partly-cloudy
spring day with low clouds hanging out above the valley and more clouds draping the peak. Both patches provided great enhancement to this view
into the heart of the crater formed in the 1980 eruption.
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