Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980. Steve Firth, a friend of the man who took this photo had the following to say:
“...That Pinto and dirt bike belonged to a good friend of mine and when he stopped to turn around, he took this picture.
He told me that there was lightning bolts shooting out of the smoke but he didn’t have the right filter on his camera to capture them at that moment. The picture could have been even more amazing.
It was used on the TV news and used to be on the cover of Mt. St. Helens brochure at the Johnston Observatory / visitor center.
He gave me an original 8×10 copy of it although it looked like he was a good distance away from the blast, he barely made it out of there alive.
Had the blast came more in his direction he would have died in seconds. Sometime later he returned and photographed a burned-out pickup with a horse trailer attached to it.
He told me he had talked to them that day and said they never made it out.
He is a freelance photographer so he took some amazing pictures of the aftermath as well. Anyhow, I thought I’d let you know a bit more about that fabulous picture."
There have been several serious crashes at Artesia and Peck/Ford near MCHS week day mornings - 2 in the last 2 weeks. Can we get some officers posted at this spot 8-9 AM please? @RedondoBeachPD@manhattanbchpd
@ReturnofR Technically there is no such thing. A “song” defined: a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
I know, I must be fun at parties.🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Sling@Disney@espn figure your shit out. Pretty lame considering you know about this. Watched SC last night and no CFB today. WTF? Don’t mess with my @SportsCenter@F1 CFB