photos tagged 'volcano'
03.08.05 • guest: st. helens blows (37)
D70 • f8 • 1/250 • ISO 200
Well, after many months of nothing since Mt. St. Helens reawoke, we finally got a pretty nice blow today around 5:15pm. I rushed home but was too late to get photos. Thankfully, Paul was diligent and got a few nice ones from the roof.
Since some have asked for more info, here you go. This was taken from the top of our 8 story building in downtown Portland, Oregon. We are located appoximately 50 miles from Mount St. Helens. The window of opportunity was small, as the upper level winds knocked the plume over in a very short time. This was taken probably 15 minutes after the initial eruption. There was no sound or appreciable earthquakes before or during the eruption. Supposedly there were some small tremors at the mountain preceding the event, but nothing significant enough to call a warning. It is true this could present a very dangerous situation in the case of a very large eruption. Winds carried the ash to the northeast, and there was some ashfall as far away as Spokane, WA. Most of the area nearest the mountain is not heavily populated, so ash is the most likely danger. Since most of the mountain blew away in 1980, there is little chance of another cataclysmic event on that scale.
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08.23.06 • 4:28am • lush • Roger
Nice capture!
08.09.06 • 10:16pm • guest: st. helens blows • barbie
who is paul
08.09.06 • 10:16pm • guest: st. helens blows • barbie
fully sickk mountain man, can u do my home work, okay i need a full video of the euruption of Mt st Helens that hapend in 1980!? does anyone have it??
thanks xxoxo
07.13.06 • 9:01pm • desert canyon #5 (boxcar) • the Robot Vegetable
ooo ooo nice
07.02.06 • 10:35am • desert canyon #2 (longbend) • Swami
Great shot! I need to get out there.
06.29.06 • 9:06am • one man's junk... • Samantha
This image made me think of http://www.portlandground.com/archives/2006/06/sidewalk_front_yard_budda.php ! I just stumbled upon your site today and I'm really enjoying looking at your pictures and remembering "hey I've been there or hey I used to live there!". I lived in downtown Portland for two years before moving back to the midwest a few months ago. I miss Portland soooooooooooo much. :o( But I'm glad I can relive my memories through your pictures!
06.23.06 • 11:36am • high desert canyon • James Norton
Very nice image of the canyon. I really like the sky and how the stream leads the eye through the frame. Nicely done.
06.19.06 • 9:42pm • high desert canyon • the Robot Vegetable
welcome back
06.15.06 • 7:59pm • flower bed • Russ
It's been too long between visits to your blog, you have some great images. That's a very creative gardener and your capture is fantastic.
05.04.06 • 6:08am • abstract • utkik
I really like this shot - there's a great contrast between the sharp light trails on the right, and the more mellow blurring on the left. well done
04.14.06 • 1:40pm • window dressing • D Shine
Very Nice
03.17.06 • 11:00am • branches • Jim Norton
Very moody image. Well seen and captured!
03.11.06 • 6:40pm • spring • kyle
Not usually Rob, but I do take requests. And must admit that sometimes it takes me a while to get to them (since I have to reprocess them).
03.11.06 • 6:36pm • spring • Rob
Very beautiful. Do you ever post them in higher res for wallpaper?
03.11.06 • 12:25am • spring • Jennifer Corio
Stunning photographs, Kyle!
03.10.06 • 10:37am • guest: st. helens blows • kris
wow
02.19.06 • 11:52am • ocean beaches • Craig
Wow! Very nice shot. You have some great pix here man!!! I am just wondering on this particular shot how you get the lights and no cars... I see the camera settings under the title but I'm not a photographer so it doesn't mean a whole lot to me. Freakin awesome!
Makes me want to bust out my old Cannon AE-1. And I would if it hadn't pissed me off so many times! (realizing that I really need to stick with the disposable click boxes!)
02.06.06 • 12:36pm • lush • Miles Hochstein
The white tones are perfect. I like this one.
02.05.06 • 4:00pm • lush • Daniel
I always like to see pictures taken by other people, on the other side of the country, and know exactly where it was taken.
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01.10.06 • 10:26pm • mystery machine • Emily
HA! I want that car! I've been looking for pictures all morning cuz I wanna paint my combi (in four years, I'll be out of school and old enough to drive a car so that's when I'll get one ....) just like that!
12.29.05 • 2:29pm • statue man #2 • kyle
He's been around for a few years I believe, but these are my first shots of him. You might be remembering someone else?
I'm not sure if he calls himself statue man, but others do I believe. I found an article about him versus the City of Portland, which you can read here.
12.29.05 • 11:36am • statue man #2 • the Robot Vegetable
This statue was there last year too, wasn't he? Seems like you had some pictures of him before.
Does he call himself Statue Man? I think of him as a robot man, but I've never seen him in action - he's usually just standing there when I go by.
12.28.05 • 6:15am • statue man #2 • Manual Exposure
This is an interesting composition. You've handled the silver body paint well, a tough material to photograph by itself, and the reflection captured in the performer's sunglasses has me asking what does he see? Wish there wasn't such a bright white diamond in the top middle of the frame from the crossing of the awnings--makes my eye go right to it.
12.23.05 • 11:32pm • smart park • kyle
Thanks everyone for the great comments. I'm glad to see you checking back even if I don't post often enough :-).
12.23.05 • 5:23pm • smart park • blinks
love the way the tones all blend together...a rather cool capture!