MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Barbara & Robert Decker
32 pages with 30 color images. 9”x9”
Translations are available in French, German, Japanese, and Korean.
ISBN 0-939365-54-5 (English Edition)
$5.95
ISBN 0-939365-77-4 (German Edition)
$7.95
ISBN 0-939365-78-2 (French Edition)
$7.95
ISBN 0-939365-79-0 (Japanese Edition)
$7.95
ISBN 0-939365-80-4 (Korean Edition)
$7.95

Our Mount St. Helens Pocket Portfolio^© Book provides in-depth information on the geologic and natural histories of the park as well as spectacular color photography of its eruption and re-growth.

In legend the mountain was known as Loowit, Lady of Fire. The volcano was first known as an ugly witch and then as a beautiful maiden; we know her today as Mount St. Helens. The changing volcanic activity of the peak over the past 4,000 years was probably the basis for the transformation from burning witch to sleeping beauty and back again—a cycle that has been repeated many times over the centuries. In 1980 the transformation happened again in less than a day—mostly in just a few agonizing minutes. In the years since then, the slow process of recovery has steadily taken place and signs of the tranquil beauty of the future can already be seen...

The eruption of May 18, 1980, transformed the elegantly forested landscape surrounding Mount St. Helens into a scene from Dante’s “Inferno.” In a matter of moments, Mount St. Helens’ 9,677-foot summit was reduced by 1,300 feet. The new summit is actually the high point on the rim of a 2,000-foot deep crater where the core of the mountain was once located. During the 9-hour eruption, 500-million cubic yards of molten rock were blasted from the mountain, creating an ash cloud that rose 12 miles into the atmosphere...

Today’s visitor to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument confronts a landscape of breathtaking contrasts. More than 200 square miles of open, ash-covered land is surrounded by a dense, green forest that, in some locations, is as much as five centuries old. At the heart of the devastated area is the crater itself. In this primeval place, researchers study the formation of some of the newest rock on the planet Earth.

—From “Mount St. Helens” by Barbara & Robert Decker

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Barbara & Robert Decker
32 pages with 30 color images. 9”x9”
Translations are available in French, German, Japanese, and Korean.
ISBN 0-939365-54-5 (English Edition)
$5.95
ISBN 0-939365-77-4 (German Edition)
$7.95
ISBN 0-939365-78-2 (French Edition)
$7.95
ISBN 0-939365-79-0 (Japanese Edition)
$7.95
ISBN 0-939365-80-4 (Korean Edition)
$7.95

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