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Mt St Helens, from Harry's Ridge Trail

$50.00

Before it exploded this beautiful mountain had a perfectly-rounded ice cream cone top. This view is from the north and shows the caldera that’s left after the explosion. Below is Spirit Lake, once considered a holy place and home to many summer cabins, before the volcano. The hike is a memorial to Harry Truman, one of those who chose to stay behind in their cabin even as the explosion was imminent.

14 × 11 print is on acid-free, archival paper, printed locally in Portland.

Before it exploded this beautiful mountain had a perfectly-rounded ice cream cone top. This view is from the north and shows the caldera that’s left after the explosion. Below is Spirit Lake, once considered a holy place and home to many summer cabins, before the volcano. The hike is a memorial to Harry Truman, one of those who chose to stay behind in their cabin even as the explosion was imminent.

14 × 11 print is on acid-free, archival paper, printed locally in Portland.


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