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31 years later

The ash from the Mount St. Helens eruption blanket the region. (Photo Archive / The Spokesman-Review)
The ash from the Mount St. Helens eruption blanket the region. (Photo Archive / The Spokesman-Review)

SR archive photo (May 1980)/J. Bart Rayniak

Today is the 31st Anniversay of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, so to mark the day I dug out a picture of the event taken by SR Valley Voice photographer J. Bart Rayniak. This has always been one of my favorite photos and it hangs on a wall in a hallway in the downtown SR newsroom. We also have on our web site a great "then and now" slideshow by SR photographer Christopher Anderson.

Nina Culver
Nina Culver is a freelancer for The Spokesman-Review's daily newspaper and weekly Voice sections.

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