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Twenty Six Years Later


	26 Years Later, Mount St. Helens-WA A very cloudy, wet and windy day on our way to Windy Ridge overlook at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington State 2006. Photo is of the eastern edge of the blast zone where the trees were killed but left standing. Twenty six years later, the forest is slowly returning. Denny Denny E. Barnes

- Claudia Kuhn

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Love the fog coming down the mountain, the stark tree trunks still standing proud.

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February 28, 2008

Derek D. Dafoe

I love this Denny!! I can imagine what this looked liked just after that happened!! Sure takes along time to recover!! Great shot!!

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February 29, 2008

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Claudia and Derek, thank you. We drove to Windy Ridge on this rainy day hoping the clouds would lift, but never did. We went back the next year and to our surprise we had driven almost to the foot of St. Helens. This is a very beautiful drive and well worth the extra miles.
Denny

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February 29, 2008

Sandra R. Alvey

Oh wow has it really been 26 years? Seems like yesterday! Amazing capture Denny, and thankfully mother nature is so resilient!

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February 29, 2008

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Thank you, Sandra.It doesn`t seem like 26 years to me either.
Denny

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March 01, 2008

Kaye Burazin

Wow, very impressive Denny.

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March 03, 2008

- Sheryl A. Hudson

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I love the way you have captured both the dead trees and the new lush growth! Your lighting is beautiful along with the composition!
I was through this area shortly after the erruption and took many B&Ws of the area, how it has changed! At that time there was nothing green for miles!

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March 06, 2008

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Kaye and Shery, Thank you for your kind comments.
Denny

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March 06, 2008

Steve M. Harrington

An interesting image, Denny. BTW, nice camera. :)
Steve

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March 12, 2008

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Steve, thank you for the feedback.
Denny

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March 13, 2008