| While I went hiking up a trail to the top of a small mountain I found this chipmunk on the top left. The volcano on the right is the famous Mt. St. Helens which has seen some recent activity. It became famous when it erupted in 1980 and killed dozens of people and destroyed lots of property. The explosion was so powerful that the volcano instantly lost about 1300 feet, or 400 meters in altitude. |
| These pictures above are of a forest that was destroyed when Mt. St. Helens had its last major eruption. You can see that the forest has mostly recovered on the left, and moss and grass is now growing into the lava. Sometimes the lava would flow around a tree and then harden. Later the tree dies and rots away, leaving a well like hole seen in this picture to the right. Things like this are pretty common in this forest, and they even have a small section that allows you to climb into a hole and crawl through small lava tunnels underground and then exit out of another hole. |
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| Washington state is the most north western state in the continental US. It is similar to Oregon because it also has temperate rainforests, a coastline on the Pacific, deserts, and large mountains. Some of the best mountain climbing in the US can be done in the state. On this trip I didn't make it to any major cities, but Seattle is supposedly one of the country's most beautiful. |
The top two photos were taken along the Columbia river gorge. On the upper left you can see thick wooded mountains, on the right is the Columbia river itself. The gorge is actually the border between Washington state and Oregon, so on the right side of the picture is actually Oregon. This photo was taken after I hiked up some trails to a nice scenic point. On the left are the evergreen trees that make up most of Washington's forests. |
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