One of the extreme tragedies of Mt. St. Helen's eruption is the volcanic mud buried car of Reid Blackburn who died in this tragedy. Allan knew Reid as he worked for 'The Columbian' newspaper in Vancouver, Wa and at the time was on an assignment for the National Geographic when the mountain blew. The other photographers in the area told Reid they were going back to town for breakfast and Reid told them he wanted to stay back and take more pictures of the mountain!!

This picture was taken less than 30 seconds after sector

collapse triggered one of the largest eruptions in the Cascades in the last 500 years.

This is a picture of Mt. St. Helen's after the blast and what the terrain looked like........it looked like the moon's landscape.