Hiker watching the eruption of Mt. St. Helen’s from about 37 miles away

Photo of a hiker watching the eruption of Mt. St. Helens from Mt. Adams, about 37 miles to the east. Photo from Mt Adams by John V. Christiansen around 8:32 am local time on May 18, 1980 & published in a 1981 National Geographic magazine.
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You can get Christmas ornaments or jewelry with bits of ash from the eruption. My grandma gives them as gifts to my family.

I can only imagine how much that changed their life

I'm kinda thinking that by the time it reaches the magnitude in the second picture...
YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE RUNNING.

Front row seat to a not-even-once-in-a-lifetime event. I'm legit jealous.

Wonder what he was thinking. "Heh, these people sure are fucked. Pretty tho."