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The eruption of Mount St. Helens, seen shortly after 8:32 am Sunday, 18 May 1980, probably along the forest roads of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The photographer, Richard Lasher, survived the eruption that killed approximately 57 others.

Ha. My Dad actually did start driving into the ash cloud, mistaking it for 'A REALLY WEIRD STORM.' Thankfully a kinder older woman told him to turn his butt around. We've still got some ash he dusted out of his car in a tupperware somewhere.