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| The burned trees indicate the direction of the Big Blast as seen on the way to Windy Ridge Observation Point in Washington State, USA (SW View) | Mount St. Helens As seen from the Windy Ridge observation point Note the new Dome building inside the crater. The puff of 'Smoke' seen in the photo was just 'Dust' blowing. | These trees were snapped off, halfway up from their original height, by the force of the blast. |  |
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| Some trees stayed standing, While.... | ......Others were knocked down in neat Horizonal rows. | The 200 MPH blast burned all the branches off the trees so fast that there was no oxygen left to burn the logs. Sept. 1999 |