Meta Lake and the Miners’ Car

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Meta Lake was once surrounded by tall old growth trees but now is slowly recovering from the massive blast that Mount St. Helens dealt it in 1980.


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The blast pattern can be seen in the fallen trees that were violently pushed to the ground by the power of the volcano.

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The miner’s car that was destroyed by the blast.  Some people who were near the volcano that day in May in 1980 didn’t make it out.

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Fire weed growing up through the car.

IMG_0388The carburetor remains intact while the body of the car rusts away.


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