Who could have guessed just a few decades hence that today that the then barren, blighted landscape of dust and rock that was left in the wake of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens would in 2016 be a paradisaical flower garden! That is indeed the case, as Indian Paintbrush and Gentian now conceal gray ash.
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| Indian Paintbrush on Johnston Ridge |
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| Blasted log in a Gentian meadow |
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| Flowers in the Sun on Johnston Ridge / Thunder over the Toutle Valley |
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| Gentian |
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| Indian Paintbrush |
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| Sunset on Mt. St. Helens from Hoffstadt Bluff |
