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Subject: [Leica] Trip to Portland photos
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Sat Jul 28 19:09:04 2007
References: <187756ab25e7d86fe0c8dad09ba4c165@compwrx.com>

The Mt. St. Helens pano is spectacular blown up full sized.

Mike D

Aram Langhans#2 wrote:
> Took a trip to Portland, OR.  Bought my wife a camera (Olympus 410), 
> visited a few waterfalls in the Columbia Gorge and then returned to Yakima 
> via Mt. St. Helens.  Here are a few shots, mostly waterfalls.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Portland_001/
> There are three pages (sorry)
> 
> If you are interested in Mt. St. Helens, be aware that the Coldwater Ridge 
> visitors center will be closed in early November due to lack of funds.  It 
> is not to open again.  The Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain open as 
> long as visitors support it.  Having lived through the eruption living in 
> Eastern Washington and getting burried in 4 inches of ash, I had visited 
> the east side of the mountain (Windy Ridge) fairly often, but had never 
> gone to the west side entrance and the two above mentioned visitors 
> centers.  The views from that side are remarkable.  Much closer than Windy 
> ridge.  And now is as exciting as it gets as the mountain is actively 
> building the dome.  Not a process like Hawaii or other lava spitting 
> volcanoes, but exciting none the less to a (retired) science teacher.  So, 
> get your cameras up there and see what can be seen.  The panorama on page 
> 1 of photos is made of 7 images.  
> 
> Aram
> 
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from dnaplasmid at compwrx.com (Aram Langhans#2) ([Leica] Trip to Portland photos)