Figure 28

Figure 28: Photograph of a pyroclastic flow descending the northern flank of Mount Saint Helens in August, 1980. The dense blocky base of the flow is mostly hidden by the clouds of hot gases and suspended tephra rising off of it. Photo credit: U S Geological Survey/Cascades Volcano Observatory.

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