Catch-Up Volcano # 40: Mt Adams

I still have one more post for this weeks volcano. Now I've caught up!

Here we see Mount Adams, Mt St Helens lesser known neighbor.


Sorry I'm still stuck with the old upload interface. Is anyone else still having this problem?

Catch-up Volcano #39: Bedtime at Augustine

Taken from our camp just below the summit at 10:00 PM.

In late summer the sun does eventually go below the horizon, but the sky stays bright all night.

Weekly Volcano #23: Mount Saint Augustine, Alaska

"Discovered" by Captain Cook on Saint Augustine's Day in 1778 and now officially named Augustine Volcano.  My first crossing of paths with David Johnston.  He had studied the 1978 eruption of Augustine.  His party had crashed on the island during the eruption due to ash in the helicopter engines.  A warning for those of you who don't understand closing airports because of volcanic eruptions!  His party was rescued just hours before they would have been killed by the major eruptive phase.

We had the opportunity to take an overflight, looking down into the crater I had walked through just days before. And the transport for our expedition and the overflight, a vintage 1948 Cesna Otter.

Views of the classic Pelean Spine, produced by the 1978 eruption, destroyed by the 1986 eruption.

Photo Beginnings: Kumler Chapel

Also on the Western Campus. 

The Kumler's were probably a wealthy family whose female members attended Western College.

Photo Beginnngs: The Fungus Among Us

A Tree on the Western College Campus of Miami University. Western College had been a private women's college.   In the 70's that type of education was passe, and only the most prominent women's colleges survived.  The college was across the road from Miami and was absorbed into the state school.

Photo Beginnings: My First Sign

The Assignment was 'social commentary'.  

I found something ironic about a parking sign in a stairwell.

Photo Beginnings: My Best Attempt At Sports

For my Blog Anniversary I will post a series of photos from my first black and white photography class. I'll let you guess the Era from their clothing, because basketball fashion has changed significantly.

The "Ohio" is Ohio University, my team in white from Miami University, Miami being a name that originates in Ohio.  The name of a Tribe belonging to Tecumseh's People; and two rivers in the area where they lived.  I mention that because my alma mater is about a hundred years older than the City of Miami.  The name was taken to Florida as part of a real estate scam to rip-off Midwesterners.  Just one of those things!

All of these photos were taken without filters (hadn't discovered them yet); little or no contrast added during printing; using my beloved Minolta SRT-SCII, and Tri-X Pan film.