Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Honouring the Mother
So I was talking to Dori about this post. Apparently, I may have left some details out that explain this better. This is a picture of Mt. St. Helens and the current lava dome that is growning in the center. Compare it to this picture when it first started erupting.
http://www.pnsn.org/NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/MSHphoto.jpg
It seems so significant to me that we are able to witness a mountain being born. This is one of the few geological processes that creates such a massive change in such a short time. Wind, water and fire come no where close to moving such a large amount of material and creating new formations on Earth. The beauty of this eruption is the feeling of birth, where the mountain is growing from inside the remains of a mountain past.
http://www.pnsn.org/NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/MSHphoto.jpg
It seems so significant to me that we are able to witness a mountain being born. This is one of the few geological processes that creates such a massive change in such a short time. Wind, water and fire come no where close to moving such a large amount of material and creating new formations on Earth. The beauty of this eruption is the feeling of birth, where the mountain is growing from inside the remains of a mountain past.
