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Photo - Brenda Yeoh awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize in 2021

Brenda Yeoh awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize in 2021.

Brenda Yeoh Saw Ai was accorded the 2021 Vautrin Lud Prize. The award is one of the highest honours presented for developments in geography, and widely considered the 'Nobel Prize in Geography'.

Photo - Jamie Peck awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize in 2023

Professor Peck was awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize, known as the "Nobel Prize for Geography," in 2023.

Awarded since 1991, this prize is considered the 'Nobel of Geography' and highlights scholars whose work has had a particular impact on the discipline, its thinking and development.

Photo - Muddy River bridge destruction from May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens

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Muddy River bridge crossing destruction from May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens lahars.

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Public Domain.

* Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States.

Photo - Plinian eruption column from May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens

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Plinian eruption column from May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens. Aerial view from the Southwest.

* Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States.

1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens - Photo - Volcanologist David A. Johnston 13 hours before his death at the eruption site.

Volcanologist David A. Johnston 13 hours before his death at the eruption site. He was among the approximately 57 people killed in the eruption.

Photo of David A. Johnston, taken by Harry Glicken on May 17, 1980 at 19:00, 13 1/2 hours before the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

* Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States.

1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens - Photographer Reid Blackburn's vehicle after the eruption

Photographer Reid Blackburn's vehicle after the eruption.

Car after Mount St. Helens 1980 Eruption. Reid Blackburn's (photographer, National Geographic, Vancouver Columbian) car, about 10 miles from Mount St. Helens.

* Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States.

1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens - Photograph of the eruption column, May 18, 1980

Photograph of the eruption column, May 18, 1980, taken by Austin Post.

On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook Mount St. Helens.

The bulge and surrounding area slid away in a gigantic rockslide and debris avalanche, releasing pressure, and triggering a major pumice and ash eruption of the volcano. Thirteen-hundred feet (400 meters) of the peak collapsed or blew outwards. As a result, 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) of valley was filled by a debris avalanche, 250 square miles (650 square kilometers) of recreation, timber, and private lands were damaged by a lateral blast, and an estimated 200 million cubic yards (150 million cubic meters) of material was deposited directly by lahars (volcanic mudflows) into the river channels. Fifty-seven people were killed or are still missing.

USGS Photograph taken on May 18, 1980, by Austin Post.

* Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States.