PHOTOS: Photographer reviews long-lost photos of Mount St. Helens eruption

Peggy Short-Nottage looks at slide film she took of Mount St. Helens during the spring of 1980. The slides were recently rediscovered during a move. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

A tray of slide film of Mount St. Helens volcanic activity was recently returned to photographer Peggy Short-Nottage, who took the images in the spring of 1980. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

Peggy Short-Nottage looks at photos of Mount St. Helens that she took in the spring of 1980. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

Peggy Short-Nottage looks at a photo of Mount St. Helens that she took in 1980. She and her late husband, Allen Short, went up in his airplane several times for a better view of the mountain while it was erupting. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

Mushroom-shaped clouds of ash from subsequent eruptions are captured in photographs taken at sunset from the cockpit of a Cessna 150. Courtesy of Peggy Short-Nottage, via The Statesman Journal

Peggy Short-Nottage sits for a photo at her home in Colton on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

Allen Short stands next to his Cessna 150 in this photo. In the spring of 1980, Short and his wife Peggy Short-Nottage made several trips to Mount St. Helens to observe and photograph volcanic activity. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

A tray of slide film of Mount St. Helens volcanic activity was recently returned to Peggy Short-Nottage, who took the images in the spring of 1980 as she and her husband Allen Short flew around the mountain. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

One of the slides Peggy Short-Nottage took of Mount St. Helens during its volcanic activity in the spring of 1980. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

Mount St. Helens and the clouds of ash billowing from its peak take on a monotonous gray tone in this photo shot from the cockpit of a Cessna 150. Courtesy of Peggy Short-Nottage

Peggy Short-Nottage holds a tray of slide film she took of Mount St. Helens during the spring of 1980. The slides were recently returned to Short-Nottage. MOLLY J. SMITH / Statesman Journal

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PHOTOS: Photographer reviews long-lost photos of Mount St. Helens eruption

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