A camel driver near the Sphinx and Khafre Pyramid. The Great Sphinx – thismonumental statue, the first truly colossal royal sculpture in Egypt, known as the Great Sphinx, is a national symbol of Egypt. The word “sphinx”, which means ‘strangler’,
Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center near Mt. St. Helens, WA
The Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center, a low-slung, green-roofed building nestles atop Coldwater Ridge where visitors can view the 8,366 foot volcano and its crater. Nature takes its course within the National Volcanic Monument as plants, trees and animals return. Coldwater
Mount St. Helens Eruption 1980
Mt. St. Helens, the eruption that has captured everyone’s attention since March 1980. The peak is now altered by the collapse of the summit and the formation of a new crater as ash, rock, and steam have been blown from
Spirit Lake near Mount St. Helens, WA
Spirit Lake filled with debris following the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Deprived of its natural outlet by the eruption, with an earth and logdam, the surface of Spirit Lake has risen some 200 feet in elevation.