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When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1981
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When Mount St. Helens erupted in1981, there was a massive explosionthat tore off about 1/3...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in
1981, there was a massive explosion
that tore off about 1/3 of the
top of the mountain

Full Transcript

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When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1981,
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there was a massive explosion that tore off about 1/3 of the top of the mountain.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:59
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
Most of that effluent went down the Toutle River Basin. - Artifishal 00:04
Most of that effluent went down the Toutle River Basin.
The consequences at the river were startling. - Artifishal 00:05
The consequences at the river were startling.
There were chasms of volcanic effluent. - Artifishal 00:04
There were chasms of volcanic effluent.
At that point, there was the feeling that evolution - Artifishal 00:07
At that point, there was the feeling that evolution
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put into it. - Artifishal 00:05
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put ...
What became evident in the Toutle River system - Artifishal 00:10
What became evident in the Toutle River system
By seven years later, they more than doubled. - Artifishal 00:04
By seven years later, they more than doubled.
So those first years at the Toutle River were a prime example - Artifishal 00:17
So those first years at the Toutle River were a prime exampl...
Unfortunately, as the Toutle River began to show that it can produce fish, - Artifishal 00:08
Unfortunately, as the Toutle River began to show that it can...
Hatchery numbers went up, wild fish went down. - Artifishal 00:04
Hatchery numbers went up, wild fish went down.
Nature knows how to make fish work. - Artifishal 00:04
Nature knows how to make fish work.
The best thing that we as human beings can do - Artifishal 00:07
The best thing that we as human beings can do
"Just get out of our way." - Artifishal 00:13
"Just get out of our way."
But don't worry, because as we found out recently, America is on it. - Artifishal 00:06
But don't worry, because as we found out recently, Amer...
I'm Ben Tracy in Washington state, - Artifishal 00:08
I'm Ben Tracy in Washington state,
In your darkest moments of despair, - Artifishal 00:15
In your darkest moments of despair,
Humans believe we can do anything and everything all the time, - Artifishal 00:16
Humans believe we can do anything and everything all the tim...
But it has its limits, and we don't understand anything about those limits. - Artifishal 00:04
But it has its limits, and we don't understand anything...
Icarus was a tinkerer and he wanted to free himself - Artifishal 00:08
Icarus was a tinkerer and he wanted to free himself
So he made wings, he made wings of wax. - Artifishal 00:05
So he made wings, he made wings of wax.