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What photographer kept filming a volcanic eruption knowing he was going to die?

In 1980, there was a powerful eruption of the St. Helens volcano, located in the northwestern United States. Photographer Robert Landsburg, knowing in advance about the approaching activation of the volcano, visited the area around for several weeks to capture the phases of its change. On the morning of May 18, when the eruption itself began, he was several kilometers from the summit and realized from the rapidly approaching cloud of smoke that he would not have time to escape. Without any panic, Landsburg continued to take pictures, then packed the camera into a backpack and covered it with his body, which was found under a layer of ash 17 days later. Nothing happened to the camera, and the shots taken helped geologists to compile a complete documentary description of the eruption.

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