Robert Landsburg

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/robert-landsburg

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Robert Landsburg born?November 13, 1931
2. Where was Robert Landsburg born?United States
3. When did Robert Landsburg die?May 18, 1980
4. What is the career?Photographer
5. What is the event documented?The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
6. Who was Robert Landsburg?Robert Landsburg was an American photographer who took pictures of many things, but he is best known for photographing the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Lateral Blast: A powerful explosion from the side of a volcano, moving horizontally at high speed.
Ash Plume: A column of volcanic ash and gases ejected into the atmosphere during an eruption.
Pyroclastic Flow: A fast-moving, destructive current of hot gas, ash, and rock fragments flowing down a volcano's slopes.
Photojournalism: The practice of using photographs to tell news stories.