Born Nobermber 13, 1931 in Seattle, Washington, Robert Landsburg was. a photographer who never photographed the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Robert Emerson Landsburg (November 13, 1931  May 18, 1980) was an American photographer who died while photographing the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. When the mountain erupted, Landsburg took photos of the rapidly approaching ash cloud. The film was developed and has provided geologists with valuable documentation of the historic eruption. 
