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AP photographer Jack Smith, who shot Mount St. Helens, dies

FILE - USA's Tonya Harding, of Portland, Ore., shows her skate to the judges after interrupting her free skating program at the Winter Olympics in Hamar, Norway on Feb. 25, 1994. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) FILE -- Mike Tyson, left, bites into the ear of Evander Holyfield in the third round of their WBA heavyweight boxing bout in Las Vegas, June 28, 1997. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) FILE - A native whaler rubs the nose of one of two trapped California gray whales as it surfaces in a breathing hold chopped in the ice on the Arctic Ocean near Barrow, Alaska, on Oct. 27, 1988. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80.(AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) FILE - An oil covered bird is examined on an island in Prince William Sound, Alaska, after the Exxon Valdez spill, in April 1989. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) FILE - Tug boats, with smoke pouring from their stacks, pull the tanker Exxon Valdez from a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on April 5, 1989. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) FILE - Mount St. Helens in Washington spews smoke, soot and ash into the sky in April 1980. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) Former Associated Press photographer Jack Smith, left, is seen with fellow photographer Steven Nehl, then of the Oregonian newspaper, during an NCAA college football game in Eugene, Ore., in the early 1990s. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (Greg Wahl-Stephens via AP)
AP photographer Jack Smith, who shot Mount St. Helens, dies