Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens, in the southern Washington Cascades, erupts violently on May 18, 1980. This view from the south shows the huge column of ash that rose 60,000 feet. The volcanic peak lost 1,312 feet from its summit during the eruption. (Corbis)
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Ashen clouds move over Ephrata Airport in Washington state one day after the volcanic eruption. (Mike Cash, AP)
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Thick ash descended for miles, leaving the landscape looking like something out of a science fiction movie. (AP)
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Ash covers a pickup truck May 23, 1980, in Washington State. The eruption killed 57 people, some of whom were caught as they were trying to flee the area. (John Barr, Getty Images)
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An ocean of trees lay fallen on Mount St. Helens in this May 23, 1980, photo. The volcanic eruption destroyed enough trees to build 300,000 homes. (John Barr, Liaison / Getty Images)
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Layers of debris surround a boat May 23, 1980, at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. (John Barr, Liaison / Getty Images)
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Lupine sprouts through six inches of ash. The eruption burned off all living plants, but rootstock survived to push sprouts through within six months. (Gary Braasch, Corbis)
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A geologist stands beside the lava dome in the crater of Mount St. Helens in 1990. (Gary Braasch, Corbis)
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Blown-down trees, still pointing away from the blast where they fell 20 years earlier, frame the north side of Mount St. Helens at Loowit Viewpoint in this May 6, 2000, photo near Toutle, Wash. (Elaine Thompson, AP)
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Greenery makes a slow recovery on a site near the eruption twenty years after the blast. (Dan Callister / Online USA / Getty Images)
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A volcano watcher climbs atop a roadside barrier Oct. 10, 2004, to view the steam venting from the volcano several weeks after a flurry of earthquakes first warned of a potential eruption. (Greg Wahl-Stephens, AP)
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A new dome builds up inside the crater of Mount St. Helens May 12, 2005. A quarter century has passed since the devastating volcanic blast killed 57 people and an overwhelming amount of plant and animal life. (Ken Lambert, Seattle Times / Pool / AP)
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