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MSH80_st_helens_from_johnston_ridge_05-17-80.jpg
Mount St. Helens on May 17, 1980, one day before the devastating eruption. The view is from Johnston's Ridge, six miles (10 kilometers) northwest of the volcano.
USGS Photograph taken on May 17, 1980, by Harry Glicken.
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MSH80_st_helens_from_johnston_ridge_09-10-80.jpg
Mount St. Helens soon after the May 18, 1980 eruption, as viewed from Johnston's Ridge.
USGS Photograph taken on September 10, 1980, by Harry Glicken.
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MSH80_st_helens_from_johnston_ridge_09-24-84.jpg
Mount St. Helens four years after the May 18, 1980 eruption, again as viewed from Johnston's Ridge. Note the growth of the lava dome in the crater and the development of the drainage channels around the volcano's flanks.
USGS Photograph taken on September 24, 1984, by Lyn Topinka.
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MSH80_st_helens_spirit_lake_before_may_18_1980.jpg
Before the devastating May 18, 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens was considered to be one of the most beautiful and most frequently-climbed peaks in the Cascade Range. Spirit Lake was a vacation area offering hiking, camping, boating, and fishing.
USFS Photograph taken before May 18, 1980, by Jim Nieland, U.S. Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
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MSH82_st_helens_spirit_lake_reflection_05-19-82.jpg
Mount St. Helens and the devastated area is now within the 110,000-acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, under jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service. Visitor centers, interpretive areas, and trails are being established as thousands of tourists, students, and scientists visit the monument daily. Mount St. Helens is once again considered to be one of the most beautiful and interesting of the Cascade volcanic peaks.
USGS Photograph taken on May 19, 1982, by Lyn Topinka.
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MSH80_mount_st_helens_from_chehalis_04-12-80.jpg
BEFORE: A steaming Mount St. Helens as seen from Interstate 5, at Chehelis, Washington.
USGS Photograph taken on April 12, 1980, by Lyn Topinka.
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MSH81_mount_st_helens_from_chehalis_02-28-81.jpg
AFTER: A steaming Mount St. Helens as seen from Interstate 5, at Chehelis, Washington.
USGS Photograph taken on April 12, 1980, by Lyn Topinka.
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MSH77_st_helens_from_east_of_west_linn_1977.jpg
BEFORE: Mount St. Helens from the south, as seen from West Linn, Oregon.
USGS Photograph taken in 1977 by Ken Cameron.
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MSH80_st_helens_from_east_of_west_linn_1980.jpg
AFTER: Mount St. Helens from the south, as seen from West Linn, Oregon.
USGS Photograph taken in 1980 by Ken Cameron.
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MSH70_shoestring_glacier_southeast_side_09-70.jpg
Southeast side of Mount St. Helens, showing Shoestring Glacier. This pre-1980 view of Mount St. Helens shows the volcano's southeast flank and the headwaters of the Muddy River before the 18 May 1980 eruption. The broad forested area in the foreground is underlain by many layers of volcanic deposits, chiefly lahars and pyroclastic flows generated from past eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
USFS Photograph taken before September 1970, by D.R. Mullineaux.
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MSH80_shoestring_glacier_SE_side_lahar_10-80.jpg
Shoestring Glacier was beheaded on May 18, 1980, and the Upper Muddy drainage, once covered with forest, was destroyed.
USGS Photograph taken on October 1980, by Lyn Topinka.
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