When Mount St. Helens Erupted 40 Years Ago This Photo Was Snapped And The Story Is Movie Worthy
On Sunday May 18, 1980—20 years ago on Monday—an earthquake sheered away the north face of Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, creating the largest landslide ever recorded as a high-pressure mix of molten rock, gas and steam exploded outward from the volcano. The eruption was the culmination of nearly a month of steam explosions (known as phreatic blasts), earthquakes and pyroclastic flow from the volcano, which had previously lain dormant for more than a century....