File:Mount St Helens Eruption, 1980 (50700829332).gif

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Forty years ago, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.

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English: Forty years ago, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. NOAA's GOES-3 satellite captured its ash plume in this three-part image from its Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer instrument. The top image is from just before the eruption, the two others are just after. The information GOES-3 gathered about the ash cloud helped warn pilots, inform public health officials, and track recovery of the area over time. It wasn’t the first eruption to be caught on satellite; however, this imagery of Mount St. Helens was the first of its kind to capture the attention of the world.
Date Taken on 18 May 1980
Source Mount St. Helens Eruption, 1980
Author NOAASatellites
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Five Decades from Above

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700829332. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

20 February 2024

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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