"View of the south face from less than three miles during the height of the May 18th eruption. Note that steam as well as ash is billowing from the crater and that larger fragments are beginning to fall from the cloud. Rock fragments and pumice that were carried upward along with the ash, rained down in an area that extended 25 to 30 miles to the north and east." (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1980, p. 4)

Image of Mount St. Helens from the south face taken from less than three miles away during the height of the May 18th eruption.
South face on May 18, 1980
Photo: Courtesy of NGDC/NOAA.

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