When Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It was clear the land would take a long time to recover from the eruption.

Basalt is much hotter and more fluid than the lavas that erupt at other volcanoes, like the thicker dacite lava that erupts at Mount St. Helens in Washington state. For example, the 2004-2008 eruption ...

Over the Sierra crest — about 150 miles to the east of Manteca, Oakdale, and Turlock — is one of the world’s largest active ...

Uturuncu stands over 19,700 feet high and is a stratovolcano—a large, steep, cone-shaped volcano built up by layers of hardened lava, volcanic ash and rock. Mount St. Helens and Mount Vesuvius ...

They say the lava will likely stop at the boundaries of the park but the water and other debris, just like the flows at Mt. St. Helens the lahars would create a deadly hazard. The scientists say the ...

All three mountains, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and Mount Hood are visible in the background, with magnificent fall colors in the tree-lined fields below. Volcano A big volcano erupting with sparks, ...

Saturday, May 18 is the 45th anniversary of the eruption Mount Saint Helens eruption in 1980 ... leaving a large crater which is now partially filled by a lava dome. So where could you go to learn ...

Volcano lava. Image by Brent Keane via Unsplash ... often resulting in substantial fish kills. Studies of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 estimated that approximately 7,000 large game animals ...

While the state isn’t known for lava-spewing mountains ... The San Juan volcanic field once had giant explosions that changed the land forever. These eruptions were said to be thousands of times ...

Come to the Pearson Air Museum to see World War I-era planes and learn about aircraft production at the historic Pearson Field ... at Mount St. Helens…if you’re not claustrophobic. Bring your headlamp ...

Ape Cave, located in the Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument, is a must-see if you’re going to spend time around the mountain. Ape Cave is the third-longest lava tube in North America, formed ...

The morning of March 16, 1980, marked the end of 123 years of peaceful solace on the slopes of Mount St. Helens as a series ...