Mount St. Helens, Then and Now On the 30th anniversary of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mt. St. Helens, scientists are still studying how the area devastated by the blast continues to recover.

A newly released trio of false-color images from NASA's Landsat satellite documents the destruction and recovery at Mount St. Helens. Vegetation is red, bare rock and volcanic debris are gray, and ...

Aerial photos of Mount St. Helens before and after its May 18, 1980, eruption reveal magnitude of ash and destruction during the volcanic activity.

Look back: The Mount St. Helens Eruption 29 photos Before Mount St. Helen's blew its top 35 years ago today, Spirit Lake was a popular tourist destination in Washington state, a place dotted with ...

Mount St. Helens as it appeared before erupting in 1980. The first phreatic eruption at Mount St. Helens viewed by Barry Johnston, Trixie Anders and Jim Fitzgerald, approximately March 28, 1980.

Days before the 43rd anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption, a mudslide wiped out an entire road and closed a popular tourist site.

Snowmobilers, including one with a serious leg injury, were rescued following an avalanche on Mount St. Helens on Feb. 17.The incident occurred when three snowm ...

The body of an experienced mountain climber, who had successfully ventured up Mount St. Helens nearly 30 times, was found inside its volcano after it’s believed he plummeted to his death.

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, hundreds of square miles surrounding the volcano were flattened. Scientists describe the destruction as “moonscaped,” and at the time, it was thought ...

After an avalanche on Mt. St. Helens left one snowmobiler stuck and another injured, a fellow snowmobiler managed to aid them before calling in a rescue group on Monday.