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05-18-2010, 01:23 PM
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Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: a 1949 file photo with Spirit Lake from Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: The eruption, May 18, 1980.
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Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: The eruption, May 18, 1980, was photographed by Keith Ronnholm, who took a series of photos during the eruption only a few miles away from the oncoming ash cloud.
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Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: The eruption, May 18, 1980, was photographed by Keith Ronnholm, who took a series of photos during the eruption only a few miles away from the oncoming ash cloud.
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Mount St. Helens sends a plume of ash, smoke and debris skyward Sunday, May 18, 1980.
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In this May 20, 1980 file photo, trees knocked down by the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens are shown along a logging road near the south fork of the Toutle River in Washington state. As the 30th anniversary of the eruption approaches on May 18, 2010, scientists are still learning from studying how the area devastated by the blast continues to recover from the eruption.
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In this May 20, 1980 file photo, a camper containing two victims of the Mount St. Helens eruption sits amidst the gray landscape about 8 miles from the mountain in Washington state. Markings in the volcanic ash in front of and behind the camper were left by a helicopter and a searcher who found the victims on Tuesday, May 20, 1980. The 30th Anniversary of the massive May 18th, 1980 eruption will be marked on May 18, 2010.
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In this May 19, 1980 file photo, clouds from the Mount St. Helens volcano move over Ephrata airport in Washington, the day after the volcanic eruption.
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In this 1980 photo, a worker at an auto dealership in Moscow, Idaho uses a blower to remove ash from the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, more than 350 miles away, from a car. May 18, 2010 will mark the 30th anniversary of the eruption of the volcano.
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In this May 19, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward.
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May 1980: A Chinook helicopter hovers over the wide mud dam which blocks what was once Spirit Lake, on the northeast flank of Mount St. Helens.
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In this May 18, 1980 file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward.
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Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: Many months after the eruption, Ralph Killian, a Lewis county logger, searches the devastation for signs of his missing son and daughter-in-law.
Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: a 1949 file photo with Spirit Lake from Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868362.jpg
Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: The eruption, May 18, 1980.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868849.jpg
Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: The eruption, May 18, 1980, was photographed by Keith Ronnholm, who took a series of photos during the eruption only a few miles away from the oncoming ash cloud.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868881.jpg
Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: The eruption, May 18, 1980, was photographed by Keith Ronnholm, who took a series of photos during the eruption only a few miles away from the oncoming ash cloud.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868877.jpg
Mount St. Helens sends a plume of ash, smoke and debris skyward Sunday, May 18, 1980.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868393.jpg
In this May 20, 1980 file photo, trees knocked down by the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens are shown along a logging road near the south fork of the Toutle River in Washington state. As the 30th anniversary of the eruption approaches on May 18, 2010, scientists are still learning from studying how the area devastated by the blast continues to recover from the eruption.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868416.jpg
In this May 20, 1980 file photo, a camper containing two victims of the Mount St. Helens eruption sits amidst the gray landscape about 8 miles from the mountain in Washington state. Markings in the volcanic ash in front of and behind the camper were left by a helicopter and a searcher who found the victims on Tuesday, May 20, 1980. The 30th Anniversary of the massive May 18th, 1980 eruption will be marked on May 18, 2010.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868419.jpg
In this May 19, 1980 file photo, clouds from the Mount St. Helens volcano move over Ephrata airport in Washington, the day after the volcanic eruption.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868850.jpg
In this 1980 photo, a worker at an auto dealership in Moscow, Idaho uses a blower to remove ash from the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, more than 350 miles away, from a car. May 18, 2010 will mark the 30th anniversary of the eruption of the volcano.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868422.jpg
In this May 19, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868876.jpg
May 1980: A Chinook helicopter hovers over the wide mud dam which blocks what was once Spirit Lake, on the northeast flank of Mount St. Helens.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868424.jpg
In this May 18, 1980 file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/05/14/2011868839.jpg
Mt. St. Helens 30th Anniversary: Many months after the eruption, Ralph Killian, a Lewis county logger, searches the devastation for signs of his missing son and daughter-in-law.