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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02874

A small plane (center) flying over the west rim of the crater of Mount St. Helens provides scale for a powerful eruption column rising from the vent on the crater floor on July 22, 1980. Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1980.

A small plane (center) flying over the west rim of the crater of Mount St. Helens provides scale for a powerful eruption column rising from the vent on the crater floor on July 22, 1980.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1980.

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St. Helens