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Forty years ago today, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. The blast was famously seen from space.
Learn more about this event and how satellites continue to track eruptions around the world: go.usa.gov/xvzSa
