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MT. ST. HELENS BACK FROM THE DEAD

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 @ 11:00PM

One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over 200 square miles of pristine forest were buried under millions of tons of lava, ash, mud, and avalanche debris. How could life ever return to this barren moonscape?

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