PHOTOS: Memories of Mount St. Helens over the years
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Mount St. Helens eruption May 18, 1980. (USGS)
MT. SAINT HELENS - OCTOBER 12: This handout photo taken October 12, 2004 by the U.S. Geological Survey shows Mount St. Helens' crater dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west. Scientists are keeping watch for an eruption as the volcano continually releases steam. (Photo by Jon Major/USGS via Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, WA - DECEMBER 19: A plume of condensation rises off Mount St. Helens, as viewed from the roof of the Cascades Volcano Observatory December 19, 2006 in Vancouver, Washington. The plume results from condensation of warm moist air rising off the growing lava dome. (Photo by Steve Schillling./The U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)
MOUNT ST. HELENS, WA - OCTOBER 20: Lorraine Kells (L) and Susan Tyler (R), of Tacoma, Washington, view the crater on the north side of Mount St. Helens as a steam cloud vents from behind the old dome of the volcano October 20, 2004 at Mount St. Helens, Washington. Volcano activity became visible after several days of low clouds, rain and high winds. (Photo by Greg Wahl-Stephens/Getty Images)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items Postcards saved from the 1980s. (KIRO 7 News)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items The front page of the Seattle Times, one day after the eruption. (KIRO 7 News)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items Postcards saved from the 1980s. (KIRO 7 News)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items Mount St. Helens ash. (KIRO 7 News)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items (KIRO 7 News)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items Mount St. Helens ash. (KIRO 7 News)
Mount St. Helens keepsake items The front page of the Seattle Times, one day after the eruption. (KIRO 7 News)
VANCOUVER, WA - MARCH 8: Mount St. Helens in Washington state is seen in this handout photo from the U.S. Geological Survey from the Cascade Volcano Observatory Office roof March 8, 2005 in Vancouver, Washington. The mountain released a towering column of steam and ash thousands of feet into the air as seismic activity signaled the reawakening of the 9,677-foot mountain. The volcano erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people. (Photo by Matt Logan/U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)
MOUNT ST. HELENS, WA - NOVEMBER 22: In this handout frame grab, Mount St Helens lets off a plume of smoke as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory on November 22, 2005 in Mount St. Helens, Washington. The volcano came back to life in 2004 after lying dormant for many years. The plume of smoke was believed to have caused by a rock slide. (Photo by Johnston Ridge Observatory via Getty Images)
11th August 1980: Volcanic ash from Mount St Helens magnified 200 times by a Sperry-Rand scanning electron microscope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland. (Photo by NASA/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
MT. ST. HELENS, WA - OCTOBER 1: Smoke and ash is seen rising from the crater of Mount St Helens from the Johnston Ridge Observatory in this handout photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey as it erupts October 1, 2004 in Mt St. Helens, Washington
MT. ST. HELENS, WA - SEPTEMBER 30: Mount St. Helens is shown from the air on September 30, 2004 with Mt Rainer in the background. Earthquakes have steadily increased in frequency and strength and officials say there is a 70% chance of an eruption.
MOUNT ST. HELENS, WA - OCTOBER 12: Mount St. Helens vents a small amount of steam as the rising sun turns the cloud a bright orange color on October 12, 2004 at Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington.
MOUNT ST. HELENS, WA - OCTOBER 12: Steam erupts from Mount St. Helens on October 12, 2004 at Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington.
MOUNT ST. HELENS, WA - OCTOBER 12: Mount St. Helens vents a small amount of steam as the sun rises on October 12, 2004 at Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington.
Ash collected after eruption of Mount St. Helens KIRO 7's friend, Lisa Rainey, shared this photo with KIRO 7 of ash collected after the eruption of Mount St. Helens. After we shared her photo, hundreds of KIRO 7's Facebook friends shared memories - narrating where they were that day, and posting photographs. (Lisa Rainey)
Photo from -- Kristin Lund with her baby brothers -- as Mount St. Helens erupts behind them.
Mount St. Helens' September Lobe monitoring station During the first part of the quake swarm that began in March, 2016, Mount St. Helens' September Lobe monitoring station was buried in deep snow and not transmitting data. Technicians dug it out on March 30, restoring data flow to monitor the swarm. (USGS)
VANCOUVER, WA - MARCH 8: Mount St. Helens in Washington state is seen in this handout photo from the U.S. Geological Survey from the Cascade Volcano Observatory Office roof March 8, 2005 in Vancouver, Washington. The mountain released a towering column of steam and ash thousands of feet into the air as seismic activity signaled the reawakening of the 9,677-foot mountain. The volcano erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people. (Photo by Matt Logan/U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, WA - DECEMBER 19: A plume of condensation rises off Mount St. Helens, as viewed from the roof of the Cascades Volcano Observatory December 19, 2006 in Vancouver, Washington. The plume results from condensation of warm moist air rising off the growing lava dome. (Photo by Steve Schillling./The U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)
A Portland woman, who finds old cameras and develops forgotten film, discovered unseen photos of the Mount St. Helen explosion. Image: Courtesy Kati Dimoff
Mount St. Helens with Mount Adams in the background FILE - In this July 13, 2006 file photo, Peter Haley, a photographer with The News-Tribune in Tacoma, Wash., holds his camera as he stands on the crater rim of Mount St. Helens with Mount Adams in the background. The 2018 eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has geologic experts along the West Coast warily eyeing the volcanic peaks in Washington, Oregon and California, including St. Helens, and Adams, that are part of the Pacific Ocean's ring of fire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
(Peter Haley, Tacoma News Tribune/Associated Press)
FILE - In this March 9, 2005 file photo, Mount St. Helens emits a small, steady cloud of steam at dusk in Washington state. The 2018 eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has geologic experts along the West Coast warily eyeing the volcanic peaks in Washington, Oregon and California, including St. Helens, that are part of the Pacific Ocean's ring of fire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
