Mount Saint Helens Eruption Anniversary
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of Mount St. Helens’ catastrophic eruption. The volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State on May 18, 1980, was one of the most significant geologic...
View ArticleMount Everest Summit Reached by Edmund Hillary
On May 29, 1953, New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest at 29,028 ft.,...
View ArticleMount St. Helens’ 35th Anniversary
BEFORE and AFTER the major eruption of May 18, 1980. (Public domain images from USFS and USGS.) On a quiet Sunday morning 35 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted in a two-part spectacle of...
View ArticleMount Saint Helens Eruption Anniversary
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of Mount St. Helens’ catastrophic eruption. The volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State on May 18, 1980, was one of the most significant geologic...
View ArticleMount Everest Summit Reached by Edmund Hillary
On May 29, 1953, New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest at 29,028 ft.,...
View ArticleMount St. Helens’ 35th Anniversary
BEFORE and AFTER the major eruption of May 18, 1980. (Public domain images from USFS and USGS.) On a quiet Sunday morning 35 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted in a two-part spectacle of...
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