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Results of the lateral blast stripped trees.

Along the Toutle River

A new fern growing out of the ash

Flowers growing after the eruption.

Washington Governor Dixi Lee Ray invited President Jimmy Carter, US Senator Warren Magnuson and others to view the destruction.

Image and caption from Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker: Richard Rich Rowe, business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63 and unofficial iron worker historian, at IWU Local #63 Headquarters in Broadview, IL.

After the eruption, stripped trees and green trees

A picture of Mt St Helens before the 1980 eruption

Before the eruption

Inside a rescue shelter