Fire Mountain: The Eruption and Rebirth of Mount St. Helens

Jan 1, 1997

0h 59m

★ 10.0

Overview

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Illustrates the terrifying fury of the most destructive volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and survivors' own words. Shows examples of nature's plant and animal recovery seventeen years later.

Genres

History

Documentary

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Total Content Digital

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Narrator

Matt McCoy

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Fire Mountain: The Eruption and Rebirth of Mount St. Helens

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