Blast Edge Viewpoint

The Edge of the 1980 Blast Zone

View the standing dead forest at the edge of the 1980 blast zone.

Learn more about the 1980 Eruption and how life has returned to the blown down and standing dead forests over the last thirty years.

Watch a video of a scientist describing how birds have flourished in standing dead forests scorched by the blast.

WEB VIDEOS on the 1980 ERUPTION and RETURN OF LIFE

• The 1980 Eruption

• The Eruption Begins with a Massive Landslide

• The 1980 Landslide and Return of Life

• Spirit Lake’s Amazing Transformation

• The 1980 Lateral Blast and the Return of Life

View amazing pictures of the standing dead forest and amazing time-lapse photos of thirty-years of landscape change.