Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington Aug 27, 2022

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington

We"re standing on the Boundary Trail at Johnston Ridge in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. This view of the volcano shows how the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, ripped apart the once-conical summit, forever changing the Washington landscape. Forty years ago today, 110,000 acres within Gifford Pinchot National Forest were set aside to memorialize the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in the United States.

© Don Geyer/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Aug 27, 2018Tennis in the park
Aug 27, 2019Remembering Krakatoa
Aug 27, 2020Rocks on the move
Aug 27, 2021Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
Aug 27, 2023Jeju Island, South Korea
Aug 27, 2024Young black caiman, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Aug 27, 2025World Lake Day in the Faroe Islands

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 14, 2020Going head-to-head with winter
Apr 29, 2020Spring comes to the Palouse
Oct 9, 2023Indigenous Peoples Day
Oct 30, 2024Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Apr 23, 2022World Book Day
Jul 7, 2024Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
May 29, 2019A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
Jul 29, 2020Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
Dec 22, 2024Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California
Jun 16, 2020In the footsteps of Leopold Bloom
Jan 19, 2022Kluane National Park
Mar 18, 2024Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Feb 9, 2020Hollywood s big night
Nov 23, 2024Fibonacci Day
Jun 15, 2024International Surfing Day
Apr 12, 2021In orbit for Yuri s Night
Jul 29, 2018A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
Oct 14, 2019Canadian Thanksgiving
Jul 15, 2019Marine Day in Japan
Mar 31, 2024Happy Easter!
Jan 14, 2018Sanday Island and the North Sea, Scotland
Apr 7, 2018The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
Jul 12, 2024Mount Rainier National Park
Aug 5, 2024Lavender field, Hertfordshire, England
Mar 27, 2019Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
Nov 3, 2022International Day for Biosphere Reserves
May 16, 2023American Wetlands Month
Apr 14, 2025National Dolphin Day
Dec 6, 2018The owl that loved football
Jul 7, 2023World Chocolate Day