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[–] pete_the_cat 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

IIRC when Mount Saint Helens erupted in the 80s it blew the top half of the volcano off.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

So much awesome power in that eruption (with non-awesome human and nature/animal consequences).

http://mountsthelens.com/history-1.html

This article is a good play-by-play of how the eruption physically progressed, I particularly like this illustration.