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Description Mount St. Helens Mudline. Nearly 135 miles (220 kilometers) of river channels surrounding the volcano were affected by the lahars of May 18. A mudline left behind on trees shows depths reached by the mud. A scientist (middle right) gives scale. This view is along the Muddy River, southeast of Mount St. Helens. (October 23,1980, by Lyn Topinka, USGS/CVO)
Date 23 October 1980
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Author Lyn Topinka, USGS/CVO
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