Remembering Mt. Saint Helens Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email An ash cloud erupts from the crater of the Mount Saint-Helens as it erupts for the fifth major time on August 07, 1980 near Spirit Lake, Washington. ( AFP / Getty ) Produced by Hsi-Chang Lin Produced by PRI and WNYC