Two hundred and thirty square miles leveled in moments. Five hundred and forty million tons of ash and volcanic rock exploded twelve miles high. One cubic mile of earth blasted from the crest of one of the world's most beautiful snowcapped domes. Captured in rare and spectacular aerial photography and survivor's own words and pictures, witness the terrifying fury of the worst volcanic disaster in American history. Then, behold the miraculous natural recover of the land and the new and awesome beauty of the volcano today, nearly two decades since it's devastating eruption. Guided by Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument geologists, learn the prehistoric secrets of the mountain. Now you can decide which is the most awe-inspiring story the mountain has to tell; it's cataclysmic eruption or it's incredible rebirth.