Time Heals All Wounds: A Look at Mt. St. Helens (Faster Dissolve)
Mount St. Helens over time (1973, 1983, and 2000) via the Landsat satellites. Scientists can see how the local area is healing after the 1980 eruption of the volcano.
Looking at Landsat images of Mt. St. Helens, Looking at the regrowth after the disaster.
Mt. St. Helens 2 years after the disaster.
12 years before the disaster. Notice the vegetation, how thick it is.
20 years afterwards the disaster, notice how much the vegetation has grown back.
Video slate image reads
"Time heals all wounds...Even the wounds of a volcano...Viewing time with the help of the Landsat Satellite. (Dates: 1973, 1983, 2000)".
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, April 12, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.
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[Landsat]
ID: 47
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