Mount Saint Helens Recovery
In 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted and destroyed 230 square miles of forest in Washington State. This near-infrared time series follows the decades-long recovery of that scarred landscape. Volcanic ash and rock appear grey, while plant life appears bright red.
A infrared-color Landsat time series of Mount Saint Helens spanning from 1975 to 2025, utilizing near-infrared wavelengths to highlight the catastrophic eruption and the gradual recovery of vegetation over time.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizer
- Ross K. Walter (SSAI)
Datasets used
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[Landsat]
ID: 47
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Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM EDT.