Earth  ID: 2103

Time Heals all Wounds: A look at Mt. St. Helens (Slower Dissolve)

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on April 12, 2001
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.
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Looking at Landsat images of Mt. St. Helens, Looking at the regrowth after the disaster.
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Mt. St. Helens 2 years after the disaster.
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12 years before the disaster. Notice the vegetation, how thick it is.
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20 years afterwards the disaster, notice how much the vegetation has grown back.
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Video slate image reads "Time heals all wounds...Even the wounds of a volcano...Viewing time with the help of the Landsat Satellite".

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
Landsat
1973, 1983, 2000
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Mt. St. Helens

Keywords:
DLESE >> Forestry
DLESE >> Geology
SVS >> Mt. St. Helens
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Location >> Washington
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0