Mount St. Helens From Space
Looking down on the earth from the shuttle Columbia, the effects of the
May 18, 1980 eruption seem small. From a closer perspective, the changes
seem enormous.
This is an infra-red photo of Mount St. Helens taken in March of 1980,
before the eruption. In an infra- red photo, all living things register
as red. The picture was taken by a LandSat satellite.
And this is an infra-red photo taken by the same satellite, 3 months
later.
Notice that almost all the red is gone, which means that there is very
little life left on the surface.
This
photo has been adjusted to show the correct north/south orientation.
The scale of this volcanic disturbance is difficult to grasp. Yet, the
volcanoes on Earth are very small compared to volcanoes elsewhere in the
solar system.
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Looking down on the earth from the shuttle Columbia, the effects of the
May 18, 1980 eruption seem small. From a closer perspective, the changes
seem enormous.
This is an infra-red photo of Mount St. Helens taken in March of 1980,
before the eruption. In an infra- red photo, all living things register
as red. The picture was taken by a LandSat satellite.
And this is an infra-red photo taken by the same satellite, 3 months
later.
Notice that almost all the red is gone, which means that there is very
little life left on the surface.
This
photo has been adjusted to show the correct north/south orientation.
The scale of this volcanic disturbance is difficult to grasp. Yet, the
volcanoes on Earth are very small compared to volcanoes elsewhere in the
solar system.
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