The Floating Logs of Spirit Lake

More than 40 years after the explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens, relics from the blast continue to haunt a nearby lake.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, Robert Simmon, and Jesse Allen using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo by Jim Gawel/UW Tacoma. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published November 1, 2021
Data acquired May 14 - October 21, 2018

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 8 > OLI

Photograph