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Data acquired August 29, 1979 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired August 29, 1979 1300 x 1300 839 KB - JPEG
Data acquired September 24, 1980 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired September 24, 1980 1300 x 1300 728 KB - JPEG
Data acquired September 10, 2009 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired September 10, 2009 2048 x 2048 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 29, 1979 - September 10, 2009 41 MB - MOV
Data acquired August 29, 1979 - September 10, 2009 13 MB - MPEG
Data acquired 1979 - 2013 992 KB - KML/KMZ
A trio of images documents the devastation and recovery of the landscape around Mt. St. Helens Volcano following its cataclysmic 1980 eruption.
NASA images by Robert Simmon, based on Landsat 2,3, and 5 data. Animation by Jennifer Shoemaker. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
Published May 18, 2010 Data acquired August 29, 1979 - September 10, 2009