We're continuing our tour of the Cascade Range volcanoes with some of the most famous: Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier.
We're continuing our tour of the Cascade Range volcanoes with some of the most famous: Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier.. Today we're hitting the volcanoes in Washington, including likely the most famous volcano in the United States as well as a contender for the most powerful eruption in the Cascades. All the images come from theEarth observing missions launched by the European Space Agency.
Since then, the numerous eruptions in the area have moved to the southwest creating a series of volcanic features like lava domes and flows, as well as explosive and lahar deposits. The latter are the biggest hazard for people living near Baker. The abundant snow and ice on the volcano leave a high potential for mudflows that could inundate towns along two major rivers to the west of the volcano.
Even if Glacier Peak isn't high on most people's list, it has only been ~224 years since its last confirmed eruption. That was only one of a series of eruptive periods the volcano has experienced over the last 5,000 years. Afrom Glacier Peak could wreak havoc on air travel over the western United States if lots of ash is thrown up into the stratosphere.might not be the biggest volcano in the Cascades, it is definitely the meanest.
Of course, from space, the most prominent feature at Mount St. Helens is the massive north-facing crater, the scar of the. Much of the landscape north of the edifice has ecologically recovered, but many of the results of the eruption are still present, like the dead trees on Spirit Lake. You can also see the lava dome on the south side of the crater where lava oozed out in 1980-86 and 2004-08.
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