This artificial satellite image of Washington ’s Mount St. Helens come courtesy ofNASA ’s Earth Observatory , which notice that tomorrow is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the vent ’s eruption and subsequent landslide , which kill 57 people . scientist still keep a close spotter on the internet site from both the air and ground .
As NASAnotes :
On the left side of the top image , log rafts are still visible in Spirit Lake . These drifting rafts are composed of float trees , thousands of which were uprooted and carried there in 1980 . The raft is bit by bit shrinking in size from year to year as trees sink to the bottom of the lake .
The volcanohas been quietsince 2008 , which marked the final stage of afour - year geological period of bodily function .
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