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Aerial view of crater rim following the May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Skamania County, Washington.

Dates

Date Taken
1980-07-24

Summary

Aerial view of crater rim following the May 18, 1980 eruption. Arrows above the far rim indicate exposed cross sections (left to right) of Forsyth, Nelson, Ape, and Shoestring Glaciers. The horizontal arrow on the near slope indicates typical rills and channels through ash deposits into Talus Glacier (note crevasse further down the glacier). Dark (wet) streaks to the left indicate the ash covered Toutle Glacier. Photo 8059-115 by Austin Post. Skamania County, Washington. July 24, 1980. Published as figure 7 in U.S. Geological Survey Circular 850-D. 1981.

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Post, Austin S.

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Type Scheme Key
name photoLibrary mbmm0004
number photoLibrary 26803
batch photoLibrary btch146
number_in_book photoLibrary 4

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