Painting of Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake before the May and June eruptions. Skamania County, Washington. 1980.

Slide description and index card (57ct and 58ct): Painted views of Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake from the north-northeast before (A) and after (B) the eruptions of May and June 1980. The dashed outline shows how much of the original volcano cone was lost during the early part of the May 18 eruption. Spirit Lake in B is now more extensive and shallower, and its shoreline is about 200 feet highter than it was formerly. The lake now is choked with thousanmds of logs blown into it by the initial blast. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. (Paintings by Dee Molenaar). Published as Figures 53-A and 53-B, respectively, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 1949. 1982.