Painted view looking from Mount St. Helens northeastward across Spirit Lake toward Mount Rainier before the May and June eruptions. Skamania County, Washington. 1980.
Dates
Date Taken
1980
Summary
Slide description and index card (60ct and 61ct): Painted views looking from Mount St. Helens northeastward across Spirit Lake toward Mount Rainier before (A) and after (B) the eruptions of May and June 1980. Decades may pass before the barren ridges and log-choked Spirit Lake return to something like their former beauty. However, the coating of ash on Mount Rainier was soon hidden beneath fresh snow. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. (Paintings by Dee Molenaar). Published as Figures 55-A and 55-B, respectively, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 1949. 1982.
Summary
Slide description and index card (60ct and 61ct): Painted views looking from Mount St. Helens northeastward across Spirit Lake toward Mount Rainier before (A) and after (B) the eruptions of May and June 1980. Decades may pass before the barren ridges and log-choked Spirit Lake return to something like their former beauty. However, the coating of ash on Mount Rainier was soon hidden beneath fresh snow. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. (Paintings by Dee Molenaar).
Published as Figures 55-A and 55-B, respectively, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 1949. 1982.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Mount St. Helens Superset album, Photos stacks slides collection area.
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