Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02978

This aerial view from the NE shows Eliot Glacier descending the valley in the center, with glacial moraines at its base. During the late Pleistocene a major lahar from Mount Hood swept to the north across the Columbia River, temporarily filling it to a depth of 30 m. Photo by Richard Waitt, 1983 (U.S. Geological Survey).

This aerial view from the NE shows Eliot Glacier descending the valley in the center, with glacial moraines at its base. During the late Pleistocene a major lahar from Mount Hood swept to the north across the Columbia River, temporarily filling it to a depth of 30 m.

Photo by Richard Waitt, 1983 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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Keywords: stratovolcano | erosion

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