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   July 8, 2023 - The Cascades Range in Washington and Oregon   
      
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      The Cascade Range, stretching 800 miles (1,300 km) from northern   
      California, U.S.A, to southern British Columbia, Canada, separates the   
      moist, green coastal plain from the dry interior landscape. The peaks   
      of the Cascades are actually a volcanic chain created by the slow   
      movement of dense oceanic crust as it slides beneath North America.   
      
      The mountains contain towering volcanic peaks, many of which are   
      currently considered active even though eruptions in recorded history   
      have been rare. The most recent was the eruption of Mount St. Helens on   
      May 18, 1980. Because of the risk that eruptions could present to human   
      life and property, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Cascades   
      Volcano Observatory (CVO) monitors 10 volcanoes in the Cascades. Five   
      of these are in Washington (Glacier Peak, Mount Adams, Mount Baker,   
      Mount Rainier, and Mount St. Helens), while the rest are in Oregon   
      (Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Newberry, Three Sisters, and Crater   
      Lake).   
      
      Oh June 4, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      the Cascades Range in part of the states of Washington (north) and   
      Oregon (south).   
      
      The boundary line between the states runs along the Columbia River,   
      which flows from inland westward to the Pacific Ocean through a deep   
      gorge through the mountains. Snow caps the tallest volcanic peaks,   
      while lower elevations are green with summer vegetations. The   
      snow-capped volcanoes in this image are, from north to south, Mount   
      Rainier, Mount St. Helens (west), Mount Adams (east), Mount Hood, and   
      Mount Jefferson. Snow also sits atop the Goat Rocks Wilderness, located   
      between Mount Rainer and Mount Adams. The Goat Rocks are remnants of a   
      large volcano, extinct for about two million years.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 7/4/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (210.2 KB),  500m (590.9 KB),  250m (384.6   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-07-08   
       
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