STS-100 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
May 30, 2001

ASSEMBLY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
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STS100-708-4
photo ID STS100-708-4
STS100-708-4         Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record.
Cascade Range. At about the latitude of Mt. Shasta, CA (north of the San Andreas system), part of the Pacific plate is diving beneath North America. Inland from the subduction zone is the Cascade chain of active volcanoes, including Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens. The summit crater and channels of the mudflows (lahars) that followed the 1980 eruption are clearly visible here.

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