from space showing the glacial-capped Mount Redoubt volcano and Cook Inlet, Alaska (click to enlarge.) The sediment-laden Drift River drains the north side of the volcano and lahars generated during the 1989-1990 eruption temporarily closed the Drift River Oil Terminal seen near the mouth of the river. Crescent Lake, the aquamarine body of water southwest of the summit, was also created by volcanically-generated mud and debris flows from a prior eruption, ~3,500 yrs ago, that blocked the natural drainage in the tributary valley.Image credit: Landsat satellite on 16 August 2000 (NASA.)
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