Compare and contrast the eruption of mt st helens?

Question

a photo was taken in 1994, 14 years after mt st helens erupted. compare and contrast with what it looked like 3 years after it erupted and 9 years after it erupted

Answer 1

Well, obviously you just need to look at the pictures. The difference is obvious.

And what happened to Spirit Lake?

Answer 2

Think about it.  Regrowth has begun.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._St._Hel... Here is a site that gives you the chronology of the after effects of the Eruption.