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Mount St. Helens, Washington, 2004
Crater, Dome, and Eruption Images
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October 27, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and new uplift as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens dome and new growth as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens dome and new growth as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new growth as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new growth, vent area, and broken glacier ice, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens dome and new uplift as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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October 24, 2004
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West side of Mount St. Helens' dome (left) and steamy new growth (right).
USGS Photograph taken on 24 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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October 21, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater floor, developing glacier (lower left), dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 21 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 21 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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October 20, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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Mount St. Helens dome and glacier uplift from the east.
USGS photograph taken on October 20, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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Near-vertical view of Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from NNW.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by John Pallister.
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Glacier uplift pattern as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 20 October 2004, by Dave Schneider.
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October 15, 2004
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken at 18:10:18 PDT on 15 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on 15 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Six days of Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photographs taken between 10 October and 15 October 2004.
["MOVIE", 600K, WMV format]
October 14, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Richard Waitt.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, and new avalanche fan, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from high angle on the north.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens uplifted area with new growth, as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the southwest. The tip of Spirit Lake can be seen in the upper middle of the image.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Willie Scott.
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October 13, 2004
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Kathy Cashman.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Kathy Cashman.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new spine, as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Kathy Cashman.
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Top of Mount St. Helens uplift and new growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Kathy Cashman.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Kathy Cashman.
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Almost vertical look at Mount St. Helens dome, old and new. The "old dome" (1980-86) is in the lower half of the image and the new uplift and growth is in the upper half of the image. The "large-size" image presented here is in vertical format and contains part of the crater rim and south wall of the crater. The "medium-size" image has been cropped for format.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Kathy Cashman.
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Mount St. Helens dome and glacier uplift with new growth, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 13 October 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Visual image compared to FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) image of new growth on dome.
USGS images taken on 13 October 2004, by Rick Wessels and Mike Ramsey.
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Visual image for comparison to FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) image of new growth on dome.
USGS images taken on 13 October 2004.
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FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) image for comparison to visual image of new growth on dome.
USGS images taken on 13 October 2004.
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FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) movie of new growth on dome.
USGS movie taken on 13 October 2004. NOTE: 10M, AVI format
[MOVIE, 10M, AVI format]
October 12, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004, by Jeff Wynn.
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Mount St. Helens crater dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004, by Jeff Wynn.
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Mount St. Helens' dome as seen from the Sugar Bowl remote camera, capturing the helicopter slinging BLIS (red circle) to it's position on the south side of the dome.
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004 by Mike Poland.
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USGS scientists do last minute preparations for slinging the BLIS instruments to the dome. The instrument package consists of a high and low-gain accelerometer (seismometer) and a microphone. All are named "BLIS" (Blister).
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004.
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Slinging the BLIS instrument package.
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004.
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USGS Station BLIS (orange reflection in circle), as seen at Opus on the south side of the dome.
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004 by Jeff Wynn.
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USGS Station BLIS (orange reflection in circle), as seen at Opus on the south side of the dome. Enlargement of previous image.
USGS Photograph taken on 12 October 2004 by Jeff Wynn.
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October 11, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater and steaming dome as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens crater rim and dome from the southwest. Spirit Lake is visible in the upper left corner of the image.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Kirstie Simpson.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Mount St. Helens from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Kirstie Simpson.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and plume, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens crater, with the Pumice Plain in the foreground.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken at 11:54:26 PDT on 11 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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October 10, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Cynthia Gardner.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Mount St. Helens as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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October 7, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 at 09:17:38 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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View from the south-southeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (behind) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (in front).
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 at 09:19:08 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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View from the south-southeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (behind) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (in front).
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 at 09:05:43 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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View from the southeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome.
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 by Dan Dzurisin.
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View from the southeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome.
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 by Dan Dzurisin.
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View from the east side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (right) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (left).
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 by Dan Dzurisin.
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October 6, 2004
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View from the northwest side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (on left) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (on right).
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004, by Jon Major.
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View from the northeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (on right) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (on left).
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 at 17:20:28 PDT, by John Pallister.
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View from the east side of Mount St. Helens dome looking at the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 at 17:26:24 PDT, by John Pallister.
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Vigorous venting from west part of the Crater Glacier uplift.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 at 17:28:50 PDT, by John Pallister.
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View of Mount St. Helens crater and the Sasquach Steps as seen from the north. The dark "muddy" looking area in the right foreground is old erosional debris flows from Step Channel (on right) over the years. The lighter ribbon of grey to the left of the darker area is a lahar from Loowit Channel from early morning of October 6, 2004. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 by John Pallister.
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Aerial view from the crater mouth looking downstream at Step (left) and Loowit (right) channels. The lighter grey from Loowit Channel is the lahar of early morning, October 6, 2004. Step Channel and Loowit Channel merge on the Pumice Plain. Spirit Lake is visible on the upper right. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 by John Pallister.
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Loowit Channel with lahar of October 6, 2004, with the Step Channel visible on the right. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 by John Pallister.
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October 5, 2004
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and recent plume, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 09:29:21 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and recent plume.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 09:50:58 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and recent plume.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 09:56:05 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and ash from recent plume.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 10:16:03 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 10:47:16, by Larry Mastin.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier and active area from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 11:26:18 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and dome from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 11:27:17 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 11:27:11 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome and new uplift, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 11:27:30 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and glacier, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 11:32:28 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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October 4, 2004
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with the glacier on the right.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and dome, showing ash covered areas, and new vent. Spirit Lake is in the background.
USGS photograph taken 4 October, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens dome and jumbled glacier from the south.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo
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Mount St. Helens dome and jumbled glacier, from the west.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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Beginning of plume above Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo
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Sunset on the crater rim and flanks of Mount St. Helens, with Mount Adams in the distance.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004, by Steve Schilling
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October 3, 2004
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome and new growth as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 3 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northeast. Nicely visible is the snout of the glacier forming behind Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from above the southwestern crater rim. Ash from the plume of 10-01-04 is visible on the glacier at the base of the dome. The vent from that event is visible at the base of the dome on the right. Spirit Lake is in the distance.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from above the southwestern crater rim. Ash from the plume of 10-01-04 is visible on the glacier at the base of the dome. The vent from that event is visible at the base of the dome on the right.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens dome and glacier uplift from the east.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens dome and glacier uplift from the east.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens dome and jumbled glacier from the south.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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October 2, 2004
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View of the south side of the dome from over the crater rim.
USGS photograph taken on October 2, 2004, by Mike Lisowski.
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Ash on southwest crater floor, as seen from the south crater rim. Mount St. Helens dome is on the right.
USGS photograph taken on 2 October 2004 by Mike Poland.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 2 October 2004 by Mike Poland.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 2 October 2004 at 13:05:01 PDT, by Mike Poland.
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October 1, 2004
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and glacier uplift from the southeast, before steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, at 11:59 PDT, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, before steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, at 11:59 PDT, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, before steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, at 12:00 PDT, by John Palister.
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:03:23 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:03:32 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:03:55 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:08:38 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:13:01 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:16:01 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens' west crater floor, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and glacier uplift from the south, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the south, closein view, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and glacier uplift from the southeast, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, at 12:43 PDT, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Vent on the crater glacier.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Volcanic ash of the October 1, 2004 event.
USGS photograph by Carl Thornber.
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Volcanic ash of the October 1, 2004 event. Field of view is 600 microns.
USGS photograph by Carl Thornber.
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