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October 2006
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October 31, 2006
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Mount St. Helens new growth, as seen from the east. Compare with similar view from September 12.
USGS Photograph taken on October 31, 2006, by Jon Major and Dan Dzurisin.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new growth, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on October 31, 2006, by Jon Major and Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens new growth, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on October 31, 2006, by Jon Major and Dan Dzurisin.
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New ridge of Mount St. Helens new growth. Compare with similar image from October 10.
USGS Photograph taken on October 31, 2006, by Jon Major and Dan Dzurisin.
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View from Crater Rim Camera
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Glowing top of Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on south crater rim, at 5:30 p.m. PST.
USGS Photograph taken on October 31, 2006.
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Mount Rainier as seen from the top of Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS Photograph taken on October 31, 2006, by Jon Major and Dan Dzurisin.
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October 28, 2006
View from Brutus Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on October 28, 2006.
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View from Guacamole Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera at "Guacamole".
USGS Photograph taken on October 28, 2006.
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October 27, 2006
View from Sugar Bowl Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on October 27, 2006.
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October 22, 2006
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater showing dome and the east and west crater glacier, from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, crater glacier, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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East arm Mount St. Helens crater glacier, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and west side crater glacier (left) and east side crater glacier (right), as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006, by John Pallister.
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View from Brutus Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Brutus. Compare with image from October 21 below -- note collapse of the high point of the "spine".
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006.
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Animated GIF, Mount St. Helens dome, before and after the earthquake/rockfall on October 21, 2006. View from Brutus Remote Camera.
USGS Photograph taken on October 21 and October 22, 2006.
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View from Crater Rim Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on south Crater Rim. Compare with October 21 (below) taken before an earthquake/rockslide that afternoon.
USGS Photograph taken on October 22, 2006.
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October 21, 2006
View from Brutus Camera
Image, click to enlarge MSH06_new_growth_from_brutus_camera_10-21-06.jpg
Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Brutus. Compare with image from October 22 above -- note collapse of the high point of the "spine".
USGS Photograph taken on October 21, 2006.
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View from Crater Rim Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on south Crater Rim. Compare with October 22 (above) taken the day after an earthquake/rockslide.
USGS Photograph taken on October 21, 2006.
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October 18, 2006
View from Sugar Bowl Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on October 18, 2006.
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October 14, 2006
View from Brutus Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on October 14, 2006.
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"Movie" made from pictures taken from the Brutus camera (located on the east rim of the 1980 Mount St. Helens crater) from October 9 to October 14, 2006. The sequence shows the continued extrusion of spine 7 of the growing lava dome, with each image 24 hours apart.
USGS Photographs taken in October 2006.
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Closer-in, "Movie" made from pictures taken from the Brutus camera (located on the east rim of the 1980 Mount St. Helens crater) from October 9 to October 14, 2006. The sequence shows the continued extrusion of spine 7 of the growing lava dome, with each image 24 hours apart.
USGS Photographs taken in October 2006.
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October 12, 2006
View from Brutus Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on October 12, 2006.
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October 10, 2006
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the south. Mount Rainier is in the distance.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Base of spine on Mount St. Helens' new growth.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Emerging ridge on Mount St. Helens' new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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New ridge of Mount St. Helens new growth.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Top of emerging ridge on Mount St. Helens' new growth.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Base of emerging ridge on Mount St. Helens' new growth.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Base of new extrusion ridge on Mount St. Helens' new growth.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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Crater Glacier
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Closeup view of jagged section of Mount St. Helens' crater glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on October 10, 2006, by Steve Schilling.
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October 1, 2006
View from Sugar Bowl Camera
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Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on October 1, 2006.
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