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Rainier75_mount_rainier_from_paradise_1975.jpg
Mount Rainier, Washington, as seen from Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park.
USGS Photograph taken in 1975 by Lyn Topinka.
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MSH80_blast_area_spirit_lake_with_rainier_10-04-80.jpg
Spirit Lake, once surrounded by lush forest, is within the area devastated by blast. Remnants of the forest float on the surface of the lake. Another Cascade volcano, Mount Rainier (14,410 feet [4,392 meters]), is in the distance. The view is from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on October 4, 1980, by Lyn Topinka.
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Rainier83_monitoring_rainier_EDM_helicopter_09-12-83.jpg
Deformation monitoring at Mount Rainier, Washington, using EDM and helicopter.
USGS Photograph taken in September 12, 1983 by Lyn Topinka.
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Rainier84_mount_rainier_and_tacoma_08-20-84.jpg
Mount Rainier and Tacoma, Washington, as seen from shore along Commencement Bay.
USGS Photograph taken on August 20, 1984, by Lyn Topinka.
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Rainier84_rainier_from_NE_emmons_glacier_08-21-84_bw.jpg
Mount Rainier from the NE showing post-5,600-year-old lava cone and crater, buried edge of collapse crater now partly filled by the snowclad summit crater, which yielded the sector collapse that formed the Osceola Mudflow. The flow diverged across Steamboat Prow, the apex of partly barren triangle of rock at the right side of the photograph, into the main fork of the White River (lower left), now the site of the Emmons Glacier (center), and northward into the West Fork White River (to right of photo). Dark rubble on surface of the lower part of the Emmons Glacier is from the 1963 debris avalanche originating from Little Tahoma Peak (on left).
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 1984, by Lyn Topinka.
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Rainier87_tahoma_creek_debris_flow_deposit_10-01-87.jpg
Debris flow deposit, Tahoma Creek, Mount Rainier, Washington.
USGS Photograph taken on October 1, 1987, by Lyn Topinka.
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Rainier95_mount_rainier_and_orting_washington_02-08-95.jpg
Mount Rainier and Orting, Washington, as seen from a ridge to the west. Orting is one of the heavily populated areas below the flanks of Mount Rainier.
USGS Photograph taken on February 8, 1995, by David Wieprecht.
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Rainier95_mount_rainier_orting_new_houses_02-08-95.jpg
Mount Rainier and new housing in Orting, Washington. The Carbon and Puyallup rivers flow down two sides of town and converge just below town. Both rivers begin with glaciers on Mt. Rainier’s steep flanks.
USGS Photograph taken on February 8, 1995, by David Wieprecht.
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Rainier04_aerial_rainier_from_the_south_12-11-04.jpg
Mount Rainier, Washington, as seen on flight to Mount St. Helens. View is from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on December 11, 2004, by John Pallister.
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MSH04_aerial_mount_st_helens_and_mount_rainier_12-11-04.jpg
Aerial view of Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier.
USGS Photograph taken on December 11, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Rainier04_mount_rainier_from_st_helens_12-28-04.jpg
Mount Rainier, Washington, as seen on flight to Mount St. Helens. View is from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on December 28, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Stephanie Konfal.
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Rainier05_mount_rainier_from_st_helens_crater_02-03-05.jpg
Aerial view, Mount Rainier as seen from the crater of Mount St. Helens. Spirit Lake is in the foreground.
USGS Photograph taken on February 3, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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MSH05_spirit_lake_with_mount_rainier_03-11-05.jpg
Mount Rainier, Washington, as seen from Mount St. Helens. Spirit Lake is in the foreground. The view is from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on March 11, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Rainier05_aerial_rainier_from_st_helens_12-06-05.jpg
Aerial view, Mount Rainier, Washington, as seen from St. Helens.
USGS Photograph taken on December 6, 2005 by John Pallister.
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Rainier06_mount_rainier_from_st_helens_dome_10-31-06.jpg
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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Annotated NASA Images

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Annotated NASA Image: Mount Rainier, Washington, September 1994.
-- NASA Photo, courtesy NASA Earth From Space; Modified with text by USGS/CVO.

Miscellaneous


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Debris flow at Tahoma Creek, July 26, 1988.
-- USGS Photo by G.G. Parker, July 26, 1988

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Mount Rainier from the NE showing post-5,600-year-old lava cone and crater, buried edge of collapse crater (hachured lines) now partly filled by the snowclad summit crater, which yielded the sector collapse that formed the Osceola Mudflow. The flow diverged across Steamboat Prow, the apex of partly barren triangle of rock at the right side of the photograph, into the main fork of the White River (center), now the site of the Emmons Glacier, and northward into the West Fork White River (to right of photo). Dark rubble on surface of the lower part of the Emmons Glacier is from the 1963 debris avalanche originating from Little Tahoma Peak.
-- Modified from: Sisson, 1995, USGS Open-File Report 95-642, and Scott, et.al., 1992, USGS Open-File Report 90-385


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