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January, 2005
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January 30, 2005
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens, as seen from the southeast. Note dusting of ash. View is looking at the Worm Flows. Shoestring Glacier is on the right and Monitor Ridge on the left.
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast. Note dusting of ash on Mount St. Helens' flank, left near rim.
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north. Note light dusting of ash on south crater wall (near middle of image).
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on January 30, 2005, by John Pallister.
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January 24, 2005
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Looking into Mount St. Helens' crater, as seen from the northwest. The 1980-86 dome is in the crater on the left and the new 2004-05 dome is on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast. The 1980-86 dome is in the foreground with the new dome behind. Image converted from the original to black/white for clarity.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Glacier deformation, east side of Mount St. Helens' dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 24, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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January 23, 2005
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast. The new dome is just visible in the steam in the back of the crater.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2005, by John Pallister.
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High-angle aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Vertical view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome. North is to the bottom and south to the top.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Vertical view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome. North is to the right and south to the left.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2005, by John Pallister.
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January 19, 2005
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north-northeast. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northwest. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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East side of Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Opus area of the dome, looking towards new dome. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Remains of the dome camera/gas sampling station on Opus, after the event of January 16, 2005. The camera is missing, wooden base and fiberglass housing are broken, gas intake tube is disconnected, and there are three holes in the roof, and, although not obvious here, the station is tilted eastward 10-20 degrees (i.e., away from the likely source of the explosion).
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Ash collecting, Plains of Abraham, on the eastern flank of Mount St. Helens.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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January 14, 2005
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the west. Gash on top of dome is from the night of January 13, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens' crater glacier, east side.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Jim Vallance.
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New "tilt-leg spider" on top of north-face of the new dome. This station houses GPS and an accelerometer.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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New "tilt-leg spider" on top of north-face of the new dome. This station houses GPS and an accelerometer.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Helicopter landing, at "Opus" area of the dome, north of the new dome. The new dome camera/gas sampling station is to the right (above yellow line) underneath helicopter. The GPS/accelerometer spider is just visible as a speck on top of new dome (yellow circle). The area of orange paint splotches on the new dome is within the yellow square.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005.
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January 3, 2005
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the southeast. The North Fork Toutle River Valley is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, 2005, by Ken McGee.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Ken McGee.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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North end of Mount St. Helens' new dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, with portable telemetered "spider" (orange box), from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Dan Dzurisin.
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For more "spider" (Portable Telemetered Station) images, see "Field Crews/Work Images"
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new dome from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by John Pallister.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new dome from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens and steam plume, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by John Pallister.
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