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August 2005
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August 31, 2005
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Mount St. Helens new spine as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005 by Ken McGee.
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View from JRO
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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"MOVIE"
Growth of the new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), on July 27, and August 2, 10, 16, 24, and 31, 2005, from photographs taken by CVO Seismologist Elliot Endo. JRO is located approximately 5 miles north of the crater. The camera is not a permanently mounted camera but is set up on a tripod each time.

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Crater Rim DomeCam
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Early morning, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. The Crater Rim Camera was re-focused yesterday, August 30, from the wide-angle image to this closer-in image of just the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. The Crater Rim Camera was re-focused yesterday, August 30, from the wide-angle image to this closer-in image of just the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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Evening, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim, with hot spots visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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Night shot, rockfall, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim, with hot spots visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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"MOVIE" of rockfall at approximately 8:26 P.M. PDT, from Mount St. Helens' spine. "Movie" was made from still images put together. Images taken approximately every 3 minutes.
USGS Photographs taken on August 31, 2005.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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August 30, 2005
Crater Rim DomeCam
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 30, 2005.
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Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. The Crater Rim Camera was re-focused today from the wide-angle image to this closer-in image of just the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on August 30, 2005.
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Rockfall, night view, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. The Crater Rim Camera was re-focused today from the wide-angle image to this closer-in image of just the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on August 30, 2005.
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Rockfall, night view, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. The Crater Rim Camera was re-focused today from the wide-angle image to this closer-in image of just the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on August 30, 2005.
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August 28, 2005
Crater Rim DomeCam
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Sunrise, Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 28, 2005.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 28, 2005.
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August 26, 2005
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens from the west, with the North Fork Toutle River valley in the foreground.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Loowit Falls and Loowit Channel.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Loowit Falls, with U.S. Geological Survey Gage House (upper right). Loowit Gage houses an Acoustic Flow Monitor (AFM).
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Aerial view, Loowit Gage House.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Toe of Mount St. Helens West Crater Glacier, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Mount St. Helens East Crater Glacier, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens dome from the southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Crater Rim DomeCam
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Sunrise, Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005.
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August 25, 2005
Crater Rim DomeCam
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 25, 2005.
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"MOVIE"
Growth of the new dome as seen from the Southwest Crater Rim Remote Camera, using seven images taken from August 19, 2005 through and including August 25, 2005. Mount Rainier, another Cascade Range volcano is off in the distance upper left. Note too the logs floating on the surface of Spirit Lake and being blown around the lake. The logs are remains of the blowdown from the May 18, 1980 eruption.

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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 25, 2005.
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August 24, 2005
View from JRO
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 24, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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"MOVIE"
Growth of the new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), on July 27, August 2, August 10, August 16, and August 24, 2005, from photographs taken by CVO Seismologist Elliot Endo. JRO is located approximately 5 miles north of the crater. The camera is not a permanently mounted camera but is set up on a tripod each time.

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Crater Rim DomeCam
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 24, 2005.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 24, 2005.
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August 23, 2005
Views from Brutus
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Brutus, on the southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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South part, Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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North part, Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Ash protection, camera setup on Brutus, southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Glacier Surface, East Arm of the Crater Glacier, as seen from Brutus, southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Crater Rim DomeCam
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens new remote camera (yellow circle) located on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens new remote camera (yellow circle) located on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005.
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August 22, 2005
Crater Rim DomeCam
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Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 22, 2005.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 22, 2005.
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August 21, 2005
Crater Rim DomeCam
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Before rockfall, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 8:16 A.M. PDT.
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Rockfall, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 8:18 A.M. PDT.
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Rockfall, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 8:21 A.M. PDT.
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After rockfall, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. Note missing tip of spine (on left).
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 8:58 A.M. PDT.
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Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 10:59 A.M. PDT.
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Evening, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. Heat from the hot rock on the new dome is visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 8:42 P.M. PDT.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005.
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August 20, 2005
Crater Rim DomeCam
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Early morning, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 20, 2005 at 5:38 A.M. PDT.
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Rockfall, early morning, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 20, 2005 at 5:58 A.M. PDT.
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Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 20, 2005.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 20, 2005.
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August 19, 2005
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Mount St. Helens as seen from Castle Lake Overlook. The 1980 Pumice Plain and Debris Avalanche are in the foreground. Castle Lake, newly formed in 1980, is on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Mount St. Helen's new dome as seen from the northwest. The old 1980-86 dome can be seen lower left. The west arm of Crater Glacier can be seen on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Mount St. Helen's new dome and spine as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Mount St. Helen's spine as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Mount St. Helen's new dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Crevasses, East Arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Surface, West Arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Ash Collection Spider (Petrology Spider)
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Ash Collection Spider (Petrology Spider). The Spider was designed to capture not only tephra, but plastic webbing was designed to melt and trap hot material such as small dacite ballistic visible on the left. On the right hot shards and ash were collected.
USGS photograph on August 19, 2005, by Carl Thornber.
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Collecting Dome Rocks
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"Jaws II" sampler "in action", collecting dome rock samples.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005, by Carl Thornber.
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"Jaws II" sampler with rock collected.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005, by Tristan Herriott.
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Crater Rim DomeCam
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Mount St. Helens new remote camera on the southwest crater rim. Mount Rainier and Spirit Lake are visible in the distance. Mount St. Helens' dome is out of sight on the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005.
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Evening, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim, with rockfall. Heat from the hot rock in the rockfall is visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 at 8:44 P.M. PDT.
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Night shot, rockfall from Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. Heat from the hot rock is visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 at 11:44 P.M. PDT.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005.
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August 16, 2005
View from JRO
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 16, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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"MOVIE"
Growth of the new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), on August 2, August 10, and August 16, 2005, from photographs taken by CVO Seismologist Elliot Endo. JRO is located approximately 5 miles north of the crater. The camera is not a permanently mounted camera but is set up on a tripod each time.

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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 16, 2005.
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"MOVIE"
New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl, from June 16, 2005 through August 15, 2005, with 45 images grouped together to create a "movie".

This time-lapse movie of the growing lava dome at Mount St. Helens is based on daily photographs taken by an automated digital camera system on Sugar Bowl Dome, located at the crater mouth about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-northeast of the vent. The movie covers the time period from June 16 to August 16, 2005, and shows dramatic changes in the new dome during that two-month interval. A smooth-sided, light gray whaleback feature grew upward and southward in June and early July, then largely collapsed in a series of rockfalls in mid-July. A new, nearly vertical lava spine emerged to the west (to the right in this view) of the older whaleback in early August, allowing the remnants of the older whaleback to sag and slide down slope, back toward the vent. The volume of the new dome that has grown since October 2004 was about 54 million cubic meters (71 million cubic yards) in mid-June, and about 57 million cubic meters (75 million cubic yards) in mid-July. The lava dome that grew in the crater from 1980 to 1986 is visible in the lower right portion of the frame.

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August 15, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 15, 2005.
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August 14, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 14, 2005.
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August 13, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 13, 2005.
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August 12, 2005
Views from JRO
For all you folks who have wondered --- the "glow" pictured on the dome is not visible with the naked eye nor with binoculars. The images are long exposures (notice the star trail movement in the sky) allowing the heat of the dome to record in the image. This is NOT "magma". It is just hot rock.
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Mount St. Helens at sunset, new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), Loowit Viewpoint.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens after sunset, new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), Loowit Viewpoint.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), Loowit Viewpoint, with hot glow.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), Loowit Viewpoint, with hot glow.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 at 7:54 AM PDT .
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"MOVIE"
New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl, July 31, 2005 through August 12, 2005, with still images grouped together to create a "movie".
USGS Photographs taken between July 31, 2005 and August 12, 2005 at 9:48 AM PDT (give or take a few seconds).
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August 11, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 11, 2005 at 9:54 AM PDT .
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August 10, 2005
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northwest. West arm of the Crater Glacier is on the right of the dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Seth Moran.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, high-angle view of Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Vertical view, Mount St. Helens' new spine. North is to the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Vertical view, Mount St. Helens' southern part of new dome. North is to the left.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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FLIR
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Mount St. Helens new dome with FLIR comparison, as seen from the east crater rim.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens new dome, with FLIR comparison, as seen from the north.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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West side of new dome on Mount St. Helens as seen from the northwest. The north base of the new spine is out of the image in lower left corner.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens spine area with FLIR comparison, as seen from the north.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens, base of spine, with FLIR comparison, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens spine area with FLIR comparison, as seen from the west.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens spine area with FLIR comparison, as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photographs taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Ash Collection Spider (Petrology Spider)
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Ash Collection Spider landing on new dome below talus off of the spine.
USGS photograph on August 10, 2005, by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Yellow Rock Seismic Station
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' dome, east and west arms of the Crater Glacier, and Yellow Rock Seismic Station (in yellow circle).
USGS photograph taken on August 10, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Views from JRO
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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East arm of Crater Glacier, as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005.
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August 9, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 9, 2005 at 9:47 AM PDT .
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August 8, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 8, 2005 at 9:48 AM PDT .
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"MOVIE"
New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl, July 31, 2005 through August 8, 2005, with still images grouped together to create a "movie".
USGS Photographs taken between July 31, 2005 and August 8, 2005 at 9:48 AM PDT (give or take a few seconds).
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August 7, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 7, 2005 at 9:48 AM PDT .
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August 6, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 6, 2005 at 9:48 AM PDT .
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August 5, 2005
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New dome as seen from the older 1980-86 dome, from site of new tiltmeter. Looking up at spine area.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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New dome as seen from the older 1980-86 dome, from site of new tiltmeter. Looking up at spine area.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Talus below new growing spine.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Tiltmeter Installation
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Slinging culvert to the dome to be used for shelter at new tiltmeter.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dan Dzurisin.
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Aerial view, 1980-86 dome in foreground with new dome in background. Yellow cirle is area of USGS scientists installing new tiltmeter on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Aerial view, USGS scientists installing new tiltmeter (in yellow circle) on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Aerial view, USGS scientists installing new tiltmeter on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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USGS Scientists install tiltmeter on the 1980-86 dome. Culvert visible on the left is to provide shelter if needed. Cobra drill sits atop 6 foot drill rod (in hole). Total depth of tiltmeter hole was 7.5 feet.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 at 9:49 AM PDT .
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August 4, 2005
View from JRO
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New dome at Mount St. Helens as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 4, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 4, 2005 at 9:48 AM PDT .
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August 3, 2005
Sugar Bowl DomeCam
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 3, 2005 at 9:47 AM PDT .
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August 2, 2005
View from JRO
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Mount St. Helens as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 2, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome, as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 2, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome, as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 2, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 2, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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East arm of Crater Glacier, as seen from the Johnsto