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November 29, 2004
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens showing the 1980-86 lava dome (right) and the new 2004 growth.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and lava dome.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with new growth, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with new growth, from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens new lava dome as seen from the north-northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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New growth from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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New growth from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens dome from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by John Pallister.
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From the east, view of the glacier uplift agains the south crater wall.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Southwest view of glacial uplift.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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USGS scientists on Mount St. Helens' crater rim looking down on dome. The new part of the dome is to the left, the 1980-86 dome is below the scientists on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by John Pallister.
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USGS scientists (yellow circle) on Mount St. Helens' crater rim setting up new camera station ("Brutus") to look at the new dome. The camera station is to be manned manually, weather and eruption permitting.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by John Pallister.
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New dome and glacier uplift, as seen from Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Evening view of Mount St. Helens from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO). Cropped image converted to black/white for clarity.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens' dome from the Sugar Bowl remote camera. Image has been converted to black/white for clarity.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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November 26, 2004
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with new growth, from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 26, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 26, 2004, by John Pallister.
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November 20, 2004
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Mount St. Helens from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Jeff Marso.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Jeff Marso.
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New growth on Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the east.
USGS images taken on 20 November 2004, by Jeff Marso.
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Visual image compared to FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) image of new growth on dome, as seen from the east.
USGS images taken on 20 November 2004, by Jeff Marso, Matt Logan, and Stephanie Konfal.
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Closeup of Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Jeff Marso.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Jeff Marso.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Southwest view of glacial uplift.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the south-southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the west-northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the NW.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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November 14, 2004
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on November 14, 2004.
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November 12, 2004
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Glacier uplift on the south side of Mount St. Helens' dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 12, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 12, 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the east, with a football field for comparison.
USGS Photograph taken on November 12, 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Closein view of Mount St. Helens' dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 12, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Closein view of Mount St. Helens' dome, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 12, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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November 10, 2004
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and new growth as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the south-southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Closeup of Mount St. Helens' new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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November 7, 2004
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens new growth, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Closeup view of Mount St. Helens new growth, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Closeup view of Mount St. Helens new growth, from nearly vertical view. North is to the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Closeup view of Mount St. Helens new growth, from nearly vertical view. North is to the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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November 5, 2004
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Dome, steam, south crater wall, from September Lobe.
USGS Photograph taken on November 5, 2004, by Seth Moran.
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MOVIE --- Dome, steam, south crater wall, from September Lobe.
USGS movie taken on November 5, 2004, by Seth Moran.
["MOVIE", 4M, MPG Format]
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Sunset, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on November 5, 2004, by John Pallister.
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November 4, 2004, evening
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Night shot (approximately 7:30 PM PST) of new growth on Mount St. Helens' lava dome, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Elliot Endo.
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Hot glowing new growth on Mount St. Helens' lava dome, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), with base of small steam and ash plume.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Elliot Endo.
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November 4, 2004
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Mount St. Helens with small plume, from south-southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and new growth, from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' dome, and new growth, from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth, with ash fan, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and new growth, from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' dome, and new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Base of Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin and Mike Poland.
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Ash Plume
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Mount St. Helens' new growth and plume.
USGS Photograph taken at 09:04:30 PST, on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth and plume.
USGS Photograph taken at 09:04:36 PST, on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth and plume. The red on the lower right is sun glare.
USGS Photograph taken at 09:05:00 PST, on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' plume, looking into the sun.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Dome Rocks
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USGS scientists examine new rock samples from the new growth on Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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USGS scientist Cynthia Gardner examines new rock samples from the new growth on Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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