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Lonesome Tiltmeter
Installation, November 17, 2005
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New tiltmeter site on old 1980-86 dome (orange circle), near an old station called "Lonesome". The new dome is to the left.
USGS photograph taken on November 17, 2005, by Rick LaHusen.
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New tiltmeter site on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS photograph taken on November 17, 2005, by Rick LaHusen.
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USGS scientists install tiltmeter on old 1980-86 dome. Mount Rainier is in the distance.
USGS photograph taken on November 17, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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USGS scientists install tiltmeter on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS photograph taken on November 17, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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USGS scientists install tiltmeter on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS photograph taken on November 17, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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September Lobe Tiltmeter
Winter
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Digging out September Lobe tiltmeter site. Compare with image taken in September (below). Mount Rainier is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2006, by Dave Sherrod.
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Summer
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Tiltmeter station on the 1986 "September Lobe". Mount Rainier is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Tiltmeter station on the 1986 "September Lobe".
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Installation, August 5, 2005
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Slinging culvert to the dome to be used for shelter at the 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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Tiltmeter site on top of old 1980-86 dome, with new dome in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dan Dzurisin.
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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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Tiltmeter installation on 1980-86 dome, looking north with Mount Rainier in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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USGS Scientist prepares tiltmeter casing, by cutting PVC outer casing to ground level. Inside PVC casing is a stainless steel innter casing.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Preparing culvert for tiltmeter equipment. The culvert supports the antenna, solar module, battery box, and communications cable to tiltmeter (visible on right) as well as providing shelter if needed.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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USGS Scientists install tiltmeter on the 1980-86 dome, just north of the new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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USGS Scientists points to location of tiltmeter installed on the 1980-86 dome, just north of the new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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