Images

Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.

1980-1986 Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift (cracked gray surface in snow to left of main dome) from the east, before steam and ash eruption.

Plume within Mount St. Helens' crater, October 1, 2004 at 12:03:23 PDT.

Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mount St. Helens. October 1, 2004.

Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.

USGS CVO scientist answers media inquiries relating to the increase in Mount St. Helens activity, October 2004.

South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the east, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome. September 30, 2005

Western side of Mount St. Helens crater, and dome, showing the glacier forming at the base of the dome.

Upper slopes of Glacier Peak, Washington.

Close-in view of south side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the southeast, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome. September 2005

Oblique aerial photograph of north flank, crater, lava dome and new glacier (behind dome), Mount St. Helens, Washington state, USA. Mount Hood, Oregon, is faintly visible in the background.

Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from SugarBowl, on the NE flank of the volcano. September 2005

Berm from a 1997 lahar is visible along the channel. Mount St. Helens' east crater wall is visible in the background.

South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the east, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome. August 29, 2005

Mount Rainier as seen from Paradise Ridge, Washington.

Hydrothermally altered rock of Sherman Crater's western crater wall, Mount Baker, Washington.

Glacier Peak, Washington, in the prime of summer when much of the snow has melted from its flanks.

Sherman Crater (foreground) below the summit of Mount Baker, Washington.

Storage vans, referred to as the "Freezer Farm" sit outside the Woods Hole Science Center 

Pahoehoe lava flows are fed by overflows from the fissure 8 lava channel. Geologist ground crews photographed this flow along Nohea Street in Leilani Estates subdivision.

Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide, the largest slide on the US Atlantic coast. Data were collected on the R/V Atlantis in 2003.