Images

West side of Mount St. Helens' dome (left) and steamy new growth (right).

Mount St. Helens crater floor, developing glacier (lower left), dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the northeast. October 2005

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater viewed from the west December 2004.

Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west. October 2005

Mount St. Helens dome and glacier uplift from the east. October 2005

Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west. October 2005

Near-vertical view of Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth, as seen from NNW.

Glacier uplift caused by intrusion of magma underneath, cracked pattern on ash-covered glacier as seen from the southwest. Mount St. Helens crater.

Mount St. Helens uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from high angle on the north.

Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the northwest. October 2005

Mount St. Helens uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the west.

Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the southwest. The tip of Spirit Lake can be seen in the upper middle of the image. October 2005

Mount St. Helens uplifted area with new growth, as seen from the southeast.

Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new spine, as seen from the southeast. October 2005

Almost vertical look at Mount St. Helens dome, old and new. The "old dome" (1980-86) is in the lower half of the image and the new uplift and growth is in the upper half of the image.

Mount St. Helens crater dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west. October 2005

USGS scientists do last minute preparations for slinging the BLIS instruments to the dome. The instrument package consists of a high and low-gain accelerometer (seismometer) and a microphone.

Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west. October 2005

Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from the northeast. October 2005

Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and plume, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO). October 2005

Mount St. Helens crater and steaming dome as seen from the southeast. October 2005