Images

Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast. The new dome is just visible in the steam in the back of the crater.

Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northeast.

Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north-northeast. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.

East side of Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north.

Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the north.

Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, as seen from the northwest. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.

Ash collecting, Plains of Abraham, on the eastern flank of Mount St. Helens.

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater, January 2005, aerial view from the northeast.

Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the south.

Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the west. Gash on top of dome is from the night of January 13, 2005.

Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the east.

Crater glacier and lava dome within Mount St. Helens' crater, east side view.

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater. January 2006

Tilt-leg spider on top of north-face of the new dome. This station houses GPS and an accelerometer.

Monitoring equipment installation on Mount St. Helens' dome. Camera/gas sampling station is to the right underneath helicopter. GPS/accelerometer (seismometer) spider is just visible as a speck on top of new dome.

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater viewed from the west. January 2005.

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater viewed from the southeast. January 2006

North end of Mount St. Helens' new dome, as seen from the east.

Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the south. Orange speck in the center of the photo is a portable telemetered "spider." January 2005.

Spider, a portable box enclosing volcanic activity monitoring equipment (orange box), resting on Mount St. Helens' dome, viewed from the south.

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater, aerial view from the south.