Images

Mount St. Helens' crater and dome, from Sugar Bowl.

Mount St. Helens from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO). December 2005

Ice build up on the Sugar Bowl Camera on Mount St. Helens western crater rim.

Close-in view of Mount St. Helens' dome from Sugar Bowl. Large crack down center of new growth is a fault (one of many on the dome), with the right section becoming higher than the left. December 2005

Dome within Mount St. Helens crater from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO). December 23, 2005

Seismic spider (painted green). This unit was designed with a seperate weighted accelerometer (seismic unit)to replace the unit put out on November 20, 2004.

Mount St. Helens' glacier uplift, viewed from the east. New growth is to the right. December 23, 2004.

Mount St. Helens from the northwest. Mount Hood (left) and Mount Jefferson (middle) are on the skyline. December 2005

Mount St. Helens' crater and dome from the northwest.

Mount St. Helens' dome from the east-northeast.

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

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater viewed from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).

Dome within Mount St. Helens' crater compressing glacier to the right, viewed from west. December 16, 2004.

Mount St. Helens aerial view from the north-northeast.

Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier, aerial view toward the north.

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

Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with new growth, from the northwest.

Glacier uplift against the south crater wall caused by compression of growing dome in Mount St. Helens crater. November 29, 2005

USGS scientists 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.

Evening view of Mount St. Helens from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).