Images

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

Opus area of the dome, looking towards new dome. Ash covering is from event of January 16, 2005.

The camera is missing, wooden base and fiberglass housing are broken, gas intake tube is disconnected, and there are three holes in the roof, and, although not obvious here, the station is tilted eastward 10-20 degrees (i.e., away from the likely source of the explosion).

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

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

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.

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.

New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.

Tilt-leg spider, a rapid-response instrument made to rest on top of the north-face of the 2005 Mount St. Helens lava dome. Includes GPS and seismometer.

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

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

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

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

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 viewed from the southeast. January 2006

Steam plume rising from Mount St. Helens, viewed from the northwest.