Images

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

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

Vent blasted through the Mount St. Helens' crater glacier.

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.

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

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

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

Northeast crater wall above Sugar Bowl, Mount St. Helens with annotated deposits from some of the Spirit Lake Stage eruptive periods. Photograph from late summer 2003.

Mount Baker summit, Washington. Coleman Glacier to the left and Easton Glacier to the right. Lower peak on the right is the edge of Sherman Crater. View to east.

(Top) 1996–2000 interferogram draped over a 30-m DEM and showing uplift centered a few kilometers (miles) west of South Sister volcano. (Bottom) Geochemical data on top of the 1996–2000 interferogram. The columns show chloride (Cl) and sulfate (SO4) concentrations at sampled springs.

Potential volcanic hazards at Mount Baker.

Angle and distance measurements to the Mount St. Helens' flanks were taken periodically to monitor for deformation similar to the 1980 bulge. Station northeast of volcano.

Deformation measurements on the Mount St. Helens' dome; three geologists in middle bottom of this aerial photograph.

The last dome-building eruption of Mount St. Helens during the 1980s occurred in October 1986. A new lobe was extruded, increasing the dome's height to 925 feet (282 meters), making it taller than a 77-story building. In volume, the dome was nearly 40 times the size of Seattle's Kingdome stadium.

View of the Spirit Lake outlet tunnel, built in 1985, that allows water to drain out of Spirit Lake safely and maintain the lake's water level 100 ft (30 m) below the estimated overtopping level.

The lava dome was taller than a 66-story building and almost as wide as the length of nine football fields. The dome completely fills the camera's field of view. Compare with image taken August 22, 1981 from the same location with the same camera.

Mount St. Helens four years after the May 18, 1980 eruption—lava dome in the crater and drainage channels development on flanks; view from Johnston Ridge.

Vegetation began reappearing as early as the summer of 1980 as many small trees and plants were protected by the snowpack on May 18. Seeds, carried by the wind or by animals, also entered the area and grew. By 1985, the ridges surrounding the volcano were covered with new growth.