Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens continues to be restless five months after it started to erupt. On March 8, the volcano erupted in a location away from the growing lava dome, producing a large ash cloud and silencing several monitoring stations.
Mount St. Helens
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Mount St. Helens

Published Mar 16, 2005

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Mount St. Helens
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Mount St. Helens

Published Mar 15, 2005

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Mount St. Helens

Published Oct 15, 2004

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Mount St. Helens

Published Oct 13, 2004

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Lava Dome on Mount St. Helens
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Lava Dome on Mount St. Helens

After more than a decade of inactivity, Mount St. Helens rumbled back to life in September 2004. An ongoing series of tremors within the volcano coupled with upward movement of magma toward its caldera prompted geologists to issue a Level 3 alert on October 2, stating that Mount St. Helens could experience a moderately severe eruption at any time. In order to help geologists and volcanologists assess the nature and magnitude of the risk, on September 24, 2004, NASA flew a low-altitude aircraft carrying the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) directly over the volcano to obtain high-resolution images of its caldera.

Published Oct 7, 2004

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Mount St. Helens
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Mount St. Helens

Published Oct 5, 2004

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Mount St. Helens
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Mount St. Helens

Published Oct 5, 2004

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