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Mt. St. Helens
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| 12-15-04
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 12/15/2004 11:40:55 AM PST by nuke rocketeer
SAN FRANCISCO -- An unusually smooth and swiftly growing lava dome within the crater of Washington state's Mount St. Helens volcano is an extraordinary and perplexing event with an unknown outcome, geologists said Tuesday.
When Mount St. Helens blew its top in 1980, it left a mile-wide crater. Over the next six years, a dome of lava built up in the middle of the crater. Then the volcano went quiet. The dome became partly buried by a glacier that's more than 600 feet deep in places.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: glaciers; globalwarming; mtsthelens; volcano
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Funny, I thought all glaciers were melting away worldwide. That's what the new 'National Geographic' has been telling all society members in at least 2 articles in every issue this year. But here is a 600 ft thick glacier that has grown inside a live volcano the last 24 years.
To: nuke rocketeer
You mean sciece doesn't have all of the answers? -sarcasm
To: nuke rocketeer
LOOKS OKAY TO ME..........for now......
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:42:41 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:43:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
To: nuke rocketeer
Break out the marshmallows.
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:44:32 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: nuke rocketeer
Some process build the near perfect cone to begin with. Why can't that process be at work now?
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:45:24 AM PST
by
DManA
To: A CA Guy
You can hold mine. I'll just stand back here (on the East Coast!)
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:46:08 AM PST
by
thulldud
(It's bad luck to be superstitious.)
To: nuke rocketeer
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:46:22 AM PST
by
Splatter
(A foolish man is able to learn, has the opportunity, and does not do it..)
To: nuke rocketeer
Growing lava dome, unknown outcome? Ummmm, I might be able to SWAG it.....
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:47:30 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.)
To: thulldud
I've walked over hardened lava before. Wears your shoes out fast by the way.
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:48:50 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: jasoncann
That won't wear shoes, that melts shoes, then the flesh and bones.
Slightly different than walking on sandpaper like dried lava.
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posted on
12/15/2004 12:16:39 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: nuke rocketeer
"event with an unknown outcome"
Hydrostatic plug. That is why there is a volcanic mountain there, to plug the upward pressure of the lava.
Freepmail me as to where to send my check.
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12/15/2004 12:32:40 PM PST
by
Deguello
To: A CA Guy
That won't wear shoes, that melts shoes, then the flesh and bones.Then why not just drive over it like Pierce Brosnan did in Dante's Peak? It didn't melt his rubber tires. (wink-wink)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
I don't have a non-explosive gas tank and non-burnable rubber gas lines like he had, that's why.
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12/15/2004 12:36:22 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: TiaS
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posted on
12/15/2004 12:59:10 PM PST
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mewzilla
To: Red Badger
I don't see where you could hide a 600 ft thick glacier in this picture. Looks like snow covered rocks to me.
To: Royal Wulff
It's under the snow, silly......
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12/15/2004 1:03:36 PM PST
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Red Badger
(If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
To: jasoncann
I don't think anyone walks on hot lava, RUNS LIKE HELL maybe, but not for long......
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12/15/2004 1:05:12 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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