Posted on 11/05/2004 8:33:41 PM PST by Jewels1091
The new lava lobe inside Mount St. Helens' crater has sprouted a piston-like protrusion the size of a 30-story building glowing red at night.
"The magma is pushing the plug upward. It's going high in the sky," said hydrologist Carolyn Driedger of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, about 50 miles from the southwestern Washington mountain.
One section of the new lobe has risen by 330 feet in the past nine days, Driedger said Friday. Exact dimensions are not yet known but will be determined from photos taken Thursday.
"It seems like every time you think you know what's going on, (the volcano) twists and does something different," said Jeff Wynn, chief scientist for volcano hazards at the observatory.
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Thirty stories tall?
Thar she blows!!!!!!!!!!!1
That's what happens when a state goes Democrap.
You can see the magma (but not the mountain cause of nighttime) glow here:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
It is in the top center.
The new lava lobe inside Mount St. Helens' crater has sprouted a piston-like protrusion the size of a 30-story building glowing red at night.
Sounds like Michael Moore's post election hemorroids...
That little bright light in the top center is the magma dome.
Here is the link
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
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This thing better not blow up at night. After all of this, I want to see some really kick ass pictures.
This looks like one of those color blind tests...
Mount St. Helens has a woodie?
Bright red and fiery hot, or so I've read.
Somehow the Lib's will blame this on Bush too.
What little bright light?
Is that the New Carissa??
A Volcanic Erection?
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