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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Look at the pic following your comment.
The lava dome is 500 feet tall and a third of a mile wide. The new activity is on the far side of the dome, where the glacier was.
Very interesting ~ thanks Salvation!
Images from Nov. 4th are available here:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/MSH04/
Example:
Oceanperch -- I changed my tag line to 'see you again.'
Cunning, deceptive Froggies . . . Chirac visited Arafat briefly and then skipped out of the EU meeting. Froggies are probably worried about getting their cut of Pali pay-off money. But perhaps it has already been looted from Arafat's Swiss bank accounts by systemic electronic transfer recently?
Very interesting and educational. Thanks!
Am I the only one who finds it interesting that St. Helens along with volcano's in Iceland and Mexico are acting up along with some very strong earthquakes from Japan to California.
First site has "40 volcano cams" but I did not check them out. Iceland volcano apparently went off again today November 6th:
http://www.vulkaner.no/v/index_e.html
Major volcano web site with many links:
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/volcano_links.html
Great pictures. Thanks Norm.
Hard to see on a foggy day here in the valley however.
I guess even Mother Nature is happy that President Bush won relection! ;^)
Thank you for posting these links.
Saved them in my Earthquakes Fave File(webtv).
I know that red magna has to be a huge area, it looks like a campfire in the distance.
I wish my perception skills were better. If I had gone to the Mt. when KV was younger like I wanted to it sure would help me relize now the magnitude of things.
The weatherman prdicted "freezing Fog" for your area.
I have never heard of freezing fog.
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