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2005 December 11

News Report Update

  • Scientists plotting mission into crater of Mount St. Helens 2005-Dec-10 12:19 from The Portland Oregonian

    MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) — As Mount St. Helens continues pumping out lava, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey are plotting a possible mission into the crater floor.

    They want to explore the smooth face of part of the lava dome that pushed out of the volcano several months ago. It's largely intact from the time it oozed out of the volcano's vent as a whaleback-shaped hump earlier this year.

    The extrusion sits along the east side of the crater, an estimated 1,300 to 1,600 feet from the active part of the dome.

Posted by Raoul Ortega on 2005 December 11 18:37 |