BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 10:15 AM

Just now when I checked the volcano cam there was a bright glow at the top that isn't part of the background light from the rising sun. Real interesting effect. Looks like the dome is giving off some light as well as heat this morning.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 05:02 PM

Gorgeous picture at the moment - 13.53.27 PDT.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 07:55 PM

16:48:27 also has a very nice view. A nice steady column of smoke is drifting straight up then to the southwest. Lovely afternoon!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Oct 04 - 04:37 PM

The top is socked in, but the mid and low reaches of the mountain are exposed. It looks like they had snow much lower down recently. (The camera was out of commission for a while, but I'm glad to see it back online).

I do love looking at that snow and the seasons changing. This is a link to one of my favorite cameras, in this case, it is on the BLM office in Fairbanks, Alaska. Poke around in here and you'll find lots of great images from around the area, including a bunch of aurora borealis photos.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Nov 04 - 12:20 PM

Another beautiful day on the mountain, with a nice little puff of smoke at the top. Snow has melted in the lowlands but remains on the peak.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,Darryl
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 03:15 PM

I have been posting enhanced images/movies of the night time glow from the mountain on my webpage - its amazing how a little image processing can remove most of the noise and clean up the view! http://www.luscombe-carter.com/mount_st_helens/index.html

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 05:34 PM

Seems to be something happening again now with Mount St. Helens. Could be just cloud - but I don't think so this time.

What news of the volcano in Iceland, and did Skarpi get to Ireland okay?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 11:38 AM

Beautiful view at the moment - sun-gilding on clouds and plume.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Nov 04 - 12:30 PM

Here is a marvelous photo that was in the Seattle P.I. this morning. The caption says "Mount St. Helens experiences a minor steam eruption as viewed from the Johnson Ridge Observatory five miles from the crater. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (November 17, 2004)"

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 20 Nov 04 - 04:00 PM

Wow! That's gorgeous. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Nov 04 - 11:26 AM

in what contry is mout st helenas volcano in?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 23 Nov 04 - 11:30 AM

Washington. Asmall country loosely associated with the Pacific West coast of North America.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Nov 04 - 12:10 PM

;-D

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 01:58 PM

nice clear view today with a small plume.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 04:31 PM

I took a look earlier (no plane in my glimpse), and it is indeed beautiful. They've narrowed the focus on the camera--it has less of the area now. Consequently the mountain looks larger, but I liked seeing more of the foreground to keep an eye on the Toutle River.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 06:10 PM

Yes, a beautiful view today - but I too miss seeing the sun reflecting off the river as it used to do in the wider angle view.

Pauline.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 04:30 AM

My local news report says that Mt. St. Helens began spewing a significant new plume at about 17:00 PDT (20:00 EDT – 00:00 GMT)Tuesday. The realtime crater watch camera of course doesn't show anything now due to local darkness, but some Tuesday afternoon plume shots are up at the USGS Mt St Helens site.

Also spotted on the fly, an Amateur Phonecam that looks like that's what it was, probably sometime Tuesday afternoon.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of excitement about it yet, but the USGS has raised to "hazard code" to 2d level, and some roads in the vicinity have been closed. Most interior USGS hiking trials, etc., are of course closed – as of a day or two ago.

Most of the interesting stuff seems to be at the USGS site, rather than at the realtime camera.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 04:37 AM

Oh dear... let's hope she's not as angry as last time... Mother Nature is a tad restless so far this year....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Micca
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 06:33 AM

As a (still) working Scientist, Can I thank Jeri and all others who have contributed to this fascinating thread? It has provided me with hours of interest and enjoyment!! as a now Sadly Ex- climber and life long volcano fan It has become an old friend that I visit regularly(at least every 2nd day) Many thanks to you all and the USGS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JenEllen
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 11:29 AM

Yeah, she erupted again about 1730 local time. It was absolutely GORGEOUS from here. They said on the local news that the ash cloud went up to about 36K feet. Against the sunset, it looked like a bird in someone's hand. Nothing but a light dusting of ash out this far. Theory around the educated water-cooler says the lava dome probably collapsed. Won't know for a while because the weather was supposed to turn crummy today and it's hard to get a look-in with clouds. At least should the worst happen, we're better prepared now for emergencies.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 11:35 AM

the central dome still seems to be there in the volcano-cam. there wasn't any visible activity earlier today when I looked - but a small plume now.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: goodbar
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 10:42 PM

my chemistry teacher said the media are pussies and all it did was burp when in the 80's it threw up everything it had. then he went on to say it wasn't even a burp, but more like crap evaporating out of a pore.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Mar 05 - 10:55 PM

Hey, Micca, I climbed Mt. St. Helens back in the mid-1970s before all of this ruckus started. It was a long slow walk up a steep hill. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 09:52 AM

Is that fire or sun? Never seen it like that before.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 09:57 AM

Sun glare.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 11:46 AM

phew. I'll stop running then.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Metchosin
Date: 01 Aug 05 - 04:33 PM

Mt. St. Helens has been up to some interesting stuff in the last couple of days. There's been a few earthquakes in the 3.0 range, but what I find intriguing aside from the main hotspot, is the new little glow that has showed up on the night pictures since May on the western flank.

There are some movies of it at this website if you scroll down the page to the Hall of Fame.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Nancy King
Date: 01 Aug 05 - 07:10 PM

Interesting stuff, Metchosin -- thanks!

Nancy

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: DougR
Date: 01 Aug 05 - 07:26 PM

Our plane flew over (not directly but near) Mt. St. Helen's a couple of weeks ago and it looked pretty dead at the time.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Metchosin
Date: 01 Aug 05 - 10:59 PM

Earthquakes are difficult to experience when you're in the air, DougR.*BG* Sorry, couldn't resist.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Donuel
Date: 01 Aug 05 - 11:15 PM

I was watching a nova show on the excavation of Herculanium. It has the only complete ancient library to be encased/preserved 90 feet down in solidified pyroclastic flow.

The burned scrolls are now being read with NASA inspired digital imaging.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: EBarnacle
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 11:14 AM

The Museum of Modern Art [MOMA] in New York City has a really great exhibit of photos of Mt.St. Helens. This a real blowout, especially those showing at or close to the time, compared with the same view 10 years later. If you can get there, go.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: DougR
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 04:50 PM

True, Metchosin, however, one should expect to see some smoke or steam escaping, right?

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Metchosin
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 05:51 PM

It is intermittant DougR, she's letting off a little bit today. Although you really have to look hard to see it.

I wonder if the small light on the western flank could be ignited gas escaping through a fissure? I know this happens in parts of Greece and Turkey.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Metchosin
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 05:55 PM

And the area is still under orange alert, which advises the following potential ash hazards to aviation: Under current eruptive conditions, small, short-lived explosions may produce ash clouds that exceed
30,000 feet in altitude. Ash from such events can travel 100 miles or more downwind.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 01:42 PM

There seems to be quite a bit of smoke today----8/3/o5

Art

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 01:44 PM

may be an optical illusion due to cloud - but appears to be two sources - one low on the left, one high on the right.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 10:39 AM

I've just returned from my annual trip to Austria and clicked on the webcam in my favourites to see how she's doing - LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. Any news anybody?

Polly

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 10:47 AM

It looks like there's something on the camera lens.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 10:55 AM

A definite orange blob, but it does look like a drop shaped blob on the lens to me too.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 11:44 AM

Yes, I agree about the orange 'blob' - but now that the cloud has cleared that does look like a sizable plume also (08.36 PDT)???

Polly

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Don Firth
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 03:35 PM

Hard to tell from the picture I just looked at (12:32 PDT). I haven't heard anything on the news.

The blob. I have a horrible feeling that it's the kind of thing that can appear on your windshield if you happen to drive under a flight of pigeons.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 03:42 PM

Polly,

You seem to be looking at times where there is some visibility. I haven't had such luck. The orange blob is more defined now, the blurry area smaller, but nothing helpful regarding the top of the mountain behind it. I did find this activity report:

Growth of the new lava dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens continues, accompanied by low rates of seismicity, low emissions of steam and volcanic gases, and minor production of ash. During such eruptions, changes in the level of activity can occur over days to months. The eruption could intensify suddenly or with little warning and produce explosions that cause hazardous conditions within several miles of the crater and farther downwind. Small lahars could suddenly descend the Toutle River if triggered by heavy rain or by interaction of hot rocks with snow and ice. These lahars pose a negligible hazard below the Sediment Retention Structure (SRS) but could pose a hazard along the river channel upstream.

Different type of "SRS" there!

And the chart with the most recent seismic activity can be found here to show a heating up of conditions. Unfortunately, that only shows until early August. There is obviously some lag time in filing and posting these monthly reports. If you poke around you can find some static photos taken in September. See if this works to give you more information.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 04:00 PM

Check out the biggest fly in the world!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 04:09 PM

Sorry he's gone to be a fly somewhere now. He had more than a passing interest in the orange blob.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Don Firth
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 04:12 PM

Hmm. . . . Tends to reinforce my theory about the blob.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Deckman
Date: 11 Sep 05 - 06:15 PM

Hmmm? Maybe has President bush been in the area? Bob(deckman)Nelson

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 12:56 PM

From Webcam 12th September:

"Webmaster Update @ 9:24 am PDT - We are well aware of the grime on the VolcanoCam lens. We are planning to clean the lens later this week once we have our maintenance team ready. We apologize for the messy view."

Still looks like a good plume though.

Polly

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 01:45 PM

I wish they'd twist the lens to back up the view so we could see more of the mountain again. I liked being able to look at the foreground.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 02:06 PM

Yeah, me too. There used to be some stunning shots of the sun reflecting in the stream/river in the foreground, trouble is I can't now remember whether it was as it was rising or setting.

Polly