BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 09:34 AM

it's almost dawn - you can see the silhouette (spelling?) of the mountain

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 10:06 AM

It'd be great to see this all put together as a speeded up film clip.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: MMario
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 10:15 AM

just a wee plume in the crater at the moment

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: open mike
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 10:57 AM

the light of dawn is illuminating the steam/smoke now...gorgeous!

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Jeri
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 10:59 AM

Amos, that problem was fixed long before you posted that. I got in last night (or last evening, Pacific Time). The notice had been on the photograph, which remained the same for several hours. It's updating now.

MMario, it's hard for me to tell if a wee plume is a wee plume, or a bit of atmospheric fluff. It does look like a nicer day there than it was yesterday. The alert level has been decreased, but they say it's not uncommon for it to fluctuate, and it could erupt with out much warning.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 11:30 AM

what I've been finding fascinating is the changes in the landscape as the light angle and levels change.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JenEllen
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 11:35 AM

Y'oughta get your butt out here and see it in person. *bg* Beautiful doesn't even begin to cover it. You ever want a tour, lemme know.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 11:43 AM

It's gorgeous at the moment. Like it's shining from the inside out.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Amos
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 11:55 AM

I don't think so, Jeri -- all I could get was a pixellated array of blodgy red and blue spots -- that's why I posted it. But I can be wrong, as many of my best friends know!! :)



A

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 12:12 PM

during the hours of darkness (when the sun don't shine) all you see is pixilated arrays of blodgy red and blue spots.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Amos
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 01:01 PM

Well, ok., MM...live and learn. Sorry about the mis-timed report.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 01:01 PM

five more volcano cams from New zealand

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JennyO
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 01:09 PM

It looks quite pretty at the moment, and is that a bird I see flying past?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Don Firth
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 02:05 PM

The cam updated just a few minutes ago. 10:49:01 PDT. There is a visible jet of smoke or steam rising from the dome.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 11:08 AM

rain makes for an interesting image.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: open mike
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 03:22 PM

rain drops keep falling on my thread.......

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,heric
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 04:30 PM

OH, I'm pining for the Northwest! EXACTLY as I remember it! Washington from a child's eyes.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Janie
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 04:35 PM

Looks like raindrops on the camera lens.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Peace
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 04:45 PM

Maybe something under a microscope?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Alice
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 01:29 PM

Cool photo right now on the link posted in the first link!
Straight column of steam shooting up like a geyser, clear blue sky.
(I took a screen shot of it if you go there too late. Let me know, I'll email it.)

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Alice
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 02:02 PM

That should read, the link posted in the FIRST MESSAGE of this thread.

alice

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 01:52 PM

300 foot uplift on the lava cone inside the crater? WOW! saw some great live shots yesterday on the news - but all looks peacful in Helen's crater at the moment.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Alice
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 02:23 PM

This is what it looked like on the 10th when I refreshed the thread.
http://my.montana.net/aliceflynn/helens.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 02:40 PM

MMario, keep in mind that the mountain does not have a female name. She/it was named for English Baron St. Helens. ;^)

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 07:19 PM

Lovely clear day over there. That definitely looks like smoke or steam coming out of the crater?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,heric
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 07:33 PM

USGS has set up a new camera to the left of this one, for an even better view (hard to imagine). I haven't found a link to it yet.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 10:29 PM

Well, darn! I should have logged on and read Mudcat while I was in Seattle! (I did post a couple to the MOAB just to keep her from sinking). I missed the opportunity to meet another Mudcatter! Sorry, Thomas--I was slogging around Seattle and Everett and Marysville and Sumas and Darrington and didn't check in often. Next time!

I had a very clear view of Mt. St. Helens on the Oct. 6 flight in--it was dark and large, but not visibly smoking (we were considerably north, so unless it had sent a large plume we wouldn't have seen it anyway). I was on the wrong side of the plane and it was too dark this morning to see anything.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 12:40 AM

Oh the sadness, SRS... ;^(

We had some good weather while you were here! I hope it made you homesick...;^)

Maybe next time...
ttr

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Alice
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 09:01 AM

Dark at Mt St Helens this time in the morning, but the web cam screen shows a red glowing spot where lava has surfaced in the dome.

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 09:58 AM

pink smoke - I am assuming reflection from something below?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 10:42 AM

Sunrise, filtering through a bit of emission. The camera faces SSE, so I think sunrise would be at about your 9:00-10:00. Purty, ain't it?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 10:44 AM

faded to white - but now ORANGE

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 10:59 AM

Should have said 10:00-11:00.

Sunsets are lovely too, as the light reflects off the river and the side of the mountain that's visible.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 10:59 AM

I see a little smoke rising from it. The photo is considerably backlit at this point in time, but the white smoke is clearly rising.

Yes, Thomas, there was some beautiful weather. I drove from Sumas to Darrington on back roads (Hwy 9) on Sunday, and it was breath-taking. The fields are still so green, but the deciduous trees that dot the edges of fields (mixed in with mostly evergreens) were bright yellows and oranges and reds. If the roads had been wide enough to have shoulders I'd have pulled over a few times for photos, but since it wasn't safe to stop, I've committed the views to memory!

We also had a very wet Friday, a continual downpour.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 03:33 PM

there's a bright shining haze in the crater!
There's a bright shining haxe in the crater;
the plume is as high as the camara's eye!
And it looks like it's gonna blow up in the sky!

Oh what an active volcano! What a geological event!
Oh what an active volcano! Who cares what the scientists say?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 10:50 AM

Nice rosey glow at the top. Current picture shows some "red spots" in foreground, but can't tell if they're real or just reflections off something. (07:34:01 PDT image)

Refresh anyhow.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 11:00 AM

That's the sun coming up, the photo is backlit.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: open mike
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 01:55 PM

there is an image archived on the page below the current camera image
that shows a glowing at night...the comment says this may be the
light coming form the crater at night.
wasn't there a second camera set up>
can anyone send a link i can't find it..
and good one guest 3:33...i recognize that
song form Oklahoma, the musical.
th original says the corn is as high aas an elephant's eye/..
and it sings something about a haze in the meadow...
\for those of you not familiar with the U.S. musical drama...

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,puppy
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 03:43 PM

when do you think it will erupt?

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 11:04 PM

I saw that glow last night, but without more information figured it was the moon (but I see by my calendar that the moon is completely out of sight right now).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Peace
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 11:12 PM

The moon's in Alabamy.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 06:27 PM

It looks like it's raining or fogging in Southwestern Washington this afternoon. Here is a page with some answers about the most common viewing problems (such as no photo). Today I refer you to "Is the VolcanoCam Broken? Part II"

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 03:06 PM

Check it out today! It's glorious fall weather, they had some snow, and the mountain is putting out a beautiful puff of steam. I saved this image for my desktop.

Here's the link again.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 03:24 PM

That for me is the best image yet. It looks like a yeti is hugging the top of the mountain.

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 06:03 PM

It's already socked in, but that earlier shot was marvelous. I'm glad someone got there in time to see it!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: open mike
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 09:45 PM

satelite photos

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: open mike
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 10:18 PM

another aerial view from satelite..

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 11:54 PM

Mt Rainier Disaster Plan might be of interest while watching the smoke rise at St. Helens. Actually a much more dangerous situation, (Not minimizing the risks from St. H., of course).

John

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 Oct 04 - 12:18 PM

Must try to remember to have a look at a different time of Day !!

And thats as close as I would want to get to a volcano as well !

Subject: RE: BS: Mount St. Helens - Volcano Watchers
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 Oct 04 - 12:19 PM

And has Ted been in ??