Washington State Photo Gallery: Mount St. Helens, September - October 2004
November 9, 2009
Photographs taken by Associated Press (AP) Photographers
 The vent hole and newly formed mound behind the lava dome at Mount St. Helens has grown in size, raising the edge of the dome and cracking the glacier to the right after a steam and ash eruption Tuesday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) (October 05, 2004)  This photo is taken from a fixed wing plane as it flys over the lava dome and towards a new bulge behind the dome after a steam and ash eruption coated the crater and surroundings with ash at Mount St. Helens Tuesday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) (October 05, 2004)  Mount St. Helens erupts with steam, dust and ash Tuesday morning in this photograph taken at 12,000 feet looking north. In the background is Mount Rainier. (AP Photo/The Columbian, Troy Wayrynen) (October 05, 2004)  Mount St. Helens erupts a cloud of steam and ash Tuesday in this aerial view showing Spirit Lake in the foreground. The volcano has been venting steam and small amounts of ash daily since Friday, but Tuesday morning's burst was the largest, producing a billowing, dark gray cloud that rose thousands of feet above the 8,364-foot-high rim of the crater and streamed miles to the northeast. (AP Photo/Steve Benham) (October 05, 2004)  Mount St. Helens erupts a cloud of steam and ash Tuesday in this aerial view showing Spirit Lake in the foreground. (AP Photo/T.J. Mullinax) (October 05, 2004)  Mount St. Helens is reflected in a nearby lake as it erupts Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (October 05, 2004)  Mount St. Helens exhales a cloud of steam and ash in this aerial photo. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bruce Ely) (October 05, 2004)  Spirit Lake glistens in the light of the setting sun Tuesday as steam vents from nearby Mount St. Helens, at left. (AP Photo/The Columbian, Janet L. Mathews) (October 05, 2004) |
