Welcome to the Mount St. Helens VolcanoCams

1980-2010 - Eruption Thirtieth Anniversary

VolcanoCam Classic	VolcanoCamHD

VolcanoCam Classic View Full-Size (640x480): Java-refreshed view. Standard non-Java view.	VolcanoCam High-Definition View Medium Size (640x480): Java-refreshed view. Standard non-Java view. View Full-Size (1024x768): Java-refreshed view. Standard non-Java view. Warning! This is a large image!!
Current Camera Status VolcanoCam Update For Wednesday, 01 September 2010 Update @ 0733 Hours PDT - Issues with VolcanoCamHD remain. Our current theory is a power surge at the JRO may have damaged some components of the camera. The camera seems to work better in the afternoon. We are in the process of getting a new HD camera to replace the older VolcanoCam Classic camera. Please bear with us. Camera Images Description These are near real-time images of Mount St. Helens, taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO) using our VolcanoCam Classic camera and the new VolcanoCamHD camera. The (JRO) and VolcanoCams are located at an elevation of approximately 4,200 feet, about five miles from the volcano. You are looking approximately south-southeast across the North Fork Toutle River Valley. The VolcanoCam images automatically update approximately every five minutes. Viewing Problems? Problems viewing Mount St. Helens? Check out our Problems Matrix. You may want to visit the VolcanoCam Blog as well. A Java link is available if your web browser does not prompt you automatically to install the plug-in.

VolcanoCam Classic

VolcanoCamHD

VolcanoCam Classic

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Current Camera Status

VolcanoCam Update For Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Update @ 0733 Hours PDT - Issues with VolcanoCamHD remain. Our current theory is a power surge at the JRO may have damaged some components of the camera. The camera seems to work better in the afternoon. We are in the process of getting a new HD camera to replace the older VolcanoCam Classic camera. Please bear with us.

Camera Images Description

These are near real-time images of Mount St. Helens, taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO) using our VolcanoCam Classic camera and the new VolcanoCamHD camera. The (JRO) and VolcanoCams are located at an elevation of approximately 4,200 feet, about five miles from the volcano. You are looking approximately south-southeast across the North Fork Toutle River Valley. The VolcanoCam images automatically update approximately every five minutes.

Viewing Problems?

Problems viewing Mount St. Helens? Check out our Problems Matrix. You may want to visit the VolcanoCam Blog as well.

A Java link is available if your web browser does not prompt you automatically to install the plug-in.

Current Conditions

VolcanoCam News Update

VolcanoCam Update For Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Welcome to the Mount St. Helens VolcanoCams web site! Current news about the VolcanoCams is now available via the VolcanoCam News Blog.

Current Volcanic Activity

Special Conditions Report provided by the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory Report provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington.
University of Washington Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network provided by University of Washington Geophysics Program.
Current Earthquake Activity provided by PNSN of the University of Washington Geophysics Program.

Please note the USGS classified Mount St. Helens with being in a constant eruptive state from October 11, 2004, until January 2008.

Weather Forecast

VolcanoCam Update For Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Weather Point Forecast: Mount St Helens, WA - 46.2N -122.18W (Elev. 5996 ft) @ 7:00 am PST - Showers. High near 50. West northwest wind between 10 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Supporting The VolcanoCams

The Mount St. Helens VolcanoCams are maintained by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

The Mount St. Helens VolcanoCams receive no government funding. In fact, there is no budget at all for the VolcanoCams. We thank our longstanding non-profit partner, Discover Your Northwest for their continuing support for the VolcanoCams, especially our VolcanoCam viewers who support us through Discover Your Northwest.

Staff support for the VolcanoCams comes from several of us as time permits. Unfortunately our time is too often quite limited.