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What Is That Glow?

It was spotted around October 11, 2004, by quite a few VolcanoCam web visitors attempting to view Mount St. Helens at night. In the image above, all you can see is a bright white dot amid the background chatter of a night image. A preliminary analysis by a USGS geologist reveals we all may be seeing a reflected glow (from steam clouds) of the growing new dome! Only the VolcanoCam is in a location to actually see the glow. This image was taken at 3:24 am PDT, on October 13, 2004.

What Is That Glow?

VolcanoCam image taken at night with the incadescent glow of the new lava dome visible.

It was spotted around October 11, 2004, by quite a few VolcanoCam web visitors attempting to view Mount St. Helens at night. In the image above, all you can see is a bright white dot amid the background chatter of a night image. A preliminary analysis by a USGS geologist reveals we all may be seeing a reflected glow (from steam clouds) of the growing new dome! Only the VolcanoCam is in a location to actually see the glow.

This image was taken at 3:24 am PDT, on October 13, 2004.

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