
Hot lava
This photo, taken on Oct. 11, 2004, shows the steaming lava dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens. Molten rock has surfaced and formed a fin that is about 90 feet tall and 180 feet wide. Scientists estimate that the fin is growing at about 2-to-3 cubic feet per second-- enough lava to fill an Olympic swimming pool in 15 minutes.
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