Golden Gate Photo

Close-up of glacial outburst inside Mount St. Helens Crater, August 25, 2001 at 12:45 PM.

The red arrow is pointing to the front of the flow as is pours into a second channel. Estimating from the distance this image was taken (approximately 820 feet/250 meters) and knowing the horizontal angle of the view of the lens used (17^o), the width of the channel the arrow is pointing to was calculated to be over 10 feet (>3 meters) wide. The mud and rock flow at this point is probably about five feet (1.5 meters) thick!

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