360° panorama from the summit of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens" title="Mount St. Helens">Mount St. Helens</a> as seen on an early-October afternoon. In the foreground is the ice-covered crater rim.  Visible in the lower center is the lava dome. Steam rises from several dome vents. Above the dome, in the upper center, lie <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier" title="Mount Rainier">Mount Rainier</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spirit_Lake_(Washington)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Spirit Lake (Washington) (page does not exist)">Spirit Lake</a>. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mount_Adams_(Washington)" title="Mount Adams (Washington)">Mount Adams</a> appears to the right of Rainier on the horizon as well as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hood" title="Mount Hood">Mount Hood</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Jefferson_(Oregon)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mount Jefferson (Oregon) (page does not exist)">Mount Jefferson</a> on the far right. Also on the far right are glimpses of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swift_Reservoir&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Swift Reservoir (page does not exist)">Swift Reservoir</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale_Lake&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yale Lake (page does not exist)">Yale Lake</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Merwin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Merwin (page does not exist)">Lake Merwin</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lewis_River_(Washington)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis River (Washington) (page does not exist)">Lewis River</a>. Climbers stand on the crater rim and are visible along the Monitor Ridge climbing route. Photo by Gregg M. Erickson
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