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Ken Lambert

A 30-second time exposure at 7:15 p.m. in March of 2005 shows hot lava as seen through cracks in the dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens. Researchers say the biggest puzzle is the absence of an obvious vent in the new lava dome.