A new dome started growing on October 18,1980. This October dome was 112 feet (34 meters) high and 985 feet (300 meters) wide, making it taller than a nine-story building and wider than the length of three football fields. This aerial view is from the north. This dome was not the first dome to grow in the crater. In June and August 1980, two domes formed, ony to be blasted away by the explosive events of July 22 and October 16.


A new dome started growing on October 18,1980. This October dome was 112 feet (34 meters) high and 985 feet (300 meters) wide, making it taller than a nine-story building and wider than the length of three football fields. This aerial view is from the north. This dome was not the first dome to grow in the crater. In June and August 1980, two domes formed, ony to be blasted away by the explosive events of July 22 and October 16.


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