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Close-up of the volcano's caldera

Beautiful sunset glow on the caldera

Waterfalls springing from the rock

Inside Ape Cave, a 13,042 foot long lava tube, at Mt St Helens

We were illuminating the cave with our flashlights, and that's Stacie in the foreground. The rocks were actually quite warmly colored, but our lights were LEDs, which gave this blue glow, especially after such a long exposure.

Stacie standing on a lava tube ledge

A 'skylight' ahead, illuminating the lava tube with sun through a hole in the roof

A longer exposure of the skylight glow

The skylight allows an in-cave garden to flourish - mostly moss and ferns

Another view of the skylight garden

Lamp glow from the people in front of us in the lava tube

Longer exposure of their lamp glow

There are bacteria in the cave that glow - this is a bit overexposed, but it really gives the idea

Someone climbing the ladder that leads out of the cave

Patrick climbs the ladder and emerges from a hole in the Earth

Snow-covered Mount St Helens

Trees killed in the eruption, still standing, with new growth finally starting to take their place

It's amazing how Nature renews itself, even after such devastation

Like matchsticks in a storm, they fell

You can definitely tell which direction the blast came from

Spirit Lake was part of a lush valley, very near Mount St Helens

But being so close, it got filled in with ash during the eruption

And filled with dead trees! That's what you see floating all over the now-recovering lake

More Spirit Lake in the rain

Photographer Galen Rowell called them 'godbeams' : )

A wonderful sign, on a building at Mount Saint Helens.