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Image GVP-04953

Steam pours from a vent blasted through the SW side of Castle Peak dome on July 28, 1995. This view from the east on August 5 shows trees that were defoliated by ashfall. Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1995 (U.S. Geological Survey).

Steam pours from a vent blasted through the SW side of Castle Peak dome on July 28, 1995. This view from the east on August 5 shows trees that were defoliated by ashfall.

Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1995 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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