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Mount St. Helens shadow
October 10, 2010

Mount St. Helens Shadow

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Even with its top 1,300 feet (396 meters) gone, replaced by a crater (foreground), Mount St. Helens still casts a convincing shadow. In the background is Mount Adams.

See more photos of the May 2010 story "Mountain Transformed."



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Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, National Geographic

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