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Figure 4. A typical ice cave passage in Mount St. Helens crater firn adjacent to the slopes of the Lava Dome. Dacite boulder debris forms talus. The scalloped ceiling and walls continually drip cold water during warm seasons, but ice stalactites form at these points during the winter.

 

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