[Geysers] Geyser report April 24

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Well, here is the "Photo of Today":

 

Silex Spring, as previously reported, was having cyclic boils and occasional 
heavy overflows, so we were expecting something. This morning, Doug Holstein 
(Yellostone Tour Guides) drove by and saw Silex full at about 1100. Jim drove 
by at 1145 and saw it empty. I got there right about 12:20, just in time to 
have missed what was either the second or third "major" eruption, said by some 
visitors to have been at least 20 feet high. From that point on, however, Silex 
had a series of smaller eruption, one every 1 to 3 minutes or so, each lasting 
anywhere from 5 to maybe 30 seconds. There was one, which had a duration 
longer than a minute, looked like it wanted to be a major, but it just couldn't 
quite do it. As the pool continued to fill, higher with each minor, the 
intervals and durations and force grew weaker. First overflow was right around 1530. 
(The photo above was taken at about 1230.)

We, so there went much of the day. So much for my planned trip to Norris. 
Maybe tomorrow. Other things seen earlier:

Grand at 0130e and 0924 (T1C, I = 7h 54m).

Daisy at 0947 and 1227, I = 2h 40m.

Beehive at 1226, no Indicator and said to have been very small. This interval 
of 25h 27m is believed to have been a double interval, as there was wet 
boardwalk early on.

Oblong did not cooperate today. It probably had erupted in the vicinity of 
0630, as first overflow occurred at 0935. But then it had not erupted when 
watchers departed for Silex, near noon. There was very strong wind and, of course, 
Oblong's open pool might be subject to wind delays.

Giant Hot Period at 0914, duration about 8m 45s plus a restart, really good 
with India completely covered. But we seldom could see Mastiff because of the 
steam and we have no idea what kind of surging there might have been.

You'll like this one. Kendall and Curtis Madsen saw LINK last evening, at 
1707 (Saturday, 4/23). There seemed to be two bursts, each about 30 feet high.

Still no Fan and Mortar.

Fountain-- well, now, just what is it up to. Yesterday it was ie at 0802. 
Then it was seen at 1825 ie. It did NOT erupt in between, so that was an interval 
of around 10 1/2 hours. Today it had recently finished an eruption at 0800 
(steaming runoff to Spasm, so call it approximately 0730. This afternoon it 
erupted at 1502vr, 1511ie. Interval about 7 1/2 hours. Twig was not active at any 
time during this interval.

Later.....

Scott Bryan
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