[Geysers] Giantess questions

[Kory Collier]

My 11-year-old son and I arrived at UGB in the late evening of the 12th not having heard any geyser news.  We were very interested to see Giantess erupting, rather gently, as soon as we pulled in, and we headed right over to it.  He had never seen any action from Giantess.  For about 15 minutes we enjoyed watching steamy jets whose maximum height was maybe 30-40 feet.  Very few people were on the Hill, and the sound of the eruption was majestic and peaceful, including impressively low-pitched sounds accompanied by the recurring light rush of falling water drops.  My son commented that he wished he could have a recording of it to listen to when falling asleep at night (an excellent thought which made me wish I could conjure up Steve Gryc and his recording equipment).  

 

I became very curious to know what had happened earlier in the day:  

     How high did it reach at the start of the eruption?  

     How long after the start did the steam phase begin?  

     How long did the steam phase last, and about when did the jetting of water begin again?

     Was this, then, what is called a mixed phase eruption?

     Was this eruption typical of Giantess eruptions in recent years?


Answers to any of these questions would be very much enjoyed.



Thanks

 

Kory Collier

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: TSBryan at aol.com 
  To: geysers at wwc.edu 
  Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 5:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [Geysers] Quick Geyser Report


  In a message dated 8/12/2005 1:58:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, fanandmortar at hotmail.com writes:
    1108 GIANTESS!!!

  May I add, especially for those who were around for the eruption on Memorial Day weekend, when the eruption itself was pathetic -- this was a very nice steam phase. Carl Sheehan (the potter in the OF Lodge) told me that he heard the roar from inside the Inn's Employee Dining Room. An eruption of Giantess always gets a 10 for being Giantess. As for the eruptions, that in May garnered a 3 (maybe), but this one I'll give a 7+.

  Scott Bryan
  who :-) was with a tour and arrived while Giantess was still in its initial surging. Earlier we were also standing immediately in front of Fountain when it started at 1010.


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