[Geysers] Geyser report May 3

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Yesterday, May 2... After the Daisy at 1421, it was not seen again. People  
weren't always in sight of the thing, but there is a feeling that that might  
have been a single 6+ hour interval.
 
Grand erupted at 1531 ( I = 7h 25m) and at 2253e (I = 7h 22m).
 
Today, May 3... a decent day, 51 degrees, some sun, wind mild to moderate  
most of the time.
 
Grand erupted at 0605e (I = 7h 12m) and then -- the biggie of the day -- it  
played again at 1233, an interval of just 6h 28m. Yay. But that's not all. The 
 eruption turned out to be a G2*Q. The second burst lasted between 3 1/2 and 
4  minutes and led to a total duration of 13m 18s. West Triplet had started at 
 1123. Near the end of its 43 minute duration, Rift began to steam very 
heavily.  I was sure it was going to start, but no -- West Triplet quit and Rift 
died  down, during Turban. Grand erupted on the next Turban, which thought about 
being  a delay interval (23 minutes) -- Grand dropped a little at about 18  
minutes, but then came back and produced a pretty good surf before an explosive 
 start.
 
Steve and I saw a very nice Uncertain at 1216 while waiting out that last  
Turban cycle.
 
The other biggie of the day. At 1017, following at least three delays of  
varied sorts, Grotto erupted without Grotto Fountain. The trigger was South  
Grotto Fountain, Central Vents and a strong attempt by Startling. Probably  a few 
minutes before Grotto's the start, unknown to us at the moment, Giant  was 
having a weak hot period.
 
Hot periods were at 0815 ie (weak, India less than half covered) and approx  
1000 (very weak, India hardly touched).
 
Fountain was ie at 0808, then erupted at 1426. That 6 1/2 hours was, I'm  
afraid but do not know for sure, a single interval. The 1426 was a super  
eruption -- many huge (I mean really) bursts and a duration of a touch more than  27 
minutes.
 
I saw Frolic at 0734, while out at Fountain which I then left  before its 
eruption.
 
By the way -- "Everybody" is noting that very little seems to be happening  
out in the Kaleidoscope Group. Today, for aexample, I was out at Fountain for  
abouot 1 1/2 hours. In that time I saw a few NTFL and one Honey's Vent. And  
nothing else. Firehose has not been seen by any reporter since opening  day.
 
Scott Bryan
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