[Geysers] Geyser report May 9

[TSBryan at aol.com]

At 0748, I found the marker at Silex washed -- again -- and replaced it.  
Enroute out of the park, I found Silex in eruption at 1433. Per visitors, it had  
been a full pool a few minutes before my arrival, so undoubtedly what I saw 
was  the initial eruption. It had another major at 1512, after which I left  
thoroughly drenched by a downpour... Marker was washed yesterday, roughly 1 3/4  
days after the previous active episode, now again this  morning (less than  1 
day), and the the activity of this afternoon (certainly less than 1  day).
 
While out there early, I saw OLD Bellefontaine splashing about 2 feet high,  
at 0822.
 
Other newsy thing -- one of the vents among the little springs (I call them  
"The Dwarfs") between Depression and Arrowhead erupted this morning. I forst 
saw  it, from near the Inn, at 1053. It continued until sometime between 1140 
and  1210. The action was nearly continuous, except that it would die down to 
rather  feeble splashing to 1 foot, but then pick up to strong jetting that 
sometimes  sent spray fully 10 feet high. Photo below. Mike Lang says this vent 
was active  one day prior to the most recent Giantess (and please people, Mike 
and others  have told me of Giantess in February, but I had the last on 
January 30 -- did I  miss something?)
 

 
Lion went 85 minutes between the initial and #2.
 
Plume was between 51 and 61 minutes.
 
Grand at 1416 was an interval of 8h 35m. I was hiding in my car out of the  
rain and do not know anything more about this one.
 
That's pretty much it. I had a scratchy throat all afternoon, and now it's  
sore and at 6 pm I feel really tired. Tomorrow at home, I think. 'Bout time,  
anyway.
 
Scott Bryan
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