[Geysers] Geyser report May 16

[TSBryan at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/16/2005 9:29:53 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
jacross at lamar.ColoState.EDU writes:

Could  Scott elaborate on the post-Silex activity of  Celestine?




It's not just post-Silex. Since no known observer with knowledge of the  
system has been present of a Silex initial, I don't think we have any idea as to  
what (if anything) Celestine might do just _before_ Silex. Clearly, though,  
Celestine Pool is active during and for a while following (specifically how  
long, I don't know) active episodes by Silex. At these times, Celestine  
undergoes frequent (interval usually much less than 1 minute, duration a few  
seconds) superheated boiling, and this is punctuated by surging and bursting as  high 
as 2 or 3, maybe 4, feet. So far as I've been able to tell, this action is  
dependent on the activity of Silex and NOT on the volume of flow into it... It  
is in this fashion that I have guesstimated (to the extent of "early in the  
night" versus "late" -- this is certainly extremely approximate) when Silex  
might have been active overnight based on the vigor of Celestine... When Silex  
has been inactive for several hours or more, Celestine does little more  than 
bubble so slightly that it can be difficult to see if there's any  
significant steam.
 
Scott Bryan
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