[Geysers] Geyser report May 17

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Well, so here we go again -- this morning the marker at Silex was gone.  
Replaced at 0750. Celestine was rather quiet, so I'd say the activity was  
"earlier" rather than "later" in the night.
 
Yesterday I commented on the very low water levels in Fountain and Morning  
and the steam phase in Twig. Well so, Fountain has been in wild phase today. I  
saw it such at 0758 (from the road, confirmed on site at 0805), and by either 
 myself or others it was observed still going at 1045, 1120, and 1315. No  
idea, of course, when it might have started.
 
In the UGB:
 
Fan and Mortar still bide their time, now past 10 1/2 days since the last  
eruption.
 
Since my previous, Grand has had intervals of 8h 19m, 6h 34m, and 9h  25m.
 
There was a pretty good bit of wind (along with the snow flurries) today,  
yet Daisy managed an interval of 2h 39m.
 
Yesterday's Grotto, suspected of being marathon, cedrtainly was. This  
morning at about 0900 it had been off only a short while; Variable and Marathon  
were both as low as I've seen them (including in previous reports this  year).
 
The one interval I noted on Plume was 55 minutes. One interval on Aurum was  
3h 15m.
 
Beehive was splashing heavily at 0830, and still at 1230. So either it  
erupted rather early in the night or was working on a very long interval. By the  
way, the west bubbler was active at 0830, too.
 
The "Dwarf" between Depression and Arrowhead was active off and on all  
morning.
 
If a tentative plan comes to pass, I'll be in the basin minimally or not at  
all tomorrow.
 
Scott Bryan
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