[Geysers] Geyser report August 24

[Paul Strasser]

FYI, the Grotto eruption on Monday was almost certainly in the 18-20 hour
range.  Both Lynn and I independently came up with this range based on
observations during and after the marathon.  Perhaps the Tuesday/Wed Grotto
fits the 10K type, but the Monday eruption was a real, honest to gosh
marathon.  So as of now the activity of Giant/Grotto is not exactly like the
prior interval.  And the Tuesday hot period at 1006 was very dramatic for
its duration of 5 min 55 sec, with Mastiff surging from 3-4 feet for all of
the first 4 min with higher play from 5-7+ feet interspersed.  

 

Paul Strasser

 

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This is really brief, as I was in the UGB for not more than 1 hour today.
But two things that can be said:

 

Beehive erupted at 0946, so this interval was 23h 07m. The Indicator was 16
minutes.

 

My main reason for writing today is to note that Grotto's activity seems
very similar to that which took place during the previous interval of Giant,
namely a series of back-to-back mini-marathon ("10K") eruptions. (Grotto
probably did this on Monday, and definitely did so on Tuesday into today.)
Hot periods certainly take place, but, like this morning's, they are weak
even though they sometimes have durations as long as 8 or 9 minutes. So as
was the case a week and more ago, until Grotto gets back to normal eruptions
only occasionally interrupted by full marathons, we probably don't have to
pay a whole lot of attention to Giant. (This personal opinion need not be
adhered to by other gazers.)

 

Scott Bryan

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