[Geysers] Geyser report July 6

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Before the geysers, yesterday was the meeting between GOSA and the NPS.  
Thorough notes were taken by others, but a couple of points of interest.
 
Approval was very near for the Old Faithful Webcam to be placed on the  
chimney of the OF Lodge. That should provide a view of not only Old Faithful,  but 
also down basin -- just what would be visible will depend on the aiming, but  
almost certainly it will include Castle, Grand area and Daisy, and perhaps 
some  of Geyser Hill.
 
The contract bid period for the demolition of the old VC (I mean  visitor 
center) and construction of the new VEC closes next week, and the  contract is ex
pected to be issued quickly. Demolition is now loosely scheduled  for late 
August-early September, followed by groundwork. No construction this  winter, but 
then work should be ongoing throughout next summer and through the  winter 
2007-2008. The new VEC will hopefully be completed in late 2008, but  perhaps 
not until 2009.
 
For those who are out at night, shielding of the lights at the Lower  Station 
was accomplished last Monday.
 
On Wednesday, July 5, it seemed like I was in the basin for a relatively  
long time, but my notes seem to bear only a couple of "reportable" things:
Beehive made up for the previous day's 25+ hour interval by erupting after  
21h 40m; Indicator of 16 minutes.
Daisy had an interval of 2h 11m.
 
Today, July 6:
The only Plume interval I recorded was 58 minutes.
Beehive had an interval of 23h 51m, and a long-ish Indicator of 19  minutes.
Grand was slightly "rifted", with an interval of 8h 05m.
 
Perhaps the more exciting info is about Fountain. Durations of around 40  
minutes have been common this summer, and last evening's eruption had a duration  
of just that, 40 minutes. It was followed by an interval of about 9h 52m, 
being  seen in eruption at 0624. It didn't end until 0733, giving a duration of 
at  least 69 minutes. Durations of around 60 minutes were common in the early 
1990s,  but not since then.
 
Scott Bryan
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