[Geysers] A few more 7/13 Giant details

[Tara Cross]

A message from Tara Cross <fanandmortar at hotmail.com>

I just talked to Steve Robinson on the phone and he gave a few more details of the eruption hot period.

For about 3 minutes, Mastiff was flat and at overflow.  Starting 3 minutes in, there was heavy overflow from Mastiff.  Around 5 minutes in, heavy surging started in Mastiff, reaching 4-5 feet.  After Mastiff dropped, Bijou came on and Feather quit for a hot period duration of 8m15s.  Feather was off for about 15 seconds and then it had a strong restart, erupting to the height of Giant's cone.  About 40 seconds into the Feather restart, there was heavy sloshing in Giant's cone.  By 2 minutes into the restart vertical surging had reached the height of the cone.  By 3 minutes into the restart the surging was twice the height of the cone, and about 3m15s into the restart, Giant erupted.  The interval was 9d13h10m.

Though this is, to my knowledge, only the second known instance of Giant erupting on a Feather restart, I was not shocked to hear the news after the three strong restarts I saw on July 9 and 10.

Just like I have made sure to be in the park for the last day of the Strasser's vacation, I'm also going to start heading out to Giant with Steve R. for the first hot period he sees when he's in the park.  So far he's netted 2 Giant eruptions.

--Tara Cross
fanandmortar at hotmail.com
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