[Geysers] Geyser names

[Pat Snyder]

I agree it would be nice to name NTFL.
Here's another suggestion, again, given the "Kaleidoscope" of the  
area, Tara thought up "Periscope" since apparently it erupts from a  
long funnel-shaped hole.  Since I haven't seen it up close and  
probably never will, someone else will have to confirm what it looks  
like from something other than the observation platform.

I suggested "Telescope" since you need one to see it close up. :)

And there's "Football", too. Regardless, I'd love to see it have a  
name not an acronym. To many visitors, the name Football will mean  
soccer. Which is fine.

I think the Biscuit Basin mineral theme was because many other  
features out there are named after gems and minerals.

Pat Snyder




On Jul 19, 2006, at 6:35 AM, Freund, Udo wrote:

> I humbly submit that another feature in the Kaleidoscope group  
> needs to be named before we focus on the Biscuit Basin thing.  In  
> my opinion "New Thing Far Left" is a TERRIBLE name that has  
> persisted far too long.  If another feature were to break out to  
> the left of NTFL would it become "Newer Thing Even Further Left"?   
> Could we agree that NTFL become "Football Geyser".  It's easy to  
> drop the T from NTFL, which then becomes NFL -- the acronym for the  
> National Football League, or more simply Football.
>
> And why do we need to name the Biscuit Basin feature after a  
> mineral?  Not that I object to that -- I'm just asking.
>
> Thanks,
> Udo Freund
>
>
> From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On  
> Behalf Of geyser1 at netzero.net
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 8:30 PM
> To: geysers at wwc.edu
> Subject: Re: [Geysers] Biscuit Basin names
>
> Melanite is a variety of andradite.
>
> I agree that making up a name for this new geyser(s) should be  
> delayed for a while for the reasons stated below.
>
> -- Will
>
>
>
> ***********
> Well, then there is the iron-iron garnet, melanite, which is truly  
> black... But as for that spring at Biscuit, probably we need to  
> wait on a name, or simply come up with something "generic" as 1)  
> the spring might not persist; and 2) the "black" part likely will  
> not stay black.
>
>
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