[Geysers] Geyser report June 13

[MA Bellingham]

Scott -  FYI I stopped by Norris last night, June 12, Pearl still had water 
at that time.

What is Grandson of Green Dragon, right next to "Son of"?   Is that the area 
where Coral Spring in historic mention used to be?  It was hard for me to 
get a grip on some features that used to be near the old pathway.

MA


MA Bellingham


>From: TSBryan at aol.com
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>Subject: [Geysers] Geyser report June 13
>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:27:25 EDT
>
>I started today with an early jaunt up to Norris, where I found that  there
>has indeed been a disturbance. I judge that it was fairly weak,  though.
>
>In Porcelain Basin, Ledge was completely quiet. Guardian was roaring. By  
>its
>evident wetness and fresh wash, Valentine might have erupted. On the floor
>of the basin, Constant was active. Whirligig was below overflow, but the 
>runoff
>  area was wet and the pool was bubbling. Out on the flat were many (20+)
>small  spouters ranging across the entire area from Pinwheel to Blue. Pinto 
>was
>bubbling; one spouter was active among the Lava Pool Complex; Arsenic was 
>an
>empty hole; Geezer was splashing 1-2 feet high. Near Porcelain Terrace, a 
>very
>noisy steam vent is at the side of Incline, and in that area are many small
>spouters/geysers. Congress Pool was just below full, greenish and  
>bubbling.
>
>In answer to David and Tara's query -- Dark Cavern was extremely quiet,  
>with
>only a bit of gentle steam from it.
>
>In Back Basin there was more fun. At least two small geysers (true geysers)
>are active on the flat between Minute and Monarch. Palpitator was 
>palpitating.
>  Corporal was doing a bit of thumping as it filled. Veteran appeared to be 
>in
>  "perpetual" minor eruption. Vixen was active, but I saw no eruption 
>higher
>than  3 feet nor lasting longer than 5 seconds. Pearl was empty and acting 
>at a
>weak  fumarole. The new features across the walk from Pearl were empty and
>noisy as  steam vents, as was the entire Double Bulger area. Porkchop was
>splashing  constantly 1 to 3 feet high (best seen from the boardwalk around 
>to the
>west  side). The flat at Orby boasted several geysers, Orby being the 
>largest
>(bursts  to maybe 6 feet). Son of G D and Grandson of Green Dragon were
>violently  splashing brown water, and Yellow Funnel was similar. I couldn't 
>see Gray
>Lakes  for the steam, but there was some rather large splashing going on 
>out
>there. Mud  Spring was muddy; Mystic was splashing 2 to 3 feet high from a 
>low
>level.  Tantalus Geyser area had several bubbling-splashing vents. And 
>Echinus
>was  overflowing. (P.S. The word is now out that Echinus has not erupted 
>_at
>all_  since December 2005.)
>
>The three observations that convince me that this qualifies as a weak
>disturbance are: Cistern was the prettiest feature at Norris (clear and 
>green);
>Steamboat was splashing clear water (mostly north vent only); and Emerald 
>was
>clear and emerald.
>
>So it was on to the UGB for a while. Only there for 3 hours, so not much
>here.
>
>There was a Giant hot period at 0948 (d = 8m 45s), a bathtub at about 1050,
>and a hot period at 1214 (d = 3m 25s and weak). Grotto Fountain started at
>1001  (nobody called the start of Grotto, and I was at Grand), and Grotto 
>quit
>(without a Rocket major) at 1228.
>
>Grand at 1017 was a T1C (T starting about 0.1 second before G first  
>actually
>burst up).
>
>Beehive was at 1140 after an Indicator of only 5 minutes. And by the way --
>in the past few days, the "West Bubbler" has been active for as long as 7+
>hours  before Beehive. So much for that "indicator."
>
>Some of us discussed the eight flagpoles atop the Inn, and wondered what
>flags might fly there. In looking through a book today, I find that the Inn
>originally boasted eight flagpoles, one of which at times held a flag that 
>read
>"Upper Geyser Basin" and another whose flag said "Yellowstone Park 
>Association"
>  (that being the hotel company at that time). Let's see: USA plus three
>states  plus these two equals six. Needs two more. Hmmm. Guesses?
>
>Scott Bryan


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