[Geysers] Mammoth area / (Hot Creek, CA)

[caverns]

I haven't seen the recent activity at Hot Creek, but encourage gazers
to get out there to take a look. From my experience, it takes an
experienced gazer to really figure out what's happening with respect
to geysers. We tend to notice things like fresh runoff channels, dead
grass, overflow changes, strange bubbles, etc. Mostly though, geyser
gazers tend to be patient; we sit and watch. Also, it's common for
non-geyser-gazer reporting to be quite different from the ground
truth. The Long Valley Observatory probably is staffed by a team of
competent geologists, but I have a feeling that they don't have the
geyser know-how as most on this listserv.

All of this makes me wonder what's really happening (or did happen) at
Hot Creek. Further, how about Little Hot Creek?

Thanks for sending the link to the video.

Alan

J. Alan Glennon
UCSB Geography

On 6/29/06, STEPHEN P BEZORE <sbezore at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hill and a team of USGS scientists who make up the Long Valley Observatory
> described the Hot Creek situation at the spot where the public usually swims
> in a report released Tuesday.
>
...
>
> The Hot Creek region is crowded with visitors right now, but they seem more
> curious than worried about the sudden eruption of hot water, said Ferguson,
> the Forest Service technician. In fact, she said, the region is becoming
> less restless.
>
> "Actually, the geysers that were spouting about 7 feet high a few weeks ago
> are now dying out, and the springs aren't running as fast as they were
> doing," she said.