[Geysers] Norris Report 3-5-06

[Smokey Sturtevant]

Thanks for this report Mike!!
Was the activity from Monarch like the stuff we saw in 1994/95??  The 
overflow and heavy boils?  Or is it something different?

Also.... this is a new email address for me.  I have moved out of 
Montana... a little to the south and east....  My family and I are in 
the Cayman Islands for at least two years.  So, I will be getting my 
Norris fix from the list serve for now.

Take Care,

Smokey

Mike Keller wrote:

> I spent most of the day at Norris today.  Weather was sunny and in the 
> mid-30's.  Spring is trying to come to YNP!
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> Porcelain Basin:
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> Congress Pool is still overflowing.  The basin is a lovely blue and 
> one of the prettiest pools in all of Norris.
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> The small vent at the base of the Carnegie Drill Hole was active.
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> Guardian Geyser was in heavy steam phase all day.  It has been like 
> this for many months. 
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> There was deep snow in the alcove indicating Valentine is not active. 
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> Ledge Geyser's main vent was in light overflow.  One of the "finger 
> vents" was playing to a foot or so. 
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> I never saw any activity from Dark Cavern today.
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> One of the small vents by Lava Pool was cyclically active today to a 
> few feet.
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> Arsenic Geyser was having eruptions every 5-35 minutes reaching 1-5 
> feet.  The taller eruptions resulted in longer intervals.
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> Fireball Geyser is still dormant.
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> Constant Geyser was probably the tallest geyser I saw in the Porcelain 
> Basin today.  Intervals between series were 14-65 minutes, with each 
> series having one or two eruptions.  All eruptions lasted 10-15 
> seconds and reached 10-20 feet.
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> Whirligig is active, but I did not see it play during 3 hours of 
> observation.  Little Whirligig is dormant, but there were periods of 
> palpitations from the vent which sent small waves over its pool.
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> Splutter Pot is still dormant.
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> Bear Den and Ebony are dead.  Bear Den's vent is still buried from a 
> hill slide and Ebony had cold black water in its vent.  There are some 
> recently killed trees and an area of hot ground in the runoff area 
> below where Bear Den used to be.
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> There were about a dozen small spouting vents in the middle of 
> Porcelain Basin.  None appeared to be periodic.  There is still very 
> little activity in this area.  The flats below Big Blue Geyser towards 
> Feisty Geyser are dry with a few steaming vents.  The 10 foot 
> perpetual vent in the area of Feisty Geyser is still active.  It was 
> the only feature overflowing/ejecting any water in the entire area.
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> From Whirligig I saw one large geyser erupting on the northern end of 
> Porcelain Terrace (uphill from Graceful Geyser) at 0843ie.  The play 
> lasted over an hour and was 5-15 feet high.  I did not see it erupt 
> again the rest of the day, but I was in the Back Basin most of the 
> afternoon.
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> Back Basin:
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> I spent an hour at Steamboat.  In this time 42% of the minor play was 
> concerted.  There were some periods of jetting from the south vent, 
> but I never saw the north vent go vertical in play or either vent 
> reach as tall as the trees in the background while at the lower 
> platform.  The runoff was ok, but nothing to get excited about.
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> Echinus was in overflow all afternoon.
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> Veteran Geyser did not erupt all afternoon.  There were periods of 
> stronger minor play but nothing that seemed to indicate it was getting 
> ready to erupt.
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> Corporal Geyser had periods of overflow with some surging at 22-35 
> minute intervals.
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> Vixen Geyser had snow in its basin, implying it hasn't erupted in a while.
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> Pearl Geyser was perpetually active to heights of 2-6 feet and in 
> heavy overflow.  The unnamed perpetual spouter across the trail from 
> it was vigorously active and playing 3-4 feet.
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> Rubble Geyser is dormant.
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> Palpitator Spring was 1134ie, but was drained later in the day.
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> Monarch Geyser continues to have periods of overflow and small 
> spouting.  The best play I saw reached about 2 feet.
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> Minute Geyser was perpetually active every time I passed by.  The play 
> was 2-3 feet high.
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> There was no evidence that "Forgotten Fumarole" has erupted in the 
> past few weeks.
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> MK
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