[Geysers] Geyser report May 2

[Paul Strasser]

Just FYI, when we first got into the basin around 0800 on opening day,
Grotto was i.e. and quit shortly thereafter - sorry to not mention this in
my longggg posts.  Between then and when the subsequent marathon overwhelmed
the platform we saw six hot periods.

 

So, Grotto didn't begin any non-marathon eruptions since the official
opening date/time.  But technically it WAS in a non-marathon eruption when
the park officially opened.  

 

Must keep these things straight.

 

Paul S.

 

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From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:12 PM
To: geysers at wwc.edu
Subject: [Geysers] Geyser report May 2

 

Clearly too late for today's postings, due to an unexpected visit by a
stepdaughter. But nevertheless... today's 5-hour visit to the basins
resulted in a few items, the more important of which are:

 

In the UGB, Beehive was called by somebody (I think) at 11:21. That was my
big geyser of the day (other than OF), since the Grand at 12:39 (T2C)
happened after an interval of only 6h 43m while I was at the Geyser Grill.
Foo.

 

Plume was running around 80 minutes, + or - a few.

 

Oblong had an interval of 3h 59m. The first took place after a series of
very heavy overflow episodes that repeated on intervals of less than 10
minutes (even 5 minutes a time or two).

 

And Giant. Well, Grotto started a marathon yesterday at 17:09 (per Steve
Eide). That ended this morning at about 08:40, a duration of around 15 1/2
hours. Had anybody mentioned before now (I think so, actually) that since
the opening on the April 21 EVERY Grotto has been a marathon?!? Anyhow,
hardly more than three hours after this one shut off, there was visible
jetting in both Giant and back (far left, southeast) vent of Mastiff and at
one point (at exactly 12:03) a bit of standing water in Feather Vent. And
the water level in GIP had risen by at least 3 inches. Yep, there's been
some sort of shift out there. Back tomorrow.

 

At Biscuit Basin, the new spouter downstream from Black Opal is still
active, some bursts easily 3+ (maybe even 5) feet high. But also, about
halfway between it and Black Opal is a geyser -- not big (maybe 2 feet high
with steamy spray) with one checked interval of 18 minutes and a duration of
around 2 minutes. When not active, even on this chilly (45 degrees or so)
day there was NO steam visible from its site.

 

In the LGB, I saw nothing at all. Not even NTFL or Kidney.

 

Scott Bryan

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