[Geysers] Lion and ? (N.Goggles)

[Ralph Taylor]

I removed the data logger from North Goggles Geyser since it was dormant and
I needed the logger elsewhere, so I cannot be sure whether there have been
eruptions or not.  I will place one on the geyser this Saturday, but can
only leave it there until the end of the month.
 
Dick Powell, David Monteith and I looked over the North Goggles Geyser and
Goggles Spring area very closely and could see no signs of a recent
eruption.  It seems almost certain that a major eruption of North Goggles
would have killed microbial mat and probably some grass, and leave signs of
wash in the runoff channels, but there were no such signs.
 
According to David Monteith, who has seen an eruption of Goggles Spring in
the past, there was a large volume of water, angled toward the boardwalk.
The splash zone showed no signs of new wash, the microbial mats appeared to
me to be intact, and there was no evidence of recent wash.
 
All this is somewhat circumstantial, but I could not see any evidence of a
recent eruption of either Goggles Spring or North Goggles Geyser.  The
location in the photo looks closer to Goggles Spring than to North Goggles
Geyser to me, but it is really hard to be sure.
 
Something sure made that cloud, but I'd have to go with the previously noted
possibility of a puff of steam from a Lion roar rather than a major eruption
of either Goggles or North Goggles.  Just my opinion, of course.
 
Ralph Taylor

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From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
LC and Nellie Daugherty
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:45 PM
To: geyser observation reports
Subject: [Geysers] Lion and ? (N.Goggles)


Assuming that was North Goggles in eruption with Lion, and that is my guess,
I have a question.  When did North Goggles start erupting again?  
I don't remember seeing a North Gottles eruption that looked that big.
 
LC Daugherty
 
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