[Geysers] Lion picture controversy.

[Pat Snyder]

Great line--second shooter on the grassy knoll, :)

I agree with Eric. I zoomed the photo up to 300 percent in Photoshop,  
it appears to me to be one of the frequent "steam whorls" that occur  
around hot geysers emitting steam into the cool air, in this case, I  
believe a bit of wind caught Lion's steam and brought it low near  
Goggles Spring. Had one of the Goggles been erupting, wouldn't there  
have been a series of photos showing at least more steam and other  
evidence on the webcam?
Pat S.

On Sep 14, 2006, at 9:56 PM, Eric Hatfield wrote:

> Again I submit that I think there is no second shooter on the  
> grassy knoll.
>
> Zoom the picture up.  I'm fairly confident that what we are seeing  
> is a low, aberrant steam puff from Lion in the swirling wind behind  
> the Lion group's mound.  The puff in question does NOT connect with  
> the larger steam cloud trailing away, which is clearly from Lion.   
> A significant eruption would generate some trailing steam of its  
> own (think of how much comes off Pump.)
>
> The location of the puff is probably too close to Lion to be  
> Goggles, and definitely too close to be North G.
>
> My two cents (again.)
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