[Geysers] Giant height, 6/20.

[Paul Strasser]

I did the same sort of thing, but used Giant's cone as a standard - you can
barely see part of it on the left side, and after a bit of time on the cage
I know about how high that point is compared with the cone as a whole.  (why
wouldn't you use the cone?  It's the best point for gauging height because
it's more directly under the high water). I copied the image into PSP and
did the ol' Pixel count.  I came up with a height of about 170.  Given that
there is likely a bit of forshortening at the top due to the lens, you could
up it to 185-190   No way that's 270.  Still impressive, though.  

 

Paul Strasser

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From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
Eric Hatfield
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 9:49 PM
To: geyser observation reports
Subject: [Geysers] Giant height, 6/20.

 

I looked at the picture of Giant at the Bailey's website.  Great picture.

 

And that is really, really big!

 

I invite others to make their own guess, but using landmarks in the photo, I
think the highest jet is at least 220 ft.  Using the people in the
foreground as a metric is a clear underestimate, given that they are 100 ft.
closer than the eruption.  That gives a height around 170.  Using the cone
is a little too far and overestimates, but that gives a height of around 270
ft....

 

It looks as if there is significant wind, and that the eruption has been
going on at least a little while.  What were the first jets like???

 

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Go Giant Go.

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