[Geysers] FAN & MORTAR 11 July 2007 at 1054!!! (Schwarz

David Schwarz david.schwarz at gmail.com
Wed Jul 11 12:31:49 PDT 2007


   For what it's worth, Spiteful typically becomes murky from Fan washing
gravel and dirt from the old roadbed down into it.  If the eruption was
spanning the walkway for a good amount of time, you can bet there was a
decent flood pouring into Spiteful.

David

On 7/11/07, MaryBeth Schwarz <mbschwar at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>      A beautiful clear cool morning with Grand at 0222(T1C) I=10m2s
> (thanks
> to Karl Hoppe!) and 0901 (T1Q) got even better.
>
>      A group of gazers saw Artemisia at 1002 (d>29m Kitt Barger).  On the
> way back from Artemisia Dean noticed high water levels at Fan & Mortar and
> called on the radio that the water levels looked good.  Then as Dean said
> that water in Gold was dropping, Kitt said that there had been good water
> levels for 12 minutes.  Lynn noticed that Bottom Vent's channel was damp
> about halfway to the river but there was no standing water.  Suddenly Kitt
> said that in the "Old Days" we would have called this a "LOCK"  with High
> going very high.  Other gazers were roaring down toward F&M as fast as
> possible.  At 1054 and 23 seconds East Vent started.    About 20s later
> Main
> vent started and the rest of Fan and then Lower Mortar about 15s later and
> Upper Mortar followed.  There were lots of rocks from Main and East Vent
> and
> many rainbows were seen.  The water reached way beyond the ditch past
> Norris
> Pool.  The first burst was about 17 minutes (Lynn correct me if I am off)
> and total duration 30 minutes 25 seconds (Lynn Stephens).  Thanks to Lynn
> and Kitt and Dean!  All of us were so excited to see our old friends F&M
> erupt again!  The previous eruption was 5 June 2007 at 0640ns for an
> interval of about 36d 4h 15m.
>
>      Things progressed so quickly that folks were unsure whether Spiteful
> was murky before the eruption of F&M or if Fan's eruption caused it to
> become murky.   There is still orange bacteria from Spiteful to the river.
>
>      To continue the wonderful day, Beehive's Indicator was 1203ie, and
> Beehive erupted at 1215.
>
>      What will happen next in Wonderland?
>
>      Mary Beth Schwarz
>
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