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

[David Schwarz]

   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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