[Geysers] Geyser Report (Stephens)

[Lynn Stephens]

I thought I sent this, but since it didn't appear in my sent box, maybe it didn't go out.  Hopefully two versions of this message don't appear in everyone's mail box.
 
The geyser gods were smiling on me today.  Grotto ended a 14+ hour marathon just before I was leaving for the Lower Basin this morning.  Great Fountain cooperated by having a 24 1/2 hour double interval.  I was able to stay for a Pink Cone start to get a closed interval of 20h59m, and make it back in time for the recovery hot period, with a Mastiff and then a Giant eruption.  Scott has all the times and will give full details in his report.
 
I got in on Sunday, spent the afternoon unloading the pickup, then spent much of Monday taking care of administrative details so I don't have a lot of observations yet.
 
Some information--
  Flood is having long intervals 31 minutes from a 1 1/4 minute eruption to another 1 1/4 minute eruption; and 89 minutes from a 5 mintues eruption to a 1 1/4 minute eruption.
  I don't have any intervals on Till yet; it is having minor eruptions following the major eruption.
 
Great Fountain's average through June 14 was about 11 hours per Ralph.  This week it's had 3 15+ hour intervals.
 
I have not seen the UNNG in Tangled Creek, so if it is erupting, it's having intervals in excess of four hours.
 
I have several White Dome intervals--as short as 14 mnutes as long as over 1 hour.
 
I've seen Narcissus, Bead, Box Spring, Labial, and Labial's Satelllite Vents, but haven't caught Pink or Dilemma yet, but I've spent less than 75 minutes watching the Pink Cone group.
 
After coming back from the Lower Basin this afternoon, I stopped at Castle rather than trying to find a spot in the cage.  As Heinrich and I were talking, I was watching for both a Lion initial and Plume.  I got Plume at 1348, but was still doing the circular head check when at 1354 I said "Look at Beehive", then "This is not a joke, Beehive 1-3-5-4."  As I was trying to decide whether to go to Grand, Scott called "Water's rising in Mastiff" so I biked to Grotto, then scurried over to watch the hot period build into eruptions.  I decided not to stay for the end of Giant, but as I was biking back to Castle to park the bike to walk over to Grand, Grand started--a one-burst eruption--so everyone was spared the shock of seeing Lynn at Grand in the middle of a hot afternoon.
 
Lynn Stephens
 
Lynn Stephens
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