[Geysers] New feature at Black Sand

[TSBryan at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/8/2007 5:58:54 PM Mountain Daylight Time,  
fanandmortar at hotmail.com writes:

In the  course of one afternoon, Dave and I saw two very distinct geysers, 
with  totally different eruption styles--steamy jetting vs. bursting from a  
pool--and intervals, that appeared to be in the same place.  After much  
discussion, scrutiny through binoculars, and comparing photographs, we were  certain 
that the two distinct geysers had in fact come out of the same hole  near 
Pallette Pool.


I certainly didn't know about this, but it's entirely possible. In  
Yellowstone, a nice example (not often active from all vents) is Oval Spring,  which 
might contain as many as four separate geysers that all show up within the  one 
crater.
 
But please note that I was simply speculating about the geyser at Black  
Sand. I have not taken the "liberty" to trek out to the site. Per the USGS  
thermal Map, there are at least four (maybe five -- my copy is a touch blurry)  
vents mapped there, and _all_ of them are active to some extent.
 
Scott Bryan



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