[Geysers] Geyser report May 20

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Grotto was in marathon this morning, and therefore there was no evidence of  
recovery in the Giant Complex.
 

Daisy was missed (or maybe I just missed radio calls), but at least I saw  
its steam cloud at 1311.
 
Oblong 0726 and 1248.
 
Grand "was seen" at 0429, then at 1145 we got a T2C.
 
Lots of energy in the Sawmill Group. In one form or another, Penta is being  
seen almost daily -- an intermediate phase eruption early in a deep drain last 
 evening near 1700, another intermediate or possibly only steam phase today  
during a deep drain just after 0700. Uncertain was recently done when I was  
there at 0730.
 
I believe Graham had gotten Lion's initial early, but then it erupted at  
0634, 0753, and 0907.
 
Consecutive Plume's that I saw were at 0819, 0910, 0957. Other eruptions  
were called, and I also saw it at 1311.
 
Aurum was 1117.
 
And of course, no doubt some saw Beehive on the Webcam. The Indicator was  
seen at 1233ie, but based on the steam Jere and I saw from the lower parking  
lot, it was going by about 1231. Beehive at 1236 was not real impressive due to  
the wind that lopped a lot of the top off. Kendall Madsen said that the  
close-to-cone "indicator" played about as high as did the Indicator during the  
eruption... Note that Little Squirt was called by Steve Eide at 1225ie and,  
having looked in that direction just a few minutes before, I think that time  
might-maybe be near start.
 
At Black Sand Basin, the geyser beyond Opalescent was having occasional  
splashes 1 to 4 feet high at about 0700, but I then saw nothing from it at  
roughly 1330. Another geyser, or in this case probably spouter, is playing from  an 
old, reactivated vent about halfway along the spur boardwalk toward Emerald  
Pool. It has been seen in past years, but not for a long time. Its action  
reaches perhaps 2 feet high.
 
In mid-morning, I got to Fountain while it was in eruption, but Steve and  
Graham reported that it started at 1009; the duration was 33 minutes.
 
Did I post the new Giant chart? I don't think so, so here it is. Future  
charts will probably be confined to 2007 only.
 
Scott Bryan



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