I'm fairly certain that I'm not alone in recalling seeing water, not just steam, rising out of that vent on more than one occasion. It's difficult to see when a good portion of OF's water column descends upon it when driven by the "usual wind" in the basin. Udo Freund SCOTT BRYAN wrote: >That's all it is, and it's certainly been there all long as I can recall ( = 38+ years in Yellowstone) -- a little hole on Old Faithful's mound that steams all the time and perhaps a bit more forcefully during eruptions. To my knowledge, it has never been seen to actually spout. > >Mr Scott Bryan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Derek Brice<mailto:kentish_contractor at yahoo.co.uk> > To: geyser observation reports<mailto:geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Geysers] web cam operation > > > Quote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg W<mailto:ikscx at yahoo.com> > To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu<mailto:geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:16 PM > Subject: [Geysers] web cam operation > > > Is there any lore/or discussion concerning the little vent to the right of OF when it erupts? I never know it even existed untill the video cam service came along. > Greg Walljasper > > > Hi Greg > I have discussed this by email with Bruce Jenson. We both believe it is > a small side vent of Old Faithfull. I noticed it ages ago on the "original" still > webcam that was located in a window of the old visitor centre. It does > appear to play at the same times as Old Faithfull, and doesn't seem to be > mentioned in any publication. I wonder if Mr Scott Bryan can shed any > light on this. > > Regards > Derek Brice > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Geysers mailing list >Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: </geyser-list/attachments/20071128/d3187e62/attachment.html>