[Geysers] GIANT - 10/26 @ 1325

[Karen Webb]

There's something it would have been nice to have the
streaming video for!
Karen Webb

Pat Snyder wrote:
> Thanks for the great report, Bill!
> Here is the webcam snap, almost right at the start!
> Pat Snyder
>
>
> On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Bill Warnock wrote:
>
>> Giant erupted at 1325 today, Tuesday, Oct. 26. 
Grotto had gone into 
>> marathon yesterday at 1203 and was off this morning
when first visit 
>> was made around 0800.  Andrew Bunning estimates it
ended around 0600.
>>
>> When I arrived at the cage around 1100, Emerald was
bubbling, water 
>> was occasionally splashing right to left in back
Mastiff, Catfish was 
>> spurting now and then, and later Bijou was putting
out some weak 
>> spurts.  Giant also had some visible boiling.
>>
>> Oblong went at 1208, Daisy at 1237, Grand at 1302
(1b), and at 1312, 
>> water was rising in Mastiff.  The Giant hot period
began at 1313.  
>> Mastiff began to overflow massively, and boils
gradually increased 
>> from 1-2 feet to 6-8.  At 1322 Mastiff started
surging higher than 
>> Giant's cone, became wider and broader, and then
soared well above 
>> 40-50 feet, with some spikes even higher.  Giant
was visibly 
>> wrestling in its cone, spilling water over the
front edge.  Swells 
>> became higher and higher and at 1325 and 3 secs.,
according to 
>> Andrew's watch, GIANT EXPLODED SKYWARD...over 200
feet we think, but 
>> not as high as some others we've seen.  (Turtle
went early in the 
>> eruption 6-8 feet.)  Duration was 93 minutes.  I'll
download my pics 
>> tonite and forward one or two if worthwhile.
>>
>> It had been cloudy and quite cool, but then the sun
came out early in 
>> the eruption, and we were treated to a light
rainbow.  Only other 
>> gazers there were Andrew B. and Tom from W.Yell. 
Saw Riverside 1501 
>> n.s.; after passing by Grand, saw Beehive Indicator
at 1511 i.e. 
>> followed by Beehive at 1513.  (It went at 1515
yesterday!)
>>
>> All in all a nice day, esp after the Rockies' win
last night.  It 
>> started raining in the Madison Canyon, and more is
expected tonight.
>>
>> GO ROCKIES!
>>
>> Bill
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