[Geysers] Upper Geyser Basin, 12/26/2008

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"Karen Low" <yellowstonekaren at yahoo.com>

> I saw Uncertain Geyser ie at 1237, which was cool.  I can't remember how
> long it has been since I'd seen Uncertain in winter.
>  
> Old Tardy was active.  I saw it 1239 ie, and again at 1302.
>  
> Penta had erupted since the big storm yesterday.
>  
> I watched a couple of Turban eruptions, but the water in Grand was pretty
> low, so I didn't stick around.
>  
> On my way towards the hill, I paused and looked back and caught Castle
> 1309 ie.  I waited near North Goggle to see it switch into steam phase at
> 1325.  Meanwhile, I saw Little Cub at 1319.
>  
> There were two bison near the boardwalk, up where the trail splits off to
> go to Solitary Geyser, so I didn't check on Aurum.
>  
> There are a couple of small things on the hill that I saw erupting, that I
> can't recall seeing before.  About 5 feet north of the boardwalk, between
> the Dwarf group and Marmot Cave, there is a slit 1" x 4" which had water
> erupting about ten inches.  Also, about 20' west of Plume there are two
> vents that I've seen erupt to about 8".
>  
> Beehive wasn't splashing, so probably won't erupt in daylight today.
>  
> I saw Daisy at 1332ie as a cloud from a distance.
>  
> Oh, news about the construction of the new Visitor Education Center. 
> There is propane leaking from where the tanks for the heating of the
> VEC are buried behind the post office.   I know there were also issues
> this fall, with the line that they dug a trench for across the parking
> lot. 
>  
> Karen Low
> (Windchill really limits how much time I'm willing to spend outside!)
>
>
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