[Geysers] Geyser Report Monday June 2, afternoon

[PopcornBabe99]

Hi all, 
  Sorry this is a day late. I work in the park and also have some health issues that keep me from spending as long in the basin as I would like.  I went out yesterday afternoon to the Sawmill complex and spent about 2 and a half hours observing there. This  is what I saw:
   Sawmill began an eruption ~ 1400. (Sorry I was looking at everything in the area and did not see the exact start. ) The spring to the right of the boardwalk was in overflow at that time and soon thereafter dropped and had had some large bubbling. (Twilight Spring, I believe, according to the book.) 
  Sawmill shut down approximately 10-15 minutes after it began, it as a shorter eruption that I had ever seen personally. Thne energy then appeared to shift towards  Spasmodic as it had considerably higher jetting from three vents as well as large surges from both pools.
  Oval Spring's water level was rising a bit. Water in the vents near Penta and across the boardwalk from Penta were rising also. I noticed at this time that Sawmill had gone into a deep drain. ( Boy was I hopeful that this was a Penta-Churn mode (forgive me for my inexperience with this), I've never seen Penta and really hoped to.) Churn was rising as well. The occasional bubble was seen in churn but no eruption, 
  At 1422 Old Tardy began an eruption, which lasted just under five minutes, and the height was about 3-4 feet.  The vigorous splashing in Spasmodic continued until around the time of Uncertain, which began it's eruption at 1442 and lasted for about 3 minutes, jetting to approx 5 feet. Uncertain began while the water levels were high near Penta and Penta was splashing enough to be seen  every few seconds above the cone several inches. Post-Uncertain the water levels in Pena's vents dropped as did the water in the vents across the boardwalk.  Oval spring was lowere at this point as well. Spasmodic dropped in the closer-to-boardwalk pool first and the jetting died off. 1452 Old Tardy began erupting again for another nearly-five minute eruption.  I realize now that after Uncertain, Penta had lost its chance to erupt as I never saw the water levels come back. Also, Sawmill filled again, not completely, but it did not drain again. Nor did it erupt while I was there. and I left
 at about 1605, after one more Old Tardy at 1554 that again lasted about five minutes. All 3 Old Tardys I saw had about the same height of eruption. Churn's water level remained the same asI finally left due to rain storm coming in and fatigue. I hope I'm getting things right. I worry a little since I am still fairly new to Geyser gazing.
  Can't wait to get the 4th edition of Scott's book!
   
  Kate Parry

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Today's Topics:

1. Re: RE: Geysers Digest, Vol 1138, Issue 2 (Bruce Jensen)
2. Geyser Report-Norris June 1 (Mike Keller)
3. Re: History of Yellowstone-Need Advice (David Monteith)
4. Memorial Day Trip Report - Norris (David Monteith)
5. Summer: a good time to see geysers? (Lucille Reilly)
6. Geyser report Mon June 2 (TSBryan at aol.com)
7. giant chart June 2 2008 (TSBryan at aol.com)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bruce Jensen 
Subject: Re: [Geysers] RE: Geysers Digest, Vol 1138, Issue 2
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This is what I was thinking too. While an individual parcel of water itself may take hundreds of years to circulate and descend to the level where it enters a geyser's plumbing, it, and the system within which it resides, is still under pressure from rainfall that percolates into the ground behind it - and this systemic pressure, if it varies, will also vary the rate at which water enters the geysers.

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--- On Sat, 5/31/08, Robert C. Johnson wrote:

> From: Robert C. Johnson 
> Subject: [Geysers] RE: Geysers Digest, Vol 1138, Issue 2
> To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 5:12 PM
> Re : Fw: (USGS/NPS News Release) What Makes an Old Geyser
> Faithful? 
> 
> As I understand from the study, the contention is that
> variability of geyser functions is related to pressure on
> the water table as determined by yearly precipitation. The
> water in the system itself could indeed be 500 years old by
> the time it reaches various geysers, while the pressure on
> the system as a whole could reflect current seasonal
> variations.
> 
> Robert Johnson
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> attaching an image (not in eruption) to be clear about the
> feature I'm > talking about, in case I've been
> mistaken about its identity.> > > The cone in
> David Schwarz's photo is NOT Teapot, but rather is
> Split Cone. > It has been active in the past few years,
> occasionally reaching as high as 2 > feet or so. In the
> image that was posted, Teapot is not visible but, rather,
> > would be pretty much down the slope behind Old
> Faithful. I'm not sure Teapot > even shows in the
> Webcam images, but I'm going to check (meant to
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:19:15 -0600
From: "Mike Keller" 
Subject: [Geysers] Geyser Report-Norris June 1
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PORCELAIN BASIN:



The ice cone is almost completely gone from Guardian Geyser. It is still in
an impressive steam phase.



The finger vents in Ledge were erupting every couple of minutes to a few
feet.



Arsenic Geyser erupted every 3 to 22 minutes reaching from 1 to 4 feet.



Blue Geyser is full and overflowing heavily, but it does not appear to be
erupting.



One closed interval on Constant Geyser was 38 minutes.



There is a fairly large (4 to 6 feet high) perpetual spouter playing in the
flats about 70 yards behind Pinwheel Geyser in the middle of Porcelain
Basin.



BACK BASIN:



I spent 90 minutes watching Steamboat. The minor play was 61% concerted.
The largest play from the North Vent was about 15 feet high and from the
South Vent about 20 feet high. The volume of water in most of the minors
was impressive, and the play from the North Vent is more vertical than I
have seen it in sometime. The runoff was fairly steady and when Steamboat
had periods of strong minor play it is fairly impressive when watched from
the footbridge at the base of the hill.



Echinus has definitely erupted in the past few days. There is a fair amount
of fresh wash along its basin. It was in overflow and gently bubbling in
the 25 minutes I watched it today.



Pearl Geyser is not erupting, but its basin is full and overflowing. The
perpetual spouter across the trail to the south was active, reaching from 1
to 3 feet.



Vixen Geyser looked inactive.



One closed interval on Corporal Geyser was 22 minutes.



Monarch Geyser was 1004ie, duration greater than 14 minutes. The largest
boils reached about 3 feet.



Forgotten Fumarole is still active, but is much weaker than noted last
month. Closed intervals ranged from 9 to 14 minutes, but the eruptions are
only reaching 2 to 6 feet.



MK

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:55:42 -0700
From: David Monteith 
Subject: Re: [Geysers] History of Yellowstone-Need Advice
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Becky.

Three ideas.

1) t\Transition of the park from military to civilian management with the 
establishment of the NPS in 1916.

2) Introduction of cars to the park, the end of the stagecoach and how this 
changed the visitor experience -- approximately 1915

3) (Re)establishment of the bison heard in the park.

Dave

On Saturday 31 May 2008 10:27:16 Beckykr at aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a lurker here, and I apologize for being a bit off topic. I am taking
> a US History Class, and I have to write a short paper (3-4 Pages) on 
> something that happened between 1900-1950. Since I love Yellowstone, I 
> want to write about it, but the actual establishment of the park doesn't
> fit that time frame. I love thermal features and geysers, but I'm open to
> any Yellowstone topic. When was the army post at Mammoth? I was thinking
> I could write about that or the way early visitors were transported around
> the park and what they did. Any ideas from this period would be very 
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Becky Kraegel
> Woodstock, GA
>
> Very anxiously looking forward to my September visit....
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:11:09 -0700
From: David Monteith 
Subject: [Geysers] Memorial Day Trip Report - Norris
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Sorry for being late on this but I thought it was still worth posting.

A couple quick observations from our Memorial Day trip.  We spent a couple 
hours Sunday at Norris.  I didn't make it to the back basin but still saw 
some fun stuff.

The big news from Porcelain basin was Blue Geyser.  It was active and 
overflowing.  Bursts were variable but included some respectable 10-12 foot 
nicely domed eruptions. They were spaced 10-20 minutes apart.  I haven't 
seen so much water in Porcelain basin since the mid to early 90s.  In the 
hour and a half I was there I saw 13 geysers (Blue, Constant and Arsenic are 
the only ones I can name.)  I also saw a twenty foot geyser in the general 
area of Graceful. The nice but steamy eruption lasted 4-5 minutes. Lastly, 
Guardian was active as a loud forceful steam vent that overpowered the volume 
of Black Growler. Even though it had melted considerably, he remaining 
icecone above Guardian was still impressive.

Forgotten Fumarole was active.  Tara saw a number of eruptions.  Eruptions 
occurred about every few minutes (Tara's in Denver and I can't remember the 
intervals she got but I think they were in the 5-10 minute range.)  The 
height and strength was quite variable with eruptions of very black muddy 
water from a few feet to about 12 feet.

Dave


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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:08:07 -0600
From: "Lucille Reilly" 
Subject: [Geysers] Summer: a good time to see geysers?
To: "'Geyser Observation Reports'" 
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Does anyone connected with the OFI front desks know how gas prices are
affecting room availability? Or can anyone working there get that info?
We're thinking about stopping by at the end of July, but we're not sure yet.
I would surely like to see Giant erupt!



Lucille Reilly

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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 18:06:38 EDT
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Subject: [Geysers] Geyser report Mon June 2
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Before the geysers, the geyser book -- Having gotten the Index back to the 
Production Manager today (receipt acknowledged), I am told that the 4th Edition 
of The Geysers of Yellowstone will be off to the printer by the end of this 
week so that it likely will be ready for distribution not later than 
mid-July.
At about that time, should you wish to order the book right away you 
will be able to do so either via the University Press of Colorado website 
(_www.upcolorado.com_ (http://www.upcolorado.com) ) or by telephoning the 
distributor (which is the University of Oklahoma Press [yes]) at 1-800-627-7377.

Lord, what a job it's been. BUT IT IS DONE!

Now for today... cloud-covered sun and a cold breeze for much of the 
morning, but then some sun and a temp near 60 in the afternoon.

Artemisia steam cloud 0805ie.

A bit of a change at Giant, as seen around 0900. Don't know what it means, 
but Mastiff appears to have stopped depth-charging -- the sinter was bone dry 
right onto its rim -- and Giant has stopped jetting strongly enough to dump 
water onto the platform -- the sinter at and onto the base of the cone was bone 
dry, too. They were stioll doing those things yesterday, but except for 
remnant puddles (and there was overnight rain), the entire platform was dry 
today. Bijou was having occasional short (to be no visible changes in anything else associated with these pauses. Mean
while, both North and East Purple Pools were overflowing heavily.

While I was at the UGB, there was no Riverside and no Oblong.

Daisy, including overnight electronic times: 0001, 020x (0204, I think -- 
sorry), 0408, 0606, 0811, 1012.

Grand treated several of us to its longest (known) interval of the season. 
It had erupted at 2349E, then today not until 1037 (T1C).

As we left Grand, I saw Beehive's Indicator 1052ie, and Beehive was 1105.

Lion at 0717 was, I think, the initial. I guess we missed the next eruptions 
but it was seen again at 1004.

Depression was 0908ie.

Plume intervals of 56, 57, missed, and 57 minutes.

Down the valley:

Narcissus 0655.

I expected Pink between 0700 and 0730, but breakfast was calling and I left 
without seeing it at 0715. But then Pink at 1333 (duration = 11m 12s).

I also anticipated Pink Cone in the vicinity of noon. Pink Cone 1238, for an 
interval of about 21 hours (it was early ie at 1557 yesterday).

Bead 1142, 1212, 1243, 1317, and 1338.

Box Spring 1141, 1208, 1305 (none between those last two).

Labial's East Satellite had a bunch of real short minors (d < 20s each): 
1150, 1156, 1208, 1216, 1222, then no more before 1345.

And in 2008, I have yet to see Labial.

Jere reports that he saw Steamboat jet to all of 6 or 8 feet high this 
morning.

Scott Bryan



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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:48:26 EDT
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