[Geysers] Teapot Geyser

[David Schwarz]

   Teapot, as I've always understood it, is the feature on the mound just
toward Castle from Old Faithful, which is most closely viewable from near
the northern end of the inner Old Faithful boardwalk.  I'm 99 percent sure
that's what was visible in the foreground of the webcam erupting during
Grand, albeit cut off so that only the top few feet of the mound were
visible.

   Sprinkler is on the river bank below Castle, and while I think I've seen
the top of it sometimes on the webcam, I think it would have been to the
left of the frame while the camera was zoomed all the way in on Grand.
Anyway, the character of the eruption is unmistakably different.  Sprinkler
is a sharply angled jet.  What I watched during Grand consisted of small,
punctuated, vertical splashes that appeared to come from a water level well
below the surface.

   I tried to get screenshots, but apparently Windows screenshots can't
capture the video in Windows Media Player, and I didn't have a video capture
utility installed.

David Schwarz

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Derek Brice <kentish_contractor at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>  I watched that entire Grand eruption too and noticed the geyser you
> called Teapot.
> According to Scott Bryan book, Teapot is only 150 feet northwest of Old
> Faithful.
> The one on the cam was much further away.
> Looking at the maps in Scotts book, the only geyser in that area seems to
> be Sprinkler.
> Did anyone else see it?
>
> Cheers
> Derek Brice
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* David Schwarz <david.schwarz at gmail.com>
> *To:* Geyser Observation Reports <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:28 PM
> *Subject:* [Geysers] Teapot Geyser
>
>
>     While the streaming webcam was zoomed in on Grand's eruption this
> afternoon, I noticed that Teapot Geyser, which happened to be in the
> foreground of the frame, was splashing to a foot or two every few seconds.
> It looked different from previous times I've seen it erupt, as if coming
> from a lower water level than I'm used to seeing.  Then again, I've never
> had the opportunity to watch it from the top of a post near Old Faithful
> before, so maybe it's just a matter of perspective.  It appears to have quit
> as of 16:23 MDT minus webcam delay, although it's still steaming harder than
> usual.
>
> David Schwarz
>
>
>
>
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