[Geysers] Geyser Report 8/20

[Karen Webb]

No, that was my Aurum.  I was waiting out Lion (*really* waiting out 
Lion), had wandered down the path to look at the steam cloud from Grand 
from the area near Depression, was just starting back, and believe me,, 
*I* had to look back and forth between Pump and Aurum and Pump twice 
before I went pounding back up the boardwalk to grab my radio and call 
it.  It was a visual confirmation. I'm familiar with Aurum's location 
and appearance, it looked exactly like it normally looks and lasted 
exactly the right amount of time, and never in a  million years did we 
think we'd see Aurum before we saw Lion that afternoon, although both 
were in our plans (I only took some perverse delight in that merely 
being a one-burst Grand since we had stayed put and seen a number of 
gazers head to Grand from Lion plus sent a whole herd of tourists in 
that direction as the better bet).  It was Aurum, although how or why 
beats me --- I wouldn't have expected it till closer to 1900.  To 
paraphrase the Minbari, the geyser does as the geyser does...
Karen

Ralph Taylor wrote:
> Ok, to answer Ben's question, the temperature trace for Aurum shows no 
> sign of an eruption around 1442, but does show eruptions at 1053 and 
> 1618 (electronic times at Aurum are typically 1 minute later than 
> visual--the water takes time to hit the sensor in the back (east) 
> channel.  I'd agree with Ben's guess that someone saw a large Pump 
> surge and called Aurum, undoubtedly from the bike trail or lower store).
>  
> Ralph
>
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> *From:* geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu 
> [mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Ben Hoppe
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:52 PM
> *To:* geysers
> *Subject:* [Geysers] Geyser Report 8/20
>
> All times, unless otherwise noted, are from Thursday, August 20.
>  
>  ...snip
>  
>  Other times from today:
> Aurum 1052, 1442, and 1617 according to the logbook. I am curious what 
> Ralph's electronic will say, or maybe there was a large Pump eruption?
> Grotto 1358
> Lion 0758, 1754 initial, 1919
> Rift 0603
> Oblong 1427ie
> Plate 1735ie
> Castle 0806
> Daisy 0743, 1247ie, 1450
> Grand 1603 (Rats! If I had stayed in the UGB, I would have been there...)
> Great Fountain 1003vr
> Beehive 1217
> Plume 0612, 0806, 0905, 1058, 1158, 1442, 1914, 2016
> One closed interval on Little Cub was 40 minutes exactly.
>  
> I hope to catch the overnight Beehive tonight. I hope that I do not 
> have to wait on the Hill too long!
>  
> -Ben Hoppe
>
> -- 
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> lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son 
> of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20
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