[Geysers] Re: Geysers Digest, Vol 1462, Issue 1

[Denise Herman]

Hi!  In reference to the question about the features across from Pearl
Geyser--when they frist emerged, we were calling them "Sagebrush Lizard
Springs" because they emerged in some really good Sagebrush lizard habitat
in 2003.  The most active feature in these springs has locally been called
"mini pearl" because of its similarity to the activity we had been seeing
out of Pearl Geyser.

And, after Tuesday's quakes, we did get some nice 40-50 foot minor eruptions
out of Steamboat.  I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that we'll have a
major this summer.  No noticeable change in Echinus after the quakes as of
now, though.
Please remember that their is trail work in the Back Basin for the next
month, although it will be sporadic.  So if you come to Norris, you may not
be able to get to "Forgotten Fumerole," Minute, Monarch or Fearless.
However, if the sawhorses are down, they have tied in their boardwalk and it
is open.  It will be open all of this weekend until Wednesday.

Hope to see some of you up this way!  Swing by the office and say hello.

Denise Herman
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>   1. Azores Thermal Areas (Pat Snyder)
>   2. Nomenclature and a Thank You (MA Bellingham)
>   3. RE: Tue 6/30 ~ 3.3 Earthquake in Yellowstone (Lucille Reilly)
>   4. Yellowstone June 30 (Stephens) (Lynn Stephens)
>   5. Re: Azores Thermal Areas (TSBryan at aol.com)
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:52:19 -0700
> From: Pat Snyder <riozafiro at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Geysers] Azores Thermal Areas
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> Oddly enough, I was watching Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" food
> show on television last evening (June 29) and he was visiting the
> Azores Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, part of Portugal. So what does
> a food show have to do with geysers? Well, the first part of program
> showed thermal areas and included a woman cooking eggs in a boiling
> hot spring. That got my interest.
>
> After checking Google Earth, I found out one of the Azores Islands has
> thermal features, Sao Miguel, and they are located near the town of
> Furnas. Bourdain walked quite close to the features, which seem to be
> in a city park. It reminded me of photos I've seen of New Zealand,
> with thermal features in and near cities.
>
> The area must also be very acidic, Bourdain complained continuously
> about the smell, and from his surprise about water bubbling up from
> the earth, I could tell this was his first experience, ever, around
> hot springs.
>
> So, I am curious if there are any true geysers in the Azores, in
> addition to the boiling hot springs and mud pots I saw on the show.
>
> I would appreciate any information about the Azores thermal areas. The
> islands are on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, like Iceland, and they are
> quite volcanically active.
>
> Thanks.
> Pat Snyder
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:03:35 -0600
> From: MA Bellingham <mabdepot at msn.com>
> Subject: [Geysers] Nomenclature and a Thank You
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> First, Nomenclature:
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>
>
> Note: that these names in question are in lower case, with quotation marks,
> as in "local usage" not officially approved by the USBGN.  (That's to keep
> Lee from raising his eyebrows..) As Dr. Whittlesey will say "if you MUST
> name it...."
>
>
> The northernmost mudpot in Pocket Basin, in the last years (almost a decade
> now) has been referred to in local usage as "vertically gifted cyclic
> mudpot".  I recently read on a chat page it being called "Vertically
> Challenged".   We know activity varies, so it could be a variant like
> "Flounder" or "West Tomb", names that are used in jest for a slow day. Scott
> did include the phrase, "vgcm" with quotations and lower case, in his 4th
> Edition.
>
>
>
> My question is whether local usage is changing and I am out of the loop.
>
>
>
> Second, do we have or know a local usage name for the New Thing Across from
> Pearl, or New Thing Near Porkchop?  It may become as lasting as Bastille
> (which is gone now) but is an attractive feature.  I heard a reference to it
> possibly being called "Sagebrush Lizard Spouter", but can't be sure that was
> it.  "If we MUST name it", we should at least use the same name.  Norris
> staff, Denise?  Do you have a local name for it?
>
>
>
> Now to Thanks to Lynn and Scott for their "Tag Team" reports.  'Just the
> Facts Ma'am', from Scott gives us the times and intervals we are looking for
> in a clear concise form.  Lynn's new "stories" reports are quite enjoyable,
> giving us names of who is there, flavors of the changing landscape, and
> more.  Well done, both of you!   They both enable me to make decisions on
> whether to come down based on eruptions AND gazer sightings.  This past
> Monday the early morning email with overnight info was particularly helpful,
> I was within minutes of leaving to be at the Norris road opening to try for
> F&M.  Thanks to Tara for taking the time to put a note on the windshield,
> and thanks, Lynn.
>
>
>
> The visitor comments are always priceless, and remind me that our VIP's
> field visitor questions on a mind numbingly constant basis all summer, as
> well as retrieve garbage, halt illegal damaging activity and more.  Lynn,
> Ralph, Mary Beth, and others; Keep up the good work, and Thanks.
>
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> See you on the boardwalks,
>
> MA
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> M.A. Bellingham
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:10:56 -0600
> From: "Lucille Reilly" <thedulcimerlady at juno.com>
> Subject: RE: [Geysers] Tue 6/30 ~ 3.3 Earthquake in Yellowstone
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> What's interesting about this is its depth.  If I read the map right at the
> link below, it appears that the tremor occurred in the mountain range E of
> the park.  Although the depth is probably relative to sea level (yes?), it
> is probably much deeper under actual earth.
>
> Lucille Reilly
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> [mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of V
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:23 AM
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> Subject: [Geysers] Tue 6/30 ~ 3.3 Earthquake in Yellowstone
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>
> 3.3
>
> Date-Time  Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 09:52:06 AM at epicenter
>
> Location 44.746°N, 110.791°W
>
> Depth 6.6 km (4.1 miles)
>
> Region YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
>
> Distances
> 27 km (16 miles) ENE (69°) from West Yellowstone, MT
> 33 km (20 miles) S (191°) from Gardiner, MT
> 51 km (32 miles) ENE (57°) from Island Park, ID
> 452 km (281 miles) ENE (72°) from Boise, ID
> 453 km (281 miles) N (11°) from Salt Lake City, UT
>
> Location Uncertainty
> horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)
>
> Parameters
> Nph= 34, Dmin=6.6 km, Rmss=0.14 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=local magnitude (ML),
> Version=1
> Source University of Utah Seismograph Stations
> Event ID uu00003396
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> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/44.46.-111.-109.php
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:13:12 -0600
> From: Lynn Stephens <lstephens2006 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Geysers] Yellowstone June 30 (Stephens)
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> June 30
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>
>     The day was partly sunny, partly rainy, and a thunderstorm in the
> morning.  The pink sunrise painted the tops of the thunderheads pink and
> golden and a brilliant white.  Looking to the north during sunrise, Mount
> Holmes was painted with a pink sheet of rain against the dark black clouds
> from which lightning bolts were issuing.
>
>
>     Overheard by Barbara Lasseter on Geyser hill yesterday, “I remember
> when this feature used to be called ‘Anthill.’  Now they call it Beehive.
>  It’s really grown!”  Barbara said the man sounded very serious.
>    While people were waiting with me for Great Fountain this morning, Scott
> and Jere B were outside the vehicles doing what Suzanne called the “Mosquito
> Slap Dance” without any accompanying music.  The rain has allowed the
> mosquitoes to propagate exponentially.  Later a noisy bus was approaching
> just as Botryoidal Spring erupted, sending up a large steam cloud on the
> other side of the bus.  Overheard , by Barbara gain, “Oh, are they spraying
> for mosquitoes?”  Unfortunately, no.
>     This morning I could hear Karl and Lori Hoppe approaching with their
> daughter Sienna (8 years old, I think), and Josiah, who turned 6 years old
> yesterday.  Josiah wears bear bells.  Yesterday evening Karl took him for a
> walk up White Creek.  Josiah proudly informed me that he “woke up a geyser”
> with his bear bells.  Botryoidal Spring erupts every 3-5 minutes.  Karl had
> him stamp his feet just at the right time for an eruption of Botryoidal.
>     Great Fountain erupted this morning at 0900, and again this evening at
> 1920.  Neither eruption had a superburst.
>     I spent some time watching the Pink Cone Group.  Narcissus was 541ie,
> 0900, 1144 (per Maureen), 1530ie, and 1746ie.
>     Pink Cone erupted at 1043.
>     Labial eruptions were 1258 and 1845, and Pink eruptions were 949ie (per
> Barbara) and 1720.
>     While I was watching the features in the Pink Cone Group today, I
> watched a red tailed hawk circling over the area.  During the evening wait
> for Great Fountain I heard the sandhill cranes talking to each other.
>
> Lynn Stephens
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:39:50 EDT
> From: TSBryan at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Geysers] Azores Thermal Areas
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> In a message dated 7/1/2009 6:13:47 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> riozafiro at gmail.com writes:
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> So, I am curious if there are any true geysers in the Azores, in
> addition to the boiling hot springs and mud pots I saw on the show.
>
> Actually there is, ahem, a book called..... well, never mind. But on page
> 419 it is noted that geysers definitely existed circa 1900. Now there are
> numerous boiling springs, and it seems quite clear that some of them show
> intermittent action.
>
> T. Scott Bryan
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