[Geysers] Yellowstone June 28

[Lynn Stephens]

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After learning that Fan & Mortar had not erupted overnight, I went to Great Fountain.  After watching for awhile to determine that the low water level was not a "crash", I moved to Flood so I could listen for radio calls of "Main Vent splashing."  While I was at Flood I timed one major to major interval.  The major to major interval was 1h14minutes, but the interval was "interrupted" by two intermediate eruptions with durations of just over a minute.

 

Great Fountain was in overflow when I returned.  It erupted at 0934 (p=3) with a superburst.  The superburst didn't dowse the parking lot, but the water droplets coming down from it did rain on the parking lot.  I replaced my windshield last November.  I have been very careful to drape an orange plastic tablecloth over the windshield whenever I am at Great Fountain, White Dome, or Pink Cone.  But this morning I wanted to leave Great Fountain as soon as I watched the first 3-4 mintues of the eruption and changed the prediction board, so I didn't cloak the windshield.  As the superburst is coming down, I am rushing to the pickup to grab a towel to start wiping off the windshield.

 

When I returned to the Upper Basin, Scott announced on the radio that they had been "enjoying" Angle Vent merrily splashing away all morning.  I went down for a shift from 1300-1500.  Angle Vent still hadn't gone to sleep.  The most fun I had was watching the mother merganser shepherding her 7 ducklings along the shoreline of the Firehole River.  Occassionally she would dive underwater, swim for a distance, apparently herding a fish toward the ducklings.

 

After my shift, I went to Atomizer.  After waiting 80+ mintues, Atomizer had a 70 second minor at 1622, followed by the major at 1630 (double interval 27h12minutes).

 

While Rocco and I were waiting for Atomizer, I walked a short distance away from my pack.  A man and his son, Luke, had come up to Artemisia and were eating a snack.  I think they might have waited for Atomizer.  But another visitor walking past mentioned I needed to check my pack because he had seen a small snake near it.  Luke was terrified of snakes and made his father take him away from Artemisia.

 

I watched Geyser Hill for awhile, recording some Little Cubs, Aurum, and Plume, then went home at 1900.

 

When I got up this morning (6/29) there was a much appreciated note on my windshield from Tara saying that Fan & Mortar had erupted at 0032.

 

Lynn Stephens

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