[Geysers] Is "Hot Dog" A Geyser?

[Mary Beth Schwarz]

     That is an interesting story which I have never before heard.

     Since the baby marmots used to get into it (when the holes were smaller
and were not full of hot water) on cold mornings to keep warm, we called it
Baby Marmot Hole.  It is between Thumping Hole and the boardwalk.  I never
thought of it as being a vent of Spasmodic Geyser.  It usually is high and
overflowing in a Tardy cycle in which we might get an eruption of Penta.

     Mary Beth Schwarz

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:03 PM, JEFFREY CROSS <jeff.cross at utah.edu> wrote:

> Is the small vent across the boardwalk from Penta a geyser?
>
> If so, should it be considered a geyser separately from Spasmodic?
>
> This summer, I found out that some people call this vent "Hot Dog."  It is
> right next to the boardwalk, on the same side as Spasmodic and opposite
> Penta.  It is shaped roughly like a bootprint.  It seems to be most active
> when Penta is about to start an eruption.
>
> The origin of the name is interesting: A careless visitor was illegally
> walking a dog on the boardwalk.  When the animal saw the bubbling vent, it
> jumped down to investigate and burnt its paw.  The animal's yelps attracted
> the comment from one gazer: "That's what I call a hot dog."
>
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