[Geysers] Is "Hot Dog" A Geyser?

[Stephen Eide]

Hello All,

Hmmm, I always heard it called Dog  Bone and the hole farther out was
Thumper (for its noise).  I don't know if they are just part of Spasmotic.
They usually git full and Dog Bone overflows during a Tardy cycle when Penta
is possible.  So I thought of them as part of Penta's system and Spasmottic
but they appear to be more active when a Penta eruption is possible.  As for
if its a geyser, I'm sorta liberial on this issue, it puts water in the air,
its a geyser to me.

Stephen Eide

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Mary Beth Schwarz <schwarzmb at gmail.com>wrote:

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>      That is an interesting story which I have never before heard.
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>      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.
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>      Mary Beth Schwarz
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>  On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:03 PM, JEFFREY CROSS <jeff.cross at utah.edu>wrote:
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>> Is the small vent across the boardwalk from Penta a geyser?
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>> If so, should it be considered a geyser separately from Spasmodic?
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>> 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.
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>> 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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>> Jeff Cross
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