[Geysers] Is "Hot Dog" A Geyser?

[Mike Keller]

This vent was cleaned out in the early 1990's by myself and a couple of other 
gazers after being filled with asphalt and gravel for years.  We used to call is 
"Squirrel" because NPS always joked the "secret squirrels were busy one night".

MK




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From: JEFFREY CROSS <jeff.cross at utah.edu>
To: Geyser Observation Reports <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 7:03:51 PM
Subject: [Geysers] Is "Hot Dog" A Geyser?

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."

Jeff Cross
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