[Geysers] Quick Geyser Report for last week

[Ralph Taylor]

This is the first eruption I have heard of.  I removed the electronic
monitor in June of 2005--there aren't enough to log everything!
 
By the way, there are monitors on Splendid, Giant, F&M, and Opal Pool.  Hope
springs eternal.
 
Ralph Taylor

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[mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of David Schwarz
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:22 PM
To: Geyser Observation Reports
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Quick Geyser Report for last week



   Have I missed something, or is this the first known eruption of North
Goggles since September of 2004?  I suppose the electronic monitor must have
been moved off of it years ago by now?

David Schwarz


On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Graham Meech <meechg at verizon.net> wrote:



Not much time to report on geyser activity as I have returned from a great
week in the basin and have immediately gone on travel for work.  Here are
the key items that might be of use to observers.
 
Depression was going very frequently on intervals of 2h15m - 2h50m.  It is
probably bi-modal since it comes up and tries to erupt early in the window
(heavy overflow and big bubbles) and it either erupts or drops a few inches
and then slowly refills and tries again 25-30 minutes later and it succeeded
on all the second attempts.
 
The biggest surprise for me was Aurum erupting on intervals of 3h17m - 3h27m
- yes only a 10min window for the 5 closed intervals I observed.  Quite
remarcable given its usual eratic behavior.  The splashing steadily built up
so it was fairly easy to figure out when to stay and watch it.  Whenever it
started near-continuous splashing above the rim it was a good time to stay
and wait a few minutes for an eruption.
 
Dome was active for 4 days (Tues-Fri).  Intervals increased from just over
20 minutes to over 40 minutes as the series progressed.
 
I saw one North Goggle minor on Friday (I think).  It was boiling at depth
when I walked by and I waited and it erupted on the first rise.  This was
about 3 hours after the last Lion eruption in a series.  I watched to see if
it had any more eruptions but it boiled up once but failed to erupt and then
stopped boiling.
 
All Grand eruptions observed during the week (I think it was 5) had 2
bursts.  Not a very big sample size but its nice to come away with a 2 burst
average after the recent lean years.
 
More to come later but these are the most significant items I can remember
off the top of my head now.  I will try and post some more info on Sunday.
 
Graham.


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