[Geysers] Q regarding mud pots at Imperial Geyser

[Bill Johnson]

Thanks for the answers, everybody!  There is SO much to learn from people on
this list ...

What we observed was more "mud pot" than "mud thumper"; there was mud, and
no obvious acoustic component -- although New Imperial was so active that it
was hard to hear much else.  Still, it was compatible with what everyone has
described.  Incidentally, the biggest burst we saw from New Imperial itself
was very impressive indeed -- if most were hitting the nominal 40 feet or so
mentioned in GOY4 (and consistent with some crude triangulation we did on
site), this one may well have (very briefly) reached 75 feet or even
greater.  I sure wish we'd had a portable theodolite along!

-- Bill.

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Stephen Eide <stepheneide at cableone.net>wrote:

> Hello Bill,
>
> I know there as been some mud pots on the west side of Imperial for at
> least the last decade.  I usually end up visiting the area late in the
> summer when they are more like mud thumpers, not much mud, just a deep
> thumping noise maker.  I seem to remember reading somewhere the mud pots
> have been there for a lot longer than that.
>
> Stephen Eide
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Bill Johnson <mwjohnson at lanl.gov> wrote:
>
>> I feel the need to apologize twice for this inquiry.  First, I should have
>> made it six weeks ago, when we were at the park and could act on any
>> followup.  Second, I may be the only person on the mailing list who doesn't
>> already know the answer!  But anyway:
>>
>> When my wife and I hiked out to Imperial Geyser (OK, *New* Imperial
>> Geyser) last month, we noticed what looked like the beginnings of a mud pot
>> very near the trail on the "upstream" side of the old Imperial crater.  I've
>> never seen anything about mud pots at or near Imperial in any of the sources
>> I've consulted (certainly not an exhaustive list) and have been wondering
>> whether this is a new feature.  Anybody got anything on it?  I can post a
>> not-very-impressive photograph if there's interest.
>>
>> -- Bill J.
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