[Geysers] And help with Kaleidoscope?

[Lotus Baker]

If we consider that the Kaleidoscope group is one of the most active  
geyser areas in the park, putting a boardwalk out there would make  
perfect sense from the scientific and public interest angle.  It  
ranks right up there with a second pit toilet at Fan and Mortar on  
the list of worthwhile projects.  But then,  even if money grew on  
trees, I wonder if either would be accomplished.  Not to be  
pessimistic or anything.....

Keith Baker
On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:39 AM, Freund, Udo wrote:

> <Kaleidoscope Group 1904.jpg>
> See attached section taken from the 1904 Hague Atlas.  Perhaps NPS  
> will restore some of the trails that surrounded the group over a  
> century ago. I know it won't happen since NPS policy is to keep the  
> public as far away as possible from things people really want to  
> see.  A boardwalk out there would be nice.  Yawn - just waking up  
> from my dream. . .
>
> Thanks,
> Udo Freund
> "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just  
> sit there."
> --Will Rogers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers- 
> bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of JEFFREY CROSS
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:17 PM
> To: Geyser Observation Reports
> Subject: EXTERNAL: RE: [Geysers] And help with Kaleidoscope?
>
> What we need is for someone to go to the Fountain overlook with a  
> Brunton compass and measure angles to all of the thermal features  
> in the Kaleidoscope and Fissure Groups.  Sput article, anyone?
>
> Jeff Cross
> jeff.cross at utah.edu
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:37 PM
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> Subject: [Geysers] And help with Kaleidoscope?
>
> Need some help determining what feature or features we saw while
> hanging out waiting for Fountain last week (did get a stunningly
> beautiful Honeycomb whilst waiting also...)
>
> OK, here's the set-up. Please understand I had binoculars with me and
> have never had mega-eyeballs before when viewing this area. From right
> to left, Deep Blue, the thing I'm not sure of that was BIG (larger
> than Deep Blue all the time I watched it) but was in the basic
> Kaleidoscope/Drain area), a small (guessing a meter across) pool, and
> a last pool I'm fairly sure was Three Vent. All lined up in a row; the
> thing I think was 3-Vent was well to the right of Blow-out and where
> NTFL erupted from.
>
> With the binoculars, the feature in question clearly had suspended
> particles in it (think the milky blue of Porcelain Basin, not the
> clear intense blue of Gentian or Deep Blue). The edge on this pool's
> right had the gentle slope you expect with active geysers; however,
> the rear edge and left side of the pool formed abrupt right angles
> with the landscape around them. The feature sat perhaps 6" below the
> pool's rim, although it did appear to flow over the lip toward Deep
> Blue from time to time. Not sure how important this is, but what was
> visible of the crater at the back and back left seemed a goldy-orange
> and irregular (like no build-up of sinter in pretty patterns.
>
> The 4 eruptions we saw were enormous, but they were literally "blink"
> geysers whose eruptions were restricted to a single burst with a
> second or so prodromal play before the big water came bursting
> through. Guess on the height of the first 3 is 80 feet; the 4th was
> smaller (looked a little like Drain toward the end of a series).
> Bursts were 6-10 minutes apart. First burst was fan-shaped, wide the
> way Drain is wide. Second was a tall, narrow spindle and very
> Kaleidoscope-shaped but came and went much faster than one expects
> Kaleidoscope to (likewise with the first one); third was kind of a
> spherical burst with a "spindle" coming up through it; the fourth was
> as described above. The pool did not drain, but we saw no further
> activity though we waited through most of Honeycomb and all of
> Fountain/Morning's Thief.
>
> Wondering if the milky pool and the angular edge suggest a blowout of
> some sort and if maybe Drain's and Kaeidoscope's pool now function as
> one pool? Several days later on a Fountain sit, noticed that the pool
> was truly full, but we witnessed no further eruptions.
>
> Any takers on this one? Deep Blue had several smallish vents playing
> including the geyser previously known as the Firehose; nothing except
> intermittent steam out of the two pools to the left of this montage.
>
> One more question re Sprinkler group: currently, there are two geysers
> in what I think are the Vertical/Angle area that are playing in
> concert fairly consistently and do look to be coming out of the same
> shallow crater. They are the only two I've noticed that exhibit this
> twinned behavior. Any takers on that one as well?
>
> Thanks for any help. This one has me stumped.
> Karen Webb
>
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