[Geysers] 19, 20, and 21 July 2011 (Schwarz)

[Inezaustin at aol.com]

I am at the cabin in Oregon at the moment so I do not have the latest  
photos and info.  I have been watching this geyser for almost 50  years.
 
Spring/early summer Morning Mist eruptions start with a full pool that  has 
been in overflow for at least 6 hours.  It is not unusual for it to  have 
aborted eruptions.  They happen at the beginning of the cycle and are  like a 
giant burp that fills the pool with gold glitter and pine needles.   The 
pool (as always) then drains to about 8 feet and stays that way, slowly  
filling for about a week.
 
That said.  It acts much like Artemesia.  The right side of the  deep pool 
and eventually the center have large series of big bubbles (old time  silver 
dollar) slowly rising in groups of 3-10 bubbles then small doming when  
thousands of small bubbles (dime size and smaller) erupt together.  The  small 
bubbles are a prediction of eruption. Once it gets going it has three  areas 
of eruption, always starting to the right (stand on the end of the pool  
180 degrees from the run off channel facing the pool.  The majority of  large 
eruptions come from the center. The third area is to the left under the  
overhang of the deep pool.  The pool rises and falls, watch the biscuits on  
the sides.  Not quite pulsations like the Googles. As the end of the  eruption 
approaches this is quite noticeable like it is at Spa Geyser.
 
Spring/early summer eruptions can last for more than a day, sometimes  for 
three days or more.  Lots of overflow!  Pre-eruptive bubbles  rarely last 
for more than 4 hours.  Most eruptions are in the 2-3 foot  range in the 
spring with occasional bursts to 6-8 feet.  Summer/Fall  eruptions are much 
shorter in time but much higher (8-10 feet), last often less  than an hour and 
range in the 8-15 day interval cycle.  Spring/early  summer are impossible to 
predict.  
 
Once I am home I can refer to my notes and post photos if you want.  I  
have photos of the several geyser areas in that  area and in the meadows  
upstream of the OFL cabins I have taken.
 
Inez
 
 
In a message dated 7/23/2011 4:22:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
TSBryan at aol.com writes:

Minds interested in them all want to know -- on Morning  Mist.........
 
Were these distinct eruptive times, or some sort of "high points" in an  
extended eruption?
 
Was the pool full and overflowing? If so, any idea as to how long it had  
been in overflow.
 
Any other details would be nifty.... er no, I guess "Nifty" is now used  as 
a UGB geyser. So it would be cool. Thanks
 
Scott Bryan
 
 
In a message dated 7/21/2011 3:39:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
schwarzmb at gmail.com writes:

19  July 2011:

Morning Mist  1315  (7'),  1434 (4'),  1436 (6'),  1550 (3'),  1621 (to  
2')  from Dick  Powell




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