[Geysers] Morning Mist.

[Eric Hatfield]

Thanks for this description.  This is the most information I've ever heard about 
it.  As I understand, MMG has been dormant for decades.  When did it reactivate?




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From: "Inezaustin at aol.com" <Inezaustin at aol.com>
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
Cc: Inezaustin at aol.com
Sent: Sat, July 23, 2011 4:49:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Geysers] 19, 20, and 21 July 2011 (Schwarz)

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