[Geysers] What is this thermal feature?

[Janet White | SnowMoon, LLC]

Thank you for the info, Scott - it definitely was a roaring fumarole 
that evening.

Janet White

On 8/29/2012 4:36 PM, TSBryan at aol.com wrote:
> River Growler. The force of the steam emission varies some but it is 
> steady and I, at least, have never seen a trace of liquid water coming 
> from it (other than steam condensate, of course). Here is Whittlesey's 
> brief entry from _Wonderland Nomenclature_.
>
> *RIVER GROWLER*---A hot spring (sometimes a roaring fumarole) of the 
> Castle Group of Upper Geyser Basin, located at water's edge on 
> Firehole River across the river from Terra Cotta Spring ("Brick 
> Spring").It was characteristically named in 1959 by naturalists 
> studying the effects of the earthquake of that year on thermal 
> features.[1] <aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn1>
>
> Note that I will argue against saying "Castle Group", since this is on 
> the east side of the river. But that's a picky point. Note, too, that 
> Lee is referring to Terra Cotta Spring, not to the Terra Cotta geysers 
> that are much closer to the river bridge. Last, that feature in one of 
> the photos downstream and across the river is Spanker Geyser.
>
> Scott Bryan
>
>
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>
> [1] <aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref1> Map:"Castle Group, 
> Upper Geyser Basin", Watson and Higgins, 1959.
>
> In a message dated 8/29/2012 8:48:21 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, 
> janet at snowmoon.us writes:
>
>     First of all, I apologize for sitting on this so long - it just
>     completely slipped my mind until processing more photos from our
>     trip in May of this year. Mike and I took a walk after dinner and
>     while crossing the bridge by Castle, I noticed this steaming so
>     powerfully you could easily hear it. That was at 1922 on 18 May
>     2012. We kept walking and came back up the old road. By the time
>     we reached it again, it was still powerfully steaming - maybe even
>     a bit more. The second photo was taken at 1922.
>
>     I can't find any reference that covers this unnamed thermal
>     feature. Anyone know?
>
>
>
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