[Geysers] Geyser Report 6/1/2012 (Stephens)

[Lynn Stephens]

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I was an hour later going in this morning that yesterday morning.  As I was on my way in there were four or five bison herds bedded down along the road from West Yellowstone to Madison.  It was still early enough that there wasn't any traffic so I didn't encounter any bison jams on the way in.  Coming out there were only a few slight delays but I heard horror stories of 2-3 mile long jams yesterday and today. I started the day at Pink Cone, which had an interval of 22 1/2 hours.   From there I moved to Flood, where I recorded one interval of 33 minutes.  Both eruptions were majors, with durations of 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 minutes.  I still haven't seen any minors or intermediate duration eruptions. I had planned to stay at Flood, then catch a Till major this morning, but Maureen stopped by to tell me Great Fountain was in overflow.  (Thank you Maureen and also thank you for the Upper Basin Reports when I'm in the Lower Basin.)  So I went to Great Fountain.  I decided I had a little time before Great Fountain erupted, so I moved over to watch Botryoidal, A-0, and Logbridge.  Gordon Bower had put a few A-0 on Geysertimes.org on Sunday to alert people that Firehole Lake Drive was open.  In three recording sessions today, I recorded 13 intervals.  The minimum was 26 minutes, maximum was 32 minutes, mean was 28m55s, median was 29 minutes, standard deviation was 1m33s, for a coefficient of variation of 5.37%.   Mike Frazier posted some Botryoidal times on geysertimes the other day so people in the future would know it was active.  Today I recorded Botryoidal eruptions during the first recording session, and part of the second recording session, then got tired of having to write something down every 4-5 minutes, so quit recording.  I ended up with 23 intervals, which varied from a minimum of 3m52s to a maximum of 5m13s, with a mean of 4m33s, median of 4m37s, standard deviation of 23 seconds, for a coefficient of variation of 8.6%. I hadn't seen any eruptions of Logbridge this trip and no one else had reported seeing any either, so I was quite happy to see four eruptions today.  Intervals were 1h27m, 3h19m, and >3h30m.  I was seated beside the road facing straight into the meadow bordered on the south by White Creek, and know I didn't not miss any eruptions during the recording sessions.  Durations were about 40-45 seconds. Other things I haven't seen: Rusty incactive:  Everytime I've been near Biscuit Basin, Rusty has been active. Mercury--the north pool has always been full, the main crater also has plenty of water, but also has plenty of orange bacteria or algae in it.  I haven't seen any eruptive activity and the orange color inside the pool leads me to believe it is not having any activity. Lemon Spring--has always been full whenever I've driven past it.  The water is fairly clear however. No activity from Gemini other than splashing up by the south (evil) vent. I haven't seen any eruptive activity in the Tangled Creek area. I've already mentioned I haven't seen or heard any activity from Dilemma. My other adventure today warrants a thank you to Barbara Lassiter for her upper basin reports as she drives through the Lower Basin.  This afternoon she reported the Atomizer minors.  Although I didn't ask her for the durations, I decided to gamble and walk up to Atomizer since the weather was really nice.  I loaded up my pack, took a full jug of water, my chair, and two books in case I had to wait through another long minor to minor interval.  As I arrived at Artemisia/Atomizer, I dropped my chair on the ground, set the jug of water down, and started to write my arrival time in my logbook, with the notation that Artemisia was in audible overflow and Atomizer had light steam pushing from the cone, but no water visible.  Just then the wind shifted and I could hear gurgling in Atomizer.  One light splash, then a second large splash, then the major started.  I hadn't even had time to take off my pack.  The last two walk-up majors make up for the hours I spent waiting for each of the first two majors I got to see this trip. The weather was nice today.  I shed layers until I was left with only a T-shirt and sweatpants.  If the mosquitoes hadn't been so bad, I might even had shed the sweatpants for the shorts I had in the pickup. Lynn Stephens     		 	   		  
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