[Geysers] A few observations, 6/9/12-6/14/12

[Bill Johnson]

I was able to make a quick trip to the park this week and am finally able
to write a few things up on it -- net access was poor while I was there.  I
assume that others with more comprehensive times than I will write full
reports, but a few things on the margins:

Norris was VERY quiet on 6/9.  In Porcelain Basin nothing was happening
except along the fissure behind the big steam vent; no Arsenic, no
Constant, not even a Fireball in the half morning that I watched.  Back
Basin was also quiet (nothing from the Pearls, etc.), but I did get a
single closed interval on Vixen: 1126 (h=10', d=25 seconds) and 1235
(h=20', d=55 seconds).  The second eruption was sort of a "mini-major" in
height and duration, but did not come close to wetting down the trail.
Conditions were nasty enough (snow) that I didn't stay for a second closed
interval.

Some small oddness from Great Fountain: several eruptions were outside the
predicted windows, first a very early one at 1451(? -- I missed it) on
6/12, then a long one overnight (electronic) followed by an evening event
on 6/13 at 1922 (P11; Maureen Edgerton, I believe, called it 1924/P9) well
past the end of the nominal window.  Again, others will have more complete
times.

Finally, two nice 3-burst Grands (6/12 1508 and 6/13 1237), each with minor
interesting quirks; the first one didn't start until nearly 4 minutes after
a Turban start, and the second one began while West Triplet was active.
Again, others with more complete records will have more on these.

As Jim S reported, we sat through a real live event cycle at Fan and Mortar
on 6/14.  Even though it didn't culminate in an eruption, it sure felt good
to be watching something other than garbage play there, and it felt every
bit as good to see the excitement it was inducing in the other gazers.

I will report such other times as I have if nobody else gets to them in a
day or two, now that I'm back home with net access again.  As always, many
thanks to Jim, Barbara Lasseter, Bob and Emily, Jere Bush, Bill Warnock,
Maureen, and others for making this "beginning-to-intermediate" gazer feel
at home and helping me learn some things.

-- Bill Johnson
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