[Geysers] History of Morning Geyser

[Karen Webb]

The loggers were removed why? Budget issue? I was dismayed to learn of 
this as well (partly because it's always nice if Ralph happens to be out 
there when you're wondering how long a sit you're going to have for 
Artemesia. But yeah, on Morning, that's a lot of ifs that only got an 
answer because Maureen was there and was dedicated and turned her car 
around and made the trek up to Fountain. This is a rare geyser, and I 
don't know why whoever decides these things would not want to have 
empirical data on such an uncommon and wonderful occurrence (especially 
since Morning, while it has isolated eruptions, certainly persists and 
even duals with Fountain). Guess we'll bring our sleeping bags...
Karen Webb

On 6/20/2012 8:06 PM, David Schwarz wrote:
>
>    This is going to be yet another one of those frustrating cases 
> where having a simple, inexpensive temperature recorder on a dull, 
> everyday feature like Fountain would have been an awfully useful 
> source of information about what's actually going on.  It's quite a 
> shame that finding out what is actually going on is of so little 
> interest among the local leaders of the scientific community.  I guess 
> I'm old-fashioned--there was a time when it was all the rage.
>
>    Snark aside, it really does feel bizarre to be back to early 1990s 
> geyser study, before we could say, "Well, we'll find out what actually 
> happened when the temperate data gets downloaded."
>
> David Schwarz
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Bill Johnson <canbelto at gmail.com 
> <mailto:canbelto at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Exciting news!  (Although I do wish it had happened a week
>     earlier, when I was in the park. :-) )
>
>     My wife asks a good question: is there any possible connection
>     between this activity and the recent irregularity of Fountain
>     Geyser?  One thing I didn't report from last week's visit was that
>     Fountain intervals were apparently rather erratic -- again, those
>     with more complete times than I can tell that story better, but it
>     wasn't its old reliable 6- or 12-hour self.  Is there enough on
>     Morning's past history to know whether comparable breaks in
>     Fountain's routine preceded its previous eruptions?  That's
>     probably all the "connection" that one can hope for, but it would
>     be interesting if the answer was yes.
>
>     -- Bill Johnson
>
>
>     On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Lynn Stephens
>     <lstephens2006 at hotmail.com <mailto:lstephens2006 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         People have asked about Morning Geyser's eruptive history:
>
>         Per Whittlesey's Nomenclature:
>
>                     "Turn of the century guidebooks stated that
>         Fountain Geyser ceased operation in July, 1899, and remained
>         inactive until October (when Morning Geyser quit?) at which
>         time it resumed its usual displays.This source mentioned the
>         large 1899 eruptions of present Morning Geyser saying that at
>         times they lasted for fully one hour.Later editions described
>         activity of Morning in July, 1909, when "Fountain abandoned
>         its crater for the one adjoining and threw out jagged masses
>         of geyserite more than 200 feet.The water was muddy and full
>         of rock fragments."These 1909 eruptions continued at least
>         into September.There is apparently no record of activity for
>         1900-1908.
>
>         Eruptive activity of present Morning Geyser occurred twice in
>         the 1920s.One spectacular eruption is known for August of
>         1921, when Ranger Troutman saw it play to 250 feet in height
>         and holding its height no lower than 200 feet for one hour and
>         ten minutes.Another eruption is known for July of 1922.
>         After this, no further activity appears to have occurred until
>         1944, when the geyser erupted once.Two eruptions are known for
>         1946, and then in 1947, eleven eruptions were recorded.Of
>         those eruptions, all but two occurred during the morning
>         hours, hence geologist George Marler's name (suggested in
>         1947-48) of Morning Geyser.
>
>         These eruptions were followed by 36 more in 1948, and eleven
>         in 1949.Morning Geyser was dormant 1950-51, and again
>         rejuvenated in 1952.It was active 1952-59, 1974, 1978, and
>         1981-83."
>
>
>         Additional activity occurred in May 1991 for a few days,
>         August 1991 for 3 weeks, and for about a week at the end of
>         March/beginning of April 1994.
>
>         Lynn Stephens
>
>
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