[Geysers] History of Morning Geyser

[Karen Webb]

Lynn's reply has so much better detail than this, but at least one 
edition of the The Bible (Scott's Bryan's The Geysers of Yellowstone) 
says that everything in the Fountain group is connected to everything 
else, so a very regular Fountain tends to affect the abilities of the 
other fun things up there like Morning, Silex, Jelly, etc, to erupt. 
(And I've heard Herb express a theory that anything different on Geyser 
Hill can be a precursor for Giantess: go Goggles(es) go!) Geysers and 
their associated aquifers can be very complex entities, and the 
subsurface connections (say, the one that connects Beauty and Chromatic) 
can be quite clear or really esoteric (there is no evidence to my 
knowledge that Atomizer and Artemesia are connected, though they're not 
much farther apart than B&C). I don't know if she ever got this assay 
complete, but a geothermal researcher named Cathy Nist had a research 
proposal accepted that allowed her to put a chemical salt of some sort 
into Splendid and periodically take samples from the other geysers in 
the Daisy group to track the way it diffused. It's a great question; 
looking for answers would make for a whole bunch of really good (funded) 
research studies.
Karen Webb

On 6/20/2012 6:08 PM, Bill Johnson 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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