[Geysers] History of Morning Geyser

[Lynn Stephens]

 Rick asked thatCatny Nist to do Dusty/Rusty first.  However, she never finished the Dusty/Rusty work so was not given permission to do Splendid/Daisy. Lynn Stephens
 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:58:28 -0600
From: caros at xmission.com
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
Subject: Re: [Geysers] History of Morning Geyser


  
    
  
  
    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>
        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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