[Geysers] Steamboat Geyser Major Eruption Photos and Videos - Stan M.

[Ryan Maurer]

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Hello everyone, 
Recently, Stan Maughan of Lancaster, PA posted a series of photos, reports, and videos to Facebook.  With his permission I have copied the public links to the videos, attached some of his photos, and copied over his reports for other, non-Facebook members to view.
Without further ado I will let Stan, and his videos and photos, speak for themselves!
Video links (Public links, you don't have to have a Facebook to see them):
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10201771650398838https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10201771669079305https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10201771676959502https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10201771695679970https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10201771715080455https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10201771669079305 

Photos are attached:

Reports:
"I was very privileged to see Steamboat Geyser erupt on July 31, 2013. We had visited Norris Geyser basin earlier in the day, when Steamboat was sending out occasional jets of water up to 30' or so. At the time I remember commenting to my wife that according to the sign there, that was the only known indicator that the geyser was about to erupt. But given that it had been eight years since Steamboat's last eruption, I wasn't really expecting it to go off later in the day. We were camping at Norris and had one of the really nice spots next to the meadow where we could easily look across and see the steam coming up from the Norris area. About 7:30 p.m. I noticed a large column of steam and rightly guessed that Steamboat was erupting. We immediately jumped in our car and drove over there. It was probably about ten minutes from the time we first saw it until we were actually at the geyser, which was still throwing up a large jet of water very high into the air. A light variable wind at the time would move the resulting "rainstorm" from the geyser back and forth: first falling west of the geyser (downhill toward Cistern Pool), then east (toward the parking lot), and occasionally over us at the upper viewing platform. We had an umbrella, but everybody was getting drenched from the "geyser shower." You can see this in some of the pictures. Much gritty water was coming down, so much so that my daughter's long hair was full of what she called "geyser vomit" and had to be shampooed out. Our van was covered with it also, and several washes later, I'm still struggling to get all the minerals off it. If you check the properties on the attached pictures you should be able to find the exact time each picture was taken. Most of the pictures were taken from the viewing platforms, which unfortunately don't give the full perspective to gauge how high the geyser was. Gradually the water diminished and turned to steam only, but I would say it was still spouting water at least 20 minutes after we got there, or around 30 minutes total. The steam roaring out was so loud that we had to shout to hear each other even when just three or four feet away from each other. We were all amazed at the fury and power of the steam jetting out of the ground; it was coming out like a rocket engine, very hard, fast, and forceful."
"Sorry if I posted too many pics and videos of Steamboat. We were just so excited to actually be there, for its first eruption in eight years...tallest geyser in the world! I couldn't stop taking pictures and videos! Unfortunately, none of them can adequately describe the actual experience. One thing that amazed us was how very, very LOUD it was! It was like trying to talk a few feet away from a jet engine readying for takeoff!"
"It took a day or more to completely empty, and by the end of the week, when we left our campground at Norris, the steam phase 
had finally ended. We could tell just by looking across the meadow from our campsite! I'm assuming Cistern began to refill when 
the steam phase ended."


He has a lot more on the Geyser Gazers' Facebook Page...  too much to share here in one email!
Once again Stan, thanks so much for sharing your experience!
Stan says that should anyone want to contact him for more information, his email is: stanmaughan at comcast.net

Enjoy, 
Ryan Maurer

 		 	   		  
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