[Geysers] An old postcard (Murray)

[Murray, Clark]

Dave:

   I was unfortunate enough to see the pools even higher than the postcard, way back on May 5th 1991. I drove all night to see Morning during a short active phase. I got there around six a.m. but the last Morning eruption was around 4:00 am. We waited all day as the pools slowly rose until they formed a large single lake.  Both geysers seemed to be in a tug-o-war till almost 5:00 pm that night, to my dismay, Fountain won the fight.  But as a consolation prize it was a lovely Chocolate brown color, from all the debris washed into it during the Morning series. As I recall Jelly Geyser was active during the wait, the only time I have ever seen it erupt.

Clark Murray

To: Geyser Reports
Subject: [Geysers] An old postcard

I'm sure most of you have seen this postcard before.  But I thought it was fun and timely.  

Now the question is, was the water really at that level or did the illustrator get carried away with the blue tint?  

Has anyone seen the original black and white image that the postcard was based upon?

Dave